oarfishJul 2025Recommends
PSA: Robert Lustig is notorious for broadcasting incorrect views contradicted by current science. A good debunk of his nonsense claims is here: ▶ this video
in “Maintaining weight loss” · View on HN
Debunking Dr. Robert Lustig's Claims from The Huberman Lab Podcast | Educational Video | Biolayne
Debunking Dr. Robert Lustig's Claims from The Huberman Lab Podcast | Educational Video | Biolayne on HackerTube: recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 separate months, 2024–2025.
Dr. Layne Norton
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Dr. Layne Norton critiques claims made by Dr. Robert Lustig on the Huberman Lab podcast, going through them against the nutrition research with cited sources. It covers topics like sugar, calories and fruit juice.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Linked as a rebuttal when Lustig's or similar influencer nutrition claims come up.
- people recommended it
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- discussed on HN
- 2024–2025
“Here's Layne Norton's response to Lustig and that exact Huberman episode”
What HN commenters said
3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
hombre_fatalJan 2024Recommends
Here's Layne Norton's response to Lustig and that exact Huberman episode: ▶ this video It'll answer your question.
in “Could inflammation be the cause of myriad chronic conditions? (2019)” · View on HN
jitlFeb 2024Cites it
This guy says a lot of interesting things, and I like the sound of his voice. But, googling for stuff that really quantifies these effects isn’t turning up much. Like if 130 kcal of almond get absorbed in one part of the digestive tract, and 30kcal get absorbed farther down, it still sounds like 160kcal of almond is going into the body, and has to come out somewhere else, or it’s going to stay in there. Here’s some influencer content thats addressing that influencer content: ▶ this video
in “Consumption of 100% Fruit Juice and Body Weight in Children and Adults” · View on HN
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Nutrition & diet scienceScientific method & science communicationnutritionrobert lustighuberman labsugarfact-checking