Fast Carbs, Slow Carbs

Summary: For decades, no one questioned the effects of processed carbohydrates. But, during those same decades, our bodies quietly contended with the metabolic chaos caused by consuming them.
Air Date: 4/9/20
Duration: 24:20
Host: David Friedman, ND, DC
Guest Bio: David Kessler, MD
Dr. David Kessler served as commissioner of the U.S. 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. Dr. Kessler is a graduate of Amherst College, the University of Chicago Law School, and Harvard Medical School.
  • Book Title: Fast Carbs, Slow Carbs
  • Guest Twitter Account: @davidakesslermd
Fast Carbs, Slow Carbs
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Yet, our nations' health continues to decline. We're riddled with obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Could the root cause be our consumption of processed foods?

For decades, no one questioned the effects of these processed carbohydrates. But, during those same decades, our bodies quietly contended with the metabolic chaos caused by consuming rapidly absorbable starch. Slowly but surely, these effects accumulated and became disastrous, leading to the public health crisis in which we find ourselves today.

Dr. David Kessler, author of Fast Carbs, Slow Carbs, joins Dr. Friedman to discuss the havoc processed foods wreak on your body. He also shares how to reach your ideal weight and regain control of your health.