Gary Taubes ‘The Case Against Sugar’
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- Sugar is being called the new tobacco. Recent revelations exposed the sugar industry’s backroom cover-up of the harmful effects of this pervasive ingredient. Decades ago scientists were paid thousands of dollars to mislead the public into believing that fat should be avoided, when in fact, sugar causes a multitude of health problems and behavioral issues. Diabetes is more prevalent today than ever before and obesity is at epidemic proportions, especially amongst children. In The Case Against Sugar, science writer Gary Taubes (Why We Get Fat) delves into America’s history with sugar. He explains what research has shown about our addiction to sweets. He clarifies the arguments against sugar, corrects misconceptions about its relationship to weight; and provides perspective for making informed decisions about it.
'Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation' St Augustine
How true..at least for me..
In the case of sugar, and other sweet and/or starchy foods, abstinence is easier because carbs are addictive, especially sugar. Yet some are just as addicted to starch - bread, potatoes, pasta, pizza...
That’s completely true! I tried to eat sugar in moderation and it didn’t work. 2 1/2 years ago I gave it up for good and everything they say is true! I feel better now at 55 than I did at 37!
@@Jefferdaughter if you are right, then what’s the case for vegetarians.
@@Jefferdaughter Maltose is a disaccharide of glucose and starch is a polymer of glucose. They are digested and absorbed as glucose. However, honey, maple syrup, molasses and sugar all contain fructose as a poison like ethanol.
I’ve loved Taubes’ work for years and had the pleasure of meeting him in the hallway at a conference last year. I expected a quick signing of my book, but ended up having a conversation. I was even more impressed after that. He remains humble, approachable, and (most importantly) questioning.
🤠The mark of a rare scientific mind! I am sure his new book is excellent.
The sugar documents he’s referring to are in the documentary titled “sugarcoated” which is right here on TH-cam and it is free to watch. I’ve watched it three or four times because I always learn something different every time I watch it. It’s a masterpiece! And everyone should watch it. Dr. Lustig and the dentist Gary is talking about are in the film. After listening to Dr. Lustig I began watching other programs by him right here on TH-cam and I feel like I’ve gone to medical school lol….. it’s been a great source of information and education.
Why do we have to wait until adulthood before learning about this. We need to educate starting with kindergarten, but I guess sex education is more important than teaching about obesity, which is the number one health crisis today.
Gary Taubes' lectures get better and better. He, Robert Lustig, Noakes and others should look both ways before crossing the street.
No need. They are all on the same side - truth about diet and its effects on health.
Ikr, the food/drug companies probably thinking about ways to shut them up, smh.
@@stephaniecrosby5294 it's very simple, they fund enough studies that everyone is confused and they just buy the same old stuff that makes them feel good and the food industry wins with nutritional science confusion!
I've listened to many of Taubes podcasts many many times over and over. They are so good. Now I tune into the older ones like this to drift of too sleep. Other podcasts are so high stressed I can't listen to them at night. Gary's is just right
Awesome presentation. Yet again. Thank you Mr Taubes.
It's easier to consume NONE than to try to consume ANY. Well said sir! Spoken like a true addict, I appreciate that!
More than 4 years later and our whole world is in a pandemic fueled by sugar. Thanks for writing a new book.🤠
How much is too much? Reminds me of some saleslady at Prada: "If you have to ask how much it costs, you can't afford it."
I like that there's always some douche in the Q&A that tries to one-up the speaker, in this case the last guy. Then Gary schools him without losing his cool.
You did the work I was looking for. Thank you.
Yeah, the last question was addressed very clearly. Only when it comes to food do we talk about consumption, and refer to dose - "too much" and "moderation." Well articulated, Gary.
To my mind, sugar (the refined industrial product) is no more a food than alcohol is. It should at least be reclassified or put in the same category as alcohol as far as nutritional value.
@Kate Si, I just finished reading Taubes' sugar book. It's good. I think he makes a good case. But I think it's going to fall on deaf ears for the most part. People are going to bend over backwards (as the researchers have and the establishment has since WW2) to give sugar a free pass.
I think the only way to really make an impact on human psychology, on the general population, is to appeal to vanity. I think Taubes, in the lectures he gives going forward, should emphasize that sugar essentially accelerates the aging process proportional to the amount of sugar consumed.
@ShameTactics. Getting people to consume a product does not happen by word of mouth. It happens with marketing and advertising.
Your use of the term "straw man" and the word "fraud" is a projection, it would seem.
@ShameTactics.
So clarify what you are referring to, straw man. Advertising? Word of mouth?
@shametactics,
What you're trying to say is everyone agrees sugar is bad. Maybe so, but it took about 150 years to get here. (the parallels are remarkably similar to tobacco, as Taubes observes in his book).
And I think you'll find the sugar industry strongly disagrees that sugar is bad. Particularly after their long success at characterizing sugar as a squeaky-clean, pure, energy-providing addition to a "healthy diet." Not to mention their history of influencing nutrition research by pointing the finger at salt and fat. The manipulation has been masterful.
Aside from that, you appear to be objecting to grouping other refined carbohydrates in with sugar? I think Taubes has been very clear about that, in GC. BC, and his lectures that appear online. His position has consistently been that once the metabolism has been significantly dysregulated, and insulin resistance has reached a certain threshold, then all carbohydrates become a problem (not just the fructose containing refined sugars). There problem with refined carbs other than sugar and HFCS (such as white flour, pasta, white rice etc.) is they deliver a lot of glucose and very little to no other nutrition. They are a pure, industrial product. Another factor in highly refined foods is their lack of organic materia; particularly bacteria. This lack of organic material starves the gut bacteria causing peturbation and imbalance also contributing to insulin resistance, gluten intolerance, leaky gut, SIBO and a host of other metabolic and inflammatory responses.
We've learned a lot in the last 15 years while vegans keep insisting all plant foods are healthy and beyond criticism.
To use your wording "No one is saying not to" eat lots of fresh vegetables, particularly leafy greens, and cabbage family produce. Go ahead and eat lots of root vegetables, too, if you are metabolically healthyTaubes is suggesting that, if the metabolism is significantly dysregulated and insulin is chronically elevated, then even starchy vegetables can be a problem and are best avoided.
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It is weird taking dietary advice from Owen Wilson but what the heck, it makes sense.
Small correction - The indigenous people consumed chocolate as a drink, which is how it was also consumed, at first, in Europe. It was the Swiss, centuries later, who were credited with mixing it with milk and sugar to make it into a solid form that could be eaten. Sadly, most milk chocolate is also loaded with sugar. Some of us blend chocolate with extra cacao butter and milkfat (aka cream or butterfat) to increase the creaminess and smooth out the bitterness of chocolate, while keeping the sugar level low, as in dark chocolate. Of course, this has to be done at home; it is not being done commercially.
After all, Oreos prove that all you need is brown food coloring, sugar, refined flour and Crisco - oh, and advertising - to make people crave your product. This is so much cheaper to make! The profit margin is therefore much higher.
Once you give business men (corporations) the opportunity to make a nations food, the first people they will hire is a scientists!
For those who do not want to give up sugar totally, just yet... Cutting back by any amount is beneficial. Avoiding processed foods, or prepared foods that don't need sugar anyway is a good place to start. Then try making your own treats at home, using quality ingredients, and keep cutting back on the amount of sugar you put in. This won't work as well with some baked sweets, like cookies or cakes, but there are a lot of things we can still enjoy, and even enjoy more, by cutting back on the sugar in them.
The sugar still has damaging effects on our bodies, but every little bit helps.
Try an apple pie - use a mix of apple varieties - with no sugar or starch (flour) added, just cut up the apples and sprinkle whatever spices you like, and bake in a pie shell (with no sugar added). The pie is much more flavorful, and the texture will be fine. It's quicker and easier too, than making a pie filling.
(Some breads have a lot of sugar, not just a little to help the yeast get started. Most brands of prepared condiments. Breakfast cereal. The starch is just about as bad as the sugar - since starch is made of sugar molecules hooked together that come apart when we eat the starch - so try bacon and eggs for breakfast. Look for bacon, and ham, that has no sugar added. In some places, you can find uncured bacon sold as pork belly. Etc.)
Over time, nearly everyone cutting way back on carbs finds that many foods taste of sugar that are not desserts - ketchup, barbecued meats (btw, added sugar is not necessary to brown meats), Chinese food, many bottled salad dressings (so quick and easy to make at home without the additives!) - and that most desserts are ridiculously sweet. Often the sugar taste overwhelms the rest of the flavors. Try it and see.
30:04 - 'Any population,when they start eating the Western diet, (from their traditional diet).. they experience these tremendous increases in obesity and diabetes.' Weston A. Price called the Western diet, the Foods of Commerce (and that was long before Hot Pockets and pizza rolls).
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Brilliant.
as Mary Poppins sung " a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down"
You know, I removed both milk and sugar from my coffee years ago when I took up the keto thing and when I reached the weight I wanted to be I started to add a little cream to my coffee which I rather appreciated. But, even though it was so long ago I still often take my mug to my lips and miss that sweet melting flavour of the sugar. I cannot understand why I still miss it. It was so long ago.
@toni. Asians eat lots of carbs which turn into sugar in the body.
They also consume huge huge amounts of noodles and buns.
Many of their breakfast items are buns filled with meat and the meats are always a sweet and pungent mix. Rice is eaten by the bowl full.
It’s true that they consume little candy, gum, chocolate, cakes and cookies. They prefer fruit. They also lean more towards veggies and small portions of animal protein. But if you gave this same diet to a non- Asian, they would get fat.
Dairy is a huge problem in dairy drinking cultures. Asians don’t use it in their cooking and little in their baking. They don’t crave milk or it’s by products. Personally I think that dairy and it’s by products are extremely fattening and abused by most Western cultures. The idea of a grilled cheese sandwich is mind boggling.
@@NEMO-NEMO Starch is a polymer of glucose alone whereas sucrose/sugar is a disaccharide of glucose and fructose. The bad one is fructose and remember dose makes poison.
@@NEMO-NEMO A grilled cheese sandwich is adding fat to about five teaspoons of sugar in the bread.
@@Mr-hn2bp Why do you say only fructose. Fructose can damage the liver but you don't need to consume either.
I've thought the same exact thing. Fortunately the list of crusaders is getting bigger and bigger.
WOW! There are people that really don't like your work?
Well I was born in west africa and I was a very thin and petite child …after moving to italy I gained so much weight in a very short time (around 3 months) after that I have been overweight all my life …I have tried all the diets and lowering my calories but it never works for a long time . I know that if I gain weight it sill stuck with me infinitely… for example when I travelled to America I gained in one month around 4 kg …well I’m still trying to loose those 4 kg for 7 years now 😂😂
On the notion that children are not affected by sugar, beyond the brief euphoria, is... interesting. Everyone has seen children on a sugar high become hyperactive. Maybe they have not recognized it because most children are fed sugar and starch all day long.
Dr. Georgia Ede, in 'Our Descent into Madness' cites research that shows people having a strong release of adrenaline HOURS after ingesting sugar. This study was conducted with teenage boys, but there is nothing that suggests that this does not happen with people of all ages and genders. How people respond to that adrenaline may vary- some may get panic attacks, while others may 'act out'. It appears to be the flip side of 'hangry' - which appears to be a symptom of sugar withdrawal.
Even among parents that try to limit sweets or sugar, their children are fed fruit, (almost always modern varieties of fruits with massively higher amounts of sugar than wild fruits) ,and STARCH multiple times a day. What we were not taught is that starch is basically just sugar molecules linked together, and those links come apart almost as soon as we eat the starchy food - breakfast cereal, bread, pasta....
That was a great hour and twenty minutes.
Love Gary's work! I've been on a very low carb diet for 5 years and was recently diagnosed with non-alcoholic fatty liver. My lab work and BP are fine. I question whether this is caused from eating sugary cereal, candy, etc since I was a kid in the 1960s or if it has to do with the crap in the food, such as pesticides,, hormones, chemicals, etc.
how about eating a diet with lean meat, eggs, fish, some potato but not much and plenty of green veg and low starchy food. Maybe including fish fats and flax only. Giving up dairy to might help. What do you think?
And i did juste that for years and I did not lose an once. We're not all the same and carbs (all) make me gain weight
So, what helps you Heleen?
NO cabs except those in vegetables. But we aren’t all the same, my kids tolerate more.
Gary’s arguments are based on sound science and he’s right that sugar (carbs) are the main raison for a lot of health problems. I believe that one of the problems we have as a society is that we no longer know what food is and why we need to eat. The food pyramid isn’t doing our health any good, but it’s good at keeping company’s “healthy”. People lack the knowledge to make good choices.
You said the main raison instead of reason, are you missing carbs?? LOL!
121 NAMES FOR SUGAR:
Agave Nectar,
Amazake,
Anhydrous Dextrose,
Barbados Sugar,
Bark Sugar,
Barley Malt,
Barley Malt Syrup,
Beet Sugar,
Blackstrap Molasses,
Brown Rice Syrup,
Brown Sugar,
Buttered Syrup,
Cane Juice,
Cane Juice Crystals,
Cane Sugar,
Caramel,
Carbitol,
Carob Syrup,
Castor Sugar,
Coconut Palm Sugar,
Coconut Sugar,
Confectioner’s Sugar,
Corn Sweetener,
Corn Syrup,
Corn Syrup Solids,
Crystal Dextrose,
Crystalline Fructose,
D-tagalose,
Date Sugar,
Dehydrated Cane Juice,
Demerara Sugar,
Dextran,
Dextrin,
Dextrose,
Diastatic Malt,
Diatase,
Diglycerides,
Disaccharides,
Ethyl Maltol,
Erythritol,
Florida Crystals,
FOS Fructooligosaccharides,
Fructose,
Fructose Sweetener,
Fruit Juice,
Fruit Juice Concentrate,
Galactose,
Glucitol,
Glucoamine,
Gluconolactone,
Glucose,
Glucose Solids,
Glycerides
Glycerine,
Glycerol,
Glycol,
Golden Sugar,
Golden Syrup,
Grape Sugar,
HFCS High-Fructose Corn Syrup,
Hexitol,
Honey,
Icing Sugar,
Inversol,
Isomalt,
Invert Sugar,
Jaggery,
Karo Syrup,
Lactose,
Levulose,
Liquid Fructose,
Malitol,
Malt Syrup,
Malted Barley,
Malts,
Maltodextrin,
Maltose,
Mannitol,
Mannose,
Maple Syrup,
Microcrystalline Cellulose,
Molasses,
Monoglycerides,
Monosaccarides,
Muscovado,
Nectars,
Organic Raw Sugar,
Palm Sugar,
Pancake Syrup,
Panocha,
Pentose,
Polydextrose,
Polyglycerides,
Powdered Sugar,
Raisin Juice,
Raisin Syrup,
Raw Sugar,
Refiner’s Syrup,
Ribose Rice Syrup,
Rice Malt,
Rice Sugar,
Rice Syrup,
Rice Syrup Solids,
Rice Sweeteners,
Sacchrides,
Sorbitol,
Sorghum,
Sorghum Syrup,
Sucanat,
Sucanet,
Sucrose,
Sweet Sorghum,
Syrup,
Treacle,
Trisaccharides,
Turbinado Sugar,
Unrefined Sugar,
White Sugar,
Yellow Sugar,
Xylitol,
Zylose
This is wrong. You have the ability to look it up and learn the refinement processes. Learn the differences. Painting things with broad, sweeping strokes doesn’t show the details. Also, you left out lots of lingo from the lexicon.
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"Dehydrated cane juice" is my personal favorite among the sugar euphemisms! ;-D
Arizona Monk I need this list tacked on my wall. How can I copy it? Thank you
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I hv been wondering, for a long time, if indeed sugar, in the amounts we eat, has also created a horrible dependency on the feelings that sugar produces. I find it difficult to visualize the average American actually changing their food history and food memories for better health. Just a thought.
Would have been helpful to sync the sound with the video!
His relationship with sugar is identical to mine. My husband was like his wife.😂
1:19:00 - and this same thing can be done with water ... 'water causes drowning'.
When and where does the 'how much' part constitute a tautology is a good question ... Other contextual details? To go back to fructose, what about timing? Frequency across the day, along with other nutritional intake? Seasonal variation? Far from being a fructose apologist here though, it seems to have great potential for harm when misused. Rick Johnson another one who has done interesting work on fructose.
I’ve been listening to Taubes for years and only today noticed that he looks and sounds just like Owen Wilson.
Intoxicated by sweets, yes. At least make it a treat instead of a staple.
On artificial sweeteners - Some are undoubtedly just as dangerous, or more dangerous, than sugar. Aspartame creates neurotoxicity when ingested, just to give one example.
A better choice - is stevia. There are extracts made from the leaves, with the stems removed, that do not have the funny aftertaste that is apparently from the stems. Nutri Medix is one brand that does not have that aftertaste. It does not taste exactly like sugar, but when added to most foods o beverages, it provides a pleasantly sweet taste. (no affiliation)
The use of stevia may continue a sugar addiction. It may cause insulin to rise in some people. Some have compared it to methadone for those who need to wean themselves off of sugar, rather than going 'cold turkey'.
What, in your own words, is 'neurotoxicity'?
Aspartame causes panic attacks!
Hi Wilson. So true and they don't pay for a rotisserie chicken!!!
Gaury is a prophet sent by god to save the people's health
🤠The "John The Baptist" of nutrional science!
30:04 - The Masai lived on the meat, milk, and blood of their cattle, and goats; not the urine. The Masai did not/are not separating the components of milk and remixing them, or heating it to the point of destroying the enzymes, beneficial bacteria ('probiotics'), immune boosting factors, most of the vitamins- including Vit C, and altering the proteins which makes them more likely to trigger allergies. Their cattle are not confined, and they are not fed grain, much less GMOs, and these days both GMO and non-GMO grains are both drenched with toxic man-made chemicals.
What are some "immune boosting factors"? What part of the 'immune system' do they serve to boost? And how?
Who’s the scientist he mentions in 2:23?
Since sugar is in EVERYTHING! How the hell do you avoid it?
Get ready for tons of agri business bots and trolls. Alt facts are super hot right now. See comments below.
Hans S sugar and grains, guess how big those industries are. sugar is even worst corruption and moral wise
Hans S because they stand to lose billions, even with animal feed. are you confused seriously or said troll / bot?
Hans S you're a fool likely a paid shill. you know nothing of diabetes and obesity. check out wheat belly ny best seller - you know more than a clinical cardiologist? didn't think so, sit down
what do you think causes diabetes?
There's numerous studies showing people who eat grains, dairy, and potatoes have better health outcomes.
They jack insulin up pretty high
OMG, diabetes!
Nope. In fact, they're much healthier for eating those things
Don't reference pop culture ebooks as proof.
Do some research of peer reviewed science
Sit down
presjo well, if what you were saying was true American population would not look and feel like this. Carbs=sugars are non essential and Americans consume 80% of their calories from carbs...the result, well, look around! he is telling the truth...!
good day.
is the sound like way off?
How is he going to prove it’s an addictive substance?
This has been proven. The same areas of the brain light up with cocaine as with sugar. Look it up.
I can't track down the article where I read it, but something like ~30+% of all food stamp money is spent on soft drinks. Let that sink in...
That's b/c the article doesn't exist. I can't track down the science that proves it but I'm the supreme being here on Earth and you should give me all your cheese and wine. It's true, trust me.
Because the taxpayer pays for their food stamps which they spend on soda not food? And then the taxpayer turns around and pays for their healthcare when they get obese and sick from it. So contrary to your attitude, it IS our business.
10 to 11%. The fact that any goes to soda is a waste of tax dollars as it provides no nutritional benefit that is the point of food stamps. No one disagrees with you about companies or subsidies, but that was never part of this discussion. Nor is it about who deserves food stamps. This discussion is the sugar problem and using tax dollars to buy sugar which serves no purpose to helping poverty-stricken families. So those statements are erroneous I'm afraid.
I'm not sure why you are so angry. If it's a waste of time for you, then don't waste your time discussing it? But there will always be people who are concerned with tax dollars and unnecessary government spending. If not, politicians would give them all the soda to buy their vote.
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Gary should read Dr.mercola’s book Sweet Deception about the dangers of artificial sweeteners
🤠The more we look at what sugar does to our bodies,the better sugar substitutes (maybe not artificial sweeteners)tast and look healthier. The truth is nutritional confusion is is the best marketing tool for big food and any book like Sweet Deception is going to feed the confusion!🤠
Bonnie Mcconnell, sugar is clearly dangerous for me, but I was able to use artificial sweeteners to shed more than 70 lbs and lower my blood pressure medication. I have reduced my fatty liver.
A spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down!Mary Poppins. We got added sugar on the labels of most foods, but it's just a new way for the food industries to lie to us.
Have the artificial sweeteners and check it with sugar machine
Is it me or does he really sound like Bill Nye? Anyway top resource, an hour well spent
Love Gary Taubes and have learned SO much from him. I think he sounds like Owen Wilson.
James Reyne.
The phenomenon of craving experienced by the alcoholic sounds like the craving that sugar sets off. This is not experienced in the non-alcoholic population. Maybe worth looking at the commonality.
Untrue. One can easily ‘crave’ a cold one (beer), and not be any sort of alcoholic. One can crave a hot bath, and not be out of control regarding tubs full of water.
One can crave a milkshake on a hot day just thinking about it.
Our duty in life is to ‘cave in’ to the bathtubs in life, and leave stuff that crosses our lips to what is known to be nutritious.
It’s called being a good care taker.
🤠Canned kidney beans have added sugar, but you can get it with no added salt.
Could someone pinpoint the 'sugar' being discussed in this talk, and in the comments? To make a start: is it the sugar of white table sugar? Or crystalised brown sugar? Or demerara sugar? Or the glucose units of starch? Or the fructose units in asparagus and leeks? Or the units of sugar that make up the beetle and grasshopper shells that many 'land' people eat? Or the sugar units that comprise insoluble fibre?
You speak like the news media who love the nutritional confusion. The food industries love all the nutritional confusion as well, but it is the food industries who like to pay for the research that adds to the confusion.🤠
Gary Gulman.
The problem with the lecture is too many versions of same stupid question at the end that had been answered the first time around.
I definitely believe in all you say about sugar (and refined carbs), however that doesn't mean the Atkins diet is right. Sugar is not to the only culprit - there is compelling evidence against high consumption of animal products too - both animal protein and animal fats. The problem is that people want excuses to continue consuming animals so they choose not to believe in the science against eating them. You'd be hard pressed to prove Valter Longo (and others) wrong in his research on the links between animal products and various diseases INCLUDING OBESTITY. It's SIMPLE... EAT MORE PLANTS, primarily unrefined carbs (WHOLE vegetables, fruits, grains).
Are you an adventist or buddhist? Because veganism is grounded in religion.
Steve Jobs does know everything
Question. Do artificial sweeteners raise insulin?
No
there is some evidence that suggests that in very obese people just a taste of something sweet or sweet smell can cause insulin to release but that's that well studied and only shown in very obese people.
in some people they do yeah. so be careful and avoid if you can
It appears that artificial sweeteners negatively impact the composition and balance of gut bacteria - another component in the generation of insulin resistance. We should have learned by now there is no free lunch. Don't eat industrial and processed food-like substances.
In a nutshell, Taubes says carbohydrates alone are responsible
for prompting insulin secretion. Insulin alone is responsible for inducing fat accumulation. Dietary carbs are required for excess fat accumulation. Both Type 2 diabetics and obese have abnormally elevated levels of circulating insulin and a greatly exaggerated insulin response to carbohydrates.
Correction - Capitalism at its worst
south east asia once upon a time eat a lot of rice with fish now fish so expensive...so they turn to chicken becoz of this diabetes increase
South East Asian have the lowest rates of obesity in the world. Vietnam for example 3% they eat rice vegetables and Fish mostly. USA is about 35% obesity
Why is it that when there’s talk of dieting, there’s always the idea that, to be effective, you need to get rid of carbs & sugar.
The Asians hv a diet that consists of protein, lots of varied veggies, white rice and dumplings noodles and bread. It’s true that their sugar consumption mainly comes from fresh fruit.
In America, nowadays, diets always want to take away the carbs, and if they allow you carbs it’s only whole grains and very small portions. Why is that? Why has the Western loose weight diet become protein and veggies only? Some Drs. even advocate the removal of most fruits if not all of them. How can this be? Asians are very slim people. But I’ve lived in Asians countries and they consume large amounts of food everyday.
Noodles and noodles and more noodles.
Buns buns buns
Rice rice rice
Even the desserts that they offer are rice snd bean based.
I’m confused.
There has to be an element of things not being considered, and I think it’s about genes, and fat cells and body type and race. The Asian body type is slender, small, very lean very little body fat very little cellulite. Their bodies are well proportioned and skin type is very dry, never greasy or pimply. I’ve never seen an Asian with a greasy face and they tend not to be hairy, or thick. No large buttocks or breasts. Their body fat is low, as a race. And they metabolize food very quickly. In my opinion, Asians are not affected by carbs like other races. They can eat all types of white carbs and they don’t developed fat. They must hv fewer fat cells than other races.
The difference has to do with the difference between glucose and fructose. Asian diets are high carb but low in fructose-until recently. Obesity rates are rising across Asia as the Western diet spreads.
@@kylesty6728 can you give an example?
@@kylesty6728 as you stated, the Asian diet is high in carbs, and not at all whole grain. Their sugar consumption is the high carbs, but if you gave that same diet to non- Asian, that is, a high carb diet, low fructose, they would still get fat. That’s the reason that our diets tend to get rid of the high carb all together, my question is why?
Why is it that Asians can carry such a high carb diet and maintain a very slim body? Of course when you introduce the Western diet with its high sugar load, candy, snacks and desserts and chocolate, it’s gonna give you weight gain.
Chocolate is not a common flavoring in Asian cultures. They don’t consume much of it as a whole.
Just asking
@@NEMO-NEMO i am asian, from Taiwan. Traditionally we eat starch like rice and noodles. Cake etc are from bakery only and maybe just birthday treat. Dessert traditionally is one piece of orange slice. My entire family would share 1 cut up orange for dessert, then we go for post dinner walk in neighborhood. Anyone eating this diet is fine. My friends who eat western style foods, like sugary coffees and pastries for breakfast, are struggling with their weight. People who eat candy are struggling with weight. I drink green tea, and chinese tea is always drunk plain. Western tea has cream and sugar. I could not believe this tea when i first had it at a western hotel. Western diets are very unhealthy. Traditional chinese food does not use much sugar, literally maybe a pinch, and cooked or eaten with vinegar, which is good for your metabolism. Sweet and sour has vinegar and sugar but western chinese food is strange food we do not traditionally eat. I did not know what General Tso chicken was when i first came to America. That is not Chinese food, just pretending. I also think the soybean oil is bad. Before all things cooked with lard.
@@iss8504 thank you. I could not hv said it better.
It’s the idea of constantly selling selling selling, and it’s the foods/treats that are an easy sell that they concentrate on.
I remember buying a bras in Sears and at the check out counter there was chocolate bars to tempt you to buy. What is that!!!! Why is that!!
I’ve lived in Thailand, Singapore, Dubai, Bahrain, Japan, Okinawa, Philippines and the use of vegetables is astonishing. And also vegetarianism is wide spread.
I too hv learned the art of the green tea. Never coffee.
Thank you for sharing.
Max Planck institute!
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Good lecture until he starts reading, then it gets boring.
He sounds just like Paul Giamatti.
Fantasticvol1
Funny! I hear James Stewart
The guy who asked the last question should look up "tautology" in a dictionary or learn English language again.
Why are Asians so lean on so much rice?
I'm reading Taubes's book, Why We Get Fat, and so far he's touched on this topic. He said that Asians traditionally did not eat sugar, though they did eat grain in the form of rice. Sugar is far worse that rice because it causes a much faster, bigger insulin spike.
Because a lot of them do not get enough calories in their diet. Simple starvation.
The problem with capitalism is that while it allows individuals to reap great benefits from market "disruptions" and "innovations," those same innovations can easily ruin the health of whole generations of people before we even understand what is going on. Not to mention ruining the health and well-being of an entire planet full of people and plants and animals. Capitalism will be our demise.
The problem with socialism is sooner or later you run out out other peoples money
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1:11:21 "Could it be that it doesn't pass the blood-brain barrier somehow?" No. It could not be that it doesn't pass the BBB. If one lacks the 'scientific literacy' to understand why said question is redundant, one shouldn't be allowed to ask the question at all. And that's because all it does is create a distraction that some listeners might latch onto and Voila! Another spurious and annoying theory muddies the topic even further.
Just because it doesn't pass the bbb that the sugar doesn't sends messages to our brains. I try to keep my sugar to the evening so I don't over consume it.
Berkeley is a disaster!
All “proven” weight-loss diets list exercise as requisite.
I know Mark Sisson says diet is a much higher percentage responsible for body composition than exercise. Something like 85 diet compared to 15 exercise.
if you look at the actual biochemistry of carbohydrate metabolism you will understand that its triglycerides that make you have high blood pressure and heart attacks
Triglycerides drop significantly on a high fat low carb ketogenic diet. Mine went from 330 - 78.
triglycerides are just a marker.
The biggest cause of CVD is the sad little fact that humans evolved along the rare path of not synthesizing vitamin C. When people get low on vitamin C, the black up repair mechanism kicks in, arterial plaque. Now added to the scurvy lite factor , high blood pressure puts more stress on the cardiovascular system. The relationship of weight is do to the fact that high blood sugar is destructive to the CVS. Insulin sensitive adipocytes protect the CDV by lowering blood sugar quickly . However the fatter one gets the more resistant the adipocytes. Only a few genetically "gifted" people can create new fat cells, which are very insulin sensitive. You only have to worry about grinding joints or crushed organs north of 500lbs if you are one of these people.
Since people on low carb do not have high blood sugars , one factor is completely eliminated. Also since glucose is antagonistic to vitamin C , low carb also allows one to have less vitamin C intake.
That why bleeding gums are associated with risk . Its has nothing to do with bacteria in the blood. Its just a sign of mild scurvy.
Diabetics have a 50% higher risk of CVD than non-diabetics.
i think hes right, but he and Lustig are not really slim!
heiner lauter uh this guy is very slim and Lustig is normal. I know that to a zombie vegan anyone with some muscles and a small amount of fat are considered obese. Get your eyes fucking checked soyboy.
'Normal' is not a great recommendation... and as to weakling vegans... look into it...numerous top sportsmen and women are vegans, including a Mr Universe, wrestlers, boxers etc!
12:30. Excuse me?? Science is a European invention??? Obviously you have not had an extensive research on the history of science, as a journalist, to make a statement. China and the Middle East is where Europe had learned the basis of science, and including medicine. Science in China was well developed during their times way before Europe was educationally nourished by the Roman Empire. I respectfully ask you to withdraw your statement.
He lost me at "I interviewed about 140 subjects". Not very impressive methodology. Go read a systematic review.
Yes, well apparently you are easily lost, or perhaps constantly lost.
I laughed hard when I read this: "I have a special interest in nutrition, health, fitness and longevity. I've spent the last 6 years on YT deeply researching these areas. I consider myself highly knowledgeable on these topics and can certainly point interested parties to pertinent areas for further research.
I believe in practicing what I've learned and what I advise other people to do. The following metrics are listed as an indication of credibility."
I gather you stopped laughing when you read the metrics?
No, it's the entire little personal statement that you think gives you credibility. That, along with the profile photo presumably of you admiring yourself, just shouts 'craving admiration and respect'
You know, Alex, I've given it some thought. I think we have a lot in common. I gather you think you're a bit of a "badass." It comes across as pompous on this end. I think I'm a bit of a badass, but evidently it comes across as craving admiration and respect. If so, it is craved anonymously. I happen to be in better shape than 99.99 % of the population. This was achieved without ever counting a calorie. It is just a matter of controlling the inputs and not overindulging. There was no magic involved and it was not what the establishment is telling everyone to do. A lot of good science has been done over the last 50 years but it has been largely ignored as industrial and political interests pushed the agenda. I would like people to be more aware of the alternative information that has largley been suppressed. In other words, I would like to help people. But, as you may be aware, people don't generally want to be helped. It just pains me that so much money can be made through manipulation and misinformation.
Carbs don't turn to fat.
The end.
presjo no they create an insulin response which in turn tells the body to not burn fat
Ok...
and.. what do you think that does?
this is just not true.
@presjo huh? see end of previous sentence: "tells the body to not burn fat"
Ok.
tells the body not to burn fat, acutely
24 hour energy balance.
You can eat most of your calories from sugar, eat in a calorie defecit, and still lose fat.
Magic!
Also, you can MAKE YOURSELF insulin SENSiTIVE by doing sprints, lifting weights.
Blame insulin all you want, but its mostly calories and excessive eating,