You have changed my life. I'm a 56-year old woman and I'm slowly making these changes in my life and it's like I'm 30 again. I'm truly gaining my life back. THANK YOU, Docotr ROger.
sugar addictions truly ruin people's lives you're doing the good work. i'm only 14 but i'm watching theses videos instead of ruining my brain with social media and vaping like the rest of my generation does. i think i'll be better off than them in the long run. thanks for making these videos accessible for free to those of us who actually care about our health.
We couldn't afford processed foods when I was young. We snacked on fruit from our orchard, chickens from our yard, veggies from our garden. We were RICH in nutritious food. Didn't realize this until I was an adult. Thanks, Mom and Dad!
I stopped eating sugar and drinking soda the weekend before Thanksgiving 2020. I started out at 212.8 pounds. I am down to 188.2 pounds, and I feel great. My doctor told me my blood sugar was at the level to be classified as a type 2 diabetic. That did it. I knew I had to change my diet. Sugar was my drug of choice. I have had issues with joint pain for years. I have arthritis, and being overweight for years, and the sugar made it worse. After stopping eating sugar, and losing the weight, my joints have stopped hurting. My mind is clear. I was having issues concentrating. Now I don't. I work 12 hour shifts. I used to feel wiped out by the end of my shift. Now I don't. My wife and I have started keto. She has gone from 235 down to 217. Her joint pain has stopped too. Sugar is poison. It's also addictive. It's literally killing people. Something must be done. Processed foods are formulated to be addictive. Eating healthy is expensive. Eating unhealthy is cheap. That's why poor people are overweight more than people who aren't poor. This has to change. Our society is being destroyed by sugar addiction. All kids should watch this video, as well as adults. Money is all that matters to the powers that be. Our health means nothing. Take control of your health people. It can be done. DO IT!!!!!
congratulations on making changes. I hope that you are able to continue on this path. It is inspiring that the joint pain can stop by cutting sugar out. I have just been diagnosed with arthritis at 52 and have terrible pain in the knees. Now I am inspired that I can live pain free again if I can resist the cravings for sugar. thank you for giving more details. Do you think cutting sugar helped more or doing keto was more helpful?
@@christineklem2099 I stopped eating sugar, and drinking soda before I got on the keto diet. My wife decided to do keto, so I am doing it with her. I think stopping the sugar made the most difference. But it's easier to lose weight if you're doing it with someone, so the keto is helping both of us achieve our goals. Good luck. If I can do it, you can too.
What an awesome way of putting it. Your grandma is an unusually sharp and deep-thinking lady. Bless her dear heart, so full of wisdom, and bless you, my dear, for being so helpful and generous in sharing that timeless wisdom.
My grandmother refused to buy soda. She always called it poison. She let us have it while visiting if we bought it but wouldn't allow it at the dinner table. She was health conscious! I truly thought she would live forever. Lived to age 98. 😍
But you don't know if that is why she lived as long as she did. That is just something you assume. People who eat unhealthy, smoke all their lives, and do nothing but sit in front of the TV also live to be 98.
@@grantofat6438 YES! I watched something not long ago where a guy was over 100 and he smoked a cigar everyday. Another lady over 100 said her secret to long living was Dr Pepper everyday. The truth is GENETICS plays a HUGE role in how long you live. What the "health" industry is doing is just another ploy to try and control everything we do.
My mother insisted on feeding us home cooked meals with salad at dinner every night. All meat bought directly from local butchers and almost nothing out of a box. I'm still reaping the benefits at 51. Thanks, Mom.
@@eemotion yes, indeed. more like 55+. I know you mean it other way round, but wtf is your comparator? The people around me end of 40s / start of 50s look way younger that OP ...
@@paratrooper73 why should I stop eating everything plant related? My body responds well to my diet. As I am certain your body my respond well to yours. There is no one size fits all, not even over a lifetime. A person's diet should reflect the needs of their body at any given time. I have found a good path for my body and when it doesn't serve me, I change it.
I was diagnosed with diabetes in 2020. Stopped all sugar and alcohol and started walking every day. I am now 58 pounds lighter and feel so much better.
Well done! You do not need to shop at Wholefoods to eat healthy. But eating a mostly plant based diet and avoiding processed foods (and sugar) will make anyone healthier.
No because this is pure propaganda and lies. I'll show you why this man can't be trusted and hopefully you open your eyes to see other people that are deceiving you. First he says that we are all getting fatter this is not true I'm not fatter I know a lot of people that are not fat, contrary to what the stereotype says most Americans are not obese. Explain why six year olds are obese because they're not going outside and playing like they used to. And their family gives them unhealthy stuff all the time like sodas and candy and chips and stuff. Because unhealthy stuff is cheaper than heathy stuff He also says that it is not the fault of the obese people it they are victims. This is not true even if what he was saying was true. You would still be the fault, even if he was right. because they're drinking all these sodas and everyone knows it bad for them and will make the fat. But he says what he says because he wants to elicit your emotions not your logic and obese people like being the victims. He also uses emotionally charged words like telling you how sugar is poison or that these things horrendous, or the Coca-Cola conspiracy. Or how he says everyone is getting bigger which is simply not true. Of course none of these people are eating less or exercising, but I'm sure that's just a coincidence. The real issue is that we don't understand the idea that you don't need to be full all time and we live too solitary a lifestyle. Also their metabolism.
I quit sugar six months ago, and I've just had my fourth menstruation without cramps. And this after 25 years of cramps and pain. I wish someone would have told me 25 years ago.
@@carlpen850 I really don't want to say that only a man can write something like that because I believe most men wouldn't say such a thing. you have no idea how bad it can be!!!!!
Yup not a PhD but for years now I have been rejecting mainstream products containing unnecessary sugar. The category of peanut butter is the chief offender in my book. Why the hell do we buy these poisonous perversions of old timey classics.
@@paystarbuzzy So true about peanut butter. I always grind mine up at the store and it's the best. These corporations have been adding hydrogenated oils and recently I've even seen natural flavors
@@paystarbuzzy you Can buypeanut butter at health bro dried and grind up peanuts w no oil or sugar. Strangely when refrigerated it is spreadable and last long time and no chemical to keep oil from separating that ain't poison either. Taste good too.
@@block36079 no I did not. Although I didn't like sweet fruits anyway like melons and apples and pears. I have an aversion to things that taste sweet or smell of sugar because of the migraines that followed it. Most fruits that I like are more sour than sweet like berries and yellow plums
@@commonsenselucy5697 Watch out: Not too much water - drink only to thirst. See Prof Tim Noakes' Book WATERLOGGED, and listen to Dr.Eric Berg's lecture about DIABETES INSIPIDUS - frequent urination can be caused by too much fluid intake - blocking the urinary retention hormone. If the water moves fast through kidneys, minerals cannot be taken up, and are flushed out; proper filtration of waste products is also hampered.
OMG, this is one of the best presentations I have ever watched. This professor has changed my life. I’ve rewatched it several times & gave up sugar, completely, three weeks ago & I’ve lost 3.5 pounds already & I’m just beginning my journey to wellness. I’m 55, post menopausal & have hypothyroidism & was steadily gaining weight, until I watched this video for the first time three weeks ago. Please, just do it, you will feel so much better.
@@facetofloor Eating sugar isn't a good way to get rid of sugar cravings lol. Yeah just drink one beer a day to get rid of your alcoholism that''s sure going to work. Eat starchy foods that are loaded with glucose, instead of fructose.
When I was a boy I was basically kept downstairs and stuffed full of chips, pop, and candy. I didn't know any better, now I have serious weight problems. I understand now. Feeding kids sugar for years should be considered child abuse.
The alcohol connection is one that really needs to be brought to the public's attention. Sugar is alcohol that doesn't make you drunk. Alcohol is rotten sugar that does. Saying it this way could blow a lot of minds.
+A Closer Look sugar feeds EVERY cell in the human body EVERY CELL in our body is fed by sugar but you can't name one cell that feeds on alcohol to say sugar is alcohol is no different than saying sugar is not the body's primary fuel source.
bud385 Actually fructose feeds practically nothing it's glucose that is used by our organs. And ethanol is just rotten fructose, as Dr. Lustig brilliantly illustrates.
+A Closer Look our bodies use fructose to make glucose to be burned as fuel for every cell & why did the brilliant Dr. Lustig not inform all that were listening in on that lecture that fructose is a simple sugar it has NO TIME to rot anywhere simple sugars are assimilated INSTANTLY by our bodies WITHOUT THE NEED FOR A VAPOR OF ONE DROP of insulin produced in order to metabolize? well of course he didn't tell anyone that because for starters he doesn't know what simple sugars are he probably correlates HIIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP with fructose in fruit because most people who think they know what they're talking about do what people need to understand is our body converts EVERYTHING we eat into sugar to fuel our bodies so our body is bad for us if Dr. Lustig is correct "good thing he has NO IDEA"
bud385 No he covers the fruit thing. The idea is that in nature fructose is found in plants with very high fiber density. The fiber inhibits the absorption of the fructose to a healthy rate. Refining the fructose without the fiber is what causes the negative feedback loop. All explained right here in this video you didn't watch.
+A Closer Look why wouldn't I have watched the video? oh yeah that's right because you said I didn't look Dr. Lustig doesn't KNOW JACK SQUAT when it comes to health & nutrition he's an endocrinologist you know how many seconds in school they spend on health & nutrition? the same amount of seconds the titanic floated yesterday.
I cut all refined sugars out of my diet and eat a 100% whole/clean diet as of 4 months ago and it's like I have found the fountain of youth. I haven't counted calories or gone hungry at all in these last 4 months and I have lost 25 pounds (20 more to go) and my adult acne has cleared up. No big secret, I just make all my own food and I don't buy anything that has more than 3 ingredients in it (all of which I have to be able to pronounce).
Exactly! If you can't pronounce it don't get it lol just buy food that isn't in colorful bags. Stay in the meat and produce section and you should be good to go :)
fjkzd J. I have an undergraduate with a minor in bio-chem; my education is just fine. Ingredients with long chemically derived names are most certainly bad for you. Don't take my word for it though, go do some research.
Well, many of them are, but not all. It is a good rule of thumb, though, even if it is not 100% true. Natriumcarboxymethylcellulose, despite its ridiculous name, is completely safe. But the quality in your argument still holds, as it is almost impossible for a person to know all of these chemicals by heart, so it is better to avoid them, just to stay safe.
I gave up soda years ago, even before learning how bad HFCS is. If I go out to eat, I usually just order water as my drink. To all those trying to lose weight, I tell you, one step at a time. Do one thing until it becomes habit before adding another thing. You got this!
europe rarely ever used that cancerous crap ! usa can keep it, embarrasing that coke in the UK tastes more like REAL coke usa used to have before it used corn sugar
Knowing I’m overweight because of a chemical imbalance in my brain rather than because I’m weak and lazy is such a revelation. So much easier to avoid a food that you know is going to chemically make you more hungry than just avoiding it because it’s high in calories. Found this video 15 days into keto, and I’m so much less hungry already. I’m down 33lbs……but knowing these sugars trick my brain makes them far less appealing…..before on diets I felt I was depriving myself of delicious foods…..knowing I’m depriving myself of delicious poison makes it far easier.
This was truly one of the best lectures on fructose I've ever heard. This man was spot on. I almost cried when I realized this was 12 years ago. People need to see this.
@@jwrobich remember, new doesn't mean improved or better. Scientists are still digging up ancient and old information. Lots of old information were open and people lived a simple lifestyle; fast forward today, pharma and all these monstrous corporations are monopolizing and buying up rights to these information and tech. They want us sick and they're getting better at it, even with thoughts and ideas
My mom was a nurse in a hospital and rarely let us drink soft drinks, eat fast food, snacks or candy. Off course as a kid I didn't like it one bit, butI'm grateful as an adult. She had to play the boogeyman to keep us healthy. Now I'm having the same struggle with my own son.
My mom gave me lot and lots of water as a child instead of baby formula. Only breast milk. I know there was a reason I never like soda because it made me so thirsty. That stuff is posin
My Uncle lived a very healthy life. He never ate Sugar, never ate Fast Food, never drank Alcohol, never Smoked, never took Drugs. He also went to the Gym daily. One day as he was just leaving the Gym, some guy came up to him and stabbed him multiple times. He was rushed to the Hospital and as he lay dying in the Ambulance, his last words to the Paramedic was: "F*ck I have wasted my life being healthy. I wish I knew what KFC or a Milkshake tasted like." He died at Age 32. :)
@@schadenfreude6274 U nailed it right bruh😂. It is an example, no matter what u do, the karma comes following time by any reason..... It just needs any reason to happen
@@schadenfreude6274 It sounds to me like he didn't live a healthy life. If he did, he wouldn't be living in a place where people get stabbed in the streets all the time, like the US for instance.
But wait. His whole theory is based on sugar in juicy juice and the sugar. Uhhh. There is none in the WIC approved kind. Yes they have to get the unsweetened. It will not allow the sugar one to ring up. Fact check please
@@chaosdweller no don’t think so. And so you know I think sugar is to blame for most sickness. I try to avoid it at all cost. But fair and respectful go both ways. Juicy juice should get high marks for no sugar in the WIC approved juice Now tell me about all the arsenic in apple juice and everything else that our babies consume. I’m 67 I am not an educator. I have no degrees what I have is experience and the need to know. I research a lot about sugar as I am a diabetic. If you want to send a message that sugar is bad go for it but please please don’t bang juicy juice.
My sister and I have a couple common responses to us asking for snacks we laugh about our Mom saying now. We’d say “I’m hungry” reply “ have an apple” “I don’t want an apple” reply “you’re not very hungry then.” Or “I’m thirsty” reply “have some water” “I don’t want water” reply “ you’re not very thirsty then.” Lol. I guess thanks Mom
@@thomasb282 yes absolutely. She was an RN and very health conscious. Realized I was turning into her when I heard the same phrases come out of my mouth when my children asked for unhealthy snacks. 😊👍
We, Americans are up against very powerful lobbyists. The sugar lobby has been profiting off of our suffering for decades! Think of all the cavities, the diabetes and heart disease and for decades, never heard one word of warning...until this lecture hit us in the face with the truth. The reality of sugars deadliness isnt even taught in school. Very powerful corporate lobbyists care only about their profits.
Good luck. Liberal morons are trying to push dieting and controlling weight as racist and phobic. Havent you seen the giant unhealthy whales in all of our clothing tv commercials now?
I'm convinced that sugar also causes acne. At age 26, I'd had acne for twelve years. I decided to try giving up sugar (sucrose, fructose) for a while for health reasons. Three days after I stopped eating any sugar, my acne completely dried up (for the first time in twelve years). Not sure if it would work for others, but it did for me.
Well it's sure more profitable to sell skin care products to you, eating healthy is free... I'm also having skin issues and I'll try not to eat any sugar from now on, at least for a while. It also reminded me of how climate change works. The globe can handle forest fires and volcano eruptions without any problems, but a massive, everyday emission of carbon dioxide for centuries will leave its marks, just like the human body can handle a certain dosis of fructose or ethanol, but constant everyday consumption will ruin our metabolism.
Patrick that is called insulin resistance. Your body wasn’t allowing sugar to get into the cells. So you had extra sugar, glucose floating around in your system.
It WILL work for everybody. Know 2 other people who experienced the exact same thing. In women sugar causes PCOS which can lead to full blown infertility (looking at you, Whitney Way Thore).
Here's my notes for the talk: There are many different types of sugars, but the ones you need to know about are: Fructose, Glucose, Sucrose, Lactose Leptin is a chemical that your body releases that reduces hunger. Ghrelin is a chemical that your body releases that increases hunger. Sucrose: - This is what cane sugar and beet sugar consists of. - Sucrose is a combination of Glucose + Fructose. -- Your liver will quickly break the bond between Glucose and Fructose. -- So each sucrose molecule results in your body getting 1 Fructose molecule (which is bad for you) and 1 Glucose molecule. -- So to understand the effects of sucrose (e.g. cane sugar), you need to understand what Fructose and Glucose do. -- So essentially there is almost no difference, chemically at least, between eating Sucrose (e.g. cane sugar) and High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS). - Coca-cola is 10.5% Sucrose/HFCS. High Fructose Corn Syrup: - A mix of Fructose and Glucose molecules, each of which your body must then process. Glucose: - Suppose you consume 120 calories of Glucose (e.g. 2 slices of white bread). -- 80 - 90% of this Glucose will be used by all of the organs in the body. A small part of it will be turned into fat. --- In contrast, Fructose is only processed by the liver with a large part of it being turned into fat. -- Every cell in your body can use Glucose. Every bacteria in your body can use Glucose. "Every living thing on the face of the Earth can use Glucose". -- Liver cells release insulin which signals to your brain "stop eating". -- Thus Glucose consumption reduces hunger. Fructose: - Fructose (and consequently sucrose) is a poison. - Fructose is processed almost exclusively by your liver (in contrast to Glucose, which can be used by any cell of your body). - Fructose does NOT suppress Ghrelin (a "hunger hormone") - "Acute Fructose does not stimulate insulin (or leptin) release. -- "If insulin doesn't go up then leptin doesn't go up, and if leptin doesn't go up then your brain doesn't see that you ate something." - Fructose causes metabolic syndrome. - Fructose stimulates your liver cells to create new fat. Glucose does not do this. - Fructose causes insulin resistance in liver cells. -- Fructose causes more new fat to be created and more energy to be turned directly into fat. -- Fructose causes the pancreas to work harder and release more insulin. --- Higher insulin (if too high) cause the brain to not notice leptin as much as it otherwise would (this prevents hunger from being reduced). Fiber: - Fiber is (de facto) an essential nutrient. -- The government not listing fiber as an essential nutrient allows high fiber foods to be exported. - Causes your brain to receive the satiety signal sooner. - Causes an increase in Short Chain Fatty acids, which help to suppresses insulin (thereby reducing hunger). - "Reduces rate of intestinal carbohydrate absorption, reducing insulin." -- The bacteria in your gut consume the excess carbohydrates, which ultimately makes you pass gas. - Although fruit has sugar in it (Sucrose and Fructose), it has a lot more fiber than it has sugar so you don't gain nearly as much weight from eating fruit as you would from consuming the same amount of sugar in candy or a drink. Lactose: - Lactose is a sugar (not very sweet though). - In a milk that does not contain added sugar or chocolate, the sugar content of the milk (on the nutritional label) measures lactose (and not sucrose or fructose). -- So even though such milk has a large amount of sugar on its nutritional label, the milk doesn't make you fat like glucose or sucrose would. Recommendations for losing weight: - Get rid of sugared water -- Only water and milk. - Eat all carbohydrates with FIBER. - Wait 20 minutes before a second portion. Exercise: - Improves skeletal muscle insulin sensitivity, which causes insulin to go down. (This reduces hunger). - Causes TCA cycle to run faster thereby "burning off" the chemicals that are used to produce fat. - Exercise causes weight loss primarily by increasing your metabolism and NOT by directly burning fat EDIT: (Added November 2021 - info. from Wikipedia articles "Sucrose", "Fructose", and "Fructolysis") - About 10% of the calories contained in the Western diet are supplied by fructose (approximately 55 g/day). - Fructose has 95% the caloric value of sucrose by weight. - "Fructose may provide **the bulk** of the carbohydrate directed toward de novo triglyceride synthesis (triglycerides are the main constituents of body fat in humans) in humans." [in short, "the bulk" of brand new fat that you gain comes from fuctose. So most of the fat currently on your body originated from eating fructose/sucrose.] ---- Under one percent of ingested fructose is directly converted to plasma triglycerides [but much more is INdirectely converted to triglycerides]. 29% - 54% of fructose is converted in liver to glucose, and about a quarter of fructose is converted to lactate. 15% - 18% is converted to glycogen. Glucose and lactate are then used normally as energy to fuel cells all over the body. - Unlike glucose, fructose dose not cause insulin to be secreted, and can in fact lower circulating insulin. - Fructose is almost entirely metabolized in the liver in humans, where it is directed toward replenishment of liver glycogen and triglyceride synthesis. In addition to the liver, fructose is metabolized in intestine, testis, kidney, skeletal muscle, fat tissue and brain, but it is not transported into cells via insulin-sensitive pathways - "Sucrose is a disaccharide made up of 50% glucose and 50% fructose" My own conclusion: So when you eat something that on the label says "16g of added sugar", then you may as well assume that a large percentage of that (at least a few grams) will be made into brand new fat stored somewhere in your body.
@@crand20033 Oh yes it is. Sugar is sugar and todays GMO fruit is nothing like the original fruit it came from. Look at pictures of water melon from 50 years ago and compare it to today. Todays fruit is basically candy and should be a very occasion treat, in season.
@@ah69495 I slowly removed more and more food from my diet that had added sugars. I sleep better, I have more mental clarity, and I have more energy. I just did a full blood panel in my yearly checkup and the doctor said my hormones, cholesterol, and other tests looked so good that my doctor told me to keep doing what I am doing.
My most belovéd dad a now retired gmnastics coach... whom I was one of his gymnasts that he trained. And he was also a heavy weight champion body builder and a Karate black belt. He simply did not allow candy, sweets or street food or fast food in our home... Totally forbidden, it was. My palette was trained to reject such toxic foods. All my life I have never and will never touch that poison. Luckily my mum was a very good cook and baker and all the ingredients she always used were strictly from nature. The best gift my beloved mum and dad gave me. I am eternally gratefull and love them so much. Thanks Dr. Robert H. Lustig, your books are a treasure and for anyone who loves life should have your books in their home librar!!!
someone else mentions this above, such a powerful statement when you think about how often its not happening and just what that could mean to the childs trajectory
I just came back from a trip to Oaxaca where food is outstanding, real food. I ate A LOT, however, I lost weight, and experienced a sense of deep well being. I came back to the "civilized" world and I went to do some groceries, but left the store empty handed because it is evident all the food is so tainted I can hardly call it food at all. No wonder why there's not just an epidemic of obesity and CVD, but of lack of energy, depression, and overall malaise.
How well S.T. Coleridge spoke of Oaxaca in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner": 'Water, water, every where / Ne any drop to drink'! And Big Coke's hostage-hold on Hispanics is metastatic...even in the U.S.!
It's not just corn syrup. Sugar is in probably 99% of all processed foods, fast foods, all kinds of condiments and sauces. And how do you control sugar intake, or even corn syrup when you go out to eat??? Sugar is useless, actually dangerous and it takes many forms. Good luck.
I am never attracted to fast food.. You can get addicted... In order to avoid, dont start. Like munching on potato chips. You cant stop until you finish the whole bag... 😅
Morning David . When you give up on sugar you will get the cravings for at least 6 weeks . I suppose like smoking . I found out I had type one diabetes at 17 - I’m now 51 and struggle every day . If we live on a diet all our lives based on sugar in food ,what chance do we give ourselves of just turning a corner one day . Good luck mate .🙏stay healthy
I work in health care. I tirelessly give information on this health crisis. The biggest problem is unmanaged type 2 diabetes which is the most dangerous diabetes. Doctors have resorted to telling people "look. We don't know when your kidneys will failbut we know they will indeed fail. Your body CANNOT process you daily intake of sugar. Because your pancreas cannot process all of the sugar you are taking in on a daily basis. It is pouring into your urine. The sugar in your urine is ONE THOUSAND. This news is never well received or believed until it is too late.
@@tonyadavillier9311 most doctors don't have a clue either. It's not their fault, it's just how they were taught and most are closed minded. It was almost to late for me. I am "type 2 diabetic". I wasn't taking It very seriously at all. My blood glucose was constantly in the 300's, my A1C was at 12.2, and my doctor wanted to put me on insulin. This was back on November of 2018. I refused to take the insulin, got on Keto and intermittent fasting. Fast forward to today I went from 260 pounds to 199 so far, my A1C went from 12.2 to 5.9 and working on getting it lower, my blood glucose is between 95 and 120, and I have so much energy its ridiculous. My family practitioner was very close minded and totally against the keto diet and fasting telling me how dangerous it is. She was hell bent on putting me on insulin. We even had a bit of a testy exchange. I haven't changed my primary health care physician because so far I have proven her wrong and I'm enjoying it lol. My Endocrinologist on the other hand has been very open minded and is very happy with my results. He is actually reading up on studies and what not and has told me to keep up the good work. Crazy, 2 healthcare professionals 2 totally different views on the matter.
Always makes me think of that sentence, "the future's here now, it's just not equally distributed". Well. Look at the bright side, at least you and I know about it now.
I once stopped eating sugar for a 21 days, at first it was a hard thing for me, then my brain, my body lost weight and it felt so good, no sadness, no low stamina. I mean, my brain remembered things that I did when I was 2 years old. I still eat sugar, but I’m way too careful now. English is not my first language.
Your English is fine.. the grammar is good. And the message was very well stated....you see I just made an incomplete sentence!!! Writing and speaking are different.....
@@brendabarr2211 I'd say it took a good 6 months to overcome the cravings completely, but at 4 months, you will be over the worst of it. Once you feel the benefit of the sugar free life, sugar becomes really unappealing. Although I will eat some good quality honey every now and then but that doesnt have the same moreish effect as refined sugars. Keep going!
This is the MOST IMPORTANT video anyone will ever watch in their entire life. That's not hyperbole. It's fact. This video saves lives. It will save yours too if you just listen.
This is the best lecture ever! I sure wish I listen to this 13 years ago. I lost 40 lbs in app 6 mths focusing on cutting out sugar, fructose and carbs. Kept it off now for a year . These lectures on you tube keeps me on track.
How can you say that??? Teaching this would mean dropping something else...like the trigonometry that I use nearly every day in everything I do, and even more so when I'm doing my tax return!!!
It should but unfortunately, there’s gonna be a bunch of parents that would boycott saying that school is trying to indoctrinate their kids. It’ll probably be the parent of the kid who went home and told their parent you shouldn’t be drinking that soda.
WELL DONE . The bloody stuff is everywhere . I gave up all sorts of things , checked everything but I cheated , I took my Hnz ketchup up from 1 every 2 wks. , to 1 every 2 days , but beat it . Eventually losing 20 k (45 lb ) . GOOD LUCK KEEPING IT UP If you'll pardon the expression . STAY WELL .
Since I wrote this comment I lost around 20 more pounds which was mostly belly fat that's gone now. When I stopped with sugary beverages (3 liters of ice tea daily for long periods and fruit juices) my sense of hunger normalized and I don't overeat at all. I used to crave sugar or just food in general with no satiation. That hasn't been the case ever since I started drinking water almost exclusively and slowed down a lot on fast food. I still eat garbage frequently but in reasonable amounts it's no issue
maybe stop the plant sludge all together if you think plants are healthy then why do all of them contain high amounts of sugar ?? Fruit = fructose = sugar vegetables = starch = sugar grass seeds (known to you as grains) = starch = sugar ... ALL junk foods are made from plants, plant oils(mostly soy bean ,palm oil etc...) , plant seeds and chemicaIs 1,000 and 1,000s of them on store shelf... the same ones that are claimed to be "healthy"... I think at this point u need to reevaluate what is actually bad for humans and what is not... that is why i'm doing the animal based diet 90% of it liver meat is cheap 2$ a pound
@@theantiveganchannel3596 I'm not gonna stay away from carbs completely. Not eating added sugars or fructose without the fiber the fruit has is enough for me
It's not an understatement to say that this video changed my life. By getting me into Low carb / Keto it made a remarkable difference to my health. I consider it to be some of the best advice / knowledge I've ever had imparted to me and I am forever grateful for this lecture.
Same here! I reversed my type 2 diabetes without any medication. My previous hba1c was normal. Not even prediabetic. I first learned about sugar after I read Dr Jason Fung’s book The Diabetes Code! These people truly save lives!
I lost 86 pounds in 10 months just by not eating refined sugar. DIdn't change *anything* else! I recognized a couple of years ago that I am a sugar addict. Don't know why it took me so long to see it, but once I began to treat my relationship to refined sugar like an addiction everything changed. God bless you, Dr. Lustig! Keep banging that drum!!
@Jamie Rivet have you ever been to a grocery store? there is no fat in grocery stores it's all low fat (twice the sugar but that's on the back) products, most people don't eat fast food(which use omega 6 vegetable oils) all the time and you can get fat just eating the stuff from the grocery store despite the fact it's low fat and all the oils that remain are omega 6 hydrogenated vegetable oils - so there is barely any good fat in the food we eat today the only way to get it is to buy the most expensive oils or butter or an avocado whereas safflower oils are in every product and we need good fat for optimal function we need fat soluble vitamins (A,D,E,K) and omega 3's we need fat to rebuild tissue, and fat can also be used as a fuel source(including body fat) and that fuel source goes for way longer and doesn't affect your blood sugars making your energy way more stable and can be used in cells which already have an inhibited glucose metabolism like in Alzheimers patients or with Insulin Resistance/ type 2 diabetes
@Jamie Rivet Funny how the article you provide about fat causing diabetes, yet the first comment on the article is someone who followed the writer's recommendations for 3 years and still has a high blood glucose level.
Agreed but it is the sugar going up not any changes in fat consumption that is changing people's health for the worse. Don't get taken in by people who say otherwise who will try to say it is cutting down the fat as well so fat must be good for you which is nonsense!
High Cholesterol is a reaction to inflammation, it is the source of the inflammation that needs to be controlled, sugar is a known inflammatory.@Jamie Rivet
I was binge watching Andrew Huberman’s RU-vid channel during this insanely long 2-month lockdown that happened accidentally in Shanghai. In one of his videos he mentioned Robert Lustig and I traced all the way to this video. This video and a bunch of others scared the hell out of me since basically all my family members have some kind of metabolic syndrome (Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, high uric acid, hypertension) and not all of them are obese. Now I finally know that root cause of these metabolic diseases is the increase in percentage of sugar and processed food intake. Immediately after watching this video, I got rid of all my processed food and sugar in my diet. (which is easy during the lockdown but very hard after the lockdown, because sucrose is ingrained in the Shanghainese food culture) It’s been around 1 week and I noticed a dramatic improvement in my teeth. I no longer develop calculus on my teeth even if I reduced my frequency of brushing to once a day. And I feel much better psychologically. Thank you for all that information. I wish I have watched this video when I was in middle school. (Because that was the time for me to start eating more sugar and processed food.) I always knew sugar and processed food are bad, that’s what our teachers told us, but I never knew they were bad to this extent.
Haha I know what it feels like. I went down the rabbit hole 4 months ago. Look up Jason Fung if you haven't already. I hope your still keeping away from sugar. I felt like I had a terminal illness 4 months ago. Today I'm happy.
(I'm still watching this video) and I definitely want to throw out all the ready-to-eat crap in my house (even the prepackaged "healthy" ones) I'm just a little lost on.... what can I eat? (Just saw seaspiracy and cowspiracy and am done with the mindblowing global meat industry) Never been much of a cook, I live alone so I don't put much effort into it. But this is definitely a wake up call (even though the video is 12 years old!) Any tips on good and easy recipes? 😊
@@tammv2306 I hate the global meat industry but that just led me to buy my food from a local farm instead. I can actually see the chickens and cows hanging out in the pasture, so I at least know the animals aren't being abused, and getting something much closer to a natural diet. It's a lot more expensive but I have a feeling the time of cheap meat will soon be over, what with the whole "eat zee bugs" signaling and "global supply chain problems", and the US government apparently now paying the big farming companies to NOT grow food, etc etc. Do you like chicken soup? Just boil a whole chicken, with some coarsely chopped onion, celery, and carrots, and a tablespoon of thyme. You can also add a head of garlic if that's your thing. Bring up to a high boil for about 10 minutes, then lower to a simmer for 1-2 hours (I like 2 hours best). That gives you a bunch of good broth, chicken, and cooked vegetables, which I would recommend separating and freezing in lots of small containers. It's easy to thaw it by boiling the broth and dropping in the other stuff, so you don't need to use the microwave. That can take care of your dinner for about a week. (Soup and sandwiches!)
I’ve been overweight my entire. I always believed it was the fat in the foods that made me look and feel like shit, I wish I would have know earlier it was the sugar all along. In 2017 I started keto at 215 lbs, now I’m a stable and happy 140-145! Best decision ever
Ted M. More people are finding the keto diet every day. And they are better off for it. I’m using the keto to control my diabetes but it can also be used to control weight and general health overall.
The greatest part of quitting sugar is that you don’t crave anything’s sweet after a meal ! I feel like a super human being able to fight off my sugar addiction. No more migraines before period, appetite is low and more energy
I agree. It's been 6 days I am doing 16:8 fasting, I don't feel urge to eat sweets after meal or late night. After couple days you feel full after eating little as your body get use to meal quantity and timing.
I occasionally still do, but I have been able to satisfy it with fruit, fresh or dried, and the occasional hot cocoa made with dates, unsweetened cocoa, and almond milk. During the summer, frozen bananas and other fresh fruit blended with coconut milk hits the spot.
I watched this video a second time and listened carefully. Because of being on a low carb Keto and studying nutrition, I was able to understand better this time. Since then, I reached my goal weight and reversed a fatty liver and pancreas. Thank you, again!
I'm glad he mentions juice. It is such an overlooked source of sugar and people think it is healthy. Yes, it is better than soda, but it doesn't have fiber. A piece of fruit will give you the same vitamins, much less sugar, and a lot of fiber. Drink water or a nice tear and eat fruit and vegetables.
@RaniaIsAwesome all the studies linking meat to cancer is either done by "self reports" (where people who eat meat have a higher chance to be generally less healthy in other ways like smoking) or in animals that haven't had 300k years to improve their ability to filter out the potential carcinogens from cooked meat.
This is a misnomer about juice because if you say process pasteurized juice then yes we're talkin about something bad for you that's mainly sugar or high-fructose corn syrup, but if we're talking about fresh juice from the fruit itself unpasteurized and unprocessed This is highly good for you and cleansing. It's people like you that spread false information by not differentiating between the two
At last! - Somebody who not only knows about his subject, but also knows how to TALK about it: to keep our interest. He doesn't drone on; he speaks with variety. He doesn't sound - as nearly all healthcare 'experts' do - as if he was reading, and had read it a hundred times before! He speaks with different notes, different speeds, different attitudes. It is why some politicians and actors are interesting and others boring. it is why churches are 3/4 empty. This man knows how to talk. It is called charm, but it is just knowing how to talk. Thank heaven! John
Then, why can he hardly start a new sentence without first saying "SO". "So", how can you call that speaking with variety if the "so" is (so) too many times repeated and becomes irksome. He also falls into other bad speech traps such as starting a sentence with AND as well as with, NOW. All of these are used totally out of context. Criticizing him is constructive. Hagiography is beneath any person of probity. Aside of all this the talk is informative and is appreciated.
@@henniedevilliers7570 You critizise his "falling into sppech traps", while you use a sentence like "Hagiography is beneath any person of probity." on a site for "all levels of IQ, insight and nationalities" as if barely even any english/american speaking people have a clue of, what that means - sure looks arrogant and narcissistic to me...
@@CONEHEADDK Hagiography is the idolizing of a person (such as a saint) alleged to be without any vices, and who makes few mistakes. Such veneration will not help or correct a person who makes many and repeated mistakes from attempting to correct them. Such mistakes reflect badly on an educated person. If you think it is wrong for me to use a word such as “hagiography” because there are less smart people looking at the video; then you have to also criticize the speaker (the Professor) for using terms such as Cardiovascular disease ("pertaining to both the heart and the blood vessels.) Your criticism is appreciated and that is why I respond to it. Any person reading my text can, with a few key-strokes, find on the computer he uses, the exact meaning of words such as hagiography and add it to his or her vocabulary. If such a person is not inquisitive as to build his or her vocabulary, then so be it. I am a polyglot and literate in a number of European and two other languages. If it were my intention to impress with language I could easily and validly comment that your reply is floccinaucinihilipilification.
@@CONEHEADDK Hagiography is the idolizing of a person (such as a saint) alleged to be without any vices, and who makes few mistakes. Such veneration will not help or correct a person who makes many and repeated mistakes from attempting to correct them. Such mistakes reflect badly on an educated person. If you think it is wrong for me to use a word such as “hagiography” because there are less smart people looking at the video; then you have to also criticize the speaker (the Professor) for using terms such as Cardiovascular disease ("pertaining to both the heart and the blood vessels.) Your criticism is appreciated and that is why I respond to it. Any person reading my text can, with a few key-strokes, find on the computer he uses, the exact meaning of words such as hagiography and add it to his or her vocabulary. If such a person is not inquisitive as to build his or her vocabulary, then so be it. I am a polyglot and literate in a number of European and two other languages. If it were my intention to impress with language I could easily and validly comment that your reply is floccinaucinihilipilification.
Less Sugar = more sweet, it might sound strange but your taste gets used to the amount of Sugar, if you eat less less sweet things will taste more sweet, so you profit twice, health wise and sweet taste wise.
Yep, you take out sweet processed foods and your taste buds become more sensitive to fruit, fruit tastes absolute amazing when you become more sensitive to it again.
And if you were to try some of the 'treats' they called 'sweet' back in the 1920s-1960s, you would probably find them bland or even bitter! Just as human have grown accustomed to way too much sugar over the decades, we can wean ourselves off of it, and when you do, things that seem 'just right' will start to taste too sweet, so as to render them unpalatable. Working on keto combined with intermittent fasting. Still winding up to it (with about 60-75% success), but may start with a 24-72 hour clear-liquids fast just to detoxify. Wish me well!!
This is true when bbn I cut my sugar a apple taste delicious!
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I gave up sugar in late November 2021, now mid January 2022, I'm down 20+ lbs., my BP is a lot lower, and I can say as a recovering alcoholic, quitting sugar was 1000 times harder. I feel so much better, and healthier, one of the best things I ever did for myself!
Nice. I started low carb and no sugar at Christmas. Cut out alcohol and sweets and snacks also. Down 15lbs and lower blood pressure also. I was always irritable and flushed. Wife says I'm in a better (slightly!) mood and I don't look at red as I did. Gotta keep it going!!
Congrats on recovering from alcoholism. Carbohydrates are one of the reasons for your addiction to alcohol. So, quitting sugar would be hard too. When I got married I started sugar again because it was part of the family diet. I've gained thirty pounds. Now I have to get back off the stuff.
@@brianmoore3063 How much do you drink? Beer or hard alcohol? I was able to quit cold turkey on my own, but if you're a very heavy drinker and dependant on it that can be fatal. I went to my doctor and I learned that I had a fatty liver. That was enough to get me to stop.
Watch this over and over until it sinks in. All the fructose gives you brain fog. Hats off to the good Doc for delivering the somber message that needs to be heard.
Exactly, and this is why we need a coalition of people representing the mass population of all humanity in the world to have as their primary objective to do what is right, and good for the maintenance, benefit, prosperity, and well-being of all life on this planet, instead placing all of our trust into any single organization or one human that has a title of the president or king and or queen to determining whether we live or die. No one person should have such authority.
Absolutely true! Processed sugar is poison - calories in - calories out is a myth. Sugar powder, crystal and other forms are highly addictive, toxic and normalized in society.
@@tanyarohit calories in calories out isn’t a myth it’s just not the full picture removing sugar allows better hormone balance which makes it easier to intake a lower amount of calories and become more active meaning you expend more calories it still boils down to cico but reducing sugar intake is also important. WHY CANT BOTH THESE THINGS BE TRUE AT THE SAME TIME 🤦🏽♂️ they aren’t contradictory
I just graduated from Dietetics and Nutrition and I was not taught about how bad fructose is not until I took my internship in a Dialysis center and I had to do my research and then I was able to watch many presentations about liver and kidney diseases and the prevalence of obesity, it came always to high fructose diets. It really pains me to see parents feeding their children juice, which have very little fruit. I watched this even though a 6 years old. I loved it. Thank you. And I wish my biochemistry class was this fun 😂 Thank you!!!
I was recently diagnosed as pre-diabetic and after reading and hearing about the evils of sugar, it has gotten my utmost attention. I admit to owning my situation because I abused sugar and its misuse has begun to affect my health. I've noticed the change in my vision, my weight and I'm making an immediate change in my diet. Thank you for this informative video.
Your honesty and courage, to face your situation and share it here with the world are appreciated, dear Sir. I hope you can change your diet and prevent further harm to your body. The best wishes 🙏
When I was pregnant 25 years ago my doctor told me to read labels and if it had anything ending with o-s-e I could not have it. That was practically everything!!
You should note that this video is 11 years old and the opposite is now true. Sugar consumption has been villainized for the last decade and consumption is trending downward and has gone down, but obesity is still going up. Sugar is not the problem, folks. It never was. People are eating too much food.
@@RunOfTheTrill I don't know in which planet you're living. People still eat a lot of sugar, grains and processed foods. And the majority of them are still afraid of fats.
It seems like cereal just keeps getting sweeter. I buy organic multigrain cereal non gmo, and can hardly swallow the stuff it is so sweet. The only cereal for breakfast is to make your own steel cut oats and put some flax and and half an apple, add some other healthy grains you like. The same for muffins. Mine are the best, as I do the same with those, and use apples instead of sugar with grains, and the less sugar the better. They are driving us to use the doctors for diabetes and amputations., hypertension etc. Why no salt shakers on tables in restaurants, and sugar packets, where you can add what one likes and not have it overly sweetened and salted for you. America is really a one size fits all. No particular place is different in this respect. I am retired RN, and have degree in health education. My efforts to improve the system was met with hostility because the colleagues were lazy and indulgent, and didn't like to make waves. Accept sex and money for good reports while the providers learned nothing and did not become better providers. And besides it makes the others look bad. The newspaper did a 100% audit on my files for my facilities and wrote a glowing report about how I followed up and helped providers adn how they praised how I made them better. Never got a kudos from my government bosses that I helped improve the image of government workers. No one died in my homes from fires caused by no batteries in smoke detectors, but there were in a couple of those where the head state nurse was in charge. Nothing rewarded for trying to improve and educate like this Doctor gets nasty reviews for sharing his zealous and intelligent drive to help people learn to eat for better health and longer life. No kudos for people like this. Well I say KUDOS, as you are exemplary in your effort to share your vast knowledge and present this free educational video that I bet gave several people an improved life and a longer one.
Some 30 years ago my wife and I happened to visit a Pepsi factory. That opened our eyes to the amount of sugar in colas and we completely gave up colas and other sodas. Happily both of us weigh exactly the same now in our mid seventies as we did 30 years ago.
so what you are saying is 30 years after giving up "colas, and other sodas", you haven't lost a single pound? 30 years, after giving up something you enjoyed. You said you "weigh exactly the same as 30 years ago" when you gave up the colas...so...the benefit was?????
@@claytonjasmin223 the assumption is they were at a healthy weight in the 70s and still are and that if they would have consumed all the sugar they would be obese, much like many of us who consumed too much sugar. I, by the way, stopped eating all refined carbs 5 months ago and have lost 80 pounds. I was obese, now I am the same size as my very lean and healthy high school and college days. I have abandoned all desire for the extremely tasty, but garbage food. I just feel so alive now. I never realized how sick I was.
@@scottfrench9267 wow that’s amazing!! I have chronic Lyme disease and I just got on a gluten free sugar free low carb caffeine free diet … it’s been 4 days and I never realized how much sugar was in so many foods and drinks. I think I’m at the stage where I’m detoxing the sugar and I crave it. But I know I can’t allow that because sugar feeds my Lyme.. I want to starve my Lyme. Do you ever have a “cheat day”? If so, how does it taste? I heard once you leave sugar completely, than you go back and think it’s way too sweet
@@chantemichelle888 I don't have cheat days. I am really almost afraid to do so. I am afraid I would be like an alcoholic taking a sip of whiskey after 6 months of being dry. I haven't knowingly eaten any sugar since October other than what comes in whole foods. My MIL made a pot of chili for me a few weeks ago - I haved loved her chili for 20 years - I took one bite and almost gagged. It was too sweet for me to eat. I called her and asked if she actually put sugar in her chili and why would she do that?!? She said it's the same recipe she has always made. 1 teaspoon of brown sugar in a 12 quart pot of chili. I couldn't stand the taste of the sweetness. Stick to it. You will find it becomes easier.
@@scottfrench9267 wow I believe that! That’s crazy! But very very good. I’m so glad and amazed that you have followed through with it and not let yourself cave in. I don’t want to bother you. But I do have a couple more questions. • How is your energy? Compared to before sugar. • Do you get sick often? Or like how you would before sugar. • How has your brain been (more clarity? Less headaches, migraines?) • What about fruit? Do you eat fruit like apples, bananas, peaches, pears, blueberries ? I really appreciate your feedback. 😃
Do not be your own doctor, food is not medicine this is insane nonsense though yes eat better but this isn't medicine and eating better isn't being a doctor.
This is a fantastic video. I’ve not had a soda or candy or junk food in 30+ years. I’ve eaten low carb/keto for 4-5 years. I feel great and can physically do things that many 30 year olds can’t do. I’m grateful to be backpacking, mountain biking, and snowshoeing with my 17 year old son.
+Martinit0 I hear this a lot. It is kinda true. 80% of the american grocery store contains added sugars in the food products. I cut out soda, which was majority of my sugar intake, and I feel better. Things taste so much sweeter now, and I can't even drink coke anymore. lol
The bread is inedible it's so sweet. I hate sweet things and have a totally savoury sense of taste. Even fresh fruit tastes very sweet to me. Strangely, I hate chocolate. I hate it so much I even hate the smell of it.
WOW.. I can't believe I just watched the whole 1.5 hours of this, right after waking up in the morning before doing anything else. I mean everybody knows that sugar is bad for you, but his explanation is at another level..
Or because they heard him say that drinking 55 or 60 mg of sodium was like drinking a pizza and when they went to see how much sodium was in a pizza, they knew immediately that he didn't do his homework, which itself is kind of weird until you realize that he's an intellectual from San Francisco.
I love how a technical lecture can resonate with so many every day people. It's because we all appreciate the *truth* when we hear it and because Lustig is such a great lecturer! I just came back to this video after a few years and watched the whole talk in one sitting. Now, hopefully, we can appreciate why San Francisco regulated sweet drinks. Not so silly after watching this.
@@jflivingston I agree...I should have known better than to think that some of the viewers would actually understand what Lustig was talking about after an hour and a half.
My takeaway on this 1.5 hours is that fructose is a bad sweetener (toxic) when not in the presence of fiber (as how it is found in fruit). And also that fructose has the same damaging effects on cells and organs as alcohol does, but without the buzz. And thirdly, that sucrose is just fructose and glucose combined, but that they are instantly separated once consumed. Sound about right? So overall we can just say avoid fructose unless it comes from a whole food, and also avoid sucrose.
***** No, not fruit as it is digested differently and the sugar of fruit comes alongside a whole bundle of micro-nutrients too. Avoid fruit juice though. All fruit drinks that are not diluted are generally not worthwhile; you'de be much better off getting your nutrients from proper fruit and it would be better for your weight too. The real thing to avoid here is sucrose. Which itself is a combination of 1 glucose molecule and 1 fructose molecule. If you have an option of eating 100 cals of something that is mainly glucose vs 100 cals of something that is mainly sucrose choose the former as the latter is 50% glucose, 50% fructose and non-fruit-fructose is terrible for you.
***** Ozone is oxygen rich and it appears to do wonders for healing. They have ozone clinics all over Europe and in Germany and even in Cuba. US medical system is run by big pharma and all they want to do is peddle petrochemical drugs for profit.
to be honest i just stumbled onto this video and didnt care much for the topic but i watched to the end and created a great respect for how much this guy knows and the way he explains things. we need people like him in office
I’ve been sugar free for two years but still buying quite a bit of sugar. I have three hummingbird feeder‘s. There probably aren’t that many of us but it does make me wonder how it skews the statistics.
550 lbs from 215 lbs 3% body fat and hyper thyroidism destroyed me. 5 years ago I gave up all meat went Raw Vegan and cut out all sugar except for what the plants give me . I am now 240lbs and dropping to my goal weight of 175lbs. I know make all my own condiments like ketchup from my plants and I must say it taste so much better from the plants then it does from a Heinz 57 sauce ketchup bottle that is 175grams of sugar which is literally 3/4s of that bottle. I only regret that I did not start this till I was 47 now 53
I battled with acid reflux for years, I quit 96% of sugar July 20th, 2021 and can't even tell you the last time I had heartburn. Huge difference, should have done it years ago.
Thats terrific. Thankyou for the advice. I will definitely cut down on my sugar. I get reflux and hate having to take tablets as they are no good long term.
Do you have any other resources or videos that would show the connection between acid reflux and sugar? Or even just more about the experiences of the changes you felt? I'm trying to help a loved one. Also - congratulations that is amazing. So happy for your health!
Stopped drinking soda a month ago. I realized I needed to stop because I was drinking 5 cans a day, over 2 liters everyday since the age of 15. I’m 25 and my fingers and toes were starting to tingle and have pain. That is a symptom of forming diabetes. I never ate much, just drink a lot of soda. I was never overweight, but never healthy. As the month has passed, I have already dropped 10lbs and the weird sensations have stopped within the first week or two. My sleep schedule is becoming normal, my mood stabilized. I’m amazed
Just watched this in 2020. What a great upload. I've been aware of the dangers of Sugars and Sweeteners since being a child. Dad told me many years ago "If it rots ya teeth it rots ya bones" Guess mi Pops was right. Just wish more people understood the dangers. Thanks UCTV enjoyed watching. Take care and be aware
Wow ! What ur dad said hit me ! Today was my first day without sugar it was a bit challenging but i feel great already , will remember what ur dad said everytime I would crave for sugar . Thanks !
I LOVE how so many more doctors are coming forward with the life-saving TRUTH! May God bless them and protect them as they expose these toxins that the FDA has failed to ban from the United States.
The FDA is the problem. They are in the pocket of the pharmaceutical industries and push a diet that makes us sick so that the pharmaceutical companies can make more money.
He talked nonstop for one and a half hours. Wow. His dedication and enthusiasm is awesome. I used to chew sugarcane plant for the sugary juices as a kid.
Cutting "tasty bars" like Snickers and "sweet drinks" by 95% from my ration let me lose a ridiculous amount of weight and I wasn't even physically active. Eating ~15-20 eggs per week, doing swimming (or something else intensive) will do marvels for health.
You're ruining your thyroid function and will rebound HARD and put all the weight back on in a few months to a year. When that happens, try eliminating dietary fat (especially PUFA) and smashing in as much fruit as you can stomach. Watch the weight drop off, your mood increase - and long-term :)
@@hlessiavedon carbs are the least important because they are everywhere, and you can get energy from both fat and protein. It's absolutely impossible to not have enough carbs nowadays
@@Slider93 really? Then tell me why the Japanese are the healthiest people (only 3.6% obesity rate vs the United States 36%) yet their diet is 60% carbs, 20% protein, and 20% fats. I'll tell you why, because we evolved to have a diet that is mostly carbs, often in the form of fruits, in which the dominant sugar is fructose.
@@hlessiavedon uh how is that relevant? My point is that carbs are pretty much irrelevant and you can cut them massively as any food you eat which is rich in fat or protein will supply you with enough carbs on the side. Protein is truly the king of weight loss and that is the hardest part. Theoretically if you have enough protein and low carbs, there won't be a problem at all
