TheModernAmericanTable:IsaCalorieaCalorie? We’veallheardthedictatethatacalorieisacalorieregardlessofitssource.Butareallfoodstrulycreatedequalintermsofhowtheyaffectourhealthandweight? Giventhebarrageofcompetinginformationdirectedatuseveryday,whatdowereallyknowabouthealthyeating? RobertLustig,MD,isProfessorofPediatricsintheDivisionofEndocrinologyatUniversityofCalifornia,SanFrancisco,andtheauthorofFatChance:BeatingtheOddsagainstSugar,ProcessedFood,Obesity,andDisease. ChristopherGardner,PhD,Professor(Research)ofMedicineisanutritionresearcherattheStanfordPreventionResearchCenterwhoseresearchhasbeeninvestigatingthepotentialhealthbenefitsofvariousdietarycomponentsorfoodpatterns,exploredinthecontextofrandomizedcontrolledtrialsinfree-livingadultpopulations