Metabolic syndrome and obesity are epidemic in populations on the Western diet. Unlike other cultures, we have hypertension, adult-onset diabetes, dementia, dyslipidemia, and abdominal obesity all increasing rapidly. We will review and discuss the book Metabolical: The Truth about Processed Food and How It Poisons People and the Planet by Robert Lustig, MD., a pediatric endocrinologist who saw this diabolic toxicity appear in children’s metabolism at UCSF during the late 1900s.

Moderator: Kirtland E. Hobler is a retired general surgeon who practiced, taught, and did research involving the metabolic care of the surgical patient.