Sugar and Why Your Baby Should Avoid it with Robert Lustig, MD, MSL

#68: Sure you know your baby doesn’t need sugar. But did you know that added sugars are EVERYWHERE in the commercial food supply, including baby foods?  In this episode I’m joined by Dr. Robert Lustig - the BIG DADDY of sugar research and he’s breaking it DOWN exactly why your baby doesn’t need sugar (...and what you can do to avoid it!) You may know Dr. Lustig from documentary films such as FED UP or SUGAR COATED...or possibly the longest viral video ever, his SUGAR: THE BITTER TRUTH 90 minute treatise on every reason why we’re being tricked into eating sugar and what it’s doing for our bodies. But Dr. Lustig is also doing groundbreaking research on TEXTURES and PALATE DEVELOPMENT and he’s sharing WHY as he puts it, “We have been feeding babies pureed semi solid food for millenia...and they’re still here!” Listen to this episode to learn: Why he believes sugar is the alcohol of the child Why your baby has to see a SAVORY food significantly more times before he or she likes it vs. SWEET foods (...hint: it has to do with taste receptors on your baby’s tongue) Why pureeing vegetables for your baby does not convey the same health benefits as eating the soft, safe intact versions for babies (...hint: it has to do with the shearing of fiber in the blender + removal of the liver protection fiber containing foods provide) The difference between apples, applesauce and apple juice and their impact on you and your baby’s blood sugar Why healthy foods are high in fiber and low in sugar; processed foods are low in fiber and high in sugar...and it’s the processed foods that are killing us! Shownotes for this episode can be found here: https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/68 Links from this episode: Dr. Lustig’s personal / professional website is located at www.robertlustig.com  The non-profit Eat Real that Dr. Lustig is the Chief Medical Officer of is located here: https://eatreal.org/about/  Dr. Lustig’s UCSF Sugar Science resource (...the one that vetted 8,000 clinical research articles down into a few infographics for you :) is located here: https://sugarscience.ucsf.edu/  Dr. Lustig’s books on Amazon (affiliate links): Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity and Disease Metabolical: The Lure and Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine (release May 2021) Movies that Dr. Lustig has been featured in that were mentioned in the podcast episode: Sugar Coated: How the Food Industry Seduced the World One Spoonful at a Time Sugar the Bitter Truth (...Dr. Lustig in the longest viral video you’ll ever watch!)  Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro program with the 100 First Foods™ Daily Meal Plan, join here: https://babyledweaning.co/program  Baby-Led Weaning for Beginners free online workshop with 100 First Foods™ list to all attendees, register here: https://babyledweaning.co/baby-led-weaning-for-beginners 🌱 🌱🌱🌱 🌱 Not sure about which foods to offer your baby next? Get your copy of my original 100 FIRST FOODS list on my free online video workshop called BABY-LED WEANING FOR BEGINNERS. 💯 💯 💯 💯 💯 Want guided help on how to make all of the 100 FIRST FOODS™ safely for your baby? My program BABY-LED WEANING WITH KATIE FERRARO has a 100 FIRST FOODS daily meal plan and everything else you need to start solid foods safely with baby-led weaning. CLICK HERE TO JOIN. 👀 👀 👀 👀 👀 Be sure to follow @babyledweanteam on Instagram and our Baby-Led Weaning YouTube channel for more information about helping your baby transition to solid foods safely. 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 If you learned something from this episode and like this podcast, your review means the WORLD to us and helps other parents find this important evidence-based infant feeding info. Click here to leave a review on Apple podcasts or rate this show on Spotify podcasts and thanks for being a part of this amazing and supportive baby-led weaning community! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices