I'm not so sure that Dr. Lustig would necessarily "go through the roof," as Dr. Ludwig anticipates. Dr. Lustig is on record as saying that fructose in whole fruits is okay, because the fiber in the fruits slows down the absorption of the fructose to a rate the liver can handle. Also, as he points out, it is _extremely_ difficult to eat as many apples, for example, as it would take to get the same amount of fructose contained in two sodas.
this is one of the best broad explanation yet on RU-vid detailing not only the issue of carbs/sugar/storage but also the "Next Bit Thing" which is our bodies, our cells, are indeed in starvation mode while eating a High Carb diet I can't thank you enough David Ludwig!!!
I watched this about a year ago, or more. I'm back in here with some different perspectives. I'm now blown away that fast-food can cause addiction (hijacks the nucleus accumbens), not because it tastes good, but because of the metabolic impact of the food itself. That's now a "whoa!?" moment for me. (see around 20 minutes in). BTW, David Ludwig bought me a nice, quality meal at a restaurant in Charlottesville, VA. Thanks David, I still owe you.
@Daniel Pincus Only the fast-acting (high glycemic index) milk-shake lit up the nucleus accumbens. The sweetness was the same for both shakes. Once again, the palatability hypothesis is revealed to have no there, there.. (When is Stephan Guyenet going to give up on that nonsense?). ???
that videographer is lousy--this should mainly be SLIDES and not pics of Dr Ludwig. This person clearly has no clue about how to film an academic conference. it's the SLIDES we want to see mainly, not dr Ludwig! geez!
A great talk, but spoiled (like so many talks which appear on RU-vid) by not being able to hear the questions clearly. If the questioners were using a microphone, then it was not adequate, but I suspect they were not using one. Another point: although I'm sure Dr Ludwig is fully aware, the casual listener might go away with the impression that the sugar in fruit is only fructose. This is far from the case: most fruits contain a variable mixture of fructose and glucose, and some sucrose. Fructose is rarely (if ever) found alone in nature (so any study that uses infusions of pure fructose is not imitating nature and may be flawed (depending on exactly what it is trying to show)).
i thought his presentation was quite good. I'm no doctor but I don't understand why everyone seemed to be so against him when they were asking questions.
they don't like change. they are followers not leaders and they know what will happen if they go back to their colleagues and tell them about these insights. a huge swath of the medical industry apparently has little time for actual science
Most of them are fellow researchers on the low-carb, high-fat bandwagon, so they may be challenging or clarifying certain points, but they are in basic agreement. I recognized Eric Westman, Jeff Volek, and Sarah Hallberg in particular, and there are probably others I didn't catch. So never fear, the majority of the audience was not hostile, even if they were insistent on certain points of difference. It's just normal scientific debate.
I think Dr. Ludwig answered the question "Which Comes First: Overeating or Obesity?" with "The Obesity comes first." Am I right or wrong? It wasn't really clear to me..
