Are There Any Healthy Sugars And Sweeteners?

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Dec 30, 2022

Discover the staggering rise in sugar consumption, with the average person eating over 150 pounds each year. Uncover the hidden dangers of both sugar and artificial sweeteners on your health and brain chemistry. Learn about the addictive nature of sugar and its impact on metabolism. Gain insights into how quitting sugar can lead to rapid health improvements. Explore healthier sweetening alternatives and understand the importance of recognizing sugar's many disguises in food products.

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Sugar's Widespread Damage

Sugar fuels numerous health problems, from obesity and diabetes to heart disease and cancer.
It harms our bodies and increasingly impacts global issues, as detailed in Dr. Hyman's book, Food Fix.

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Sugar: Dangerous, Not Empty Calories

Sugar is more than empty calories; it actively harms the body.
'Skinny fat' individuals may appear thin but have internal health issues due to sugar.

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Sugar's Addictive Nature

Studies show sugar can be more addictive than cocaine.
Rats chose sugar over cocaine, even enduring electric shocks to obtain it.

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As hunter-gatherers, we ate the equivalent of only 20 teaspoons of sugar a year. Today, we eat over 150 pounds per year per person, or half a pound per day. The average school kid eats 34 teaspoons of sugar a day. Many supermarkets and health-food stores now carry many sneaky sources of sugar disguised in unrecognizable ingredients and so-called “healthy” foods that contain as much—if not more—sugar than their regular versions.

In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I am talking all about sugar and sweeteners. I discuss how sugar can dramatically alter your metabolism and brain chemistry, causing you to suffer intense cravings, how quitting sugar can rapidly improve your health, the different types of sugars, and what sugars we should absolutely stay away from.

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Here are more details from the episode (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

True or False segment: busting frequent myths about sugar (5:58 / 2:15)
The problem with sugar (13:12 / 9:32)
Sugar addiction and quitting sugar (16:23 / 12:40)
The many ways to say “sugar” (20:37 / 17:25)
Artificial sweeteners and sugar alcohols (22:37 / 19:00)
Which natural sweeteners are better than others? (26:51 / 23:09)
Sugar production and the environment (29:43 / 25:56)
Which sweeteners to eat and which ones to avoid (33:33 / 28:55)

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