What Big Sugar Doesn't Want You To Know

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  • @LukasFischer2111
    @LukasFischer2111 16 днів тому +1275

    Whatever FDA says I try to avoid it. I found myself in this rabbit hole of so many industry lies when I read "The 23 Former Doctor Truths". Its no wonder why Doctor left her career.

  • @ianchmp
    @ianchmp 2 місяці тому +1362

    It’s troubling how easily and often food and nutrition science is manipulated for desired results.

    • @MeRia035
      @MeRia035 2 місяці тому +50

      I'd say it's more than troubling. Because it's manipulative & deceptive, there are likely an array of illegal elements. It's criminal.

    • @dominicfucinari1942
      @dominicfucinari1942 2 місяці тому +36

      There's a big difference between what scientific procedures prove, and what scientific organizations tell us. Nobody else but a multi-Gigadollar-per-year industry gets the special privilege of covering up facts just to bail out their profit margins.

    • @amethystdream8251
      @amethystdream8251 2 місяці тому +31

      There's such a strong connection between food and psychology, so yeah if you want to manipulate ANYONE the food is what to go for. If we cared about each other, then nutrition & body science would be a core part of school curriculums.

    • @jer103
      @jer103 2 місяці тому +6

      As long as food corporations are allowed to walk a gray line of manipulating data into their favor, nothing will change. The sugar industry didn't do anything wrong by finding another scapegoat. They act in their own self interest, bottom line, and stock price. Do you think politicians will change anything when they are also manipulated by sugar lobbyist that support these large corporations.

    • @GingerPeacenik
      @GingerPeacenik 2 місяці тому

      Not to mention medical science. Most of that is pure fiction too, just to enrich the usual suspects.

  • @브라이안PR
    @브라이안PR 2 місяці тому +366

    This is so sad... my wife works in a kindergarten here in South Korea, and not just hers but all kindergarten in the country have dedicated cooks for healthy fresh meals every day, they get fresh ingredients on a daily basis. Kids should be protected....there is something so disgusting about the government and food corporations in america...

    • @Bill-n7e
      @Bill-n7e Місяць тому +2

      Yeah and they eat dogs...?

    • @브라이안PR
      @브라이안PR Місяць тому +33

      @@Bill-n7e nah, that's just a stereotype.

    • @j.clements2093
      @j.clements2093 Місяць тому +8

      @@Bill-n7e😑

    • @Kurocents
      @Kurocents Місяць тому +12

      ​@Bill-n7le lil bro thinks this would make difference even if it were true

    • @lolbajset
      @lolbajset Місяць тому

      @@Bill-n7e embarrassing low IQ reply

  • @Mito383
    @Mito383 2 місяці тому +786

    It's ridiculous what they server for breakfast in schools. You've got kids starting the day eating coco puffs with chocolate milk, poptarts, or syrup filled pre-packaged pancakes. It's crazy.

    • @dominicfucinari1942
      @dominicfucinari1942 2 місяці тому +114

      There are special interests who don't even want children well-nourished in school. If they're impoverished or poorly-fed as children, their chances of developing critical thinking skills descends, and they become easier prey for industries who use cheap wages and deplorable working conditions as a business model.

    • @MeRia035
      @MeRia035 2 місяці тому +15

      That's horrible. Isn't that food program run through USDA? I recall reading an article (may have been a video) a man that worked at USDA had concerns over a school lunch program they were reviewing. He spoke up & I believe he was fired. USDA was getting kickbacks from the company that wanted the contract. Wish I could recall more about it.

    • @moosesandmeese969
      @moosesandmeese969 2 місяці тому +29

      Literally dessert for breakfast

    • @cpgoef6
      @cpgoef6 2 місяці тому

      @@MeRia035Hillary may have had him suicided…

    • @misspat7555
      @misspat7555 2 місяці тому +5

      I mean, you could also just have most kids eating nothing until lunch. Then only the least nutritious possible item on their plate… then coming home ravenous, eating everything in the house, while bewailing the horror of school food. How long do you think it would take for parents to demand feeding kids food they will actually eat? (I preferred to go hungry and miss out on ice cream rather than eat spinach or beets. Think about that for a moment.)

  • @ThomasWht13
    @ThomasWht13 21 день тому +1444

    They put so many things like this in our food as well. Society is being lied so much! I read "The 23 Former Doctor Truths" by Lauren Clark. Its fascinating how she talks about Industry.

  • @cutback443
    @cutback443 2 місяці тому +1515

    The ones in charge. The ones with all of the money. The ones with all of the privilege. ARE LITERALLY THE WORST PEOPLE AMONG US.

    • @GalladeTheWarrior
      @GalladeTheWarrior 2 місяці тому

      BUT "Humans are all evil and are polluting everything!!!!1"

    • @KlLLERROBOT99
      @KlLLERROBOT99 2 місяці тому

      .    。    •   ゚  。   .
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      .   。   • .    •     •
        ゚   Red was not An Impostor.  ඞ。 .
        '    1 Impostor remains     。
        ゚   .   .     .  .

    • @meJaso
      @meJaso 2 місяці тому +53

      Because money is poured in from the top and is not appropriately distributed.

    • @qjtvaddict
      @qjtvaddict 2 місяці тому +23

      A certain Chinese man was right

    • @jer103
      @jer103 2 місяці тому +53

      The ones with the most money, that have more money than they can ever spend, just want control. They can try to spin that they are acting in the good of people, yet the have a self serving interest.

  • @muskybites505
    @muskybites505 2 місяці тому +680

    In 1993 in my Chicagoland high school McDonald’s became available to purchase in our cafeteria. 31 years ago. Then I went to college and got a degree in natural resource management aka common sense. I learned that the world is completely fucked do to corporate interference in all aspects of society. Nothing has gotten better. NOTHING

    • @bartdoo5757
      @bartdoo5757 2 місяці тому +21

      *Due.

    • @dominicfucinari1942
      @dominicfucinari1942 2 місяці тому +30

      I've also heard that one children's hospital in Indiana used to have a McDonald's location in-house. With Ray Kroc having empowered McDonald's via neighboring Illinois, and Indy's habits as the Midwest's South, it wasn't the biggest surprise in the world, but it was a foul stain on children's health care and the history thereof.

    • @MeRia035
      @MeRia035 2 місяці тому +6

      I like that "natural resource management". Clever! 🏆

    • @Praisethesunson
      @Praisethesunson 2 місяці тому +12

      Hey now. At least 3 obese customers developed a life long consumption thanks to that school business partnership.

    • @FUNKY_BUTTLOVIN
      @FUNKY_BUTTLOVIN 2 місяці тому +12

      Western civilization saving itself isn't something that's in the cards.... sure, we should always try. And maybe I am just very wrong. But I think the very best we can hope for, is that we don't enter a dark age when things do inevitably fall to pieces, that we don't have to start over from square one, that when the world becomes largely uninhabitable and the few of us lucky enough to be wherever happen to survive, that we carry forward some of our technology and culture, and hopefully learn from the mistakes we're mired in now

  • @AnonymousMusing
    @AnonymousMusing 2 місяці тому +1088

    Children are the future. There should be laws to protect them from corporate greed!

    • @TheSkypeConverser
      @TheSkypeConverser 2 місяці тому +9

      So true

    • @XShrike0
      @XShrike0 2 місяці тому +33

      How is that making even more money right now though?
      “We'll go down in history as the first society that wouldn't save itself because it wasn't cost-effective.”
      ― I thought Kurt Vonnegut but, I am finding Donella H. Meadows

    • @ChopperChad
      @ChopperChad 2 місяці тому +11

      They get help from power hungry politicians. Let’s don’t forget that part.

    • @householdhacks
      @householdhacks 2 місяці тому

      in america you can make your children work at your business for free. so child slave labor. america is great is it?

    • @Tailionis
      @Tailionis 2 місяці тому +5

      Than why are we voting left? The corporations pay the politicians to get what they want.

  • @mrvandamir7954
    @mrvandamir7954 2 місяці тому +439

    Sounds to me like it's long overdue for serious criminal charges. Also, We have got to end citizens united.

    • @FUNKY_BUTTLOVIN
      @FUNKY_BUTTLOVIN 2 місяці тому

      Yeahhh it is goofy how like, I have followed some leftist streamers since that started being a thing, and Citizens United and endemic corruption are never-mentioned subjects, despite being the most crucial, most important to understand flaws in our system

    • @youtrickube1475
      @youtrickube1475 2 місяці тому +3

      So every doctor and dentist goes to jail too?

    • @ScubieDoo2727
      @ScubieDoo2727 2 місяці тому +40

      @@youtrickube1475Why the hell would you infer that from what he said lol? Thats like saying "Its time for serious criminal charges for congressmen" and then asking "So every cop and lawyer goes to jail too?" Its a nonsensical tactic to make the dude's argument seem like it's steered at someone it's not and you should know better after 7th grade 🙄

    • @ScubieDoo2727
      @ScubieDoo2727 2 місяці тому +12

      YES, the idea that corporations have every themselves been considered their own singular person is totally fucking absurd. And I feel like when you tell people corporations are legally considered people, they're like "Oh ok" like no, not ok. Thats totally fucking absurd. Some of them literally are comprised of hundreds of thousands of employees around the globe, they're not "associates" theyre part of the corporation 🤦‍♂️

    • @youtrickube1475
      @youtrickube1475 2 місяці тому +2

      @@ScubieDoo2727 Are you implying that they were all hapless dolts who couldn't figure out that it was a scam?

  • @jacekicksass
    @jacekicksass 2 місяці тому +435

    Lobbying is such a curse on America.

    • @Buttercup697
      @Buttercup697 Місяць тому +26

      It’s a curse everywhere. 🤨

    • @SoliderBoy-ic9
      @SoliderBoy-ic9 Місяць тому +7

      ​​@@Buttercup697true

    • @doriangray1935
      @doriangray1935 Місяць тому

      It's literally called bribery in the rest of the world

    • @IllinoisCitizen
      @IllinoisCitizen Місяць тому +4

      Lobbying is a constitutionally protected process. "Right to Petition."
      We all just need to lobby better. The best response to speech and lobbying you don't like is to be a better speaker and lobbyist.

    • @jacekicksass
      @jacekicksass Місяць тому +36

      @@IllinoisCitizen yeah no problem I will start lobbying with the spare billions of dollars I have, just like these giant corporations.

  • @bera0014
    @bera0014 2 місяці тому +565

    Almost 2 years ago I was diagosed as pre-diabetic, my doctor said I needed to lose weight ASAP, I was also taking medication for high cholesterol. My wife and I researched diets and decided to follow Keto guidelines and so we cut down (dramatically) on sugar, low quality carbs (cheap bread, donuts, etc because they are FULL of sugar) and UPF (again full of full of sugar, carbs and chemicals).
    We went to a natural, low processed food, low carb, low sugar diet and between us we've lost over 25 kilos and six months later I did my bloods, my doctor was shocked that not only am I no longer prediabetic, but my cholesterol levels are also back to normal. People eat this big food rubbish, gain lots of weight, have horrible cholesterol, become diabetics, then big pharma kicks in with the prescription medicines and people are told it's because people are lazy and don't excersise or because it's genetic. We're never going back!

    • @dominicfucinari1942
      @dominicfucinari1942 2 місяці тому +25

      In the 00-Agents' Decade, many fast food chains added salads and other leaner options to their menus, but the other half of the time, they were introducing bigger, more fat-laden burgers and more potent desserts. I fear that United Staters have had those fatty foods and sugars marketed into their personal identities. Many of the commercials don't present them as just the newest dish, but as cultural symbols.

    • @MeRia035
      @MeRia035 2 місяці тому +40

      Actually they lied about the cholesterol being bad, too.
      Well done on the diet change 🏆

    • @Praisethesunson
      @Praisethesunson 2 місяці тому +26

      ​@@dominicfucinari1942McDonald's sells salads. With a bunch of salty cheese. Also a salad dressing that has more sugar than a bag of Skittles.

    • @risanicola7099
      @risanicola7099 2 місяці тому +8

      @@Praisethesunsonumm they actually don’t even sell salads anymore or the grilled chicken sandwich

    • @risanicola7099
      @risanicola7099 2 місяці тому +14

      Keto isn’t good for people with already high cholesterol.

  • @AGirlofYesterday
    @AGirlofYesterday 2 місяці тому +149

    She's absolutely right about the palate getting used to increased sweetness. That's part of the reason sweet foods keep increasing their sugar content over the years. I quit consuming any sugar for about 8 months, and when I gradually added a little back to my diet I had to bake my own desserts with 1/3 as much sugar. Every pre-made treat tasted waaaaay to sickeningly sweet. Still does. It's a good way to overcome a sugar addiction, but it's hard to do! I had massive withdrawal cravings.

    • @NoOligarchs
      @NoOligarchs 2 місяці тому +10

      Mad respect for doing that! It is so very hard!

    • @Mobius_ll
      @Mobius_ll Місяць тому +14

      After studying abroad for 6months in Europe it was blatantly obvious to me how disgusting American food is.

    • @BeckyMatthew32572
      @BeckyMatthew32572 Місяць тому +10

      Sugar is so insanely addictive. I've been prescribed a variety of controlled medications that are addictive, including Adderall, but nothing even comes close to the addictiveness of sugar. As an adult, I learned to avoid sugar-added foods, which cured my "bad teeth." It really gives you a new perspective when you've "detoxed" from sugar and try a treat you used to eat all the time.

    • @MattAngiono
      @MattAngiono Місяць тому +8

      Yeah I went from extreme sweet tooth to now consuming almost zero sugar.
      I don't ever even desire desserts and usually turn them down.
      They taste almost disgustingly sweet

    • @NoOligarchs
      @NoOligarchs Місяць тому +5

      @@MattAngiono That’s a serious achievement. Congrats 🙂

  • @FGM013
    @FGM013 2 місяці тому +305

    I tried to limit my kids exposure to sugar as they were growing up. My son just had his 40th birthday. When he was 7, he woke up to find me watching a documentary about child labor on the sugar plantations. Many of the children in the documentary were his age. At the end of the film, they listed companies that obtained their sugar from these plantations. He was vigilant about boycotting those companies for a few months. With the exception of a brief period in high school where he drank Dr Pepper, he doesn’t eat sugary foods or processed foods. It’s important to get them on a good nutritional track early.

    • @TimEssDub
      @TimEssDub 2 місяці тому +26

      Thank you for showing him the truth very early in his life and for the empathy and social awareness he learned.

    • @auviance222
      @auviance222 2 місяці тому +3

      "Good nutritional track early" You probably think meat and eggs are healthy lmao

    • @princessmiaxo
      @princessmiaxo 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@auviance222 They are? Meat isn't actually carcinogenic, that was misquoted pop science like the whole "brain develops fully at 25" misinfo. And eggs are chock full of nutrients - any cholesterol you eat, your body ramps down production of it. We would've been seeing record cases of heart disease and prediabetes in any meaningful fashion while we were eating meat and eggs more than food-like products we consume now if meat and eggs weren't healthy. It's the sugars and PUFAs that'll get you. You know, the oils treated with hexane and meant to be used as industrial lubricants😂

    • @FGM013
      @FGM013 2 місяці тому +39

      @@auviance222 It depends on the source. From my great grandparents on down, my family has had a tradition of eating mostly organic, naturally raised food. And yes, that included some meat. I personally never eat eggs because they make me nauseous. I rarely eat meat because the only meat that I am willing to eat is very expensive. I rarely have dairy with the exceptional of butter from organic, pasture raised cows. We try to support local organic farmers and ranchers whenever possible. I do have a small, indoor hydroponic system where I grow some fresh produce year round.
      So perhaps the next time you decide to unleash your judgemental and uninformed comments on a stranger, hopefully you will consider showing some restraint. Otherwise, you probably will just end up making a fool out of yourself, again.

    • @bunyipdragon9499
      @bunyipdragon9499 2 місяці тому

      ​@@FGM013same. I started making small changes weekly long ago and now if I eat the mass produced stuff not only does it have little taste, it also tastes weird 💜

  • @leerussel2033
    @leerussel2033 2 місяці тому +297

    This doesn't even mention the damage big sugar has done to the environment. Or what farm workers are subjected to

    • @MeRia035
      @MeRia035 2 місяці тому +22

      A video encompassing everything wrong about big sugar would have to be a 3 part series, 2 hours per episode at least. That's how bad it is.
      Edit: I meant how bad big sugar is. Kinda sounded like I meant this video was bad, which it's not 🙂

    • @OsirusHandle
      @OsirusHandle 2 місяці тому +2

      Highest yield crop there is

    • @Summalogicae
      @Summalogicae 2 місяці тому +4

      There is only so much that can be said in one video if you intend to focus on one argument.

    • @leerussel2033
      @leerussel2033 2 місяці тому +5

      @@Summalogicae totally understand I just was pointing out how bad they are for the environment also. 👍

    • @Summalogicae
      @Summalogicae 2 місяці тому +2

      @@leerussel2033
      Totally agree with you

  • @iconoclastic23
    @iconoclastic23 2 місяці тому +186

    Most recent stats from a few years ago indicate 13% of Americans are full blown diabetic and another 37% are pre-diabetic. Probably worse now, given the trend. We're even seeing children with hbA1C in the diabetic range now. They're addicted and their lifespan, healthspan, and quality of life are all irrevocably impacted before they're even old enough to start making their own food choices. This country has sacrificed its soul upon the altar of corporate greed

    • @powertothesheeple5422
      @powertothesheeple5422 2 місяці тому

      I'm just shocked that people don't realize that you are nothing more than a piggy bank to coorperations. FDA is a scam to make you fat and buy sugar, school lunch prgrams are a scam to make your kids fat and subsidise more sugar. Now you're unhealthy for life so the Healthcare industry can start mikling every dime out of you while slowly killing you and never actually curing anything. The United States FDA and regulatory comissions are a complete joke feeding us poison.

    • @someguy2135
      @someguy2135 2 місяці тому +3

      Yes most Americans eat too much processed foods including sugary food like products however they also are among the highest consumers per capita of animal products

    • @MattAngiono
      @MattAngiono Місяць тому +1

      If they were to try a vegan diet, they could probably reverse much of that, but they are just as addicted to animal foods.
      Addiction is brutal, but can be overcome.
      I'm speaking from experience

  • @MrZoomah
    @MrZoomah 2 місяці тому +186

    As an Australian... I wish we had school lunches. As a teacher in a low socio-economic school i had a freezer full of sandwiches made and paid for by the teachers for kids who couldn't bring lunch. Breakfast in the morning was made by a group of nannas and paid for local businesses.
    Now... why would local businesses pay for school lunches? In a small community, kids who go to school aren't bored... and they don't break into stores. If a kid is hungry at home, they know they can go to school to get a meal. School breakfast and school lunches considerably increased attendance... and of course we had more learning because kids had the energy to do so.
    Despite being the richest country in the world per capita, our right and centre left (aka... right) governments have always said we can't afford school lunches.
    Of course they ignore all the evidence saying healthy school lunches pay for themselves in future outcomes. That would mean looking past their own term in office.

    • @needsmetal
      @needsmetal 2 місяці тому +5

      except the what they claim is food in the lunches isnt fit to be fed to pigs

    • @LittleRadicalThinker
      @LittleRadicalThinker 2 місяці тому

      Dr Paul Mason lives in Australia.

    • @In.the.darkness_there_is_light
      @In.the.darkness_there_is_light 2 місяці тому +12

      BIG Thanks to you and those others teachers for having those kids’ backs. How can a kid focus in school when their stomach is grumbling? Hugs from Brooklyn, US.

    • @Nylon_riot
      @Nylon_riot 2 місяці тому +10

      Despite what many think, school lunches weren't started out of charity. It was implemented by the military under emergency order to ensure soldiers when there was an entire generation of malnourished children after the Dust Bowl/Great Depression. It is prison grade food. And when we already have a processed food problem, many parents fight with their kids to bring healthy food from home, but because of peer pressure or temptation has the kids buying at school anyways. Our district has snack or break in the morning and the school sells snacks, and it is an entire store of junk and sugar. American school systems have way more corporate predation than people suspect.

    • @Doctor.Kapow.
      @Doctor.Kapow. 2 місяці тому +5

      (Aussie aswell) sugarcane crops are also a bit of a sign of empire in decline because it is a crop that handles higher salinity and so it's usually a sign that your soil is being spent as the sodium content builds from irrigation, evaporation etc and other more salinity sensitive crops won't grow.
      The reason the Egyptian empire lasted so long is because of constant fresh top soil washing up through the Nile Delta every flood season.
      Spent farming soil may have collapsed more empires than we know.

  • @SerenityNow....
    @SerenityNow.... 2 місяці тому +259

    I've recently learned that maltodextrin, which is a modified glucose, and is in almost all processed food now, has a higher glycemic index than table sugar, but it is not included under "added sugars" on nutrition labels. This is because it has no calories, and is considered a "starch," so it is just included in the over-all carb count. The problem with this is that it affects your insulin levels even worse than strait table sugar, when you are under the impression that you are taking in no sugar. The food industry is getting more and more devious!

    • @tiffanymcdonald7195
      @tiffanymcdonald7195 2 місяці тому +9

      WOW 😮

    • @herculesbrofister265
      @herculesbrofister265 2 місяці тому

      So dumb, that's just sugar industry propaganda. I mean how dumb does someone have to be to come here and post sugar industry propaganda on a video about sugar industry propaganda. Every single study ever done has shown modern artificial sweeteners to be safe in amounts that are possible to consume. Yeah, boy, i'm aware some studies glorify a cancer risk, probably funded by sugar industry, because you read the details beyond the headline and you would have to drink like 100 cans of soda every day for decades to have an elevated risk.

    • @rebeccastocks5769
      @rebeccastocks5769 2 місяці тому +4

      😮

    • @capybrapa
      @capybrapa 2 місяці тому +10

      I used to drink a 16oz can of Rockstar Energy drink every morning. At this same time I was going in 5 days a week for rTMS treatments (for those who don't know, its for treatment resistant depression) in the afternoon, and they would check my heart rate before every treatment. The medical staff were initially concerned with my heart rate consistently being a bit over 100 bpm, then I decided that I would switch to sugar free Rockstar energy drinks and they found my resting heart rate has actually increased to around 110 bpm. At the time, I was still very addicted to them, so I switched back to the regular Rockstar. I drank them once or twice daily from the time I was 15 years old until I was 23.

    • @brianfox771
      @brianfox771 2 місяці тому +16

      Dextrose is another one to look out for; almost as bad as Maltodextrin. I've been on keto for 6.5 years, if I see maltodextrin or dextrose in the ingredients, even if it is low carb, I don't buy it.

  • @T.R.75
    @T.R.75 2 місяці тому +102

    great vid. sucks that everything has become so corrupt. the enshitification of everything is nearly complete.

    • @littJ1307
      @littJ1307 2 місяці тому +6

      wellsaid!

    • @Gfish17
      @Gfish17 2 місяці тому +10

      Become corrupt?
      As of there was a point when they weren't corrupt.

    • @Window4503
      @Window4503 2 місяці тому +4

      @@Gfish17There was.…

    • @amethystdream8251
      @amethystdream8251 2 місяці тому

      ​@@Gfish17 I know right, hilarious how this country was founded on slavery and everyone expected it to go over smoothly

    • @VoidySan
      @VoidySan Місяць тому +3

      Dude, enshitification is so funny

  • @TheLastLineLive
    @TheLastLineLive 2 місяці тому +219

    I know people say nicotine or caffeine are the most addictive thing but I think it’s legit sugar. It certainly is harder to avoid than those because it’s in almost everything. And even with the sugar alternatives, they’re just a methadone.

    • @johnchedsey1306
      @johnchedsey1306 2 місяці тому +19

      A friend of mine recently was saying that the hardest thing for him to quit was sugar, and he'd been both a smoker and coffee drinker.

    • @saschamayer4050
      @saschamayer4050 2 місяці тому +15

      And you HAVE to eat.

    • @moosesandmeese969
      @moosesandmeese969 2 місяці тому +9

      I'm fairly certain I've read that sugar is about 8x as addictive as cocaine

    • @willcarpenter5546
      @willcarpenter5546 2 місяці тому

      ​@@johnchedsey1306 can fully agree. Sugar is everywhere and advertised everywhere and accepted by everyone.

    • @Ivar-V
      @Ivar-V 2 місяці тому +7

      Literally had a sugar withdrawal when i quit. Thought i couldn’t live without it. Plus i learned it as a child.

  • @the.masked.one.studio4899
    @the.masked.one.studio4899 2 місяці тому +68

    I’ve discovered that my daughter has insulin hypersensitivity. She was having violent meltdowns (she’s also autistic). She brought home a yogurt in her lunch bag and it had 42 grams of sugar. I’ve requested that they feed her no sugar but it’s still happening on a regular basis (even with a doctors note) This crap is dangerous.

    • @thegalhorowitz
      @thegalhorowitz 2 місяці тому +6

      Eating healthy is cheap, I grew up in Turkey but still poor people eat the healthiest. It takes effort and preparation to cook which is why Americans choose lazy options and then complain. I lived in US shortly, rice and vegetables, beans etc are cheap. Potatoes are cheap. People need to cook these basics along with salads. Buy bulk and meal prep. They need to teach nutrition at schools immediately.

    • @OllieAnxious
      @OllieAnxious 2 місяці тому +16

      ​@thegalhorowitz Actually, here our unhealthy foods are the most accessible for the way our lifestyles have to work. A lot of people really unfortunately don't have a choice, we as the consumer are not the problem. The people raising the price of fresh produce and adding more junk to the shelves are to blame.
      Yes potatoes and rice exist, but having a carb heavy foods is really bad for you too.

    • @Bill-n7e
      @Bill-n7e Місяць тому

      Just keep complaining, while also letting someone else raise your kid

    • @Pheoniex
      @Pheoniex 8 днів тому

      ​@@thegalhorowitzEating a salad made yourself with purchased ingredients costs 3$ eating one at a restaurant with extremely similar ingredients costs about 20$. Laziness or lack of time from working too much is definitely a bigger problem than the 'cost' of healthy food. I live in the USA.

  • @MyLoganTreks
    @MyLoganTreks 2 місяці тому +112

    I cut out soda and I lost 80 lbs. I took my elderly mother off sugar and her UTI issues never occurred again, and is off all her medication. Like Big OIl, they have done the research and found out the facts addiction sells.

    • @johnchedsey1306
      @johnchedsey1306 2 місяці тому +5

      I have friends who drink a lot of soda but say they want to lose weight. I always suggest at least starting with stopping soda consumption, though few actually go through with that.

    • @Ozzianman
      @Ozzianman 2 місяці тому +3

      ​@@johnchedsey1306 At least move over to sugar free soda. It's one step in the right direction.

    • @rando29287
      @rando29287 2 місяці тому +2

      sugar isn’t the issue, seed oils are. you took your mother off of seed oils.

    • @marklouis1890
      @marklouis1890 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@Ozzianmanthey are also probiotic sodas like Poppi: 25 calories per can 4 g of sugar with the probiotics mixed in. Those are a healthier alternative when you want that soda fix

    • @Ozzianman
      @Ozzianman 2 місяці тому +1

      @@marklouis1890 Those are not a thing at all in Norway. There is only sugar or sugar free.

  • @admez2680
    @admez2680 2 місяці тому +73

    I used to get terrible stomach aches as a kid. Probably had at least a six pack of it each day. As soon as I quit drinking all the soda, the stomach issues all went away. I've never gone back to drinking any of it. More recently I reduced all carbs daily to less than 30g daily. Dropped 30 pounds within two months just from reducing that.
    This shit is literally killing us and keeping us sick. If you want to tackle obesity and other chronic inflammation related issues, cut out the gratuitous amounts sugar you eat in a day. It's pretty amazing how much better you can start to feel.

    • @Ivar-V
      @Ivar-V 2 місяці тому +11

      And also mental issues. Feel less anxious and hangry after ditching the sugar and empty carbs.

  • @loganbush4015
    @loganbush4015 2 місяці тому +66

    This is all old news but sadly millions of people are hearing this for the first time

  • @wishiwascooler
    @wishiwascooler 2 місяці тому +46

    This has bothered me so much since I found out about it and finally realized how bad it is. Those people are truly evil who would basically condemn so many children to a life addicted to sugar.

  • @petebusch9069
    @petebusch9069 2 місяці тому +51

    I backed WAY off sugar product 6 months ago, lost 15 pounds immediately and my stomach feels AWESOME now. Don't wait for government to do their job, cut the cord now, you can do it.

    • @jessicar.8333
      @jessicar.8333 2 місяці тому +5

      Unfortunately the only thing poor people can afford is junk food.

    • @jessicar.8333
      @jessicar.8333 2 місяці тому +10

      Unfortunately all poor people can afford is the sugar packed 💩. We need to demand government subsidize healthy food (like produce), especially for those on food stamps.

    • @jessicar.8333
      @jessicar.8333 2 місяці тому

      We also need to arrest the sugar industry executives. They're k!lling us

    • @petebusch9069
      @petebusch9069 2 місяці тому

      @@jessicar.8333 Unfortunately that is actually true. Good food does cost more.

    • @papercrane25
      @papercrane25 2 місяці тому +3

      True, but I'm poor and I cut drinking any kind of sugary drinks out of my life in my early 20s, just drink water and unsweetened tea now. That change alone reset my taste buds and eating other sugary foods became too much for me. I still like a sweet treat every once in awhile though, just not like I did when I was younger. I can see why these companies are so scared of small changes especially when it comes to children's diets.

  • @severdislike4222
    @severdislike4222 2 місяці тому +36

    A fun fact about this - most of the parent companies behind the old bliss-point research were also former parts of The American Tobacco Company, the tobacco monopoly of the late 1800's into the early 1900's.

  • @steveweast475
    @steveweast475 2 місяці тому +25

    We truly live in a dystopia

    • @davidwalz94
      @davidwalz94 2 місяці тому +2

      You truly live in America*
      Fixed

  • @johnchedsey1306
    @johnchedsey1306 2 місяці тому +29

    I've generally avoided most sugary things (like, almost never having a soda) but a year ago during my yearly bloodwork checkup, my doctor noted my sugar levels were high enough to be a concern. So I started paying closer attention to what I was buying at the store...and every damn thing has sugar added when it's not necessary. It's actually a challenge to avoid it. Thankfully I did manage to lower the blood levels and my doctor was less concerned, but it was eye opening how ubiquitous it really is.
    These companies are not entitled to eternal profit at the expense of our health.

  • @Padq
    @Padq 2 місяці тому +149

    How about going back to the Regan administration that began deregulation of corporations. I blame him for everything 😂

    • @everythingmatters6308
      @everythingmatters6308 2 місяці тому +17

      I do, too, but my school was serving milkshakes and Funions back in 1979.

    • @Dragrath1
      @Dragrath1 2 місяці тому

      Generally a wise rule of thumb though this is one of those rare instances where the causality seems to go the other way as the sugar industry was active with disinformation before Regan politically came to power. Still I have no doubt Regan made it worse and even pure unadulterated evil had to get their inspiration from somewhere.

    • @cherylT321
      @cherylT321 2 місяці тому +8

      Yes, he was absolutely awful!

    • @MoonChild8189
      @MoonChild8189 2 місяці тому +5

      It is really how funny looking into how this horrible thing came to be in America and just it started with Reagan. It's genuinely comical how often it happens.

    • @xXLunatikxXlul
      @xXLunatikxXlul 2 місяці тому +7

      Oh you sweet summer child. It’s been going on far longer than Regan.

  • @albongo3949
    @albongo3949 Місяць тому +3

    Instead of debates this channel should just be shown to political leadership

  • @BennyT_3434
    @BennyT_3434 2 місяці тому +42

    Schools budgets cut so they cant afford fresh food or the people to cook it, forced into processed sugary foods, hmmmmm, almost like it was all done on purpose

    • @Madzielle
      @Madzielle 27 днів тому

      My son has free breakfast at school, but it's fruit loops and chocolate milk.
      He probably still gets it at school, but I have since made certain to feed him breakfast before school, hoping it makes an impact.
      Blows my mind we feed kids sugar piles first thing in the morning and then expect them to learn.

  • @SwissDHD
    @SwissDHD 2 місяці тому +32

    Added sugar is unnecessarily in so many products, why does every food need to be super sweet & addictive

    • @marklouis1890
      @marklouis1890 2 місяці тому +2

      Which is why you have to be vigilant about reading the ingredients of what you buy

    • @luisbraz-ruivo
      @luisbraz-ruivo 15 днів тому +1

      Because they want you to buy MORE (I know you know that).

    • @WaningGibbous
      @WaningGibbous 14 днів тому

      Because it's addictive and that's more profits for the ultra rich

  • @danisonice.
    @danisonice. 2 місяці тому +34

    "The new regulations could lead us to use artificial sweeteners" that's a threat.

    • @Aster-v8j
      @Aster-v8j 2 місяці тому

      Some artificial sweeteners spike insulin more than regular sugar and of course they know it.

  • @oliviakahlo1
    @oliviakahlo1 2 місяці тому +29

    I love what the nutritionist says toward the end, policy makers need to demand oversight on where the wee tithe of government spending for lunches goes. Subsidize local food producers and pay for skilled chefs to prepare healthy, fresh foods.

  • @JemLeavitt
    @JemLeavitt 2 місяці тому +16

    Everyone should see this. It's crucial.

    • @el_chavez
      @el_chavez 2 місяці тому +1

      I shared it to my socials. With the heading “Sugar is killing us”. I hope at least my family sees it. They are very addicted and don’t think it’s a problem.

    • @grischa762
      @grischa762 Місяць тому +1

      This should be common knowledge by now. . It's crucial.

    • @07Flash11MRC
      @07Flash11MRC Місяць тому

      Share it with all of your loved ones, friends, work colleagues.

  • @williamlloyd3769
    @williamlloyd3769 2 місяці тому +54

    Sugar and corn syrup doesn’t belong in human food supply. I like how Chile made the industry mark packaging in a way to discourage people from buying food stuff with superfluous ingredients like sugar

    • @JohnGeorgeBauerBuis
      @JohnGeorgeBauerBuis 2 місяці тому +4

      I would not be too surprised if Chile gets invaded by someone, or their government toppled by revolutionaries backed by a foreign power.

    • @prismwing
      @prismwing 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@JohnGeorgeBauerBuisThat already happened. Look into Chile's 9/11

    • @BaloneySandwichWithKetchup
      @BaloneySandwichWithKetchup Місяць тому +1

      sugar not belonging in the human food supply is a wild and incredibly stupid take. just limit your consumption and don't be a mindless consumer.

  • @DKJ100
    @DKJ100 2 місяці тому +19

    It turns out that South Park's episode on Ozempic was an accurate portrayal of the sugar industry.

  • @MattAngiono
    @MattAngiono Місяць тому +6

    I was once a sweet tooth.
    My nickname was "Mattman the candy man" in high school, because i was always eating that stuff.
    But now i eat almost no sugar and never crave it at all. I don't usually even eat dessert when offered.
    Change is possible!
    Your palate will adjust within weeks and you'll never need so much sugar again!

  • @vivalaleta
    @vivalaleta 2 місяці тому +63

    My ex was addicted to Mountain Dew because he had terrible allergies and the meds made him sleepy but coffee was yucky (I know). At the age of 40 the dentist came out and said all his teeth were shaped like dishes because of the consistent sugar wash.

    • @kennyholmes5196
      @kennyholmes5196 2 місяці тому

      Allergic to tea, too?

    • @vivalaleta
      @vivalaleta 2 місяці тому +6

      @@kennyholmes5196 Not interested. He wanted that sugar/caffeine high because he had the mind of a teenager. 🙂

    • @kennyholmes5196
      @kennyholmes5196 2 місяці тому

      @@vivalaleta Fun fact: Tea has a high amount of caffeine in it!

    • @Window4503
      @Window4503 2 місяці тому +7

      @@kennyholmes5196Depends on the type. Black tea, especially Assam, is on the higher end. Matcha also provides a good energy boost, but normal green tea tends to be half the amount of caffeine.

    • @auviance222
      @auviance222 2 місяці тому

      What a horrible doctor to not know that sugar is neutral pH therefore has no effect on teeth. What becomes a problem is if you have bacteria in your mouth that feeds on sugar and you let them do their thing repeatedly for hours everyday, yeah, can be an issue. Not if you have good dental hygiene.
      Mt Dew screws you teeth because of all the other ingredients in it. Look at the fricking label, a lot of those things literally have ACID in their name. Use your brain god damnit.

  • @mooshroom53
    @mooshroom53 Місяць тому +1

    Most days of the week I am not strong enough to watch through your videos, so I’ll come back when I’m ready. This is what real journalism FEELS like. To inspire such emotion is what every news outlet should aspire to. Thank you more perfect union for keeping it raw and real.

  • @grayj7441
    @grayj7441 2 місяці тому +68

    I have been a cook for 36 years. I have noticed that men are actually picking salads, and such more over the years.

    • @augustuscaeser8939
      @augustuscaeser8939 2 місяці тому +3

      won't make a difference honestly. even if they have 1 healthy meal a day Big Sugar has them SORROUNDED!!!! They literally have to either eat sugar or starve. it's next to impossible otherwise

    • @DrawinskyMoon
      @DrawinskyMoon 2 місяці тому

      And you wonder why masculinity is declining.

    • @grayj7441
      @grayj7441 2 місяці тому +20

      @@DrawinskyMoon eating healthy, exercise, and knowledge makes an alpha

    • @narrgamedesigner2747
      @narrgamedesigner2747 2 місяці тому +2

      ​@@augustuscaeser8939 well not as long as you're eating whole foods ect. The sugar intake would be controlled. I only drink sparkling water, kombucha and coffee.
      So while it's not great it's not coka cola bottles.

    • @Ozzianman
      @Ozzianman 2 місяці тому

      ​@@grayj7441 You do know that myth is bogus right? Wolves in the wild form family units and the scientists originally related to the study that started the entire alpha beta nonsense have distanced themselves from it.

  • @WilliamHaisch
    @WilliamHaisch 2 місяці тому +29

    Forty years ago when I was in grade school, the budget for a hot school meal was $1. That it is still ONE DOLLAR forty years later is insane! 😮

  • @JaceFalcon
    @JaceFalcon 2 місяці тому +41

    Barely saved my teeth as a result. Class action lawsuit

    • @DrawinskyMoon
      @DrawinskyMoon 2 місяці тому

      Let me guess, you were brushing your teeth along side consuming copious amounts of sugar. Its all one big scam

    • @The_One_0_0
      @The_One_0_0 Місяць тому

      Because of a gosh damn parasite yea

    • @The_One_0_0
      @The_One_0_0 Місяць тому

      These bs diseases they make to try and kill people sicken me

  • @AccountWithDumbThoughts
    @AccountWithDumbThoughts 2 місяці тому +11

    We need to end capitalism. Reform is not sufficient!

    • @nraexox2599
      @nraexox2599 2 місяці тому

      It needs to end, but that’s going to take a while, we need reform as a catalyst for systemic change

    • @marklouis1890
      @marklouis1890 2 місяці тому +2

      I agree we need change and we need it yesterday. Fuck capitalism

  • @GriffinK10
    @GriffinK10 2 місяці тому +47

    Happy to be sugar free for 7 years!

    • @lefty-bw1zp
      @lefty-bw1zp 2 місяці тому +4

      Congratulations 🍾🎉🎈

    • @pinky9440
      @pinky9440 Місяць тому +1

      A great achievement. Well done!

  • @cindyolson5264
    @cindyolson5264 2 місяці тому +31

    Sugar is addictive as far as I'm concerned. It is for me. I cannot have it in the house.

    • @kylehaley5433
      @kylehaley5433 2 місяці тому +11

      It's a drug like any of the other white powders we should avoid. I challenge anyone to disagree.

    • @ding9633
      @ding9633 2 місяці тому +2

      Unnecessary, harmful and addictive.

    • @edwardmitchell6581
      @edwardmitchell6581 2 місяці тому +2

      And never ever get a fast food milkshake.

    • @edwardmitchell6581
      @edwardmitchell6581 2 місяці тому +1

      Not even once.

    • @rf159a
      @rf159a 2 місяці тому +2

      I quit smoking and drinking and my junk food intake is off the chart. However I'm 65 so I'll enjoy my sweets because I don't have much time left.

  • @sylvias2062
    @sylvias2062 2 місяці тому +18

    It seems that the only chance we have is sustainable local farming and land management but it takes time.

  • @paganlark7037
    @paganlark7037 2 місяці тому +23

    Goddamn, I knew sugar was bad, but didn't realize the extent of the evil these executives perpetuated on society.

  • @talalfarooq432
    @talalfarooq432 Місяць тому +3

    This is another reason to boycott these evil international mega brands!

  • @stephaniec3022
    @stephaniec3022 2 місяці тому +4

    I'm so glad my dad as a scientist ignored corporate marketing and actually started me early on fresh fruits and vegetables. I can't stomach junk food most of the time it makes me physically sick and I'd rather go eat something healthy.

  • @CommentingOnTheFreakshow
    @CommentingOnTheFreakshow 2 місяці тому +95

    Hey, you know what's bad for business? When your business is killing your customers! That's NOT a good business plan!

    • @harashe1000
      @harashe1000 2 місяці тому +46

      Unfortunately soda is slow poison--they can squeeze a good 40, 50 years out of their victims.

    • @edwardgobbo9685
      @edwardgobbo9685 2 місяці тому

      Heroin is a trillion dollar industry. People die. They make more.

    • @XShrike0
      @XShrike0 2 місяці тому

      They don't care about the future. They only care about now.

    • @Perfidion
      @Perfidion 2 місяці тому

      It's all about consumer throughput, which is why they're after the kids. Once you're obese, diabetic and sickly, you're Big Pharma's cow to milk. Big Sugar want you while you're young, impressionable, growing and hungry.

    • @hhjhj393
      @hhjhj393 2 місяці тому +16

      If I was a bad person I could make millions today, scam everyone, then when the consequences of my actions become apparent, I will be dead! Ta da!!!!
      I will get to live in luxury, and those suckers in the future will pay for it! Perfect crime.

  • @franimal86
    @franimal86 2 місяці тому +11

    The oil industry is marketing plastic as recyclable and marketing themselves as becoming more sustainable - to children, today.
    It should be illegal, not just because it is false advertising, but also for the same reason laws against tobacco ads aimed at children were made illegal - it is ultimately bad for them.

  • @malegria9641
    @malegria9641 2 місяці тому +22

    watchign this while drinking a baja blast like "oh shit"

    • @Gfish17
      @Gfish17 2 місяці тому +2

      I enjoy Soda but can we make syrupy fizzy water less harmful someone?

    • @Window4503
      @Window4503 2 місяці тому +1

      As long as it isn’t a regular thing, it’s fine to enjoy. You don’t even have to drink the whole thing in one day.

    • @everythingmatters6308
      @everythingmatters6308 2 місяці тому

      ​@@Gfish17 "Clean Food Living" answered how one month ago.

    • @kawnah3519
      @kawnah3519 2 місяці тому

      @@Gfish17try olipop, poppi, liquid death, or spindrift. The first two taste like soda and are good for your gut. The second two are flavored sparkling water that have good ingredients. :)

  • @dominicfucinari1942
    @dominicfucinari1942 2 місяці тому +11

    My top fear is that WAL-MART doesn't want children to be better-fed or well-equipped for school, because the worse students do, the more likely WAL-MART can have a monopoly on their labor, which they'd lowball them for. Superemployers like WAL-MART have that as an essential plank of their business model.

  • @alexscott1283
    @alexscott1283 2 місяці тому +17

    If the US government can get healthy food to every corner of the military, they can easily get healthy food to school children.

    • @ChickpeatheTortie
      @ChickpeatheTortie 2 місяці тому +2

      Interesting that you should say that. Back in the mid 1970's I worked for the USAF at their base in Berlin and I can remember how gorgeous and sweet and moorish their food and drinks were compared to German or English fare. I stayed with USAF for about 18 months and put on two stone in weight - as soon as I came back to the UK and our grim diet I lost it thankfully.

    • @APerson-qw8yy
      @APerson-qw8yy Місяць тому +1

      This is inaccurate

    • @OkiFool66
      @OkiFool66 Місяць тому +1

      I wouldn't exactly call our food healthy

  • @HAVET1
    @HAVET1 2 місяці тому +21

    this is the exact same action plan that big oil companies use to cram industry propaganda into children's education nationally and worldwide... fascinating

    • @Dragrath1
      @Dragrath1 2 місяці тому +7

      Yep The Sugar industry was the pioneer of this type of disinformation and defamation/harassment campaign which was later adopted by t the fossil fuel industry after the saw the levels of success the sugar industry had at suppressing unwanted scientific facts that hinder their profit margins.
      Why innovate when you can sow doubt through disinformation and lobby politicians to inaction?
      The Tobacco industry is another big user of this strategy though there at least sustained prolonged public outcry was eventually able to overcome the industry's influence enough to pass some legislation but even there the disinformation campaigns have had remarkable success at fighting a clear unambiguous scientific consensus.
      There is a book on the subject known as Merchants of doubt which focuses on the multibillion dollar corporate disinformation and lobbying industry which has been built up to silence and obfuscate inconvenient scientific evidence which would undermine profit margins.

  • @nari5161
    @nari5161 2 місяці тому +17

    When I quit drinking and smoking weed I started eating a lot more sugar, something my friends have related to, and (like 1am baking cookies, finished by morning a lot) I started to feel baseline worse than I did with substance abuse. Rapid weight gain, teeth sensitivity, brain fog, sleep disruption. Luckily when I cut back on sugar my gut microbiome responds pretty quickly in ceasing those signals that affect impulse control (and vice versa when I increase sugar intake again), but it's like damn, regulate This. Tax This.

    • @rf159a
      @rf159a 2 місяці тому

      Same here but I smoked cigarettes.

  • @el_chavez
    @el_chavez 2 місяці тому +10

    Not only is Coca Cola poisoning Mexico but they are also causing a big water shortage in the hottest year on record.

    • @whereswaldo5740
      @whereswaldo5740 Місяць тому +1

      I’m helping. I quit drinking Coke because they changed it and it has totally messed up my gut.

    • @WaningGibbous
      @WaningGibbous 14 днів тому

      Truly evil

  • @TheOG-GG
    @TheOG-GG 2 місяці тому +7

    These marketing executives have NO business sense at all and are freaking cowards! If they had business sense they would capitalize on PROVIDING healthy food and being the first & best to do it! They would priotizing being the top provider of actually healthy food instead of beating the dead horse that is sugar. Just like if energy companies had any business sense they would capitalizing on SUSTAINABLE energy sources like solar, wind, water, even garbage to energy instead of beating everything out of the dead horse that is oil. These failures and cowards are bad for business, bad for profits, bad for humanity. All the best business decisions are SUSTAINABLE. Forcing sugar, cigarettes, fake food, etc are NOT sustainable. Killing your customers on purpose is NEVER a good business strategy ever. These executives all need to be replaced with people who have actual business sense, sustainable business practices and long term vision.

  • @LmfaoBanana
    @LmfaoBanana 2 місяці тому +7

    Growing up I went into school lunch debt and was forced to go hungry. No money, no food for the children in America.

    • @marklouis1890
      @marklouis1890 2 місяці тому +2

      Food lunch debt shouldn't even be a thing. It's disgusting that children can't even have a balanced meal due to the financial instability. School lunches should be subsidized especially in low-incomed areas. I had to pay about $2 for my school lunch everyday in high school. According to the school district my mom made too much for us to qualify for subsidize school lunches.

  • @we8608
    @we8608 2 місяці тому +16

    Im addicted and im afraid this addiction will kill me. I dont know what to do.

    • @matthewmalaker477
      @matthewmalaker477 2 місяці тому +3

      It's unfortunate to hear that, but here are some that I have.
      If it's something like soda, maybe you can try not buying soda or keeping any in your house, so you can't drink any even when you want to. Maybe try to replace that sweet craving for some other flavor, like savory (as long as you keep salt levels under control). That's just an idea.
      Some good advice I heard was to basically avoid the interior isles of grocery stores because that is where all the processed stuff is, and it's generally pretty true. If you never pass by it, you won't be tempted to by it as severely.
      Maybe you could (and or should) get professional help from a dietician/nutritionist if you could afford it or some other professional trained in dealing with cases of addiction.
      Cooking for yourself if you have the time is the best way to control what food you eat, and it's generally much healthier than buying anything highly processed because it avoids all the added sugars, preservatives, etc. The difficult part for me is spending the time doing it. Meal prepping actually helps with that because one cooking session yields 4 or 5 or so servings of a particular meal.
      These are just ideas of course. The specifics are determined by your exact situation.

    • @kaylap4924
      @kaylap4924 2 місяці тому +1

      Just don't eat it

    • @avamasquerade
      @avamasquerade 2 місяці тому +5

      Wean yourself off it slowly, this requires diligence, rigorous honesty, and patience, but it's more than achievable. Try calculating your sugar intake daily (grams or even just sevings) with just sweets/sugary drinks. Slowly reduce sweets/soda little by little each day. Then, once you're feeling OK with that (and there will be cravings but if you ride it out slowly, they will be minimal) then start cutting out added sugars, replace those with fruit, some very minimal honey, and once added sugars are off your plate start weaning off the honey, calm the cravings with fruit (frozen banana and cherries are awesome for this) Expect this to take a month or two. And flush your system with water (don't be extreme about it though) and get as much sleep as you reasonably can. Sleep deprivation triggers sugar cravings like crazy. If you go backwards, *do not beat yourself up for it* and try not to be like "ah, fk it, might as well get in a good sugar binge now since I already screwed up" just get back on track (even if you ultimately give in to a sugar binge at any point, get rught back on track, no beating yoursdlf up allowed because you are doing a hard fking thing d@mmit) maybe slow down on weaning a little bit if you cave, but get right back on moving forward, little by little. Even cutting back on any level is an amazing accomplishment, so don't forget to remind yourself how far you've come during the process. It also helps to associate eating sugar with pain (like if you have a bad back or inflammatory issues etc...) as we've been conditioned to blame our pain (emitional and physical) on ourselves or anything else other than sugar) Remind yourself that if you do give into a craving, you'll only crave even more in 2 hours or so. While you can get through it, reactivated cravings become a psychological battle as they'll lie to you, trying to convince you that you've always felt this way and will continue to feel this way, so it's hopeless and you should just give up. Also, the anxiety, low points you probably feel every day, that's likely sugar withdrawal, and if youre addicted daily, youre experiencing withdrawal anyway, so you might as well get your freedom from it instead of shacking yourself even more to this horror that's slow kilingus all. . Anyway, that's a lot, but that's how I did it.

    • @tjklueber2338
      @tjklueber2338 2 місяці тому +2

      Tbh once I found out the truth of alcohol, sugar And the rest of the garbage we are served that was enough for me to stop using all of it point blank that very second.

    • @DrawinskyMoon
      @DrawinskyMoon 2 місяці тому +1

      My suggestion for soda is to look for flavored fizz. If it’s the texture you like buy a case of spindrift and sweeten it yourself with honey, agave or maple syrup. Continue that until you can lower the sugar content down to nothing. As for baked goods, look for organic brands that have few ingredients in them. Rule of thumb for buying packaged food, if you can’t pronounce the ingredient it shouldn’t be in your body.

  • @breakupgoogle
    @breakupgoogle 2 місяці тому +40

    they got me good.

    • @PlazDreamweaver
      @PlazDreamweaver 2 місяці тому +9

      Same bro, same. Trying to lose 22 lbs. I was down to 10 left from 30, but now I'm back at 22. Sugar is the number 1 getting in the way. I really need an incredible amount of self-control to avoid sugar. It's not enough that sugary foods are widely available, but now foods have the most absurd amounts of sugar. 40g in a big cup large reeses cup pack. 27-38g in a pint if chocolate milk. It's hard to stay away from sugar, and extra hard to have a reasonable amount if you have some at all.

    • @GriffinK10
      @GriffinK10 2 місяці тому +4

      @@PlazDreamweaverjust put a negative connotation on them. Make it so whenever you eat sugar you feel gross

    • @jeremyklein953
      @jeremyklein953 2 місяці тому +6

      @@PlazDreamweaver after like 4 weeks of being sugar free you really don't crave it anymore. Stay strong brother!

    • @ovrjoyd
      @ovrjoyd 2 місяці тому +2

      @@PlazDreamweaver@PlazDreamweaver I have had a lifelong sugar addiction and have tried to diet it since I was 6. Imagine that... 6!. A lifetime of yo yo weight loss and gain. 50 lbs every year. Avoided fat all my life, and even when I gave up sugar, I didn't realize the key was eating fat to stay satiated. Did Keto over 3 years ago and lost 60 lbs. I've kept my weight off since. I won't touch sugar.

    • @Window4503
      @Window4503 2 місяці тому +1

      @@PlazDreamweaverIt might help to find replacements or set some rules. My personal rule is to not buy any candy or sweets that I don’t put make from scratch. Plus I can control how much is made and even how much sugar goes in. Right now I have some little cookies I made that aren’t super sweet and made for dipping in coffee. 1-2 is usually enough of a treat for the day. Office treats have made my rule more complicated though.

  • @USA50_
    @USA50_ 2 місяці тому +4

    While valuable, this is information that has been out for a while. American citizens need to use their wallets as well as their ballots for healthier environments in the United States. Thanks 🇺🇸❤️

  • @bananamustache3071
    @bananamustache3071 2 місяці тому

    THANK YOU more perfect union for picking up on and covering this story. It's a huge story that is still kept very quiet even though it is there plain to see if you look and has been for years.

  • @ironrose888
    @ironrose888 2 місяці тому +5

    I’m T2D and I have to give up sugar and fast metabolizing starches. It’s in ALL Processed Foods. I’m finding a whole new way of eating and cooking. 😮

  • @ShortTalk2
    @ShortTalk2 2 місяці тому

    Thank you for this publication. Continue your work.

  • @NoName-ik2du
    @NoName-ik2du 2 місяці тому +7

    I'm just so tired of people being evil. Like, it's not hard to _not_ be evil.
    I will say, though, that for me at least, the "get 'em while they're kids" tactic didn't work. I loved things sugar-bomb type snacks when I was a kid, but I hate them as an adult. Every time I try to go back a childhood favorite like Poptarts or Gushers or something, as an adult I'm just disgusted by it. I assumed adults simply grew out of liking sweet things, but I guess not everyone does?

  • @Ivar-V
    @Ivar-V 2 місяці тому +1

    So glad you made this video, thank you!!!

  • @augustuscaeser8939
    @augustuscaeser8939 2 місяці тому +5

    just like any other addiction the more hits we get the more tolerance we build

  • @leaf16nut
    @leaf16nut 9 днів тому +1

    It still boggles my mind that the US doesn’t have free health care, yet will pack kids full of this sh*t, for free! Free lunches was always a strange concept to me 🤷‍♂️

  • @nullfield6514
    @nullfield6514 2 місяці тому +7

    WE NEED TO STOP SUBSIDIZING CORN

  • @pajeetsingh
    @pajeetsingh 2 місяці тому +16

    As someone who is addicted to sugar, I would like these companies taxed and even closed.

    • @DrawinskyMoon
      @DrawinskyMoon 2 місяці тому

      I have a major sweet tooth but I know my limit. I for one don’t want more taxes. They just make things worse.

    • @edwardmitchell6581
      @edwardmitchell6581 2 місяці тому

      @@DrawinskyMoon Don't think of it as a tax, think of it as them paying for the harm they do. Just like gas taxes go to road maintenance.
      Externalities can be priced into the market. Taxes are much simpler than harm markets like the carbon credit market.

  • @JS-cs8gz
    @JS-cs8gz 2 місяці тому +9

    Knowledge is power. That's why lobbyist exist to control the narrative on what is healthy and what is not. Major corporations have long had their hands on the levers of power that guide society and truthful information. Politicians and people at the top of these corporations conspire to this end. Often times you wonder why politicians vote against the interest of their constituents. Money and power is their focus and who cares if there is harm to the general public. This system of things is twisted and immorally grotesque. That is why very soon this system will come to its end - Dan 2:44.

    • @zerog1037
      @zerog1037 2 місяці тому

      I wish they could have lobbied harder. I miss my sugary products before the sugar tax 😂
      Also btw this whole butter vs margerine thing is pretty funny because margerine is healthier than butter haha
      Everything said to be bad of margerine are under 1g 😂

  • @floppyjaloppy1
    @floppyjaloppy1 2 місяці тому

    This channels production is top tier. Definitely filling the void vice has left

  • @toomanykatsu
    @toomanykatsu 2 місяці тому +7

    2002-2003 I couldn’t use my reduced lunch money on my card at the student store but damn if they didn’t have Cheetos and Snapple apple available in the actual lunch line and I could waste my reduced lunch money on full priced junk.

  • @victoriab8186
    @victoriab8186 2 місяці тому +8

    I see one major problem with sugar taxes. As this video states, ‘sweet tooths’ are a thing, created by a manipulation of our sense of how much sweetness we need. Where implemented, sugar taxes have been avoided by companies switching to artificial sweeteners - which was the point of the tax. But because they don’t reduce the sweetness of the products, in fact often they make them sweeter, they are still manipulating people into having a sweet tooth, and thus being more likely to pick sweet options, whether artificially sweetened or sweetened with sugar.

    • @paisleepunk
      @paisleepunk 2 місяці тому +3

      my next instinct would be to tax the artificial sweeteners too, but idk

    • @marklouis1890
      @marklouis1890 2 місяці тому

      Not all artificial sweeteners are bad for you. Monk fruit and Ethriynol are a better alternative to sugar in moderation of course

  • @geraltrivia6148
    @geraltrivia6148 2 місяці тому +8

    Sugar companies flooded the market with cheap sugar products after the USA 'liberated' Spanish speaking countries from Spain and implanted US business interests in countries like Puerto Rico, forcing people to work for slave wages under horrendous conditions building an American sugar empire. Poverty and hunger skyrocketed there while obesity and diabetes skyrocketed here.
    We'd still have sugar if America had kept it's word and left those countries independent to conduct trade on their own behalf; it just wouldn't have been so cheap that it was practically free and used in massive quantities as an unhealthy and unnecessary additive in practically everything.
    It's really true that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere, because borders mean nothing to the rich and powerful. People, ALL people, are just disposable resources to them.

  • @unregisturd
    @unregisturd 2 місяці тому +4

    Dentists in Australia used to give out lollypops to kids after every visit...

  • @Brambrew
    @Brambrew 2 місяці тому +3

    The REAL issue is 1: processed food and 2: sedentary lifestyles

  • @eakherenow
    @eakherenow 2 місяці тому +1

    Excellent,as always.Thank you.

  • @longhorn7809
    @longhorn7809 2 місяці тому +3

    That - " citizens united " - Big Lie - .
    Not much hope for democracy after that

  • @stubie1456
    @stubie1456 2 місяці тому

    Commenting for the traction! Keep up the good work! 👍

  • @aprildawnsunshine4326
    @aprildawnsunshine4326 2 місяці тому +3

    This is why I can't get my kid to make healthy choices: school teaches them this "food" is good for them. It's infuriating 😔

  • @fatcat8dog
    @fatcat8dog Місяць тому +1

    Best info on the web🎉

  • @crptnite
    @crptnite 2 місяці тому +3

    The worst part is how hateful sugar makes you. I just drank an all-natural ginger beer because I've never had one and happened upon them at Aldi when looking for things I needed that they didn't carry.
    I felt compelled to make the purchase so as not to leave the store empty handed...
    "Made with pure cane sugar"
    That's usually better, in my experience, than artificial sweeteners or high fructose corn syrup. However, having not had soda in a long while, I felt the effects of it instantly and have been in a very combative mood ever since.
    Live and learn 🤷🏽

  • @genuineimpulse9134
    @genuineimpulse9134 2 місяці тому +2

    I love how they demonize "added sugar", but have no issue with plain old sugar in foods like grapes, oatmeal orange juice and pasta which is all sugar.

  • @nocturnus009
    @nocturnus009 2 місяці тому +14

    “Here is the node, you who hate change and fear revolution. Keep these two squatting men apart; make them hate, fear, suspect each other. Here is the anlage of the thing you fear. This is the zygote. For here 'I lost my land' is changed; a cell is split and from its splitting grows the thing you hate--'WE lost OUR land’” John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath Chapter 14

  • @DetroitGoldie
    @DetroitGoldie 2 місяці тому +1

    So sickening.

  • @Nan-59
    @Nan-59 2 місяці тому +3

    Ugh 😢. I grew up on margarine, too. The campaign to stay away from butter was sure a bad one!!!

    • @Nan-59
      @Nan-59 2 місяці тому

      And then, of course, I could find my own family margarine…. 🧈 ugh 😩
      The best we can with the knowledge we have at the time …😢 still sucks though

  • @Ruouiji
    @Ruouiji 28 днів тому +1

    And in the diet drinks they took out Splenda and put aspartame back in! How much more ridiculous can they get!

  • @Sythemn
    @Sythemn 2 місяці тому +3

    I also really love the corporate advertising in the literal classrooms our children are in. Saw C is for Coke on one of their learning posters in a pre-school classroom....
    And we know that advertising to children is waaaaay more effective than it is to adults....
    America, #1 at a whole bunch of screwing ourselves over for some rich jackass to afford a 2nd yacht.

  • @noahjaybee
    @noahjaybee Місяць тому +1

    I ate so many Snackwells as a kid. And lived through Wow chips (Olestra 🤢) In the end, every study lands on the same conclusion: eat whole foods, mostly plants. It doesn't mean no animal products, just don't process it into stuff your great grandparents wouldn't recognize

  • @SoggySocksYT
    @SoggySocksYT 2 місяці тому +5

    Should definitely look into the vegetable oil industry too. A lot of processed foods these days are ladened with added vegetable oils, to the point where 700 calories of your daily intake is just oils. (Not sure if that's fully accurate, that's off my memory)

    • @aprinceofearthsea4875
      @aprinceofearthsea4875 Місяць тому

      Definitely. Added oils and sugars are what makes the garbage food we get sold taste so addictive.

  • @loricat5606
    @loricat5606 Місяць тому

    Thank you for covering this!

  • @judithrochon7837
    @judithrochon7837 2 місяці тому +3

    Fresh baked bread is still bread and it is not good for us.

  • @hankskorpio5857
    @hankskorpio5857 2 місяці тому +2

    Systematic nurder is literally the only option we left to us.
    Anyone claiming otherwise is just afraid to loose their comfort and convenience...

  • @AshGreen359
    @AshGreen359 2 місяці тому +3

    The real issue is the corporate capture of our regulators and politicians.

  • @beebumble9664
    @beebumble9664 2 місяці тому

    This is the most informative and helpful channel on youtube.
    Idea for future video: social media, technology and the modern day epidemic of loneliness, disconnect & isolation.

  • @HairlessPersian
    @HairlessPersian 2 місяці тому +4

    When we talk about the Devil on earth, this lobby is it.

  • @ThapeloMKT
    @ThapeloMKT Місяць тому +1

    It funny how in a much poorer country (South Africa) school feeding schemes, give children actual food, cooked food. You'd think that these companies money would have a lot more influence here. Or maybe securing our market isn't worth their bribes.