The Hacking of the American Mind

By Jacobus Hollewijn

September 22, 2022

With Edward Dratz, Ph.D.

The title of this show was "Gesundheit! With Jacobus"; a weekly 3-hour live radio program (with call-ins) about health, healing, and healthy lifestyles that ran from July of 2000 through September of 2019. Jacobus hosted 914 editions, mostly with guests discussing their profession, research, books they had written, or just to explain specific health concepts more in-depth.

For a combination of reasons the show came to an end. There will be a continuation with new shows called "Health In Focus with Jacobus"

Here you'll find a selection of timeless topics that could use another listen.

This podcast is from March 3, 2018

Discussing the book by Robert H. Lustig, MD, MSL

PROGRAM NOTES

Track 1:

Introductions

Who is Robert Lustig?

What does he stand for?

Story about Odawalla Juice Company

Added sugars - people get addicted

Brain Circuits - are over activated

Dopamine - causes "excitement"
- causes receptors to slow/shut down
- you now need "more"
Serotonin - different circuit
- does not shut down receptors

Main Hack: Confusion between happiness and pleasure

Start Track 2: 21:30

Track 2:

Call about PEACE and trusting God

Lustig is strong on religion

pleasure vs happiness

dopamine: multivitamin to "get the 'Reward' "

Call about solution to stress

Discussion on connecting with other people

The history of low-fat/ no fat diets and vilifying saturated fats

Explaining too many sugars in your system (high blood sugar)

Start Track 3: 42:36

Track 3:

The effects of too much sugars

"The Toxic Truth About Sugar"

Gastric bypass

Study on children - 9 days

obese + diabetes 2 + fat in liver

Ed's explanation about the effect of Fructose on our ATP Production

Call about addiction to TV and Social Media

Discussion about the call and how it affects your sleep cycle

61 names for sugar

Fructose/Agave : no rise in bloodsugars

BUT causes fatty liver fatigue in brain
- Increase in Alzheimer's - Type 3 Diabetes
Getting rid of sugars - increase in Ketone Bodies - water soluble - get through blood brain barriers

Call from Dr. Gary Stoner about difference of Honey vs Table Sugar and link to cancer

Start Track 4: 1:03:51

Track 4:

Continued talk with caller Gary Stoner about sugars and cancer

Ed: "If you lower sugars in your diet and replace with ketones - cancer cannot live on that - killing the cancer"

Call about sugar cravings

Fireplace analogy

Call about Immunoglobulins

Start Track 5: 1:25:10

Track 5:

Quick show recap + How to raise immunoglobulins

Call about the affect of facebook

Purpose of "selective" in SSRI's

Ritalin in Pre-puberty has a calming affect
Ritalin in post-puberty has a cocaine like effect

Serotonin need L-Tryptophan to make that

Made in the intestine
Made in the brain

Explaining Tryptophan - Serotonin

Why processed foods trigger depression

Difference in whole foods

The 4 C's:

Connect
Contribute
Cooking
Coping

Start Track 6: 1:44:43

Track 6:

Mathematicians: effects on the economy on food since WW2

Percentage of economic growth" is related to our health. What if we put people on low-sugar diet - economic growth

Percentage would go to "zero"

What is metabolic syndrome?

Call about Stevia

Upset Digestion/Gastrointestinal problems

Text about Bulletproof Coffee

Call about Protein Shakes

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