THE HACKING OF THE AMERICAN MIND with Dr. Robert Lustig

Yes...hope he's not banned😮

A bit sad that his book has this apparent focus just on the american population. I think what he is discussing here is a global, very valid and important issue. An eye opener for maybe half of the planet.

If you're not aware yet, the elite have their own government.

Why are older people so sick? Junk food builds junk bodies. Real food does not have an ingredient label. Junk food does.

My son’s school had a meeting and advising parents to always have overdose solutions in the house and in their purse. It never occurred to them to present something like this to the children. Children are very smart today and they would be able to understand.

No Russian hackin just American propaganda

I recommend this book to everybody I know. Thank you Mr. Lustig.

Lustig is very clear, but the interviewer should respond to his answers rather than just dishing out the next question.

I love what you explained to public to save lives,love it, love it thanks

Exactly how I feel about eating.
I only eat when I am hungry.

I find it ironic that this content is coming out of CA....

"The Century of Self Part 1"

'you can't pull yourself out if the ditch
until you figure out how you drove into it' - Dr. Robert Lustig

After listening to the doctor I can summarize that. The reason for addiction to pleasures is not the actual pleasure but immature individuals with weak prefrontal cortex who are not able to keep a balance in life instead they abuse those resources or pleasures available. The main problem goes back to your upbringings and healthy family or closed circle dynamic.

Fantastic, 🙏👑🇳🇴

I'm not a Dr., but what I've noticed about many people with ALS they have had to rely on black hat hacking to account for "success". My thought was that repeated overriding information we know is false , burns out the synapse. As you describe it , it's a burn out because of the pleasure...not happiness... Anyone studying that connection?

Thank you.

add create to the 4 Cs. It's a combination of all 4. Create art, music, etc, express yourself

Everything he said is depressing for me. I have no connection, purpose, coping, or happiness and never have

Less is more

The Russians hacked Hilary's email?! Wow. Hate it when that happens.

fascinating

The only issue I would have with his explanation is he seems to skim over the fact that manic-depression and schizophrenia stem from the insula and its connection with serotonin and DMT. He is correct that the amygdala needs to be "neutralized" to reach the background insula system by moderation (vices). But the insula also has to be moderated (virtues)-too much mania just leads to depression when you use up your stash (pride being what leads to your fall like Icarus or Lucifer)- or ask someone with bi-polar disease how this works--which the insula is the system associated with it. Where the only way to get out of the depression is to have "purpose"--such as telling others all about your experience with the insula (the foundation of all religions and most philosophical systems).

"Almost all recent imaging studies of emotion report joint activation of the AIC and the ACC in subjects experiencing emotional feelings, including maternal and romantic love, anger, fear, sadness, happiness, sexual arousal, disgust, aversion, unfairness, inequity, indignation, uncertainty, disbelief, social exclusion, trust, empathy, sculptural beauty, a 'state of union with God', and a hallucinogenic state (induced by ayahuasca). Thus, the AIC is activated not just in association with subjective feelings from the body, but apparently with all subjective feelings." Dr Craig "How do you feel — now? The anterior insula and human awareness | Nature Reviews Neuroscience"

You also have to be careful not to harm the amygdala (not enough dopamine) as traumatic events (death of a parent) leads to schizophrenia; as does too much meditation and not enough sugars in your diet--as DMT is also connected with the insula system (the subconscious part of the brain connected with sleep patterns and dreams). This last why so many use LSD/DMT/Magic Mushrooms to over-ride the amygdala and tap into the dream system of the insula. Not the smartest move conducting science experiments with chemicals in your brain.

The faith is important as well as connection actually

“Connection (😂Outside, Face to Face), Contribute (outside of yourself), Cope (sleep, mindfulness, exercise) and Cook for yourself (tryptophan, omega 3 fatty acids & fructose sugar low sugar) and when want becomes need then that is an addiction with investment.” Dr. Robert Lustig.

My rapists did that to me and ended up murdering me and some members of my family because he bragged to everyone that I am a robot and can read mind without me knowing it and no permission. Yet he is wrong he pretend to be me and they talked morbid and lustful but he pretend to be me to frame me up because they are terrorists

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A brilliant and insightful book.........I plan to read it again.

This sounds like we live in a sort of Matrix.

Wow pleasure vs happiness - I've never heard it explained like this. THIS!! 👏👏👏👏

Some company slogans that play on "happy" ...

* Coca-Cola: Open Happiness
* M&M's: Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands (indirectly promotes happiness)
* Hallmark: When caring counts (evokes happy emotions)
* Disneyland: The Happiest Place on Earth
* Kellogg's Frosted Flakes: They're Gr-r-reat! (associated with happy mornings)
* LEGO: Unleash the Power of Play (connects play to happiness)
* Snickers: Satisfies You (fulfillment can lead to happiness)
* Campbell's Soup: M'm! M'm! Good! (happy eating experience)
* Dove: Beauty Bar for Real Beauty (confidence promotes happiness)
10.ÍNDICE Banco: You can be happy here (financial security for a happy life)
* L'Oreal: Because You're Worth It (feeling good about yourself leads to happiness)
12.ÍNDICE American Express: Don't Leave Home Without It (peace of mind for happy travels)
* Johnson & Johnson: A Family Company (happy families)
* Mars, Incorporated: Putting a Smile on Every Face (associated with happy moments)
* The Hershey Company: Sweeten Every Moment (happy occasions)
* Kit Kat: Take a Break. Have a Kit Kat. (short breaks for happiness)
* Ben & Jerry's: Chunky Monkey. Happy Wombat. Happy You. (playful association with happiness)
* Tropicana: Making mornings brighter (happy and energetic mornings)
* Crayola: Color Outside the Lines (creativity sparks happiness)
* Sandals Resorts: Luxury Included. Sandals All Inclusive. (happy and carefree vacations)

Implicit conspiracy between the American companies by one follows the other to achieve a common enterprise to financial gains by black head hacking.

Outstanding!!

I'm an MMO addict, no question about it. Hell I listened to this playing Eve Online! It's a funny thing, the demarcation happiness/pleasure... Because playing these online games is often solitary, but meeting the team members and discussing tactics or corporation (larger player community) policy, debating the incredibly advanced and mathematically complex optimization in-world and having very specific pecking orders and mores is a bit like the difference between fundamentalist groups, and a quaint little community out of the great cities...
But the game mechanics are dangerously addictive. Legit meant to draw money and time from players. So I see the difference, but the concepts are in my eyes conjoined. Desire for the thrill of religious ceremony, and the community which may or may not limit the intensity to within reason. 🤔 Interesting stuff.

Thanks for an amazing discussion. As a recovered alcoholic since 22 years I identified with so much.

Hedonic pleasure is sensory. It seems that life based upon scheduling inherently reduces pleasure in sensory experience, as the waking period is filled with exigencies - things that "must" be prioritized, rather than experiencing the present.

The problem we encounter here is one of definition, rhetorical use of words, which may be partially overlapping synonyms.
Just as theory in science refers to consistently supported - NOT falsified during repeated experiment - hypothesis, while in colloquial English theory is USED to mean speculation as well as untested hypothesis.

A better command of English words is necessarily to be taught early in education, and misuse of such words by parents must be corrected.

Due to issues raised by this colloquial discussion video, comment would become too lengthy.
However, the issue of caffeine addiction, so discounted by the author, is similar to any other habituation - the relevant receptor proteins are reduced through overwhelming with this toxin, and his brain is caught in reduced synaptic function status, until ingestion of the toxin. While most of us were exposed to itby adolescence, withdrawal as early in life as possible improves function.
(Anecdote: in years at a ski/snow resort, i was unable to distinguish between those jacked upon coffee from those using cocaine). Because my own adolescence involved long daily activity UN exposed to caffeine, as the precise physical art is performed far from THAT particular poison, my activity and cognition intensity level increased beyond the effects of stimulants as a professional, it was only in my 40s when, needing rehydration on a hot day, with nothing available todrink in a remote location, i was offered a caffeine drink. Immediately following ingestion, my entire body, all coordination and strength, collapsed, until i had processed it through organs- liver, kidneys, only many minutes later recovering to high sensorimotor capacity.

Should you lifelong addicts care to seek research on that toxin, you will discover that some 70 years of repeated experiment show CONCLUSIVELY that overall intelligence is REDUCED when under its influence, although your sympathetic arousal is raised. You are, then, in a state usually occurring only during threat.

I do not recommend perpetuating such an artificially dissociated state.

No evidence of Russian hack also what happened to Seth Rich . Your mixing some truth with lies . Yes hacking of the human mind is happening but your picking a sid

OMG you are a Super man

This felt like a complicated way of saying, "Stop trying to seek joy from material things," but I did learn a little about the neuroscience of it all.

anyone have this book and they want to gift it to me??? i want to read and keep but millennials be broke!

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my conversationz die in secondz n then i just start joking around..

there are no addicts just people with untreated pain. this guy doesnt get it

its all a relationship problem, marketing and money is the problem, its not some individual problem that needs to be solved, this is.something that needs to be solved in a different way collectively

first world countries = addiction and unhappiness bc of the money and speed simple as that

Nonhedonic lies: lead in gasoline!!!!
The poisoning of the environment due to leaded gasoline it’s unbelievable!

The American intellect can be summed up with the sound of a fart.