Robert H. Lustig
Dr. Robert Lustig argues that the modern food environment and a symptom-focused medical system are failing to address the root causes of chronic disease.
Modern healthcare often emphasizes managing chronic-disease symptoms with drugs more than addressing the nutritional drivers of metabolic dysfunction.
Ultra-processed foods can disrupt metabolism by delivering large amounts of sugar while removing much of the fiber that would normally slow absorption and support the gut.
In the book's framework, obesity is better understood as a marker of underlying metabolic dysfunction than as the primary disease itself.