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259: Carbohydrates: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly—with Dr. Asker Jeukendrup 

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Diabetes and the Effects of Sugar on the Brain

There is pretty strong evidence that having too much simple sugar, too much added sugar in your diet can be really damaging to your health. Some of the more interesting research has really looked at the effects of sugar on the brain. There was actually a couple studies that I wrote an article back in about back in 2017 that showed that higher glucose diets can really contribute to the risk of dementia. And sorry, I'm given a very simple explanation of a very long study because I have a lot to go through here.

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