Is Sugar Addiction as Real as Drug Addiction? with Dr Jen Unwin

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In this episode of the Keto Made Simple podcast, Dr. Eric Westman welcomes Dr. Jen Unwin to discuss the controversial topic of sugar addiction and its striking similarities to drug addiction. They delve into the addictive nature of refined carbohydrates, the challenges of overcoming cravings, and the broader implications for public health. Join us as we explore whether sugar addiction is as real and harmful as substance abuse, and discover practical strategies for managing it. Don’t miss this eye-opening conversation!
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@thomashandyside5084 13 дней назад

When I see people with diabetes refuse to change their diet, even when they can see plenty of evidence all around them that shows a low carb diet would help them immensely, I know they have an addiction.

@clairehachey2189 13 дней назад

I worked as a nurse in LTC and you are absolutely right.

@mariad1151 12 дней назад

Folks should not pathologize choice.

@clairehachey2189 13 дней назад

I took care of many diabetics in my career as a nurse. Most of them had amputations and many had to go to dialysis every few days. Not one day went by where I didn't find candy and other junk food wrappers in their bedroom garbage can, and it was no use trying to talk to them about healthier eating. And then, imagine the dietitian telling me it was ok to give them a dessert after a meal when they were having regular episodes of hyperglycemia for which I had to give extra units of insulin. Absolutely mind-boggling.

@mariad1151 12 дней назад

Judge not, lest you be judged, especially if you're in medicine Jason Fung states 50% of folks on dialysis resulted from diabetes. Just remember, all of medicine is judging your choices as well & Will blame you for any ailments that arise. That what the profession does best.... besides lawyering up.

@CarolDee61 12 дней назад

Gracious...

@Billy97ify 12 дней назад

Dietitians are trained killers. They kill more people than most soldiers.

@anitahendrix7573 13 дней назад

Sad to say my hubby is quite addicted to sugar.He has diabetes and AFib and can't quit sweets.He buys all the sweets I won't buy them and am trying to stay away from his stash.I am so far healthy but am 30lbs overweight.

@nebulous962 13 дней назад

i'd argue that it is more real than a drug addiction. most drugs just aren't nearly as addictive as sugar.

@francineposa6103 13 дней назад

@@nebulous962 agreed and we have to eat and confront hidden food additives that do increase cravings and blood sugars BEWARE READ LABELS amazing that all forms different words just simply are sugar added food enhancers!!!

@magdemighty8369 13 дней назад

... or available.

@mariad1151 12 дней назад

If you don't know what real addiction to alcohol or cocaine, etc, is, you're not qualified to make that judgement.

@katyahope4791 11 дней назад

Or as easily available. You cannot buy food at Safeway that doesn't have sugar added.

@karolmolpus9536 13 дней назад

Not easy at all! Very addictive 😢

@danielrichwine2268 13 дней назад

My understanding is that the sugar industry actually taught the tobacco industry how to obfuscate the research showing the harm their product does way back in the day.

@reTUNE8 12 дней назад

Its really disheartening to see how greed trumps all. When you still push sugar decades after decades to children because they will become your lifelong customers, this is not forgivable.

@chadfitch3293 11 дней назад

I’m very addicted to sugar and am very thankful to find Dr Westmans videos.

@bobbyproctor2971 13 дней назад

I used tobacco for more than 45 years. Upon quitting, I did not miss it after 3 months. Sugar and carbohydrates was much more difficult to get over. Eighteen month later I still miss both. Not sure the carvings will ever completely disappear. 😢

@justinatheodora 13 дней назад

Same with me re smoking I have zero sugar cravings on modified/ healthy keto. Up your protein intake and see if you want sugar.

@teribunker5223 13 дней назад

I stopped alcohol November 2024. After the first week, I NEVER wanted it🙌I wish sugar/grains were as easy to dump!

@melanie4926 13 дней назад

@@teribunker5223 2023

@melanie4926 13 дней назад

I've been strict carnivore 4+ months and quit the brandy. I feel great! I'm so lost on where to even begin to stop smoking :/

@justinatheodora 13 дней назад

@@melanie4926 acupuncture helps, as well as b complex for stress. I quit in 1981!

@TheAnnestube 12 дней назад

Sugar addiction is so much worse and harder to beat than any other drug, whether it be tobacco, alcohol or hard drugs. Why - because sugar is EVERYWHERE, in EVERYTHING, and placed EVERYWHERE, in EVERY store, it's put into EVERY food you get, if you go to restaurants, to parties, in schools, workplace cafeterias, even in hospitals, simply EVERYWHERE. And it's so normalised as a vital and omnipresent part of our culture, that it's almost impossible to socialize without being offered foods or drinks filled with sugar.

@1timbarrett 12 дней назад

A family member who is in recovery from excessive alcohol consumption, has said the same about booze: it is EVERYWHERE…!😮

@ShipCreek 12 дней назад

I worked with a person who was on heroin. She ate sweets all afternoon to placate her addiction until she could leave at the end of the day. When I gave up cigarettes 24 yrs ago I took up eating lollypops. I hadn't been into sweets until then.

@deborahkn1114 12 дней назад

I agree. Just reread the ingredients on a package of frozen chicken nuggets that I buy specifically because all of the ingredients are also in the typical household kitchen pantry, no added chemicals. Third ingredient after chicken and water, sugar! Not only has the chicken been marinated in sugar but sugar is also the second ingredient in the breading! So depressing!

@katyahope4791 11 дней назад

Exactly!!!

@heatherwatson9564 10 дней назад

@ShipCreek I don't smoke but remember my father trying to give up.He munched on lollies and other high carb food,especially when he had a coffee Totally replaced a smoke with biscuits. People definitely go for sugary food to lift their mood

@francineposa6103 13 дней назад

It is for me flour especially

@chuckleezodiac24 13 дней назад

cool. i'm going to open a local Carbaholics Anonymous rehab center to treat addicts.

@lynlawley8903 9 дней назад

That would be good for people

@cheffatgrams 13 дней назад

Anything can be addictive so the answer is certainly yes. I personally think cheese is more addictive.😜. Addiction can be easier to break than the actual habits that are formed by it

@nataliajimenez1870 13 дней назад

Milk has casomorphins which are a type of opioid. Evolutionarly they arose because it was important for a baby animal to be highly attracted to their mother's milk. That's why weaning a baby can be so hard. Many cheeses concentrate these compounds making them more addictive

@cheffatgrams 13 дней назад

@@nataliajimenez1870 interesting 🤔 thanks for that info. I knew it was addictive, but the science makes sense.

@carolinemarie44 13 дней назад

Absolutely, cheese is. I have known this for a long time, as I couldn't leave it alone. I still struggle if it's in the house!

@cheffatgrams 13 дней назад

@@carolinemarie44 Addictions form habits and habits are the hardest to overcome IMO. I just understand my addiction and plan around them.

@ShipCreek 12 дней назад

I have to agree to this comment. It's very much me. At the moment I'm doing fine. I'm well aware it won't always be the case.

@Suelynngrr 13 дней назад

I really needed this today, thank you Dr. Westman. ♥

@alysiaandjohnglass 4 дня назад

The stone weight system has ancient roots, tracing back to when traders used actual rocks to weigh goods. Different places picked their own local stones as standards, so the weight of a "stone" could change depending on where you were and what was being sold. Romans made stone weights based on their pound unit, but these weren't always consistent. You can still see some old examples in museums today. Yale's Medical Library has some fancy polished serpentine weights, while the Eschborn Museum shows off a big sandstone one. Fun fact: our word "pound" comes from Latin. The Romans used "libra pondo" to mean "a pound by weight," and we kept the "pondo" part.

@davidl5843 11 дней назад

I listened the interview whilst driving and was amazed to hear Jen without seeing her. She looks fantastic for her age, but voice sounds like a vibrant 30 year old.

@teribunker5223 13 дней назад

Wonderful info! Thanks

@gilliancorkhill5480 13 дней назад

Firstly thank you...as someone who has transitioned/is transitioning to a keto/carnivore way of eating from carb/sugar/low protein base from child into adulthood, I recognise a paradox: if sugar stimulates dopamine/feel good...then why do keto/carnivore that they have brain clarity and feel good?. I wonder if sugar depresses the dopamine system, thus a wanting of more? A friend once told me that it took two years of feeling that they no longer wanted to smoke in terms of craving. Is it the same for sugar: I am certainly recognising this, perhaps it will end then...I do dearly hope!

@ShipCreek 12 дней назад

Everyone has an individual response. A clear mind and emotional energy is something truely marvelous. Once you get a taste of it, you don't want to give it up.

@carnivanmeateaters 11 дней назад

6 months carnivore here. What was interesting to me, is I have fond memories of foods I enjoyed kind of like you would when seeing pictures of a nice vacation, but no craving. Did have a small sliver of honeydew melon at a wedding. Enjoyed it and had no yearning at all for the cake.

@MsLeenite 11 дней назад

Thank you, Dr Westman. And thank you, Dr Unwin.

@jamescalifornia2964 12 дней назад

NO🚫STARCH

@DruidzTV 13 дней назад

It certainly is, my mother has a whole heap of health problems, i tell her its her diet causing it, i tell her she is in for a horrible death if she doesn't change, her reply is to get a 500g tub of ben n jerry's from the freezer

@1timbarrett 12 дней назад

I too grew up with someone who was addicted to her food. Grateful as I am for that experience, it was not pleasant for anyone, including her…! 😢

@lynlawley8903 9 дней назад

OK then find a group for her to go to you are not help ing it's got to be done around not by Forse she is in a bad state by sounds

@DruidzTV 9 дней назад

@@lynlawley8903 what group? Sugar anonymous lol? I am doing all I can to get her to stop eating sugar.

@patrikfloding7985 6 дней назад

In UK obesity is being normalised now, and the severe effects are being downplayed or ignored. Low carb was the only treatment for diabetes way back. In Sweden diabetes was called "sugar-illnes", and sugars were a definite no-no.

@marybeth6676 13 дней назад

Yes😊

@methanial73 12 дней назад

I also think that it's ok to eat a small portion of something you love. Just control the portion size and you can eat almost anything. That being said everyone needs to do what is best for them. If abstinence is best for you, then by all means do use that.

@ShipCreek 12 дней назад

Don't forget that people aren't well. Your advice works for those that are well. And they don't need your advice because they're actively living it.

@-astrangerontheinternet6687 9 дней назад

The cigarette manufacturers purchased the food products manufacturers in the late 90s.

@kiwikim5163 12 дней назад

Ah-ha! The truth comes out. It’s often the wife who leads the way.😂😂😂

@lynlawley8903 9 дней назад

It's not always,,

@mariad1151 12 дней назад

They tried to make me go to rehab...🎶🎹🎵

@ShipCreek 12 дней назад

You are a troll

@lynlawley8903 9 дней назад

Well you are lucky we can't afford too

@Carbivore67 13 дней назад

Sugar addiction? Nope. Doesn't exist. God installed us with free will, we are free to choose what we eat. Will Power.

@paulhailey2537 13 дней назад

LMFAO HILARIOUS

@Carbivore67 13 дней назад

@@paulhailey2537Like that, huh.😂

@paulhailey2537 13 дней назад

@@Carbivore67 LMFAO YES , IT'S LIKE THAT LMFAO WHAAAAAAA HAHAHAH WHAAAAAAA HAHAHAH HA HA

@wellinever1558 13 дней назад

I also used to think that but have changed my mind. I am a very strong person and achieve everything i set my mind to but sugar, salty carbs, alcohol etc are designed to be addictive and its not just will power to give up. It takes much more education and changing of habits behaviour and thinking. Its compkex but i have achieved it so i speak from personal experience.

@marilynroper5739 12 дней назад

The good news is- even Jen Unwin didn’t realize that she had a sugar addiction until much later in her journey. Then it all clicked for her especially since she works with addicts in her profession. So hang in there- all will become clear!

@Carbivore67 13 дней назад

People are not powerless to sugar. 😂😂. The will has more power. People want to call it addiction...😂😂😂

@TheAnnestube 12 дней назад

Obviously you have NO idea how addiction works in the body and especially the brain. You're in so much denial and ignorance, that it's close to ridiculous.

@ShipCreek 12 дней назад

That maybe true for you.

@dennisward43 10 дней назад

it is no different to tobacco and alcohol. No wait, there is a difference. Young children are made to be addicted to sugar in early childhood thanks to highly sugared and highly marketed breakfast cereals, sodas and fruit juices.

@lynlawley8903 9 дней назад

That s so true