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Fat Chance

Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease

by Robert H. Lustig

Fat Chance

Hardcover, 320 pages, Penguin Group USA, List Price: $25.95 | purchase

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Book Summary

Dr. Robert Lustig chronicles how the food industry has replaced fat with sugar and triggered disastrous biochemical changes. Lustig believes the resulting health crisis can be overcome through strategic hormone-adjusting measures.

Awards and Recognition

2 weeks on NPR Hardcover Nonfiction Bestseller List

NPR stories about Fat Chance

Fitness & Nutrition

The Fallacies Of Fat

In his new book Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease, endocrinologist and obesity doc Robert Lustig deconstructs the mythology of fat. He says exercise, for all its benefits, won't help you shed pounds—and that fasting only worsens weight gain.

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