David A. Kessler, MD served as commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration under presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton. He is a pediatrician and has been the dean of the medical schools at Yale and the University of California, San Francisco. He is the author of Fast Carbs, Slow Carbs: The Simple Truth About Food, Weight, and Disease.
What you'll learn from this episode:
How ultra-processed foods may be uniquely fattening and damaging to your metabolic health.
The unique hurdles faced when trying to guide national public health policy through political hoops (and where Dr. Kessler thinks our country is failing).
Dr. Kessler's views on how cholesterol affects cardiovascular disease.
What Dr. Kessler thinks of the "healthy at any size" movement.
And so much more!
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Resources from this episode:
Fast Carbs, Slow Carbs: The Simple Truth About Food, Weight, and Disease by David A. Kessler, MD
Dr. Kessler at AEI Speakers Bureau
Understanding Food Nutrition Labels, American Heart Association
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