262K views · Jan 10, 2024 · 57:39 · 2 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2024–2025
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 points people here: Linked as a rebuttal when Lustig's or similar influencer nutrition claims come up.
“Here's Layne Norton's response to Lustig and that exact Huberman episode”HN comment, 2024
“Here's Layne Norton's response to Lustig and that exact Huberman episode”
Layne Norton's rebuttal of Lustig's claims on the Huberman podcast
Here's Layne Norton's response to Lustig and that exact Huberman episode: this video It'll answer your question.
“A good debunk of his nonsense claims is here”
Debunks Robert Lustig's claims contradicted by current science
PSA: Robert Lustig is notorious for broadcasting incorrect views contradicted by current science. A good debunk of his nonsense claims is here: this video
“Here’s some influencer content thats addressing that influencer content”
Response video addressing the influencer claims about almonds and calories
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
