One thing of note is that even if sugar isn't as problematic as many people believe it is (and that's a big if), the sugar industry was also involved in many misleading campaigns to shift blame for the source of an unhealthy lifestyle. This includes the "too much salt is bad for you" (true, but oversimplifies things), and the "low-fat= good" campaign, since sugar is added to replace the fats that were removed, and causes even more problems.
Western medicine takes a total pharm approach to health, I am a medical professional, not currently working. Due to family issues. MANY. THE diet we consume myself included is , as you stated correctly, in my opinion, the latest fad. Like eggs in the 90’s. Margarine and OMG EVERY LAB MADE OIL OF ANY TYPE. IS POISON.
@@TSWARD-xb9rk Honestly, odd as it may seem, I think the biggest thing America can do right now to reform dietary habits would be to remove the food lobbyists. Not going to happen, but a person can dream. *sigh* Also, not even lab made oil, Canola oil is pretty bad for you too. And since it's made from corn (again), there's plenty of it in the market. Boy, those subsidized crops are doing work.
Walmart still sells chicken lean meat veggies and fruit doesn’t it . Y’all need to learn how to cook is the real problem stop going to Chic Fil A like it’s healthy 😝
@@jl2280 Tell me you've never heard of a food desert without telling me you've never heard of a food desert. Unfortunately, no; there is not equal access to fresh food everywhere in the US.
The problem with these types of discussions is that the term "sugar" can refer to different things in different contexts. In chemistry sugar mainly refers to all carbohydrates, be it monosaccharides (glucose, fructose and galactose), disaccharides (sucrose, maltose and lactose) or polysaccharides (starches, dextrins, cellulose). So, in that sense both table sugar and vegetables are "sugars". But we know that they are different. Table sugar is simple sugar but vegetables are complex sugars or complex carbohydrates which, yes, has the simple sugars but also fiber (polysaccharide) which makes their digestion processes (primarily in terms of time and load) very different. But an even more important distinction to make is that between glucose and fructose. Both of them are monosaccharides and thus, "sugars" and in terms of their chemical composition are just isomers to each other. But they are VERY different. Fructose is almost twice as sweet as glucose. While glucose can be metabolized by every single cell in the human body fructose can only be metabolized by the liver. While glucose stimulates insulin on consumption, fructose does not. While glucose circulates in the blood, fructose does not. So, "blood sugar" means "blood glucose". Therefore, a tablespoon of table sugar and a tablespoon of glucose will not have the same effect on your blood sugar because they are chemically different things. Consequently, if we take rice and table sugar which have the same amount of "sugars" while rice is mostly glucose table sugar is sucrose (half glucose, half fructose). They are very different. Say, you consume 120 calories of glucose or sucrose. In case of glucose 24 calories will go to the liver while the other 96 calories will go to the other parts of the body. From the same 120 calories of sucrose 72 calories (12 calories from the glucose part + all 60 calories of fructose) will hit the liver. Additionally, while glucose can be converted to glycogen for later use, fructose can't be. So, not only are we overloading one single organ at once we're also not giving it the chance to store it as a desirable back up source for carbs(glycogen) and forcing the liver to turn it into liver fat. Now, this will happen when you really overload it and that won't normally happen from fruits and vegetables. Because when you look at the fructose content of fruits and vegetables they are not nearly as high as that in processed foods where the sugar has been added in high quantities to make the foods more palatable, addictive and less satiating. Which makes you literally stuff all of that and still want more. This is mainly because of the sweetness of fructose and it being low satiating compared to glucose. This is exactly why our ancestors had so little access to fructose. Firstly, we don't need them at all (they are not an essential nutrient) and we should be having them in very low doses. And in terms of diabetes (oh boy it's another long rabbit hole). But long story short, type 2 diabetes is the state when your body is so resistant to insulin that the pancreas is making every bit of insulin it can to keep the blood sugar down but it's still not enough. The most common treatment is to just inject more insulin. And what that does is it keeps the blood sugar in control for a while but the resistance soon catches up and now you need more insulin. Then you increase the dose and the resistance increases again. Rinse and repeat. The disease is not treated and it only gets worse. The cause of this wrong treatment to be the norm is trying to treat the symptom and not the disease. Blood sugar rising is only a symptom it's not the disease. The disease is insulin resistance. And that is multifactorial, Diet, sleep, exercise, genetics etc. However, currently, the diabetes epidemic is mainly being driven by processed foods and more specifically refined carbs. For glucose, it's obvious. Refined starches cause tremendous fluctuations in insulin levels and since it's less satiating than non-refined sources(vegetables, fruits) you eat a lot of it before you feel full. So, too much insulin production leads to acute hyperinsulinemia and when this happens every single day it becomes chronic and your body starts to get resistant. GTT tests won't show anything abnormal since blood glucose will be kept under control but your insulin is going out of whack. A proper kraft test can diagnose insulin resistance way before you get full blown diabetes. Now, fructose gets a free pass here since it doesn't make your body release insulin on consumption. So, it can't possibly cause insulin resistance. Or can it. You see even though fructose does not affect insulin levels in the short-term it does in the long term. Continuing from the previous discussion of how all of fructose goes to the liver and a lot of it (and you do eat a lot of it when you do) it will force your liver to turn it into fat through a process called de novo lipogenesis. When this keeps going on everyday your liver fills up, followed by the other parts of your viscera. It's called visceral fat. And visceral fat can directly cause insulin resistance as your body now releases extra insulin to help out the suffocating liver. And you know the rest. So, the point is that in discussions about sugar the distinction between Glucose and Fructose is extremely significant. The distinction between the sources of sugar is also important but people usually talk about that. What they don't talk about is how different glucose and fructose are.
Very interesting explanation! Do you have any sources/ reading material about the effects of glucose and fructose on the body? I personally find it very interesting! Also the mixing of vocab in science and everyday life is pretty annoying. I get confused by the distinction of carbohydrates and sugar all the time.:/
Thank you for this thorough explanation. The effects of over consumption of sugar are dire and cannot be overstated. I hate to see people diminishing the harmful effects. It takes an effort to change one’s eating habits and if people aren’t clearly informed and have a casual view that added sugar simply isn’t ideal they will continue to have more and more and more- and then wonder why they can’t control their health.
YES, A THAUSAND TIMES YES! A few details I am not sure about as I haven't read about them but for the most part *SCREAMING FROM THE ROOFTOP YES!* I am trying to not trust dietitians because I think they are educated and trained based on outdated information and sadly their knowledge and competence is not in-depth enough for them to realize some of this ingrained misinformation unless they take it upon themselves to dive into studies and really learn more in depth to counter the fallacies of the education they were given. When these ladies said essentially it all turns into glucose in the end for energy... yes, but that us again different glucose. That is glucose bodies. And only a very small fraction of fructose even becomes thet, most is metabolized by the body the same way a toxin is. Not the same for dietary glucose, most of it is metabolized into those glucose bodies we have in our blood which provide energy. And yeas our brains loves blood glucose and uses it as a main source of energy when it is present, however it can also use keton bodies i.e. what our body metabolizes healthy dietary fat into. And yes carbohydrated are essential, but I heard for things other than energy, for which our bodies need only a small amount and produces it on its own. I haven't gone into any much depth into this one though. However, I agree about the distinction between monosaccharides, diasaccharides and polysaccharides and the tricky business with their names. It makes me quite mad. It's so easy for sources of information to manipulate people while technically giving correct information.
You are absolutely right. And they discuss it in such a way that they seem uneducated and then their statements misleading. Take it from someone who has a refined sugar intolerance.
Does anyone else feel like this video was funded by the sugar industry? "Sugar doesn't cause diabetes" "Sugar isn't addictive" "Sugar isn't bad for you" "Honey and Agave aren't better alternatives"
Experts are really damned aren’t they?! I’d love to know where you go for your evidenced based information? What your statement neglects to acknowledge is that the basis of what they said is true and it’s based off evidence. Sure, it is good practice to be skeptical and to think about things, and then to properly facts check with other experts. But just because you don’t agree with what they are saying doesn’t make it any less true.
@@danib022 I'm not saying that the basis of their statements is false in any way. What they're saying is very correct. I'd argue their statements would even be common knowledge, and that's my point. They're taking the "everything in moderation" argument and trying to use it in a way which repairs the reputation of refined sugar. And they're choosing their words carefully. Why even argue against the use of honey or agave if we agree that it's not doing any more harm or good than refined sugar? Why argue about the semantics of "sugar doesn't cause diabetes" when that's obviously true but it's equally obvious that it plays an enormous part in diabetes? It's a sugar puff piece! What is the point of this video!?
@@danib022 I don't see any evidence presented on this vid, including their other ones for keto diet. My background is in Biochemistry, I used to hold to similar beliefs, only to realize we have been so misled.
@@reanukeeves2564 Well I am skeptic of many "advice" given by dietitians. I follow an OMAD+water fasting+LCHF diet, and it has given me the best results, resulting in a loss of 12kg, and has continued to reduce. When I first started, my dietitian was dead against such an extreme form of diet, who wanted me to follow a low fat, low cal, 6 small meal a day plan. I am glad, I stopped taking her advice.
@@TheFoxholeLife lol.. sounds sustainable.. not. Its actually pretty simple as to why you've lost weight. Calorie deficit. It's just that simple. It really doesn't matter what "diet" you're on. If you eat a surplus of calorie maintenance, you'll gain weight. Eat a deficit, you'll lose weight. Eating once a day and deleting high calorie carbs and sugars like you've done has to have tremendously lowered your calorie intake, resulting in your weight loss. When you inevitably fail these crash diets, I recommend you begin counting the calories you consume, and find ways to create your version of recipes you love, with lower calorie ingredients. I've been doing it for years now and went from overweight to, not to toot my own horn, but a pretty impressive physique.
@@reanukeeves2564 A key difference between me and you might be the fact I started out as obese, and I am now overweight. The things that work for an overweight person need not work for people who are obese. That being said, a calorie restriction diet is metaphorically like alcohol de addiction by sticking to just one peg a day. While technically it may work, practically impossible to achieve, especially for the obese. At the same time, fasting treats food like an addiction: its easier to completely avoid eating, than eating small amounts. "The calorie in calorie out" theory is on a pretty thin ice. Weight-loss is more complicated than that. It doesn't take into consideration: 1) our hormone levels, especially insulin 2) satiety 3) our psychology (cravings, comfort foods) 4) foods that cause inflammation, and water retention Let me explain: Sugar is 337 calories per 100gm. Almonds is 579 calories for 100 gm. But if you eat just 10 gms of almonds you won't feel hungry at all, but eat that much sugar and you won't feel that you had anything substantial at all. Not to mention that if you are obese, a high sugar in diet causes inflammation. The traditional calorie restriction diet does not acknowledge what food does to our brain, and how sugary foods trigger dopamine in our brains, which is why adherence levels in such diets is pretty low (ref: 10 to 20 percent ref: CALERIE phase 2 trial research) I did calorie restriction diet and calorie counting until three years ago (for 4 years), when I finally gave up on it. The hardest part is crossing the weight-loss plateau. And each time, you get disheartened, you give up on trying and weight starts to climb back. As said before, you may be able to better stick to this diet, cause, as mentioned by yourself, you were not obese but just overweight. People think that such a diet is not-sustainable. But once you become fat adapted, you no longer feel hungry at all. I no longer even think of lunches and breakfast. Even dinner is not obligatory for me. It is like you are being set free.
I feel like they're intentionally arbitrarily choosing when to understand sugar as "glucose that your body breaks down food into" and "white sugar that has no nutritional benefit besides straight calories" and their choices sometimes misunderstand the heart behind the "myths." sugar is NOT just a basic molecule - that's just one of it's definitions. the type of definition they address isn't consistent across the myths they address. smh.
Exactly. Very intellectually obtuse. People are very aware that fruits and vegetables are a healthier form of sugar. The problem with the majority of people isn't their over intake of veg and fruit, its their over intake of refined and added sugar. Of course if you eat 1 half a teaspoon of added sugar daily you won't face any issues. The big problem is that the majority of people don't stop at that because added and refined sugar is almost in everything we eat and in high amounts. Eating two donuts can put you over the daily intake and many people don't stop at two.
YESSSS THANK YOU it is SO annoying that experts always go "but your body needs sugar blah blah blah" - YEAH WE KNOW THAT BY NOW, when we 'normal people' say "Sugar is bad", what we really mean is REFINED sugar, but we don't bother to mention that explicitly every time. I have NEVER heard anyone say "I'm gonna stop eating sugar from now on", and then proceeding to say "So no more fruit for me"! 🤦
I agree that some of their responses were poorly worded. But in their defense, I think their goal was to combat many of the terrible misconceptions people have, which have led to all sorts of awful fad diets. Like how I know far too many people who have tried the keto diet. (Or what they thought was the keto diet.) So they'd eat like a bacon cheeseburger (sans bun), but if I'd offer them some of my grapes, they'd be like, "Nah, I can't eat sugar. I'm doing keto."
I’m a little confused why dietitians would be the people to discuss addiction. Studies done by neuroscientists show that refined sugar abuse causes very similar binge, withdrawal, and cravings to cocaine abuse. Meaning it meets all the criteria of addiction. Irritability, anxiety and depression are just some of the withdrawal symptoms.
Addiction works via the dopamine system and they actually refer to this! They have made a total mess of this video but its probably because they are parroting what they have been told by the lobby-driven "education" system.
I think one of the big issues with this is that when a lot of people talk about "sugar," they mean added sugar or refined sugar. The experts here refer to the scientific concept of sugar, but sometimes switch it out with the colloquial concept. I assume that's a problem with editing, but it that some of the things they talk about are more confusing or not totally accurate
Yeah, I take issue with them saying sugar isn't bad. Technically true when referring to ALL sugar, but if you're referring instead to processed sugar like table sugar or high fructose corn syrup it is very bad. And they don't spend enough time clarifying that distinction
100% agree, far too reductive Also didn't mention the fact that sugar is added to almost everything produced in the US. Bread, pasta sauce, soups, etc. Good luck trying to go added sugar free.
Yes! I didn’t like the video because of that. Too often carbohydrates are confused with ‘sugar’ and even with ‘glucose’ when they’re different things. Most of the myths they debunk are built around *refined, added* sugar. Nobody thinks beans are going to make you diabetic!
The second is not what they said. They basically described that when you eat primarily a simple sugar, your blood glucose will rise rapidly, leading to an insulin spike, which will thrn lead to your very quickly becoming hungry again.
@@jsun3117 please give us the "latest" studies that completely contradict the statements they actually made. Whether sugar is addictive is a matter of definition, they chose to draw the line very strictly/clinically, and obviously sugar is not like opiods or alcohol. It was probably counter-productive for them to do so, presumably so they wouldn't have to water fown their statements, for entertainment purposes ("9 myths debunked, one depends on the definition" is just not as catchy)
@@NicolaiCzempin sugar produces a dopamine spike wich can generate dependency. Also carb witrhawal is a thing. People that have always been on a standard American diet and shift to low keto have a terrible withdrawal process. Flu like sympthoms that can last up to 3 weeks. Sugar is not harmless. And also the state that we need sugar is false. We don't need outside sugar. Gluconeogenesis its a thing
I feel like they completely glossed over their own definition of addiction to say sugar isn't addictive. Anything that produces dopamine can be addictive. If you get pleasure from shopping then you begin using it as a coping method and it can become addictive. Which then leads me to believe that perhaps they are playing a bit fast and loose with their other terms.
@Nicholas Time we'll they didn't even do that right as sugar is an addictive substance. There have been studies that show sugar is as addictive as cocaine.
@@johneby6878 a lot of scientific studies are not true. Different scientists get different results on the same topic, have to pay attention to the research sampling and methods used
@@Marissatro1773 The spellings "dietitian" and "dietician" As explained by the American Heritage and Merriam-Webster's dictionaries, the cause of the confusion is that the spelling with "-tian" is an irregular alteration of the ending "-cian", which is otherwise exclusively used to refer to specialists and practitioners of other professions.[9][10] These and other American dictionaries also list the spelling with "c" but list the spelling with "t" first because this spelling is more common in the United States. Nevertheless, the American publisher McGraw-Hill exclusively uses the spelling with "c" in the 2003 edition of the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms and the 2002 edition of the McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine.[11][12] The spelling with "t" is the one preferred by the profession itself internationally,[13] but the spelling with "c" is used often enough in texts not written by members of the profession to be considered a valid variant by both American and British dictionaries. In fact, British dictionaries list the spelling with "c" first[14][15][16] and list the spelling with "t" as a variant. American dictionaries list the spelling with "t" first and the spelling with "c" as a variant.[9][17] As explained in a 2010 newsletter of the International Confederation of Dietetic Associations: The spelling of the term "dietitian" has been debated for a long time by dietitians. In the early 1960s dietetic associations, under the auspices of the International Committee of Dietetic Associations (ICDA), worked together to standardize information about dietitians under the International Standard Classification of Occupations. When the International Labour Office confirmed the dietetic profession's classification in 1967, it also adopted the spelling "dietitian" at the request of the international dietetic community. This information can be found in the documentation held by ICDA and by the International Labour Office (ILO).[13]
Fruits also have sugar in them which dietitian in the world would recommend you to quit fruits. I think the whole point is to quit bad sugars not to omit them as a whole seems pretty self explanatory to me 🤷
@@pragyathapa2134 if you want to lose weight, careful with fruits also, many dieticians will tell you that. I`f you have diabetes good luck eating a lot of fruits.
@@pragyathapa2134 that's why i said you have to be careful with fruits. if you are overweight, i would eat veggies, and cut most fruits, berries are good, don't raise glucose level much and hence doesn't make your body produce excess insulin
Agreed Doctor. No mention of insulin resistance as the the cause of type 2 diabetes, which is caused by the high carbs and sugars. This is call the skin of the truth stuffed with a great big lie. Love your content btw.
I would an MD to be easily able to back up such a vague, blanket claim with something more concrete and not open the door for statements like "insulin resistance is caused by high carbs/sugars"
@@domega7392 insulin resistance is not the cause of t2d, but pretty much its definition. The causes of type 2 diabetes (t2d) are not fully understood, but primary factors in the Western world are genetics, obesity and lack of exercise (as mentioned in the video). If you eat a lot of sugar it is more likely that you will become obese, but you can "achieve" similar effects by consuming lots of fat. So it's not the carbs. You could also do it with proteins, but it is very difficult to overeat protein to similar degrees as the other macronutrients.
@@rumbecker5085 studies on keto diets have found that they are not more effective in the long run (longer than one or two years) than other forms of calorie restriction. Didn't they even mention in the video what long-term drawbacks of some of the unbalanced diets are?
After being diagnosed with Type-2 diabetes I began researching about sugar and carbs. I found several doctors on You Tube who claim that sugar is a primary cause of metabolic disease and that Type 2 diabetes is reversible. For 6 months I eliminated all sugar possible from my diet. My blood sugar dropped from average 180 to 110, my A1c went from 7.5 to 6.2 and I lost 30 pounds. I also felt great. I reduced carbs but did not eliminate them. The body creates glucogen from fats and carbs so you can eliminate nearly all sugar from your diet and still maintain safe sugar levels as long as you are still eating carbs and (natural) fats. I did after a time start introducing more carbs back into my diet since I was still losing weight but I have to say that eliminating almost all sugar from my diet did me a lot more benefit than harm. There is also new research that, more and more is pointing to sugar as the primary fuel for cancers.
@@Kelly-pp1et Bull... since cutting sugar and carbs from my diet and eating MOSTLY meat and fats I have dropped 30 lbs and my A1C has dropped from 7.5 to 6.1. You a e full of crap.
Lost me at 5:54, honestly this video is just supporting the status quo, we have too much research that shows sugar is addictive and added sugar is bad for us and reaching ketosis is better than having muffins and pancakes. We don't even need grains. It's the food industry that's given us these standards and it's the cause of our obesity problem.
You should write a guide about how to misrepresent arguments. Every single one of your points has nothing to do with the argument you are trying to disprove.
What you said applies to virtually everything that claims to be a “fact check” or “debunk”. It often seems like a game they play to skew perception more than any actual attempt at getting to the truth.
I cut out added and refined sugar from my diet 40 years ago. I no longer crave it. I get my sugar from whole foods that are not over prepared. I eat small meals frequently and avoid overeating in any given meal. This has helped me to keep my weight down and has helped me to maintain a regular sleep schedule.
5:53 = Sugar is not addictive 3:35 = It is very hard to go off sugar. Contradiction? Our body stores energy as fat, not sugar. We can make glucose from fat or protein with gluconeogenenis. I run marathons and workout everyday in the gym without eating added sugar and with a maximum of 20g of net carbs (not including fiber). I wouldn’t say that I lack energy. It did however take me some time to get off the sugar addiction and mental need for sugar.
I think what she's trying to say is that it's not really an addiction if sugar is your body's main source of energy. Its like saying water is addictive when really you just need it to survive. But sure it can be used as an emotional release and become habit forming in that sense. But eating sugar is normal human function not an addiction. People say they're addicted to all sorts of things but it's an emotional thing not a physical withdrawal.
I was a fairly heavy drinker till i cut out sugar, then i realised it was carbs i was craving not alcohol. Sugar may not be physically addictive buts it’s definitely mentally addictive,
About a year ago, I went into a Ketogenic/IF regime ( I am 58 years old), with special emphasis on cutting ALL refined sugars, high fructose fruits, and all vegetable omega 6 oils. I lost 65 pounds and I was able to lower my IC glucose index from 5.6 to 5.25. I was also able to normalize my liver AST/ALT count.
@@Jdonovan2 IMAO no , sugars are not needed, not the refined, high fructose, corn starch ones. But, our bodies need glucose, carbohydrates for energy. There are better sources to get carbohydrates, healthier ones . You should know, even if you go “cero” sugars, our livers convert fats/proteins into glucose. This process is called gluconeogenesys
It is very likely that that was not primarily to doing keto/if, but due to the side effect of having a caloric deficit. Are you planning to continue with your keto/if regimen for the rest of your life? Because many of the "short term" (yes, one year is short-term) effects are lost as soon as people revert to their previous eating habits. Did you do this on your own accord or did a physician or dietitian recommend it? Either way, kudos on your achievement, and I hope that you have changed some habits for good. Extreme measures such as "cutting out all x" are not at all necessary. It is absolutely fine to indulge in some candy or other highly processed food, _occasionally_. Demonizing foods or food groups is counter-productive in the long run.
@@NicolaiCzempin Thank you for your reply, and to answer your question, yes i have decided to maintain this regime on a permanent basis, with a degree of eventual flexibility specifically during family gatherings which are very few and far apart. However I partially disagree with you on the topic of Keto/IF having s caloric restriction outcome only. imo sugars , refined sugars and “low fat” processed foods are the true culprits of storing excess fat and provoking insulin resistance. I have come to the conclusion that the food industry as it is today, is rather contributing to the deterioration of your health far beyond providing adequate nutrition , specially for folks my age. I do not believe in diets, I believe in a consistent nutritional regime.
I have been doing Keto off and on for the last year and I am at my lowest weight since high school. Grad of 1995. I did stop keto just to test and went back to the "Standard American Diet" and felt like crap. Cutting out sugar was one of the best things I have done. When they state you have to have sugar for energy they are full of crap. I also cut out all processed foods and only eat foods that are 5 ingredients or less. I have plenty of energy and all my blood work comes back in great numbers. I have to disagree with a good portion of this video. But what I do is not for everyone but it does work for me.
Good to hear you have lost weight, tho I don't like ketogenic diet. It's hard to follow and quite expensive to follow the "clean" version with healthy fat such as avocado. I follow whole food plant based diet and it works great for me. Also There's still no robust study can prove ketogenic diet is great for longevity so I will stick with what's already proven that worked. If you are doing ketogenic but a dirty version consisting of saturated fat or eggs I recommend you to switch to plant based, both are proven to help losing weight but one takes a further step preventing heart diseases and cancers the two leading causes of death in affluent societies
@@lenguyenngoc479 That is awesome that a plant based diet works for you but I have tried the plant based way of eating and found for me it did not work as well. I eat grass fed meats and have healthy fats in my diet with a mix of some vegetables. I have found the less carbs I have, the better I feel and weight loss is better. But yes I agree that Keto is not for everyone and no you should not do it for very long periods of time. It does have it negative effects doing long term. When I do Keto it is only in 2 month terms. Then I go in to a low carb eating and have found that I can maintain weight if I don't go over 50 carbs per day with 3 meals a day doing an 16/8 fasting/eating window. While doing keto I do alternate day fasting and a 48 hour fast 1 time every month, during this on eating days I have 2 meals that day (sometimes 3 depending on how much I workout). Then 2 times a year I am doing a 72 hour fast. Which I am planning on doing in about two weeks from today. The health benefits from fasting is so great. But I know this is not for everyone as well. Every body is different and what works for one person may not work for someone else.
@@jkwyuken5582 indeed I also felt better and I did some research it's a mechanism to make us more alert as we are starved of carbs. Loosing weight is good and you should do so. But pls consider it in the long term, almost all anti cancer and anti oxidant compound are found in plants. Fat is just one of the issues, many studies already confirmed cooking meat in any way always produce carcinogens. You can tank the carcinogens and reactive oxygen species by eating brocoli sprout and spices such as turmeric. I believe the essence of the game is to live longer and healthier and if we follow such principle we will have to eat plant based like people in blue zones. It's better for the environment and cheap well for the animals also as vegans always claim
What I would prefer for these videos is if the experts rephrased the statements because they're typically so oversimplified that the answer is either "it depends" or you can answer it either way and you just pick one, technically correctly, but leaving enough room to dismiss the argument.
I completely agree. So many of these videos are really easy 'debunk' because they over simplify and leave out a lot of the nuance, or they end up pushing a bias that is not agreed upon by the entire profession- sometimes not even backed by science, just speculation and opinion. But they aren't absolutely wrong, just leaving out a lot.
It is the recurring switching between the ketones (fasted) and the glucose (fed) metabolism that is beneficial, not just the ketosis itself. The regeneration comes with refeeding, however, the preceding energy deficit is what it is triggered by. And yes, intermittent ketosis triggered by an energy deficit, whether it is fasting, exercise, or (the most potent) fasted exercise, is indeed a good thing. Ketosis induced by a high-fat keto diet though is really questionable, especially if maintained long term.
As someone who has struggled with sugar addiction, it is real. Mind you, this does not necessarily mean it is addictive to every person, like say heroin or cocaine would be (I’m not up on the latest science, so it may or may not be). But I would say from personal experience it is at least akin to alcohol, etc, or behavioral addictions like shopping or gambling, gaming, etc, which may be highly addictive to some people while others can enjoy them moderately. This becomes especially problematic in people with eating disorders too (which I also had) - as people aren’t generally bingeing on green beans and whole grains.
Yeah they're so weird with their definitions. "sugar causes dopamine and blood sugar spikes, which will cause you to crave it later. But technically it's not the sugar you're addicted to, it's the dopamine and high blood sugar." Why do I feel like they're being paid to have certain conclusions, and the only way for them to reach them is to use wacky semantics. Let me just have a hit of my non-addictive herion. After all, it's the seratonin that's addictive, not the substance...
Sugar is highly addictive. Let’s start from that. Good or bad it’s very addictive, you start eating a bit of eat and ending up on overeating it. So yes, sugar is bad. I would rather not have it in my diet.
I always thought my body was broken genetically because I could keep weight off. I switched to clean keto- veggies, nuts, and some meat and now I’ve kept the weight off for over five years with no yo-yo. The problem with “ moderation is key” is that it requires a lot of effort and will power. Its easy to fall back into overeating it if you have had issues in the past. These dieticians are like that aunt or relative that just tells you to lose weight as a kid but also forces you to eat mountains of food that they just cooked.
Based on the definiton of addiction that these two provided, cocaine isn't addictive, I've done it multiple times, (many many months apart) without any withdrawal effects and with no carving to get more of. From my personal experience I would say that sugar is much more addictive then cocaine or any other drugs that I've tried and I've tried many. If I see anything that's high in sugar it's only matter of time before I'll go and eat it. I never get "tricked" into buying cocaine, but I've often gotten "tricked" into buying very sugary stuff.
Why would you think that your personal experience is anything but anecdotal evidence? If everyone could stop taking cocaine as easily as you, then there would be no problem. Cocaine is VERY addictive.
@@louleloup2607 harder to overeat on whole fruits because the water and fiber content is so high. If you eat half a watermelon or 10 bananas you're probably not gonna want to keep going back for more like with sugary snacks and processed foods. Fruit juice and fried fruits are a bit easier to overdo.
@@ProFow so, I guess is a different sugar or what? Sugar is sugar and is always addictive, in whole foods there is fiber that slow down absorption so there is no hype and is not that addictive but definitely it is the same, like having a slow release of cocaine, it will be less addictive than a macrodose.
It’s as if this video was funded by the food industry. So many misconceptions! I used to like the videos from this channel but now I will definitely be more careful on whether or not I believe what is being said.
Not really misconceptions, it’s just really simple. Foods high in sugar are super easy to over eat. For example, 2 Oreos is 140 calories. A pound of strawberries is 145. You will feel full after a pound of strawberries. You will not feel full after 2 Oreos. Sugar itself isn’t the enemy, it is the amount of sugar you eat
@@tylerrose4416 This that you’ve just said is in fact real simple and true. They do say that in the video and that part is right. I was referring to things like diabetics having to ingest sugar regularly, for instance. Only diabetics taking insulin or other hypoglycemiant drugs would have to do that.
I'm 53, started OMAD 2016, started 3 to 20 day water fasting sessions in January 2019. until January 2020 I consumed sugars and carbs in my rare meals, then i stopped eating sugars and carbs completely, aside from 1 or two bottles of kombucha per month and maybe 10oz of black garlic, every 2-3 months. Six months later, July 2020, I realized all my problematic symptoms, disappeared. Now, I'm at 170lbs, down from 400lbs in 2009, 11% body fat, never hungry, eating at most once every 24 hours, water fasting the rest of the time, in fact I fasted about 70% of the days since January 2019. All my 53 years of health problems and issues are completely gone. Feeling like a teenager, it's insane. Absolutely NOT going back to sugar, life is to good to waste it on slowly dying. I'm consuming more calories on my occasional meal than I ever ate in a day while obese. This drives my metabolism up like crazy, I'm always hot although not sweating like I used to, I sleep entire winter naked in open window. My typical meal calories are coming from fatty fish such as wild caught salmon and sardines, duck eggs, my homemade mayonnaise(I'm using duck egg yolks and macadamia oil), I drink oils while fasting, which promotes further fat adaptation by forcing the cells of my entire body to manufacture more mitochondria, including the brain(which has had an amazing and completely unexpected effect), such as ghee, evoo, avocado oil, mct, c8.
@@xxxs8309 The only fruits that do not affect your liver and stop the autophagy are: coconuts, olives, avocado. I do not ever eat any other fruits since January 2019.
I've cut out all sugar/carbohydrates for months (zero carb) and I experienced enhanced clarity of mind and focus. Based on my own experience I wouldn't trust anything these two dietitians are saying. Cutting out sugar may or may not cause brain fog. You'll have to try for yourself to know what you will experience. N = 1 > dietary advice In My Opinion
Chew laboriously on a pithy sugar cane? .... maybe ok? Eat refined sugar ......? Just watched a doc of the rainforest Baka guy smoking out an African killer bees nest with a tiny smoking brand after climbing an incredibly tall tree and getting stung and waving his arms around and not falling to his death - all for a very rare fructose hit! - it seemed like the equivalent of walking on broken glass .... to me. Kids have many more taste receptors than adults they even have them on the roof of their mouths, you cannot convince me that sugar isn't like crack - for kids - l actually remember how intense that sweet hit was, so they lost me on the no no no it's not an addiction, in a cross voice, lecture segment. Bah! Humbugs!
@@stanrix You’re exactly right. Our bodies can make all the glucose needed from fat or protein. Fats and protein are essential for life, carbs are not.
Because it is more complicated than everyone thinks. People just want a yes or no answer and that just isn't possible when referring to most nutrients. A lot of requirements are individualized and dependent on the person.
@@donwinston Endurance athletes burn fat. NOT u genius. They are fat adapted. All sugar they eat is burned in minutes, the rest of energy comes from fat. And latest marathon athlete won championship purely on Keto.
The difference between sugar and HFCS is miniscule. It is NOT "far worse". Besides the liver is easily capable of metabolizing fructose. It is NOT harmed when it is doing this. Fructose is NOT poison. Fatty liver disease is caused by eating too much FOOD, not just fructose.
As someone who has an addiction to sugar. And who has had withdrawl from not eating sugar saying sugar is not addictibe is dangerous . I have friends who Where drug addicts are now afficted to sugar says it is very addictibe. Listen to us who ate suffering
Correct. It is very addictive. You get similar withdrawal symptoms from nicotine and drugs after you quit added sugars. It is also habit forming. Quite shocked that they said it is not addictive.
@@OurLordandSaviorSigmar All refined products follow the same template, chewing coca leaves is a poor peons appetite suppressant - versus urban crack! Sugar is that crack, Soda is sizzup and so on .. Big Cereal Box Companies have lying ever since the mad Mr Kellogg (and his "anti Viagra" like ambitions) The goal is get food so over-milled and refined it enters your bloodstream the fastest & with the biggest spike! Diabetes Epidemic and Cov'd co-morbidities, anyone?
Compulsion and addiction are not the same things. Real withdrawal from advanced addiction to drugs or alcohol includes hallucinations, tremors, seizures, flat out death. THAT is withdrawal. Not getting moody or dizzy because you stopped eating cookies.
There are some contradictions and inaccuracies in given arguments in this video. Aside from that I’d like to hear their comments on Robert Lustig MD research and presentations that sugar consumption does correlate strongly with type 2 diabetes. While body weight is not a correlation at all. You can have type 2 diabetes being perfectly normal BMI and lifestyle.
I just love how you managed to dodge the mountian of negative effects sugar will cause to insulin, hormones and function of the body. "It's not addictive", well it depends on your definition of an addiction. Its hillarious that you look up the words and dodge its meaning like that. Ketosis will clear the body of the sugar and carb addiction. The brain fog and negative effects is very much the same process for the body as when you quit smoking. It only lasts a few days.
you couldn't be more correct. Sugar is the root cause of metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. These two nutritionists probably believe in the current, but highly antiquated government food pyramid. lol
well if you just use common sense its very clear that sugar is part of a balanced diet. you just have to stay away from/reduce processed foods in your diet.
Caveman diet ? "Paleo" ? Carcass chomping degenerates , psychos and hypocrites.Nothing burns in a body without liver and glycogen, simply : fats burns on the fire of sugars . Fundamental physiology. Everything else is unnatural
If only the information in this video were true! Sorry guys, continuous research is saying sugar is bad for you. There are too many qualified medical specialists now saying the same thing. Would love to know the sponsorship behind videos like this.
It is a proven fact that ketones kill heart muscle. If you are silly enough to avoid carbohydrates to the point your blood is filled with ketones day after day year after year you are likely to get fibrosis of the heart. n this state it is unlikely your heart will function very well.
3:52 wait.. where is the research that says ketosis increases inflammation and brain fog? I've heard from countless people who had the opposite results. And I definitely find energy levels more stable the less sugar I eat. Not on keto FTR. Just not aware of any evidence at all that there's a harmful effect below a certain level of sugar consumption. None. There _is_ research that indicates the human brain preferentially consumes ketones over glucose as well.
The American Academy of Nutrition is an Adventist organization. Think Kellogg and Post. The big, sugar filled food industry. They control the studies. Get the results they want if you want funding. Harvard sold their scientific soul to the Adventist agenda over half a century ago. The American Heart Association has been a front for the food industry since the 1940s. They also front for big pharma. They have an agenda and your health is not part of it. Nutritional science is the joke of the science world for a reason. It is designed to increase the financial health of the processed food industry.
Sugar is 100% addictive. The analysis of that "myth" was completely disingenuous. The dose of sugar you're getting in a single bowl of strawberries is not high enough to elicit an addictive effect, but the average American diet IS.
They fail to mention, when that sugar is extracted and concentrated, which is what you're getting in those processed foods, which is the problem and causing the addiction and obesity problem we have. "People have chewed coca leaves for at least 8,000 years as a mild stimulant without any evidence of addiction, but when certain components are isolated and concentrated into cocaine, we’ve got a problem. The same may be true of sugar-people don’t tend to binge on bananas. The isolation of sugar from the whole food may be the reason we’re more likely to supersize soda than sweet potatoes, or why we’re less likely to eat too much corn on the cob, but can’t seem to get enough high fructose corn syrup. The overconsumption of sugar-sweetened diets has often been compared to drug addiction. However, until very recently this parallel was based more on anecdotal evidence than on solid scientific grounds. But now we have PET scans, imaging technology that can measure brain activity. It all started with a publication from the Institute of Clinical Physiology that showed decreased dopamine sensitivity in obese individuals. The heavier they were, the less responsive to dopamine they appeared to be. We see the same reduction in sensitivity in cocaine addicts and alcoholics, which “would suggest that a reduction in dopamine receptors is associated with addictive behavior irrespective of whether it is due to food or to addictive drugs, as seen in substance abusers.”
I think their whole argument about sugar not being addictive is: if sugar is really addictive why aren't we just eating spoonfuls of sugar and raiding the cupboard for the sugar bag. Instead we are eating chocolate bars and candy (mind u those have added addictive chemicals and flavours). If we ate other types of food with the sugary foods then we won't crave it. But ppl do eat other food like salad and fish and still go back to eating another extra slice of cake. Maybe not the morbidly obese ppl but ppl with a normal BMI do. Salad and fish don't have the same high as a piece of cake.
Agreed. I think it's the sugar + fat combined and it's more filling for me than eating sugar alone. I have "sweet tooth" but I prefer chocolate over candy.
Actually it's because our palates aren't used to straight sugar, that wasn't how you got addicted. And I'm pretty sure it's far easier and enjoyable to drink a can of coke, than to eat 33 teaspoons of sugar. The same way alcohol comes in different forms. And frankly all the other things that can addict you.
I cut out sugar in all forms completely and lost 38 kgs in 5 months, I'm now maintaining my weight at under 100 kgs and eat a little bit of fruit now. I don't feel any cravings for sugar at all.
I am there with you. I tell people to just remember that there are essential fats (oils) and essential amino acids (proteins). There aren't any essential sugars (carbs). I think if it as "You need fats and proteins to survive, but you need the carbs in vegetables and fruits for proper nutrition". Before we started processing sugars, people lived just fine. Some civilizations today still consume barely any sugar and survive fine. I just avoided added sugar and lost 1/3 of my body weight and I feel great. My blood tests are ideal and my doctor is very impressed with my transformation. All of that weight loss with no change in activity, I am just as active as I was before.
This video is really convoluted. When people ask if they should cut out sugar they are asking about processed/table sugar. The answer just being “no” is the worst way to answer this question considering how sugar filled the American diet is
Every single thing they said about ketosis (and your body supposedly requiring sugar) is false. I'm not surprised though, as dietitians are typically the worst source of information. The doctor I worked 12 years for used to say if you want to kill your diabetic patients, send them to a dietitian.
yes, thank you! My brainfog is way better and I don’t feel the need to change my diet, it works, and it worked in the stone age as well. This is just misinformed nonsense
Ive been in keto for 6 months, before i was exercising 12 hours a week and constantly up and down with blood sugar levels due to a high carb diet. Keto has been life changing, still exercising 12 hours a week but I NEVER get tired. I won’t ever go back to a high carb/sugar diet.
Took a look at the literature they were referencing on long-term damage caused by keto. It was done on the elderly, and the takeaway is that though it has a lot of benefits, it curbs appetite faster than other diets so the only risk is that they don't take in enough nutrients (though that can absolutely be done on that diet). It also calls out that there are NO long-term studies on the keto diet available yet. It does make sense though that they're avoid those findings if they're trying to make a video of "Sugar isn't really that bad" for sus reasons.
@@elsagrace3893 Does high fructose corn syrup cause that highly unpleasant grating Vocal Fry? Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr This episode really is Dietics for Dum Dums
actually you can get addicted to anything, but because processed sugar is more accessible and does more damage than good then why the heck would we even eat it. Natural alternatives are much better that the densely packed white sugar bags.
Because addiction to sugar is a psychological addiction. Some drugs induce biochemical addiction. The body changes biochemical cycles and becomes dependant on the drug. In that state if you just cut out the drug totally, you will have severe withdrawal symptoms, hazardous to health. It's about usage of terms. Some people use term addiction to both biochemical and psychological, some use it only to biochemical. I think both usage are valid, because biochemical addictions can't be cured in the same way as psychological, so they are more "true" addictions. But commonly understood meaning of addiction definitely include both types.
Sorry but I think you’ve misunderstood the definition of addiction. You emphatically deny that sugar is addictive then go on to describe addictive behaviour when consuming sugar. The human mind / body can become addicted to a behaviour, it doesn’t have to just be a substance addiction. Therefore, sugar is absolutely addictive!
then anything is addictive by that definition. Going to disney world is addiction. Anything that spikes your dopamine is addiction. Please educate yourself.
I wish they would have touched on the effects it has on the digestive tract, your microbiome and immune system, and yeast infections/candidiasis. Also xylitol as an alternative, since it is completely different from all of the others (it is the best, but causes intestinal upset if you eat too much, aren't used to it, or generally are intolerant to it. Usually you can build up a tolerance, but not always)
Just be sure to keep xylitol and anything with it away from pets-especially dogs- as it is toxic to them. I use stevia as my main alternative. Erithryitol is also supposed to be okay.
@Winter Sprite definitely. I'm super careful to never spill any on the floor, and I don't make things with it that my animals would be attracted to. Xylitol is the healthiest for blood sugar, your microbiome, and especially your teeth. It can actually repair your enamel (as long as you have it) and is the best defense there is against cavities, beyond brushing. Combine it with milk in your morning coffee and your teeth will stay strong and white. I never brush my teeth, my enamel is too soft for the abrasion, but I haven't had a cavity in over 10 years (back when I brushed daily, I had at least 3 new ones every 6 months) and my teeth are not un-sightly. Wouldn't say white, but they would be if I cut down on other staining foods. Went to the dentist for the first time in years, just a couple months ago, and he was convinced I brush daily and floss semi-regularly. He did not believe me when I told him I don't. I just pay attention to my diet, don't drink sugary drinks, and try to get in a decent amount of fiber that I have to chew, and encorpate tooth healing foods like xylitol and milk. Despite sharing a similar name, every -itol that isn't xylitol is not healthy for your teeth or intestines (but is still better than glucose)
What I realized is that it is still better to not take any artificial sweetener, and instead switch to naturally occuring sugars such as fructose if you crave something sweet. Artificial sweeteners cause you to urinate more and get hungry faster thereby leading to weight gain.
@@OurLordandSaviorSigmar xylitol is different, it isn't anything like aspartame or sacchrin. It is naturally occurring, and healthier than every other source (in moderation and assuming you don't have an uncommon sensitivity, a gradually gained tolerance is needed to eat substantial amounts- unless you are using it with the intent to cure constipation). The xylitol I get is sourced from corn, but it is found in many other plants. It also has absolutely no link to weight gain or worsening related illnesses, the opposite is true. It has so many health benefits that it blows everything else out of the water. I'd encourage you to do more research, if you're genuinely interested. But I also don't recommend using it as a sugar 'substitute', it's its own ingredient. Pure basic white cane sugar is still my best friend, I have had the least issues with it compared to all others (putting xylitol aside)- doesn't as easily cause candida blooms or make my immune system flip out, or make me barf from horrible aftertaste. I use Xylitol in my coffee and home made mints, that's about it. The only other situations I use sugar is when baking, sugar substituting can make things go horribly wrong, especially when I already can't use wheat and a handful of other taken for granted basics. I am trying to find more ways to make it replace sugar, but the best I have gotten is to replace only a portion of the cane sugar- since xylitol has a slightly different taste and doesn't cook quite the same. My position on its ability to substitute may grow stronger, but I think I'll always err on the side of it being a good alternative with limitations. Like how coconut oil can be an alternative to butter but is not a complete substitute for it.
This video is not just worthless, but actually harmful. Basically, their advice is, "Eat a little bit healthier, but nothing too drastic." Nobody is going to turn their life around using that approach.
In a TED video about sugar they contradict them and highlight how sugar CAN cause withdrawal symptoms and how the craving can definitely be associated with addictive behaviour, kind of like caffeine. Mmmmh.
@@Marissatro1773 yeah I don't think needing to have a but load of ice cream, cookies and candy to feel better every day is normal. 🤣 anyone who doesn't think sugar is addictive doesn't understand neurology. It effects your brain similar to cocain. Its a dopamine response which is addictive. Therfor, sugar is addictive. 😅 my sister was an addict to drugs for years, doctors, therapist, etc agree that anything that can create a dopamine response can become addictive.
@A M yeah I am definitely trying. Im not doing cold terky though as that has just made the issue sprial alot for me. Im just trying harder to pay attention to ho much I eat and im very slowly lowering it. Especially because of how sick I feel if I didn't have enough that day 😅 im getting better about it though.
@A M yeah if anything I over eat. I have a lot of different medical issues. Plus I'm allergic to about 32 different fruits and vegetables. So that does not help my gut. 😅 ive been working with doctors for all my issues and they all agree im addicted to sugar. Which is why we are doing a super slow shift. Which seems to be working. I still very much have strong cravings, but im not getting as sick as I use to in the beginning.
I'll bet it was. Experiment on yourself: Try giving up sugar (in ALL forms), see how easy it is to do. Most people won't make it three days, but if you do you'll be amazed at how great you'll start to feel on day four or five. LMK what happened.
I completely stopped consuming sugar for two years, and the results, * My joint problems disappeared * My teeth discoloring disappeared * I felt home made traditional foods are very tastier * I felt fruits are very sugary and tasty, which I never felt before. * I felt sugar rich foods like pastries taste like chemical and didn't feel like eating
I cut out sugar over a year ago and I've never had so much energy and a clearer head so im a lil unsettled on these ladies encouraging sugar, seems a lil weird
@@uikonimi the body only needs a teaspoon of glucose in the blood, the liver is very capable of making this glucose. The human body has no need for carbs. Many people are doing carnivore just fine and with great benefits.
Sugar is actually important in our diet. Pretty much every food contains sugar. The problem is that most processed food have an unhealthy amount of sugar.
I have been eating lower carbohydrates for over a year, also skipping breakfast, and eating more healthy fats and moderate protein. I have never been more positive, more energized, more healthy. Yes, there is different types of sugar in various foods but It is important to cut the processed and added sugars as much as possible. The way these ladies talk about ketones and ketosis as negative is really simplistic. Long term low carb people know this. There should be just these recommendations (lost 40pounds like this and have kept it off without ever counting calories): - cut processed foods, eat real food, - cut added sugar as much as possible, - don’t snack/eat max 3x a day/eat 1st meal later in the day/have an eating window of 6-8 hours/IM fasting, -don’t be afraid of fats like butter, olive oil, -eat moderate protein, -cut excess carbs (helps to keep insulin levels in check), - eat lots of veggies, like cruciferous ones. It does work. The moderation thing sounds cute but the truth is that some foods are addictive and raise insulin like crazy. For me what kills it is wheat and sugar mix in foods. It is like drugs.
not all addictions cause withdrawal - cocaine doesn't cause a withdrawal. Sugar is addictive as it reinforces the dopamine system. These two may be diet experts, but they are not addiction experts.
There is no evidence whatsoever that sugar is "addictive". Tasting good and addiction are two different things. No one is snorting confection ate sugar. No one is injecting maple syrup in their veins. Get real.
Frustrating. They are using the term "sugar" as dieticians, and including the broader group of carbohydrates. Whereas most people watching this think of sugar as simple refined white added sugar. So when they say things like it's a bad idea to eliminate sugar from your diet entirely, they are saying something totally different from what most people think they mean. Please do attempt to remove as much added refined sugar from your diet as much as you possibly can. No matter how hard you try you will still be consuming too much of this crap as it is added to everything.
When people say "sugar is bad for you" they do mean always only refined sugar, I've never meet anybody saying anything in this meaning about fruit and vegetables.
All carbohydrate eventually become sugar/glucose, so a diabetic or somebody who is insulin resistant, or has hypoglycemia, should limit all sources of dietary carbohydrate. Let your body make all the glucose it needs via the process of gluconeogenesis
I have hashimotos/hypothyroidism - cutting sugars to an absolute minimum did wonders for my joint pain and brain fog after years of wondering why I still feel like crap with an optimal medication range and all other variables checked (drink water, vitamins, etc). After a few weeks, my inflammation decreased, my constipation disappeared completely, my feet stopped hurting every morning when I got out of bed - it's been awesome! I also lost 10 lbs with the only lifestyle/diet change being removing sugar. I still have some whole fruit and I replace any sugar with erythritol/monk fruit which is super low on the glycemic index. Worth noting for anyone in the same boat.
I get ADDICTED like a mofo to sugar. I’m like a shark that smells blood, once i eat some sugar i crave it and tend to go on binges. Then i’ll crave it at night when i’m trying to sleep, and during the day. Ended up diabetic at 30. So for some of us sugar is highly addictive for the taste and dopamine hit
Everyone likes to talk about getting their sugar in the form of whole fruits but never recognizes that fruits have been very heavily selected for sweetness. There is a lot more sugar in the fruits in your local grocery store than our ancestors would have ever found growing in the wild.
@@donwinston Ignorance. There are most certainly unhealthy fruits (start with grapes) and you certainly can eat too much. Fruits are particularly heavy with fructose (AKA fruit sugar) especially modern fruits bred for sweetness. Fructose impacts metabolism at a cellular level and helps trigger hibernation in animals. Fructose triggers fat storage, and chronic inflammation. Fructose is only metabolized in the liver and causes non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Metabolic syndrome, a cluster of health issues like obesity, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and high triglycerides, is associated with fructose consumption.
@@donwinston Not nuts, educated. Every problem I listed for fructose, and by extension fruit, is backed by academic research. If you can get over your desire to insult people who tell you something you don't want to believe and learn something, I suggest you start with Dr. Robert Lustig.
1. The brain runs fine on ketones once it adapts. 2. Fructose cannot be used as fuel and therefore goes straight to your liver. 3. The body is designed to have significant breaks in food intake (that is why we have two forms of energy storage) 4. People with type two diabetes can go without sugar or food for many days and even weeks if they are not on medications and monitored by a professional. 5. Type two diabetes has been reversed in many people through both fasting and keto. 6. Dietitians present themselves as healthcare professionals equal to doctors and nurses, they are not. 7. Many dietitians still believe dairy is an essential food group, that some how humans require the breastmilk of another animal. While I like dairy, even I know this literally cannot be true.
They're spreading myths in the name of busting them. Although it's not their personal fault. They're just saying what they were taught in nutrition school.
The one about cutting all sugar from the diet was clearly referring to added sugars, not cutting out all naturally present sugars in any food. Since there are naturally present sugars in so many foods, it was bizarre that they interpreted the question in the way they did
Correct title "Dietitians try to appear super smart on camera by trying to contradict 10 Sugar facts." Being represented as experts, everything that's been stated in the video can be straight out harmful to a lot of people already struggling with excess sugar consumption as most are. Not to mention diabetics.
It still is used for this! It got me off 4 of the meds I was taking that were causing way more problems than lack of sugar ever has. Wish I had listened to my neurologists sooner and gone keto, but I’m glad I did eventually!
How can they argue sugar is not addictive, when someone eats a high carb diet and eats very frequently like 6 meals a day, they can have withdrawl symptoms when their bodies sense they need another sugar spike. They experience mood swings and low energy until their next insulin spike. That is like the definition of physical addiction.
So much advice given here has been debunked by actual science. The Keto diet and intermittent fasting has not been popular in recent years for no reason. I ate what doctors and dietitians recommended and i develpoed acid reflux heart burn weight gain bad knees brain fog fatigue and aches all over my body. Within a week of low carb and no sugar plus intermittent fastingi was able to reverse the acid reflux and have lost 50 lbs so far no brain fog and so much energy and no more aches and pains. thousand years ago where were humans eating sugar daily? Sugar was mostly found in fruits that grew seasonally and didn't caontain as much sugar as fruits today. The brain was not meant to be sugar dependent but fat dependent. A baby is born in ketosis and fat adapted to drink the mothers breast milk which is 53 % fat. Again so much wrong here and its sad because its leading to a lot of heart attacks diabetes kidney and liver issues
you guys briefly glossed over Ketosis and only spoke about the mild symptoms of the first few days of being without sugar. Being in Ketosis for a long period of time can be beneficial for you in alot of ways even though its not recommended to everyone it helps against diabetes, and people with uncontrolled epilepsy.
@@SophiepTran Because you can't eat fruit, beans, potatoes, bread, pasta, rice, corn, and cereal. There is also reason to believe it will mess up your health because of hormones or something. But more importantly if you eat that much fat a big chunk of it is almost surely going to be saturated fat which is the primary cause of coronary heart disease and ischemic strokes which can kill you or at least maim you.
My question is why would you try to discourage people from sticking to a no or low sugar diet? Are you next gonna convince depressed people that there’s no hope in the world so there’s no point in trying to treat their disorder? It wouldn’t surprise me at all if the sugar industry gave Science Insider money to make this video, as they are want to do.
They keep repeating "Sugar is not bad for you and it is important for your diet", while meaning that CARBS are important, and also say "you should ideally eat very little added sugar", added sugar meaning actual sugar or what most of us will call sugar
How to be healthy? "Just do opposite of what Dietitians say " How to be chronically sick and then spend a large part of your income on doctors and drugs? : "Just do exactly what Dietitians say "
Those two are representative of the conventional wisdom around diet. Now ask yourself, is that conventional wisdom working? Do you think this conventional wisdom is moving us, as a whole, in a better or worse direction? I don't think we are moving in a better direction. ALSO, it is flat out not true that our bodies need to consume sugar. I gave up sugar three years ago. Not only has it not hurt me, my health has improved greatly.
@@hazelinthewoods9966 Well done. It is really hard to do. Think long term, I'd say give it at least a year. Every month gets easier, but also expect setbacks. The first six months especially I had many setbacks. My health benefits were not just loosing bodyfat, my asthma went away.
Omfg our bodies need sugars what are you on about. Do you never eat fruits, whole grains, vegetables, red meat. Like literally everything has sugars. No one's asking you to gulp down table sugar or sweetners.
This is incorrect. In table sugar, the ratio of glucose to sugar is 50 : 50. High fructose corn syrup still contains glucose; it is simply not bonded to the fructose like it is in table sugar. HFCS 55 (one of the most common form of high fructose corn syrup) only has a very slightly higher level of fructose than table sugar, so the difference is neglible. HFCS 42 is also very common, and as the name suggests, it's only 42% fructose, so actually less fructose than table sugar. HFCS 90, however, is much more harmful because of the excessive amount of fructose; thankfully it's rarely used, and only used in small amounts because it's disgustingly sweet. So the video is correct; high fructose corn syrup is not any worse health wise than table sugar unless for some reason you're just chugging HFCS 90. Table sugar is just as bad. Just reduce the amount of added sugar you eat.
I don’t agree with everything they were saying. For someone with a sugar problem, my liver couldn’t handle it. I got NAFLD which actually ALOT of Americans have and don’t know it. It comes from your liver processing the sugar and eventually it becomes too much considering your body DOES NOT NEED ADDED SUGAR. I was not healthy so I stopped eating high fructose corn syrup, and refined sugars as well as anything with -ose on the end like sucralose. I dropped 25 pounds from just cutting out the sugar and eating just your natural sugar such as fruits and honey and stuff and I substituted regular sugar with stevia and I felt SO MUCH BETTER . I was overall healthy. YOU DONT NEED ADDED SUGAR ITS NOT HEALTHY. Your body does need glucose, but the thing is, it breaks whatever carbs you’re eating into glucose for it to use. So let’s say u eat bread, that goes to glucose for your bodies use. This is all from personal experience and I couldn’t believe some of the stuff they were saying bc of what I currently know and personally tested. It was hard for me to watch this
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One thing of note is that even if sugar isn't as problematic as many people believe it is (and that's a big if), the sugar industry was also involved in many misleading campaigns to shift blame for the source of an unhealthy lifestyle.
This includes the "too much salt is bad for you" (true, but oversimplifies things), and the "low-fat= good" campaign, since sugar is added to replace the fats that were removed, and causes even more problems.
They also lobby to have the govt set the limit for daily intake higher than it should be.
@@AdarshKumar-nj7rp This is also true; the daily recommended limit for sugars in America is ludicrously high.
Western medicine takes a total pharm approach to health, I am a medical professional, not currently working. Due to family issues. MANY. THE diet we consume myself included is , as you stated correctly, in my opinion, the latest fad. Like eggs in the 90’s. Margarine and OMG EVERY LAB MADE OIL OF ANY TYPE. IS POISON.
@@TSWARD-xb9rk Honestly, odd as it may seem, I think the biggest thing America can do right now to reform dietary habits would be to remove the food lobbyists. Not going to happen, but a person can dream. *sigh*
Also, not even lab made oil, Canola oil is pretty bad for you too. And since it's made from corn (again), there's plenty of it in the market. Boy, those subsidized crops are doing work.
@@erwinlimawan3158 all lab made oil is horrible. Yes, most people do not even get the subsidy things. Crooked crooked crooked. Sigh #2
I like that they recognized the lack of access to healthy options and presented alternatives too. :)
It's a shame but it is quite common in the US.
Glad they addressed that
It is such a shame that property developers created shopping malls that charge so much rent that it's not viable to have a fruit or vegetable shop.
Walmart still sells chicken lean meat veggies and fruit doesn’t it . Y’all
need to learn how to cook is the real problem stop going to Chic Fil A like it’s healthy 😝
@@jl2280 Tell me you've never heard of a food desert without telling me you've never heard of a food desert.
Unfortunately, no; there is not equal access to fresh food everywhere in the US.
The problem with these types of discussions is that the term "sugar" can refer to different things in different contexts. In chemistry sugar mainly refers to all carbohydrates, be it monosaccharides (glucose, fructose and galactose), disaccharides (sucrose, maltose and lactose) or polysaccharides (starches, dextrins, cellulose). So, in that sense both table sugar and vegetables are "sugars". But we know that they are different. Table sugar is simple sugar but vegetables are complex sugars or complex carbohydrates which, yes, has the simple sugars but also fiber (polysaccharide) which makes their digestion processes (primarily in terms of time and load) very different.
But an even more important distinction to make is that between glucose and fructose. Both of them are monosaccharides and thus, "sugars" and in terms of their chemical composition are just isomers to each other. But they are VERY different. Fructose is almost twice as sweet as glucose. While glucose can be metabolized by every single cell in the human body fructose can only be metabolized by the liver. While glucose stimulates insulin on consumption, fructose does not. While glucose circulates in the blood, fructose does not. So, "blood sugar" means "blood glucose". Therefore, a tablespoon of table sugar and a tablespoon of glucose will not have the same effect on your blood sugar because they are chemically different things. Consequently, if we take rice and table sugar which have the same amount of "sugars" while rice is mostly glucose table sugar is sucrose (half glucose, half fructose). They are very different.
Say, you consume 120 calories of glucose or sucrose. In case of glucose 24 calories will go to the liver while the other 96 calories will go to the other parts of the body. From the same 120 calories of sucrose 72 calories (12 calories from the glucose part + all 60 calories of fructose) will hit the liver. Additionally, while glucose can be converted to glycogen for later use, fructose can't be. So, not only are we overloading one single organ at once we're also not giving it the chance to store it as a desirable back up source for carbs(glycogen) and forcing the liver to turn it into liver fat. Now, this will happen when you really overload it and that won't normally happen from fruits and vegetables. Because when you look at the fructose content of fruits and vegetables they are not nearly as high as that in processed foods where the sugar has been added in high quantities to make the foods more palatable, addictive and less satiating. Which makes you literally stuff all of that and still want more. This is mainly because of the sweetness of fructose and it being low satiating compared to glucose. This is exactly why our ancestors had so little access to fructose. Firstly, we don't need them at all (they are not an essential nutrient) and we should be having them in very low doses.
And in terms of diabetes (oh boy it's another long rabbit hole). But long story short, type 2 diabetes is the state when your body is so resistant to insulin that the pancreas is making every bit of insulin it can to keep the blood sugar down but it's still not enough. The most common treatment is to just inject more insulin. And what that does is it keeps the blood sugar in control for a while but the resistance soon catches up and now you need more insulin. Then you increase the dose and the resistance increases again. Rinse and repeat. The disease is not treated and it only gets worse. The cause of this wrong treatment to be the norm is trying to treat the symptom and not the disease. Blood sugar rising is only a symptom it's not the disease. The disease is insulin resistance. And that is multifactorial, Diet, sleep, exercise, genetics etc. However, currently, the diabetes epidemic is mainly being driven by processed foods and more specifically refined carbs. For glucose, it's obvious. Refined starches cause tremendous fluctuations in insulin levels and since it's less satiating than non-refined sources(vegetables, fruits) you eat a lot of it before you feel full. So, too much insulin production leads to acute hyperinsulinemia and when this happens every single day it becomes chronic and your body starts to get resistant. GTT tests won't show anything abnormal since blood glucose will be kept under control but your insulin is going out of whack. A proper kraft test can diagnose insulin resistance way before you get full blown diabetes. Now, fructose gets a free pass here since it doesn't make your body release insulin on consumption. So, it can't possibly cause insulin resistance. Or can it. You see even though fructose does not affect insulin levels in the short-term it does in the long term. Continuing from the previous discussion of how all of fructose goes to the liver and a lot of it (and you do eat a lot of it when you do) it will force your liver to turn it into fat through a process called de novo lipogenesis. When this keeps going on everyday your liver fills up, followed by the other parts of your viscera. It's called visceral fat. And visceral fat can directly cause insulin resistance as your body now releases extra insulin to help out the suffocating liver. And you know the rest.
So, the point is that in discussions about sugar the distinction between Glucose and Fructose is extremely significant. The distinction between the sources of sugar is also important but people usually talk about that. What they don't talk about is how different glucose and fructose are.
Very interesting explanation! Do you have any sources/ reading material about the effects of glucose and fructose on the body? I personally find it very interesting!
Also the mixing of vocab in science and everyday life is pretty annoying. I get confused by the distinction of carbohydrates and sugar all the time.:/
Thank you for this thorough explanation. The effects of over consumption of sugar are dire and cannot be overstated. I hate to see people diminishing the harmful effects. It takes an effort to change one’s eating habits and if people aren’t clearly informed and have a casual view that added sugar simply isn’t ideal they will continue to have more and more and more- and then wonder why they can’t control their health.
YES, A THAUSAND TIMES YES!
A few details I am not sure about as I haven't read about them but for the most part *SCREAMING FROM THE ROOFTOP YES!*
I am trying to not trust dietitians because I think they are educated and trained based on outdated information and sadly their knowledge and competence is not in-depth enough for them to realize some of this ingrained misinformation unless they take it upon themselves to dive into studies and really learn more in depth to counter the fallacies of the education they were given.
When these ladies said essentially it all turns into glucose in the end for energy... yes, but that us again different glucose. That is glucose bodies. And only a very small fraction of fructose even becomes thet, most is metabolized by the body the same way a toxin is. Not the same for dietary glucose, most of it is metabolized into those glucose bodies we have in our blood which provide energy.
And yeas our brains loves blood glucose and uses it as a main source of energy when it is present, however it can also use keton bodies i.e. what our body metabolizes healthy dietary fat into.
And yes carbohydrated are essential, but I heard for things other than energy, for which our bodies need only a small amount and produces it on its own. I haven't gone into any much depth into this one though.
However, I agree about the distinction between monosaccharides, diasaccharides and polysaccharides and the tricky business with their names. It makes me quite mad. It's so easy for sources of information to manipulate people while technically giving correct information.
You are absolutely right. And they discuss it in such a way that they seem uneducated and then their statements misleading. Take it from someone who has a refined sugar intolerance.
@@janek.3549 The Diabetes Code, by Jason Fung
Does anyone else feel like this video was funded by the sugar industry?
"Sugar doesn't cause diabetes"
"Sugar isn't addictive"
"Sugar isn't bad for you"
"Honey and Agave aren't better alternatives"
Experts are really damned aren’t they?! I’d love to know where you go for your evidenced based information? What your statement neglects to acknowledge is that the basis of what they said is true and it’s based off evidence. Sure, it is good practice to be skeptical and to think about things, and then to properly facts check with other experts. But just because you don’t agree with what they are saying doesn’t make it any less true.
@@danib022 I'm not saying that the basis of their statements is false in any way. What they're saying is very correct. I'd argue their statements would even be common knowledge, and that's my point. They're taking the "everything in moderation" argument and trying to use it in a way which repairs the reputation of refined sugar. And they're choosing their words carefully.
Why even argue against the use of honey or agave if we agree that it's not doing any more harm or good than refined sugar? Why argue about the semantics of "sugar doesn't cause diabetes" when that's obviously true but it's equally obvious that it plays an enormous part in diabetes?
It's a sugar puff piece! What is the point of this video!?
Yes!
I Immediately recognized this as complete propaganda as well!
@@danib022 I don't see any evidence presented on this vid, including their other ones for keto diet. My background is in Biochemistry, I used to hold to similar beliefs, only to realize we have been so misled.
"Sugar is not addictive"
There is a reason why my weight-loss started, AFTER I stopped visiting my dietitian.
There's a reason it's in everything
Something is telling me you didn't follow your dieticians advice
@@reanukeeves2564 Well I am skeptic of many "advice" given by dietitians. I follow an OMAD+water fasting+LCHF diet, and it has given me the best results, resulting in a loss of 12kg, and has continued to reduce. When I first started, my dietitian was dead against such an extreme form of diet, who wanted me to follow a low fat, low cal, 6 small meal a day plan. I am glad, I stopped taking her advice.
@@TheFoxholeLife lol.. sounds sustainable.. not.
Its actually pretty simple as to why you've lost weight. Calorie deficit. It's just that simple. It really doesn't matter what "diet" you're on. If you eat a surplus of calorie maintenance, you'll gain weight. Eat a deficit, you'll lose weight. Eating once a day and deleting high calorie carbs and sugars like you've done has to have tremendously lowered your calorie intake, resulting in your weight loss. When you inevitably fail these crash diets, I recommend you begin counting the calories you consume, and find ways to create your version of recipes you love, with lower calorie ingredients. I've been doing it for years now and went from overweight to, not to toot my own horn, but a pretty impressive physique.
@@reanukeeves2564 A key difference between me and you might be the fact I started out as obese, and I am now overweight. The things that work for an overweight person need not work for people who are obese.
That being said, a calorie restriction diet is metaphorically like alcohol de addiction by sticking to just one peg a day. While technically it may work, practically impossible to achieve, especially for the obese. At the same time, fasting treats food like an addiction: its easier to completely avoid eating, than eating small amounts.
"The calorie in calorie out" theory is on a pretty thin ice. Weight-loss is more complicated than that.
It doesn't take into consideration:
1) our hormone levels, especially insulin
2) satiety
3) our psychology (cravings, comfort foods)
4) foods that cause inflammation, and water retention
Let me explain: Sugar is 337 calories per 100gm. Almonds is 579 calories for 100 gm. But if you eat just 10 gms of almonds you won't feel hungry at all, but eat that much sugar and you won't feel that you had anything substantial at all. Not to mention that if you are obese, a high sugar in diet causes inflammation.
The traditional calorie restriction diet does not acknowledge what food does to our brain, and how sugary foods trigger dopamine in our brains, which is why adherence levels in such diets is pretty low (ref: 10 to 20 percent ref: CALERIE phase 2 trial research)
I did calorie restriction diet and calorie counting until three years ago (for 4 years), when I finally gave up on it. The hardest part is crossing the weight-loss plateau. And each time, you get disheartened, you give up on trying and weight starts to climb back. As said before, you may be able to better stick to this diet, cause, as mentioned by yourself, you were not obese but just overweight.
People think that such a diet is not-sustainable. But once you become fat adapted, you no longer feel hungry at all. I no longer even think of lunches and breakfast. Even dinner is not obligatory for me. It is like you are being set free.
I feel like they're intentionally arbitrarily choosing when to understand sugar as "glucose that your body breaks down food into" and "white sugar that has no nutritional benefit besides straight calories" and their choices sometimes misunderstand the heart behind the "myths." sugar is NOT just a basic molecule - that's just one of it's definitions. the type of definition they address isn't consistent across the myths they address. smh.
Exactly. Very intellectually obtuse. People are very aware that fruits and vegetables are a healthier form of sugar. The problem with the majority of people isn't their over intake of veg and fruit, its their over intake of refined and added sugar. Of course if you eat 1 half a teaspoon of added sugar daily you won't face any issues. The big problem is that the majority of people don't stop at that because added and refined sugar is almost in everything we eat and in high amounts. Eating two donuts can put you over the daily intake and many people don't stop at two.
YESSSS THANK YOU it is SO annoying that experts always go "but your body needs sugar blah blah blah" - YEAH WE KNOW THAT BY NOW, when we 'normal people' say "Sugar is bad", what we really mean is REFINED sugar, but we don't bother to mention that explicitly every time. I have NEVER heard anyone say "I'm gonna stop eating sugar from now on", and then proceeding to say "So no more fruit for me"! 🤦
100% agreed!
They should include the terms carbonhydrates and glucose in theirs explanations.
I agree that some of their responses were poorly worded. But in their defense, I think their goal was to combat many of the terrible misconceptions people have, which have led to all sorts of awful fad diets.
Like how I know far too many people who have tried the keto diet. (Or what they thought was the keto diet.) So they'd eat like a bacon cheeseburger (sans bun), but if I'd offer them some of my grapes, they'd be like, "Nah, I can't eat sugar. I'm doing keto."
I’m a little confused why dietitians would be the people to discuss addiction. Studies done by neuroscientists show that refined sugar abuse causes very similar binge, withdrawal, and cravings to cocaine abuse. Meaning it meets all the criteria of addiction. Irritability, anxiety and depression are just some of the withdrawal symptoms.
Yeah
100 % agree
Addiction works via the dopamine system and they actually refer to this! They have made a total mess of this video but its probably because they are parroting what they have been told by the lobby-driven "education" system.
Source?
Literally this.
I think one of the big issues with this is that when a lot of people talk about "sugar," they mean added sugar or refined sugar. The experts here refer to the scientific concept of sugar, but sometimes switch it out with the colloquial concept. I assume that's a problem with editing, but it that some of the things they talk about are more confusing or not totally accurate
Yeah, I take issue with them saying sugar isn't bad. Technically true when referring to ALL sugar, but if you're referring instead to processed sugar like table sugar or high fructose corn syrup it is very bad. And they don't spend enough time clarifying that distinction
100% agree, far too reductive Also didn't mention the fact that sugar is added to almost everything produced in the US. Bread, pasta sauce, soups, etc. Good luck trying to go added sugar free.
Yes! I didn’t like the video because of that. Too often carbohydrates are confused with ‘sugar’ and even with ‘glucose’ when they’re different things. Most of the myths they debunk are built around *refined, added* sugar. Nobody thinks beans are going to make you diabetic!
Just listen to what they are saying. It is straight forward.
@@GreatWhiteElf they literally said that table sugar is not bad per se, and they gave an example when they were talking about "baking with honey".
"Sugar is not addictive."
"When you get a sugar crash you just need to eat more."
These are very questionable statements.
These are text book referencers at best that haven't examined the latest data. Would not take them seriously.
The second is not what they said. They basically described that when you eat primarily a simple sugar, your blood glucose will rise rapidly, leading to an insulin spike, which will thrn lead to your very quickly becoming hungry again.
@@jsun3117 please give us the "latest" studies that completely contradict the statements they actually made.
Whether sugar is addictive is a matter of definition, they chose to draw the line very strictly/clinically, and obviously sugar is not like opiods or alcohol. It was probably counter-productive for them to do so, presumably so they wouldn't have to water fown their statements, for entertainment purposes ("9 myths debunked, one depends on the definition" is just not as catchy)
That's exactly what I've been saying about heroine....
@@NicolaiCzempin sugar produces a dopamine spike wich can generate dependency.
Also carb witrhawal is a thing. People that have always been on a standard American diet and shift to low keto have a terrible withdrawal process. Flu like sympthoms that can last up to 3 weeks.
Sugar is not harmless.
And also the state that we need sugar is false. We don't need outside sugar. Gluconeogenesis its a thing
I feel like they completely glossed over their own definition of addiction to say sugar isn't addictive. Anything that produces dopamine can be addictive. If you get pleasure from shopping then you begin using it as a coping method and it can become addictive. Which then leads me to believe that perhaps they are playing a bit fast and loose with their other terms.
They are dieticians - they only know what they were taught.
@Nicholas Time we'll they didn't even do that right as sugar is an addictive substance. There have been studies that show sugar is as addictive as cocaine.
The artificially sweeteners are designed to be addictive.
@@johneby6878 a lot of scientific studies are not true. Different scientists get different results on the same topic, have to pay attention to the research sampling and methods used
@@ima.m.1658 this isn't even close to a debate. Sugar has long been known to be addictive.
As my mother taught me many years ago: Everything in moderation. I use that in all aspects of life.
moderation in moderation? ;)
@@catherinen8547 good one ;)
How about a bit of cocaine in moderation?
Do you take heroin in moderation and throw yourself off a bridge once per year or so?
Some things aren't good, even if taken in a small dose
@@juanolotgn@Axel Dornelles i moderate my druguse to none at all 👍
Sugar is bad for you
Dieticians: no (but yes)
Dietitians * name is in the title
@@Marissatro1773 The spellings "dietitian" and "dietician"
As explained by the American Heritage and Merriam-Webster's dictionaries, the cause of the confusion is that the spelling with "-tian" is an irregular alteration of the ending "-cian", which is otherwise exclusively used to refer to specialists and practitioners of other professions.[9][10] These and other American dictionaries also list the spelling with "c" but list the spelling with "t" first because this spelling is more common in the United States. Nevertheless, the American publisher McGraw-Hill exclusively uses the spelling with "c" in the 2003 edition of the McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms and the 2002 edition of the McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine.[11][12]
The spelling with "t" is the one preferred by the profession itself internationally,[13] but the spelling with "c" is used often enough in texts not written by members of the profession to be considered a valid variant by both American and British dictionaries. In fact, British dictionaries list the spelling with "c" first[14][15][16] and list the spelling with "t" as a variant. American dictionaries list the spelling with "t" first and the spelling with "c" as a variant.[9][17]
As explained in a 2010 newsletter of the International Confederation of Dietetic Associations:
The spelling of the term "dietitian" has been debated for a long time by dietitians. In the early 1960s dietetic associations, under the auspices of the International Committee of Dietetic Associations (ICDA), worked together to standardize information about dietitians under the International Standard Classification of Occupations. When the International Labour Office confirmed the dietetic profession's classification in 1967, it also adopted the spelling "dietitian" at the request of the international dietetic community. This information can be found in the documentation held by ICDA and by the International Labour Office (ILO).[13]
Fruits also have sugar in them which dietitian in the world would recommend you to quit fruits. I think the whole point is to quit bad sugars not to omit them as a whole seems pretty self explanatory to me 🤷
@@pragyathapa2134 if you want to lose weight, careful with fruits also, many dieticians will tell you that. I`f you have diabetes good luck eating a lot of fruits.
@@pragyathapa2134 that's why i said you have to be careful with fruits. if you are overweight, i would eat veggies, and cut most fruits, berries are good, don't raise glucose level much and hence doesn't make your body produce excess insulin
You can tell these nice ladies are honest and earnest, and completely lacking in even a basic understanding of human physiology...
Agreed Doctor. No mention of insulin resistance as the the cause of type 2 diabetes, which is caused by the high carbs and sugars. This is call the skin of the truth stuffed with a great big lie. Love your content btw.
You would think they would have at least known about gluconeogenesis or that you body also uses fatty acids for energy
I would an MD to be easily able to back up such a vague, blanket claim with something more concrete and not open the door for statements like "insulin resistance is caused by high carbs/sugars"
@@domega7392 insulin resistance is not the cause of t2d, but pretty much its definition.
The causes of type 2 diabetes (t2d) are not fully understood, but primary factors in the Western world are genetics, obesity and lack of exercise (as mentioned in the video).
If you eat a lot of sugar it is more likely that you will become obese, but you can "achieve" similar effects by consuming lots of fat. So it's not the carbs. You could also do it with proteins, but it is very difficult to overeat protein to similar degrees as the other macronutrients.
@@rumbecker5085 studies on keto diets have found that they are not more effective in the long run (longer than one or two years) than other forms of calorie restriction.
Didn't they even mention in the video what long-term drawbacks of some of the unbalanced diets are?
After being diagnosed with Type-2 diabetes I began researching about sugar and carbs. I found several doctors on You Tube who claim that sugar is a primary cause of metabolic disease and that Type 2 diabetes is reversible. For 6 months I eliminated all sugar possible from my diet. My blood sugar dropped from average 180 to 110, my A1c went from 7.5 to 6.2 and I lost 30 pounds. I also felt great. I reduced carbs but did not eliminate them. The body creates glucogen from fats and carbs so you can eliminate nearly all sugar from your diet and still maintain safe sugar levels as long as you are still eating carbs and (natural) fats. I did after a time start introducing more carbs back into my diet since I was still losing weight but I have to say that eliminating almost all sugar from my diet did me a lot more benefit than harm. There is also new research that, more and more is pointing to sugar as the primary fuel for cancers.
@@Kelly-pp1et Bull... since cutting sugar and carbs from my diet and eating MOSTLY meat and fats I have dropped 30 lbs and my A1C has dropped from 7.5 to 6.1. You a e full of crap.
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Lost me at 5:54, honestly this video is just supporting the status quo, we have too much research that shows sugar is addictive and added sugar is bad for us and reaching ketosis is better than having muffins and pancakes. We don't even need grains. It's the food industry that's given us these standards and it's the cause of our obesity problem.
Lost me way way before that.
Yeah they're full of shit
How about citing that "research" because nearly all cardiologists would advise against keto
@@reanukeeves2564
Which cardiologist?
@@mjjm8446 you really think there's any cardiologist that would agree with a high fat diet?
You should write a guide about how to misrepresent arguments. Every single one of your points has nothing to do with the argument you are trying to disprove.
I agree!
"the answer is no... (30 seconds later)
But actually yes"
What you said applies to virtually everything that claims to be a “fact check” or “debunk”. It often seems like a game they play to skew perception more than any actual attempt at getting to the truth.
You are a bozo. They are simply stating FACTS.
I cut out added and refined sugar from my diet 40 years ago. I no longer crave it. I get my sugar from whole foods that are not over prepared. I eat small meals frequently and avoid overeating in any given meal. This has helped me to keep my weight down and has helped me to maintain a regular sleep schedule.
WOW! THAT'S HONESTLY AWESOME AND INSPIRING
do you eat honey?
What sugar replacement do u use in baked goods and sweets?
@@Whitegrey1 just use calorie-free sweetener
@@Whitegrey1 try stevia
5:53 = Sugar is not addictive
3:35 = It is very hard to go off sugar.
Contradiction?
Our body stores energy as fat, not sugar. We can make glucose from fat or protein with gluconeogenenis. I run marathons and workout everyday in the gym without eating added sugar and with a maximum of 20g of net carbs (not including fiber). I wouldn’t say that I lack energy. It did however take me some time to get off the sugar addiction and mental need for sugar.
I think what she's trying to say is that it's not really an addiction if sugar is your body's main source of energy. Its like saying water is addictive when really you just need it to survive. But sure it can be used as an emotional release and become habit forming in that sense. But eating sugar is normal human function not an addiction. People say they're addicted to all sorts of things but it's an emotional thing not a physical withdrawal.
@@luwildy that’s a good point. I agree.
I was a fairly heavy drinker till i cut out sugar, then i realised it was carbs i was craving not alcohol. Sugar may not be physically addictive buts it’s definitely mentally addictive,
looking at the dietician's body, she definitely needs to reconsider her view on sugar.
@@XAE_A_Xii Spicy! Gottem!
About a year ago, I went into a Ketogenic/IF regime ( I am 58 years old), with special emphasis on cutting ALL refined sugars, high fructose fruits, and all vegetable omega 6 oils. I lost 65 pounds and I was able to lower my IC glucose index from 5.6 to 5.25. I was also able to normalize my liver AST/ALT count.
Wow. No sugar needed? But these girls in the video said I need sugar
@@Jdonovan2 IMAO no , sugars are not needed, not the refined, high fructose, corn starch ones. But, our bodies need glucose, carbohydrates for energy. There are better sources to get carbohydrates, healthier ones . You should know, even if you go “cero” sugars, our livers convert fats/proteins into glucose. This process is called gluconeogenesys
It is very likely that that was not primarily to doing keto/if, but due to the side effect of having a caloric deficit.
Are you planning to continue with your keto/if regimen for the rest of your life?
Because many of the "short term" (yes, one year is short-term) effects are lost as soon as people revert to their previous eating habits.
Did you do this on your own accord or did a physician or dietitian recommend it?
Either way, kudos on your achievement, and I hope that you have changed some habits for good.
Extreme measures such as "cutting out all x" are not at all necessary. It is absolutely fine to indulge in some candy or other highly processed food, _occasionally_.
Demonizing foods or food groups is counter-productive in the long run.
@@NicolaiCzempin Thank you for your reply, and to answer your question, yes i have decided to maintain this regime on a permanent basis, with a degree of eventual flexibility specifically during family gatherings which are very few and far apart. However I partially disagree with you on the topic of Keto/IF having s caloric restriction outcome only. imo sugars , refined sugars and “low fat” processed foods are the true culprits of storing excess fat and provoking insulin resistance. I have come to the conclusion that the food industry as it is today, is rather contributing to the deterioration of your health far beyond providing adequate nutrition , specially for folks my age. I do not believe in diets, I believe in a consistent nutritional regime.
They seem to be shills.
I have been doing Keto off and on for the last year and I am at my lowest weight since high school. Grad of 1995. I did stop keto just to test and went back to the "Standard American Diet" and felt like crap. Cutting out sugar was one of the best things I have done. When they state you have to have sugar for energy they are full of crap. I also cut out all processed foods and only eat foods that are 5 ingredients or less. I have plenty of energy and all my blood work comes back in great numbers. I have to disagree with a good portion of this video. But what I do is not for everyone but it does work for me.
Good to hear you have lost weight, tho I don't like ketogenic diet. It's hard to follow and quite expensive to follow the "clean" version with healthy fat such as avocado. I follow whole food plant based diet and it works great for me.
Also There's still no robust study can prove ketogenic diet is great for longevity so I will stick with what's already proven that worked.
If you are doing ketogenic but a dirty version consisting of saturated fat or eggs I recommend you to switch to plant based, both are proven to help losing weight but one takes a further step preventing heart diseases and cancers the two leading causes of death in affluent societies
@@lenguyenngoc479 That is awesome that a plant based diet works for you but I have tried the plant based way of eating and found for me it did not work as well. I eat grass fed meats and have healthy fats in my diet with a mix of some vegetables. I have found the less carbs I have, the better I feel and weight loss is better. But yes I agree that Keto is not for everyone and no you should not do it for very long periods of time. It does have it negative effects doing long term. When I do Keto it is only in 2 month terms. Then I go in to a low carb eating and have found that I can maintain weight if I don't go over 50 carbs per day with 3 meals a day doing an 16/8 fasting/eating window. While doing keto I do alternate day fasting and a 48 hour fast 1 time every month, during this on eating days I have 2 meals that day (sometimes 3 depending on how much I workout). Then 2 times a year I am doing a 72 hour fast. Which I am planning on doing in about two weeks from today. The health benefits from fasting is so great. But I know this is not for everyone as well. Every body is different and what works for one person may not work for someone else.
One thing is 100% certain: The body does NOT need refined sugar. At all. And a breakfast containing 10% refined sugar is a really bad idea.
@@jkwyuken5582 indeed I also felt better and I did some research it's a mechanism to make us more alert as we are starved of carbs. Loosing weight is good and you should do so. But pls consider it in the long term, almost all anti cancer and anti oxidant compound are found in plants. Fat is just one of the issues, many studies already confirmed cooking meat in any way always produce carcinogens. You can tank the carcinogens and reactive oxygen species by eating brocoli sprout and spices such as turmeric.
I believe the essence of the game is to live longer and healthier and if we follow such principle we will have to eat plant based like people in blue zones. It's better for the environment and cheap well for the animals also as vegans always claim
did u just eat junk food while on the SAD because that's what SAD is.
What I would prefer for these videos is if the experts rephrased the statements because they're typically so oversimplified that the answer is either "it depends" or you can answer it either way and you just pick one, technically correctly, but leaving enough room to dismiss the argument.
I completely agree. So many of these videos are really easy 'debunk' because they over simplify and leave out a lot of the nuance, or they end up pushing a bias that is not agreed upon by the entire profession- sometimes not even backed by science, just speculation and opinion. But they aren't absolutely wrong, just leaving out a lot.
@@ghostratsarah thats kinda how science is no? nothing is set in stone
And they use definitives which is not always true.
The problem is, they kinda have to dumb it all down for the smooth-brained who can't understand multisyllabic words.
@@ghostratsarah which ones? Yet to come across one that is as bad as that
Fasting, or going into Ketosis, is a good thing. It's cell renewal, not cell damage.
It is the recurring switching between the ketones (fasted) and the glucose (fed) metabolism that is beneficial, not just the ketosis itself. The regeneration comes with refeeding, however, the preceding energy deficit is what it is triggered by.
And yes, intermittent ketosis triggered by an energy deficit, whether it is fasting, exercise, or (the most potent) fasted exercise, is indeed a good thing. Ketosis induced by a high-fat keto diet though is really questionable, especially if maintained long term.
If you are referring to autophagy - just exercise instead of restricting your diet - it has the same effect.
You are full of crap.
As someone who has struggled with sugar addiction, it is real. Mind you, this does not necessarily mean it is addictive to every person, like say heroin or cocaine would be (I’m not up on the latest science, so it may or may not be). But I would say from personal experience it is at least akin to alcohol, etc, or behavioral addictions like shopping or gambling, gaming, etc, which may be highly addictive to some people while others can enjoy them moderately. This becomes especially problematic in people with eating disorders too (which I also had) - as people aren’t generally bingeing on green beans and whole grains.
Yeah they're so weird with their definitions. "sugar causes dopamine and blood sugar spikes, which will cause you to crave it later. But technically it's not the sugar you're addicted to, it's the dopamine and high blood sugar." Why do I feel like they're being paid to have certain conclusions, and the only way for them to reach them is to use wacky semantics.
Let me just have a hit of my non-addictive herion. After all, it's the seratonin that's addictive, not the substance...
@@timothydavis2568 Absolutely. Right on!
Sugar is highly addictive. Let’s start from that. Good or bad it’s very addictive, you start eating a bit of eat and ending up on overeating it. So yes, sugar is bad. I would rather not have it in my diet.
Exactly, I would never even think 💭 to binge on fruits and vegetables. If so, I wouldn’t have an issue with food.
I always thought my body was broken genetically because I could keep weight off. I switched to clean keto- veggies, nuts, and some meat and now I’ve kept the weight off for over five years with no yo-yo. The problem with “ moderation is key” is that it requires a lot of effort and will power. Its easy to fall back into overeating it if you have had issues in the past. These dieticians are like that aunt or relative that just tells you to lose weight as a kid but also forces you to eat mountains of food that they just cooked.
Based on the definiton of addiction that these two provided, cocaine isn't addictive, I've done it multiple times, (many many months apart) without any withdrawal effects and with no carving to get more of.
From my personal experience I would say that sugar is much more addictive then cocaine or any other drugs that I've tried and I've tried many.
If I see anything that's high in sugar it's only matter of time before I'll go and eat it.
I never get "tricked" into buying cocaine, but I've often gotten "tricked" into buying very sugary stuff.
**Added sugar is addictive but not sugar from whole sources.
Why would you think that your personal experience is anything but anecdotal evidence? If everyone could stop taking cocaine as easily as you, then there would be no problem. Cocaine is VERY addictive.
@@ProFow disagreed. fruits with a high sugar content definitely can give you sugar addiction
@@louleloup2607 harder to overeat on whole fruits because the water and fiber content is so high. If you eat half a watermelon or 10 bananas you're probably not gonna want to keep going back for more like with sugary snacks and processed foods. Fruit juice and fried fruits are a bit easier to overdo.
@@ProFow so, I guess is a different sugar or what? Sugar is sugar and is always addictive, in whole foods there is fiber that slow down absorption so there is no hype and is not that addictive but definitely it is the same, like having a slow release of cocaine, it will be less addictive than a macrodose.
It’s as if this video was funded by the food industry. So many misconceptions!
I used to like the videos from this channel but now I will definitely be more careful on whether or not I believe what is being said.
not even mentioned natural sweeteners strangely.
yup
Not really misconceptions, it’s just really simple. Foods high in sugar are super easy to over eat. For example, 2 Oreos is 140 calories. A pound of strawberries is 145. You will feel full after a pound of strawberries. You will not feel full after 2 Oreos. Sugar itself isn’t the enemy, it is the amount of sugar you eat
@@tylerrose4416 This that you’ve just said is in fact real simple and true. They do say that in the video and that part is right.
I was referring to things like diabetics having to ingest sugar regularly, for instance. Only diabetics taking insulin or other hypoglycemiant drugs would have to do that.
@@tylerrose4416 it is lol, just google a bit more, and try no sugar for a time and you'll notice lel
I'm 53, started OMAD 2016, started 3 to 20 day water fasting sessions in January 2019. until January 2020 I consumed sugars and carbs in my rare meals, then i stopped eating sugars and carbs completely, aside from 1 or two bottles of kombucha per month and maybe 10oz of black garlic, every 2-3 months. Six months later, July 2020, I realized all my problematic symptoms, disappeared. Now, I'm at 170lbs, down from 400lbs in 2009, 11% body fat, never hungry, eating at most once every 24 hours, water fasting the rest of the time, in fact I fasted about 70% of the days since January 2019.
All my 53 years of health problems and issues are completely gone. Feeling like a teenager, it's insane.
Absolutely NOT going back to sugar, life is to good to waste it on slowly dying.
I'm consuming more calories on my occasional meal than I ever ate in a day while obese. This drives my metabolism up like crazy, I'm always hot although not sweating like I used to, I sleep entire winter naked in open window.
My typical meal calories are coming from fatty fish such as wild caught salmon and sardines, duck eggs, my homemade mayonnaise(I'm using duck egg yolks and macadamia oil), I drink oils while fasting, which promotes further fat adaptation by forcing the cells of my entire body to manufacture more mitochondria, including the brain(which has had an amazing and completely unexpected effect), such as ghee, evoo, avocado oil, mct, c8.
Yeah I wouldn't listen to these experts
Eating once a day does not seem healthy at all.
@@johnstewart4044 Please learn about Autophagy.
Did u eat fruit?
@@xxxs8309 The only fruits that do not affect your liver and stop the autophagy are: coconuts, olives, avocado. I do not ever eat any other fruits since January 2019.
I've cut out all sugar/carbohydrates for months (zero carb) and I experienced enhanced clarity of mind and focus. Based on my own experience I wouldn't trust anything these two dietitians are saying. Cutting out sugar may or may not cause brain fog. You'll have to try for yourself to know what you will experience.
N = 1 > dietary advice
In My Opinion
Chew laboriously on a pithy sugar cane? .... maybe ok?
Eat refined sugar ......?
Just watched a doc of the rainforest Baka guy smoking out an African killer bees nest with a tiny smoking brand after climbing an incredibly tall tree and getting stung and waving his arms around and not falling to his death - all for a very rare fructose hit! - it seemed like the equivalent of walking on broken glass .... to me.
Kids have many more taste receptors than adults they even have them on the roof of their mouths, you cannot convince me that sugar isn't like crack - for kids - l actually remember how intense that sweet hit was, so they lost me on the no no no it's not an addiction, in a cross voice, lecture segment. Bah! Humbugs!
These "nutritionists" probably work for Domino sugar. They're pathetic.
Yep, I stopped all carbs and sugar in 2018. They mentioned that the body needs sugar, that’s why it makes it’s own. If not, I should be long dead:
@@stanrix You’re exactly right. Our bodies can make all the glucose needed from fat or protein. Fats and protein are essential for life, carbs are not.
Is sugar bad?
Experts: Yesn't
Sugar from Whole Foods is fine. Added sugar is not. Eating fruit is fine. Eating loads of processed sugary foods is not. That’s what they’re saying.
Because it is more complicated than everyone thinks. People just want a yes or no answer and that just isn't possible when referring to most nutrients. A lot of requirements are individualized and dependent on the person.
Lol!
"Sugar drains you" I agree...
Sugar gives you energy. Don't you know what endurance athletes eat when racing and training?
I cant handle this video Dr. Berry, hard to watch
@@donwinston Endurance athletes burn fat. NOT u genius. They are fat adapted. All sugar they eat is burned in minutes, the rest of energy comes from fat. And latest marathon athlete won championship purely on Keto.
LOL, didn't expect to see you here! 🤣
Dr Berry you are holding back. Thats ok the light is spreading and you are holding the flashlight.
Fructose can only be metabolized by the liver, so in large quantities (high fructose corn syrup) it's far worse than normal table sugar.
Normal table sugar is 50% fructose. High fructose corn syrup is 55% fructose. It's all bad.
@@kathleencardincpm4435 HFCS55 is 55%.. HFCS can range up to and past 65%. Though even at 65% it is not a huge difference.
Large quantities of anything is likely not healthy.
But agave is mostly fructose, so it much worse.
The difference between sugar and HFCS is miniscule. It is NOT "far worse". Besides the liver is easily capable of metabolizing fructose. It is NOT harmed when it is doing this. Fructose is NOT poison. Fatty liver disease is caused by eating too much FOOD, not just fructose.
As someone who has an addiction to sugar. And who has had withdrawl from not eating sugar saying sugar is not addictibe is dangerous . I have friends who Where drug addicts are now afficted to sugar says it is very addictibe. Listen to us who ate suffering
Yes!
Correct. It is very addictive. You get similar withdrawal symptoms from nicotine and drugs after you quit added sugars. It is also habit forming. Quite shocked that they said it is not addictive.
@@OurLordandSaviorSigmar All refined products follow the same template, chewing coca leaves is a poor peons appetite suppressant - versus urban crack! Sugar is that crack,
Soda is sizzup and so on ..
Big Cereal Box Companies have lying ever since the mad Mr Kellogg (and his "anti Viagra" like ambitions)
The goal is get food so over-milled and refined it enters your bloodstream the fastest & with the biggest spike!
Diabetes Epidemic and Cov'd co-morbidities, anyone?
I feel you.. I struggle too
Compulsion and addiction are not the same things. Real withdrawal from advanced addiction to drugs or alcohol includes hallucinations, tremors, seizures, flat out death. THAT is withdrawal. Not getting moody or dizzy because you stopped eating cookies.
There are some contradictions and inaccuracies in given arguments in this video.
Aside from that I’d like to hear their comments on Robert Lustig MD research and presentations that sugar consumption does correlate strongly with type 2 diabetes. While body weight is not a correlation at all. You can have type 2 diabetes being perfectly normal BMI and lifestyle.
Agreed, Dr. Lustig has an impressive body of work truly debunking nutritional myths.
100% agree 👍 was going to say the same! This video is hugely misleading and ambiguous
@@jiajinzhou5263 all these Expert videos on this channel are super vague and unsatisfying.
@@stevel2837 no, he really does not
Correlation is not causation
I just love how you managed to dodge the mountian of negative effects sugar will cause to insulin, hormones and function of the body. "It's not addictive", well it depends on your definition of an addiction. Its hillarious that you look up the words and dodge its meaning like that. Ketosis will clear the body of the sugar and carb addiction. The brain fog and negative effects is very much the same process for the body as when you quit smoking. It only lasts a few days.
Everything can be
you couldn't be more correct. Sugar is the root cause of metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. These two nutritionists probably believe in the current, but highly antiquated government food pyramid. lol
well if you just use common sense its very clear that sugar is part of a balanced diet. you just have to stay away from/reduce processed foods in your diet.
Well these videos are made to be very shirt
Caveman diet ? "Paleo" ? Carcass chomping degenerates , psychos and hypocrites.Nothing burns in a body without liver and glycogen, simply : fats burns on the fire of sugars . Fundamental physiology. Everything else is unnatural
If only the information in this video were true! Sorry guys, continuous research is saying sugar is bad for you. There are too many qualified medical specialists now saying the same thing. Would love to know the sponsorship behind videos like this.
According to these two, gambling also would not be addictive which we know is not true.
😂😂😂
Dietitians have awful twisted understanding of long term effects of being in ketosis
It is a proven fact that ketones kill heart muscle. If you are silly enough to avoid carbohydrates to the point your blood is filled with ketones day after day year after year you are likely to get fibrosis of the heart. n this state it is unlikely your heart will function very well.
Were they paid by the sugar industry? Like their so political.
There's nothing political about this at all.
Not directly paid for by them per say. But they pretty much are. Nutrition is a mess.
…And today’s video comes to you thanks to the American Sugar Producers 🤭🤭🤭🤭 this is the FDA dietary recommendations in the 70s ALL OVER AGAIN…
3:52 wait.. where is the research that says ketosis increases inflammation and brain fog? I've heard from countless people who had the opposite results. And I definitely find energy levels more stable the less sugar I eat. Not on keto FTR. Just not aware of any evidence at all that there's a harmful effect below a certain level of sugar consumption. None. There _is_ research that indicates the human brain preferentially consumes ketones over glucose as well.
The American Academy of Nutrition is an Adventist organization. Think Kellogg and Post. The big, sugar filled food industry.
They control the studies. Get the results they want if you want funding. Harvard sold their scientific soul to the Adventist agenda over half a century ago.
The American Heart Association has been a front for the food industry since the 1940s. They also front for big pharma. They have an agenda and your health is not part of it.
Nutritional science is the joke of the science world for a reason. It is designed to increase the financial health of the processed food industry.
Sugar is 100% addictive. The analysis of that "myth" was completely disingenuous. The dose of sugar you're getting in a single bowl of strawberries is not high enough to elicit an addictive effect, but the average American diet IS.
BS.
I agree. That's why you have people over 600 pounds. Even a show for it.
Finally someone with real logical reasoning
They fail to mention, when that sugar is extracted and concentrated, which is what you're getting in those processed foods, which is the problem and causing the addiction and obesity problem we have.
"People have chewed coca leaves for at least 8,000 years as a mild stimulant without any evidence of addiction, but when certain components are isolated and concentrated into cocaine, we’ve got a problem. The same may be true of sugar-people don’t tend to binge on bananas. The isolation of sugar from the whole food may be the reason we’re more likely to supersize soda than sweet potatoes, or why we’re less likely to eat too much corn on the cob, but can’t seem to get enough high fructose corn syrup.
The overconsumption of sugar-sweetened diets has often been compared to drug addiction. However, until very recently this parallel was based more on anecdotal evidence than on solid scientific grounds. But now we have PET scans, imaging technology that can measure brain activity. It all started with a publication from the Institute of Clinical Physiology that showed decreased dopamine sensitivity in obese individuals. The heavier they were, the less responsive to dopamine they appeared to be. We see the same reduction in sensitivity in cocaine addicts and alcoholics, which “would suggest that a reduction in dopamine receptors is associated with addictive behavior irrespective of whether it is due to food or to addictive drugs, as seen in substance abusers.”
completely false stop lying
I think their whole argument about sugar not being addictive is: if sugar is really addictive why aren't we just eating spoonfuls of sugar and raiding the cupboard for the sugar bag. Instead we are eating chocolate bars and candy (mind u those have added addictive chemicals and flavours). If we ate other types of food with the sugary foods then we won't crave it.
But ppl do eat other food like salad and fish and still go back to eating another extra slice of cake. Maybe not the morbidly obese ppl but ppl with a normal BMI do. Salad and fish don't have the same high as a piece of cake.
Agreed. I think it's the sugar + fat combined and it's more filling for me than eating sugar alone. I have "sweet tooth" but I prefer chocolate over candy.
Actually I know someone who eats sugar by the spoonful 😅.
Actually it's because our palates aren't used to straight sugar, that wasn't how you got addicted. And I'm pretty sure it's far easier and enjoyable to drink a can of coke, than to eat 33 teaspoons of sugar. The same way alcohol comes in different forms. And frankly all the other things that can addict you.
When i was a little kid i’d eat straight sugar cubes and the little packets of sugar at restaurants lol, i’m probably an exception
@@augustoof13 While I didn’t do that, I liked to drink the tiny half and half containers at restaurants.
I cut out sugar in all forms completely and lost 38 kgs in 5 months, I'm now maintaining my weight at under 100 kgs and eat a little bit of fruit now. I don't feel any cravings for sugar at all.
Congrats! It’s sooo difficult and you did it!
I'm with you. Cut out sugar while still eating like a pig and lost 40 pounds in 4 months. These women must be funded by the sugar industry.
You probably cut out processing more than just sugar since sugar is in everything so by consequence you cut out processing agents.
the video says you were wrong, you need to go back to sugar lol
I am there with you.
I tell people to just remember that there are essential fats (oils) and essential amino acids (proteins). There aren't any essential sugars (carbs).
I think if it as "You need fats and proteins to survive, but you need the carbs in vegetables and fruits for proper nutrition".
Before we started processing sugars, people lived just fine. Some civilizations today still consume barely any sugar and survive fine.
I just avoided added sugar and lost 1/3 of my body weight and I feel great. My blood tests are ideal and my doctor is very impressed with my transformation. All of that weight loss with no change in activity, I am just as active as I was before.
This video is really convoluted. When people ask if they should cut out sugar they are asking about processed/table sugar. The answer just being “no” is the worst way to answer this question considering how sugar filled the American diet is
Sugar is highly addictive. Their reasoning for saying sugar isn't addictive is semantics.
What she said about long term ketosis, actually I experience the complete opposite of those
Every single thing they said about ketosis (and your body supposedly requiring sugar) is false. I'm not surprised though, as dietitians are typically the worst source of information. The doctor I worked 12 years for used to say if you want to kill your diabetic patients, send them to a dietitian.
Exactly. This video is nonsense. I've been on a ketogenic diet for 4 years now. I eat once a day and never have hunger pangs.
yes, thank you! My brainfog is way better and I don’t feel the need to change my diet, it works, and it worked in the stone age as well. This is just misinformed nonsense
Ive been in keto for 6 months, before i was exercising 12 hours a week and constantly up and down with blood sugar levels due to a high carb diet. Keto has been life changing, still exercising 12 hours a week but I NEVER get tired. I won’t ever go back to a high carb/sugar diet.
Yeah me too, these people are full of shit.
Took a look at the literature they were referencing on long-term damage caused by keto. It was done on the elderly, and the takeaway is that though it has a lot of benefits, it curbs appetite faster than other diets so the only risk is that they don't take in enough nutrients (though that can absolutely be done on that diet). It also calls out that there are NO long-term studies on the keto diet available yet. It does make sense though that they're avoid those findings if they're trying to make a video of "Sugar isn't really that bad" for sus reasons.
Certainly is Sus. Paid for by Big Sugar.
There is no long term because people would die of kidney failure 😂
@@sorrelsne Hahahaha - No
No Inuit ... Masai ... gauchos ... were killed during this lifelong diet.
@@elsagrace3893 Does high fructose corn syrup cause that highly unpleasant grating Vocal Fry?
Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
This episode really is
Dietics for Dum Dums
There's plenty of Big Ag promoting keto diets.
Wait hold the phone, sugar is not addictive? It just acts the same way addictive substances do. It releases endorphins... how is not addictive?
The video says it.
Do you have any idea how many things release endorphins? Exercise and laughter are examples. Your body can release endorphins and not get addicted.
anything can release dopamine. You wouldn't call going to a theme park addictive, or listening to music addictive.
Educate yourself
actually you can get addicted to anything, but because processed sugar is more accessible and does more damage than good then why the heck would we even eat it. Natural alternatives are much better that the densely packed white sugar bags.
Because addiction to sugar is a psychological addiction. Some drugs induce biochemical addiction. The body changes biochemical cycles and becomes dependant on the drug. In that state if you just cut out the drug totally, you will have severe withdrawal symptoms, hazardous to health.
It's about usage of terms. Some people use term addiction to both biochemical and psychological, some use it only to biochemical. I think both usage are valid, because biochemical addictions can't be cured in the same way as psychological, so they are more "true" addictions. But commonly understood meaning of addiction definitely include both types.
I would have appreciated if they made a distinction between sugar and it’s components- glucose and fructose.
Sugar is a drug, and our society is full of addicts. Severely limiting sugar and carbohydrates overall has improved my health in countless ways.
Sorry but I think you’ve misunderstood the definition of addiction. You emphatically deny that sugar is addictive then go on to describe addictive behaviour when consuming sugar. The human mind / body can become addicted to a behaviour, it doesn’t have to just be a substance addiction. Therefore, sugar is absolutely addictive!
then anything is addictive by that definition. Going to disney world is addiction. Anything that spikes your dopamine is addiction.
Please educate yourself.
@Artoria Pendragon that's not an argument in itself. brain chemistry is extremely complex.
@@ah2522 by your logic, heroin is not addictive
@@BenMak1989 that's right. if you want to stick to a consistent definition of withdrawal.
@@ah2522 Nothing is addictive then? Addiction is a myth?
I wish they would have touched on the effects it has on the digestive tract, your microbiome and immune system, and yeast infections/candidiasis. Also xylitol as an alternative, since it is completely different from all of the others (it is the best, but causes intestinal upset if you eat too much, aren't used to it, or generally are intolerant to it. Usually you can build up a tolerance, but not always)
Just be sure to keep xylitol and anything with it away from pets-especially dogs- as it is toxic to them.
I use stevia as my main alternative. Erithryitol is also supposed to be okay.
@Winter Sprite definitely. I'm super careful to never spill any on the floor, and I don't make things with it that my animals would be attracted to. Xylitol is the healthiest for blood sugar, your microbiome, and especially your teeth. It can actually repair your enamel (as long as you have it) and is the best defense there is against cavities, beyond brushing.
Combine it with milk in your morning coffee and your teeth will stay strong and white. I never brush my teeth, my enamel is too soft for the abrasion, but I haven't had a cavity in over 10 years (back when I brushed daily, I had at least 3 new ones every 6 months) and my teeth are not un-sightly. Wouldn't say white, but they would be if I cut down on other staining foods. Went to the dentist for the first time in years, just a couple months ago, and he was convinced I brush daily and floss semi-regularly. He did not believe me when I told him I don't. I just pay attention to my diet, don't drink sugary drinks, and try to get in a decent amount of fiber that I have to chew, and encorpate tooth healing foods like xylitol and milk.
Despite sharing a similar name, every -itol that isn't xylitol is not healthy for your teeth or intestines (but is still better than glucose)
What I realized is that it is still better to not take any artificial sweetener, and instead switch to naturally occuring sugars such as fructose if you crave something sweet. Artificial sweeteners cause you to urinate more and get hungry faster thereby leading to weight gain.
@@OurLordandSaviorSigmar xylitol is different, it isn't anything like aspartame or sacchrin. It is naturally occurring, and healthier than every other source (in moderation and assuming you don't have an uncommon sensitivity, a gradually gained tolerance is needed to eat substantial amounts- unless you are using it with the intent to cure constipation).
The xylitol I get is sourced from corn, but it is found in many other plants.
It also has absolutely no link to weight gain or worsening related illnesses, the opposite is true. It has so many health benefits that it blows everything else out of the water.
I'd encourage you to do more research, if you're genuinely interested.
But I also don't recommend using it as a sugar 'substitute', it's its own ingredient. Pure basic white cane sugar is still my best friend, I have had the least issues with it compared to all others (putting xylitol aside)- doesn't as easily cause candida blooms or make my immune system flip out, or make me barf from horrible aftertaste.
I use Xylitol in my coffee and home made mints, that's about it. The only other situations I use sugar is when baking, sugar substituting can make things go horribly wrong, especially when I already can't use wheat and a handful of other taken for granted basics.
I am trying to find more ways to make it replace sugar, but the best I have gotten is to replace only a portion of the cane sugar- since xylitol has a slightly different taste and doesn't cook quite the same. My position on its ability to substitute may grow stronger, but I think I'll always err on the side of it being a good alternative with limitations. Like how coconut oil can be an alternative to butter but is not a complete substitute for it.
Yes, this is reading a little like propaganda
I've cut nearly all sugar and complex carbs from my diet and dropped 13kg in 2mths. Feel great and reversed type 2 diabetes
Did you also cut out fruits?
This video is not just worthless, but actually harmful. Basically, their advice is, "Eat a little bit healthier, but nothing too drastic." Nobody is going to turn their life around using that approach.
In a TED video about sugar they contradict them and highlight how sugar CAN cause withdrawal symptoms and how the craving can definitely be associated with addictive behaviour, kind of like caffeine. Mmmmh.
I totally have to disagree with sugar not being addictive 🤣 I get sick if I don't have added sugar 😅
You get “sick” bc your sugar is crashing not because you are addicted lol.
@@Marissatro1773 yeah I don't think needing to have a but load of ice cream, cookies and candy to feel better every day is normal. 🤣 anyone who doesn't think sugar is addictive doesn't understand neurology. It effects your brain similar to cocain. Its a dopamine response which is addictive. Therfor, sugar is addictive. 😅 my sister was an addict to drugs for years, doctors, therapist, etc agree that anything that can create a dopamine response can become addictive.
@A M yeah I am definitely trying. Im not doing cold terky though as that has just made the issue sprial alot for me. Im just trying harder to pay attention to ho much I eat and im very slowly lowering it. Especially because of how sick I feel if I didn't have enough that day 😅 im getting better about it though.
@A M yeah if anything I over eat. I have a lot of different medical issues. Plus I'm allergic to about 32 different fruits and vegetables. So that does not help my gut. 😅 ive been working with doctors for all my issues and they all agree im addicted to sugar. Which is why we are doing a super slow shift. Which seems to be working. I still very much have strong cravings, but im not getting as sick as I use to in the beginning.
I felt like they were defending sugar consumption a suspicious amount. Makes me wonder if this video was sponsored by a sugar company 🤔
True, Exactly what I wondering when watching the video, suspicious
I'll bet it was.
Experiment on yourself: Try giving up sugar (in ALL forms), see how easy it is to do. Most people won't make it three days, but if you do you'll be amazed at how great you'll start to feel on day four or five. LMK what happened.
I completely stopped consuming sugar for two years, and the results,
* My joint problems disappeared
* My teeth discoloring disappeared
* I felt home made traditional foods are very tastier
* I felt fruits are very sugary and tasty, which I never felt before.
* I felt sugar rich foods like pastries taste like chemical and didn't feel like eating
I feel like mainstream health advocates villainize sugar a suspicious amount so I think things are pretty fair and balanced
If it walks like it, and talks like it, it is.
I cut out sugar over a year ago and I've never had so much energy and a clearer head so im a lil unsettled on these ladies encouraging sugar, seems a lil weird
You can not cut out all of the sugars from your diet, you would die eventually. Or rather your body would eat itself to power the brain.
@@uikonimi they most likely are referring to added and refined sugars.
They said eat it moderately, not eating more sugar
@@uikonimi the body only needs a teaspoon of glucose in the blood, the liver is very capable of making this glucose. The human body has no need for carbs. Many people are doing carnivore just fine and with great benefits.
@@uikonimi you don't need sugar, or carbs for that matter.
Sugar is super food for bacteria.
I have experienced this first hand ..
I refuse to eat refined sugars because the consequences absolutely suck!
I've lost 72 lbs eliminating sugar. The body produces its own glucose. You don't need sugar.
Are they paid by sugar industry? Sugar is a part of a balanced diet? Why am I hearing this for the first time? What are these lies?
Sugar is actually important in our diet. Pretty much every food contains sugar. The problem is that most processed food have an unhealthy amount of sugar.
I have been eating lower carbohydrates for over a year, also skipping breakfast, and eating more healthy fats and moderate protein. I have never been more positive, more energized, more healthy. Yes, there is different types of sugar in various foods but It is important to cut the processed and added sugars as much as possible. The way these ladies talk about ketones and ketosis as negative is really simplistic. Long term low carb people know this. There should be just these recommendations (lost 40pounds like this and have kept it off without ever counting calories):
- cut processed foods, eat real food,
- cut added sugar as much as possible,
- don’t snack/eat max 3x a day/eat 1st meal later in the day/have an eating window of 6-8 hours/IM fasting,
-don’t be afraid of fats like butter, olive oil,
-eat moderate protein,
-cut excess carbs (helps to keep insulin levels in check),
- eat lots of veggies, like cruciferous ones.
It does work. The moderation thing sounds cute but the truth is that some foods are addictive and raise insulin like crazy. For me what kills it is wheat and sugar mix in foods. It is like drugs.
not all addictions cause withdrawal - cocaine doesn't cause a withdrawal. Sugar is addictive as it reinforces the dopamine system. These two may be diet experts, but they are not addiction experts.
There is no evidence whatsoever that sugar is "addictive". Tasting good and addiction are two different things. No one is snorting confection ate sugar. No one is injecting maple syrup in their veins. Get real.
Frustrating. They are using the term "sugar" as dieticians, and including the broader group of carbohydrates. Whereas most people watching this think of sugar as simple refined white added sugar. So when they say things like it's a bad idea to eliminate sugar from your diet entirely, they are saying something totally different from what most people think they mean. Please do attempt to remove as much added refined sugar from your diet as much as you possibly can. No matter how hard you try you will still be consuming too much of this crap as it is added to everything.
Finally some information that seems reasonable, thx for the video
When people say "sugar is bad for you" they do mean always only refined sugar, I've never meet anybody saying anything in this meaning about fruit and vegetables.
Exactly!
That statement made me not take the rest of the video or people seriously!
Then you've never met someone doing the keto diet. I know people who won't eat fruit because they think it's "too much sugar."
@@JP-ve7or Spikes your insulin. Not good for keto. Some fruit is okay but most isn't for keto.
All carbohydrate eventually become sugar/glucose, so a diabetic or somebody who is insulin resistant, or has hypoglycemia, should limit all sources of dietary carbohydrate. Let your body make all the glucose it needs via the process of gluconeogenesis
Wow, I lost 75 pounds on a keto diet and have kept it off for three years.....
Could have done the same thing on any diet. I hope you are not eating the cheese burger without the bun version of keto.
Sugar is addictive. Have you ever cut it out of your diet. You go through withdrawal.
I have hashimotos/hypothyroidism - cutting sugars to an absolute minimum did wonders for my joint pain and brain fog after years of wondering why I still feel like crap with an optimal medication range and all other variables checked (drink water, vitamins, etc). After a few weeks, my inflammation decreased, my constipation disappeared completely, my feet stopped hurting every morning when I got out of bed - it's been awesome! I also lost 10 lbs with the only lifestyle/diet change being removing sugar. I still have some whole fruit and I replace any sugar with erythritol/monk fruit which is super low on the glycemic index. Worth noting for anyone in the same boat.
I get ADDICTED like a mofo to sugar. I’m like a shark that smells blood, once i eat some sugar i crave it and tend to go on binges. Then i’ll crave it at night when i’m trying to sleep, and during the day. Ended up diabetic at 30. So for some of us sugar is highly addictive for the taste and dopamine hit
Everyone likes to talk about getting their sugar in the form of whole fruits but never recognizes that fruits have been very heavily selected for sweetness. There is a lot more sugar in the fruits in your local grocery store than our ancestors would have ever found growing in the wild.
I was thinking about the same thing .
So what. They still contain lots of fiber and water. There is no such thing as an unhealthy fruit. Almost no one can eat too much fruit.
@@donwinston Ignorance. There are most certainly unhealthy fruits (start with grapes) and you certainly can eat too much. Fruits are particularly heavy with fructose (AKA fruit sugar) especially modern fruits bred for sweetness. Fructose impacts metabolism at a cellular level and helps trigger hibernation in animals.
Fructose triggers fat storage, and chronic inflammation. Fructose is only metabolized in the liver and causes non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Metabolic syndrome, a cluster of health issues like obesity, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and high triglycerides, is associated with fructose consumption.
@@JDARJISJ good grief. You are nuts.
@@donwinston Not nuts, educated. Every problem I listed for fructose, and by extension fruit, is backed by academic research. If you can get over your desire to insult people who tell you something you don't want to believe and learn something, I suggest you start with Dr. Robert Lustig.
1. The brain runs fine on ketones once it adapts. 2. Fructose cannot be used as fuel and therefore goes straight to your liver. 3. The body is designed to have significant breaks in food intake (that is why we have two forms of energy storage) 4. People with type two diabetes can go without sugar or food for many days and even weeks if they are not on medications and monitored by a professional. 5. Type two diabetes has been reversed in many people through both fasting and keto. 6. Dietitians present themselves as healthcare professionals equal to doctors and nurses, they are not. 7. Many dietitians still believe dairy is an essential food group, that some how humans require the breastmilk of another animal. While I like dairy, even I know this literally cannot be true.
They're spreading myths in the name of busting them. Although it's not their personal fault. They're just saying what they were taught in nutrition school.
The one about cutting all sugar from the diet was clearly referring to added sugars, not cutting out all naturally present sugars in any food. Since there are naturally present sugars in so many foods, it was bizarre that they interpreted the question in the way they did
Yeah, they were so suspicious!
Sugar is the least healthy "food" that you can eat. Period. Less is better.
Zero is best!!!
When regular folk talk about sugar, we mean all that added processed crap. Should have talked about that much more. Look at what it’s done to the US.
Correct title "Dietitians try to appear super smart on camera by trying to contradict 10 Sugar facts."
Being represented as experts, everything that's been stated in the video can be straight out harmful to a lot of people already struggling with excess sugar consumption as most are. Not to mention diabetics.
I watched this because I have a sugar/sweets addiction and to hear them say it’s not addictive was so dismissive. What a huge lie!
If Ketosis causes cognitive decline why was it used as treatment for neurological diseases like epilepsy and dementia?
Because it doesn't in fact most people find the opposite. The body can create the glucose it needs by itself.
@@allenellsworth5799 my point exactly 💯
It still is used for this! It got me off 4 of the meds I was taking that were causing way more problems than lack of sugar ever has. Wish I had listened to my neurologists sooner and gone keto, but I’m glad I did eventually!
Sugar is definately addictive saying it's not made me think twice about trusting anything else you're saying
How can they argue sugar is not addictive, when someone eats a high carb diet and eats very frequently like 6 meals a day, they can have withdrawl symptoms when their bodies sense they need another sugar spike. They experience mood swings and low energy until their next insulin spike. That is like the definition of physical addiction.
So much advice given here has been debunked by actual science. The Keto diet and intermittent fasting has not been popular in recent years for no reason. I ate what doctors and dietitians recommended and i develpoed acid reflux heart burn weight gain bad knees brain fog fatigue and aches all over my body. Within a week of low carb and no sugar plus intermittent fastingi was able to reverse the acid reflux and have lost 50 lbs so far no brain fog and so much energy and no more aches and pains. thousand years ago where were humans eating sugar daily? Sugar was mostly found in fruits that grew seasonally and didn't caontain as much sugar as fruits today. The brain was not meant to be sugar dependent but fat dependent. A baby is born in ketosis and fat adapted to drink the mothers breast milk which is 53 % fat. Again so much wrong here and its sad because its leading to a lot of heart attacks diabetes kidney and liver issues
them saying sugar isn't addictive is laughable.
I would be throughly embarrassed if I was either of these “experts”.
you guys briefly glossed over Ketosis and only spoke about the mild symptoms of the first few days of being without sugar. Being in Ketosis for a long period of time can be beneficial for you in alot of ways even though its not recommended to everyone it helps against diabetes, and people with uncontrolled epilepsy.
Purposely maintaining a state of ketosis for a long time is stupid.
@@donwinston Why is that?
@@SophiepTran Because you can't eat fruit, beans, potatoes, bread, pasta, rice, corn, and cereal. There is also reason to believe it will mess up your health because of hormones or something. But more importantly if you eat that much fat a big chunk of it is almost surely going to be saturated fat which is the primary cause of coronary heart disease and ischemic strokes which can kill you or at least maim you.
My question is why would you try to discourage people from sticking to a no or low sugar diet? Are you next gonna convince depressed people that there’s no hope in the world so there’s no point in trying to treat their disorder?
It wouldn’t surprise me at all if the sugar industry gave Science Insider money to make this video, as they are want to do.
LIES LIES LIES....pretty standard "reporting" from Insider. Sugar is TOXIC.
Confusingly mixes different types of sugar (with very different consequences) just for the sake of “myth debunking”.
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Who is to say that these experts are more experts than other experts?
No one. If only they would state that instead of acting like they know everything.
Cutting all sugar is a great idea. There are no dietary needs for carbohydrates whatsoever. The body produces glucose internally
I love that the UA-cam commercial in front of this video (for me) was for Twix! 🤣 Keep up the amazing job YT!
They keep repeating "Sugar is not bad for you and it is important for your diet", while meaning that CARBS are important, and also say "you should ideally eat very little added sugar", added sugar meaning actual sugar or what most of us will call sugar
Don’t ever go to this two dietitian if you ever want to be healthy.
The body does need sugar? Do some research please! Sugar is not esencial at all.
How to be healthy? "Just do opposite of what Dietitians say "
How to be chronically sick and then spend a large part of your income on doctors and drugs? : "Just do exactly what Dietitians say "
6:11 if sugar is not addictive, why do we crave so much after eating foods loaded with refined sugar and carbs ?
Those two are representative of the conventional wisdom around diet. Now ask yourself, is that conventional wisdom working? Do you think this conventional wisdom is moving us, as a whole, in a better or worse direction? I don't think we are moving in a better direction. ALSO, it is flat out not true that our bodies need to consume sugar. I gave up sugar three years ago. Not only has it not hurt me, my health has improved greatly.
Congrats on being three years without sugar. I’m only a few months in but I’m still so proud!
@@hazelinthewoods9966 Well done. It is really hard to do. Think long term, I'd say give it at least a year. Every month gets easier, but also expect setbacks. The first six months especially I had many setbacks. My health benefits were not just loosing bodyfat, my asthma went away.
Omfg our bodies need sugars what are you on about. Do you never eat fruits, whole grains, vegetables, red meat. Like literally everything has sugars. No one's asking you to gulp down table sugar or sweetners.
@@burnedpizzacrust1199 I think the comment is meant about table sugars not naturally occurring sugars found in whole foods.
@@hazelinthewoods9966 oh you wish. People follow diets that ask you to cut all sources of carbohydrates.
Horrible video, bad advice, our world is hooked on processed sugars nowadays.
Table sugar is a fructose molecule bonded with a glucose molecule, of course pure fructose in corn syrup is worse. Holy shit.
Yeah, this video is the worst. Must be funded by the Food industrial complex.
This is incorrect.
In table sugar, the ratio of glucose to sugar is 50 : 50.
High fructose corn syrup still contains glucose; it is simply not bonded to the fructose like it is in table sugar. HFCS 55 (one of the most common form of high fructose corn syrup) only has a very slightly higher level of fructose than table sugar, so the difference is neglible. HFCS 42 is also very common, and as the name suggests, it's only 42% fructose, so actually less fructose than table sugar.
HFCS 90, however, is much more harmful because of the excessive amount of fructose; thankfully it's rarely used, and only used in small amounts because it's disgustingly sweet.
So the video is correct; high fructose corn syrup is not any worse health wise than table sugar unless for some reason you're just chugging HFCS 90.
Table sugar is just as bad. Just reduce the amount of added sugar you eat.
"No-Sugar Diets Don't Work". I gave up refined sugars and my teeth pain went away and I never feel plaque build-up at the gumline. Works for me!
I don’t agree with everything they were saying. For someone with a sugar problem, my liver couldn’t handle it. I got NAFLD which actually ALOT of Americans have and don’t know it. It comes from your liver processing the sugar and eventually it becomes too much considering your body DOES NOT NEED ADDED SUGAR. I was not healthy so I stopped eating high fructose corn syrup, and refined sugars as well as anything with -ose on the end like sucralose. I dropped 25 pounds from just cutting out the sugar and eating just your natural sugar such as fruits and honey and stuff and I substituted regular sugar with stevia and I felt SO MUCH BETTER . I was overall healthy. YOU DONT NEED ADDED SUGAR ITS NOT HEALTHY. Your body does need glucose, but the thing is, it breaks whatever carbs you’re eating into glucose for it to use. So let’s say u eat bread, that goes to glucose for your bodies use. This is all from personal experience and I couldn’t believe some of the stuff they were saying bc of what I currently know and personally tested. It was hard for me to watch this
Half the time they say sugar, they mean carbohydrates
i think they don't know the difference or they're intentionally dumbing down the content to make it more accessible.
You do realize carbs exist in whole foods also, right? You need carbs, preferable in the form of whole fruits and vegetables.
Carbohydrates and sugar are the same thing, the difference is only how much it needs to be broken down to be processed.
it's the same thing. please educate yourself.
@@ah2522 Thank you for the insult.
It's not the same if you look at the insulin levels of a person after consuming e.g. cane sugar vs brown rice.