Fat Chance

Lustig's core argument — that fructose overconsumption is a biochemical crisis engineered by the food industry, not a willpower failure — is well-constructed and genuinely eye-opening for lay readers. Some specific claims have been contested by nutrition scientists, and the prose can turn repetitive and preachy, but the hormonal explanation of why diets fail is substantive enough to be worth the read. Come for the science, skim the policy chapters.