Jessica spoke with Dr. Robert Lustig of UCSF and asked him whether eating something is better than eating nothing. He shared his beliefs about calories, metabolic health, starvation, and how he distinguishes between what an eating disorder is and what it's not.

Content Note: This episode discusses topics that may be distressing to those who are food insecure, live in areas of food apartheid, experience anti-fatness, and/or have disordered eating.

Part 2 of this episode will air in two weeks.

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Dr. Lustig's website 

His profiles at UCSF and here. 

Lustig's article that he sent to Jessica.

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