When I started cutting sugar and processed foods from my diet, friends and relatives made fun of me and some said I was becoming anorexic. Nowadays people look at me and say “you are so lucky, look at you, you have great genetics”. And it was SO VERY HARD to cut sugar and processed foods from my diet but I believe anyone can do it. Thanks to Dr. Robert, Dr. Rangan and many others, the truth about sugar and processed foods is getting out. 😀
Thank you for sharing that. I’ve been feeling so tired and depressive for no reason, and I suspect it’s because I’ve been eating more sugar and carbohydrates - bread, cookies, candy, juice, sports drinks…
@Millie, vitamin D deficiency can cause these issues also. This is dependent on diet AND sun exposure. Some regions of the world ( and dependent on melatonin in the skin) we can not get enough vitamin D from the sun. Supplementing can help. But changing the diet and supplementing is ideal.
0:30: ⚠ Consuming sugar is like poisoning your mitochondria, inhibiting energy production and contributing to chronic diseases. 10:07: 🍬 Excessive sugar consumption, similar to alcohol, can lead to chronic metabolic diseases. 18:54: 🤔 Insulin resistance plays a primary role in weight gain and obesity, contradicting the traditional belief that weight gain is solely a result of overeating and lack of exercise. 28:54: 🍺 Sugar and alcohol are metabolized virtually identically and both contribute to type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease. 37:33: 🔑 Modern medicine treats symptoms rather than addressing the root causes of chronic diseases. 46:08: 🍔 Highly processed food is the root cause of many chronic diseases and is linked to high mortality rates in developed countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. 55:28: 🍎 Real food is food that came out of the ground or animals that ate the food that came out of the ground, and it is minimally processed. 1:04:49: 🍎 Protect the liver and feed the gut by consuming fiber-rich foods to promote microbial diversity and improve overall health. 1:21:30: 🥤 Soft drinks, including diet drinks, are detrimental to health and can lead to overeating and increased insulin production. 1:24:00: 🍬 Diet sweeteners may not help with weight loss and can contribute to metabolic dysfunction. 1:36:07: 📚 Robert Lustig discusses the impact of sugar on health, particularly liver fat accumulation, and the need to rethink healthcare and diet. 1:42:39: 🍏 Eating specific foods can prevent the growth of tumors and keep cancers harmless. Recap by Tammy AI
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Week three of cutting processed sugar. It has been worth it but the first two weeks were very difficult. The hunger I experienced was insatiable no matter how much I ate. My stomach rumbled constantly and it wasn't just cravings to eat sugary things; I would have eaten anything, a bowl of raw broccoli even if it would get it to stop, but nothing helped. This was also accompanied by fatigue and constant peeing through the night which kept me awake. I was exhausted and miserable. I see how people fall off the wagon and are locked into the cycle of sugar addiction, not necessarily consuming it to make them feel good, but to keep the horrible withdrawals away. I gritted my teeth and persevered and I'm out on the other side now. It is week three and I've lost 5 1/2 lbs. My skin is clearing up. My mood has lifted. My sense of taste has improved and changed. I've been preparing all of my meals from scratch and have saved money doing so. Food companies are using sugar to hijack our biology and psychology and are raking in profits at the expense of our health; the drug companies benefit from this as well. They are disgusting.
You are correct. I found that eating carnivore (BBB&E) at first kept me from having cravings (beef, bacon, butter & eggs). Vegetables feed bad bacteria in our gut & those bad bacteria not only make rumbling noises they control your cravings. Sugar & bad carbs feed them & cancer too.
I did strict carnivore for the first 3 weeks and then converted to Ketovore. Zero hunger and zero cravings from day one. I highly recommend Carnivore for at least 3 weeks as an elimination diet for everyone.
I am not sure going full carnivore is the solution though can see how it'd help fight off the early sugar cravings. I'd advise anyone looking to curb out processed foods and added sugar would find it easier if they allow themselves to enjoy fatty foods in the short term - e.g full fat natural yoghurt, cheese, oily fish, quality meats, eggs, avocado, nuts etc. because the satisfaction of fat in the short term substitues the false-satisfaction of sugar. This was what sugar replaced back in the 70s and 80s when they said fats were bad. And you can still have the naturally occuring sugars in berries etc. The cravings go and your tastes change and food you thought were plain start to taste a lot nicer and after a while I promise you won't want to go back. However, I have a feeling this video is already preaching to the converted, so my message won't help anyone.
I was raised as oldest child of seven and my dad would not let us eat candy or drink cokes. We raised chickens & rabbits for the table. We always had a garden and a milk cow. We usually raised a hog every year. The foods we purchased was pinto beans and potatoes. I thank god for my dad. Many of our neighbors thought my dad was mean because he did not buy candy or sweet drinks for his kids. This was in the early 50s and 60s
Yeah when we're kids we only see our dads preventing us from things we like and it's frustrating but when we're older, we see clearly why they did what they did. Kudos to them 💜
people still say that if you don’t let your kids eat that crap you set them up to overeat it when they leave home. I disagree. Same with alcohol-my Dad let us have champagne at celebrations as kids and 3 of us became alcoholics anyway. 3 others were overweight . We had sweets in the house, but not much soda pop until the 70s. My mom lived to be 97 and she had a horrible diet, and horrible health most of her life
Smart man.... my father eats ham sandwiches on white bread with mayo for lunch everyday and wonders why he feels like shit and is 70 pounds overweight.
I'm 100% addicted to sugar! When I eat anything with sugar in it I cant stop and will crave sugar for days. Since I went sugar free I feel much better and im at a healthy weight. My co workers laugh at me when I tell them I have a sugar addiction but admitting I have a problem is the first start, they are all in denial with their sugar addiction.
What is in the norm or popular doesnt mean its right or ok. It's insane how its normal to poison your body now with fake food. Sugar is 10 times more addictive than cocaine. And its way worse because people dont realize how bad it is. We are in the minority
I am too! I can remember pouring sugar from the Tupperware container when I was a child. People don’t take you seriously when you say you are a sugar addict. Even my doctors. No weight issues but serious health issues. From the comments I think cold turkey is the best way to stop.
I’ve worked in an NHS mental health hospital for several years now and it never ceases to amaze me the appalling lack of knowledge and awareness medical professionals such as doctors and nurses have when it comes to the link between nutrition and health. The dementia and neuropsychiatry wards are particularly bad where patients who have fasting bloods of 7- 8, and after eating 12-13 is seen as normal and of no concern. I find it ironic that diabetic patients (which there are many) are not allowed to have sugar in their drinks but yet are permitted to eat as much toast, beans, potato, cereal, pasta, rice as they like. I once voiced my concerns about this with a senior nurse, who simply shrugged her shoulders whilst telling me there’s very little sugar in bread, rice or pasta so it was fine. I couldn’t believe this highly experienced nurse didn’t have a clue how carbs are processed in the body. For a second, I was tempted to inform her that these carbs are converted into glucose by the liver causing huge blood sugar and insulin spikes. I thought better of it. My words would’ve almost certainly fallen on deaf ears. Just the other week I witnessed a nurse encouraging a diabetic patient to eat some toast before they go to bed as their bloods were too low 5.8. I couldn’t quite believe what I was seeing. After the toast her bloods shot up to 12! The nurse was happy with this and allowed her to go to bed. Many patients are encouraged to eat three meals per day plus snacks and supper which include pudding after every meal (usually cake and custard). toast, and copious amounts of biscuits. Many patients who’s bloods are too low (5-6 range) for their insulin shots are encouraged to eat several biscuits so they can get their shot. Patients who refuse meals as they’re simply NOT HUNGRY are regularly bullied into submission and virtually force fed. Nurses and staff go into a blind panic thinking that missing a meal or two will somehow have a detrimental effect. For those who don’t cave into the pressure it’s not long before the Ensures (full of sugar) are being pushed upon them. It’s a farce. As a result of this appalling lack of understanding around nutrition many patients pile on the weight, and their condition deteriorates rapidly. Many patients are on a whole cocktail of drugs which seem to have very little positive effect whatsoever. In fact, I’m convinced many suffer detrimental side effects as a result. This is an NHS hospital where patients are supposed to come to get better. It’ a sad state of affairs! What the heck is going on!?
I cannot even imagine how frustrating that is. You know the information they are giving their patients is wrong but most of nurses and doctors don’t know either. The entire health care system needs a paradigm shift about how diseases happen and using food to prevent or cure them.
I feel your frustrations! I’ve argued with GPs and nurses who care little for the why before giving drugs and creams to ‘solve’ problems and many have less knowledge than I have researched about my own conditions. I really feel for some who know better but are bound by the nhs rules. Sadly there are few that are willing to stand out and fight for what they know. If you’ve not already done so, take a look at the treatment a Uk doctor Sarah Myhill has experienced for standing out of the crowd to talk about what she believes in regarding sugar and diet and it’s relationship to chronic illness.
Finally I’m not an outcast anymore- figured this out when I was 13. People looked at me with my salad like I was nuts. Family thought I needed help. I’ve been eating real food for decades, no processed sugars. I feel great at 64.
Wish I was smart enough! Instead like many parents, mine instilled to eat as much bread as possible. Salad was an afterthought. The problem is people are not as smart as they believe they are. Which is obvious, drug use wouldn’t exist, food pyramid scam, and millions of other dogmas.
As a person with severe rosacea I can say that the only thing that have worked for me long time is cutting out sugar, dairy, processed food and my diet now is strictly anti inflammatory. I have no symptoms, I take no medication….I definitely believe sugar feeds our inflammation response.
@@FunkyOstrich12 sure….I’m not vegan, but i eat a lot of salmon, vegetables(especially broccoli, Cale,spinach), nuts, red Union, all sorts of fruits and berries, eggs white, turmeric, garlic, ginger, lentils, beans, i juice a lot, and I do drink a little bit of coffee and tea but only cold brew made. Stay away from spicy foods if rosacea and for some gluten free is good. I’m not gluten intolerant so I eat whole grain bred and so on. It works wonders for me…..but everyone is different. There are many more foods on the list. Google and find the foods you like. The worst thing I react to is dairy and sugary foods.
@@mb8219 true, but…..fruits contain natural sugars, not processed and extremely concentrated. Fruits also contains vitamins, minerals and good fiber. Bread, I don’t know about other countries, but here in Norway we often make our own bread, i personally make whole grain sourdough bread without sugar at all. But I know in the US it’s difficult to find bread in the shops without sugar.
Plus I heard after eating sugar your immune system is so busy fighting it it is basically rendered useless for st least hrs. And now that I think of it, every time I come down with upper respiratory sickness, it is the day after treating myself to eating holiday treats..sugar.
I removed sugar from my diet 4 weeks ago. I’ve lost 8lbs and feel much better, more energy and clearer thinking. I saw my oncologist for a review and he said after looking at my blood results ‘whatever you’re doing, keep doing it’. Tumour markers reduced, liver function improved and cholesterol back in the good range and that’s after only 4 weeks. I’m delighted. So glad I gave this a try and will definitely be continuing.
When you say removed it do you mean you literally eat zero sugar? Or do you mean you cut out anything with added sugars like sodas, cakes and biscuits etc
@@NoContextRDH I don’t eat anything sweet (cakes, biscuits, soda etc) and I don’t add sugar to anything. It’s been 2 1/2 months and I don’t miss it at all now. I feel better and I’ve lost 16 pounds.
@Dominik40301 If you don't like a comment, you could ignore it. The fact you respond with a - fart - shows exactly how shaken you are by your own irreverence to reality.
He's truly amazing. Fasting is also important! Some of the many benefits of fasting and a lower carb whole food diet on the immune system, blood pressure, blood sugar and anti-aging, all backed up by clinical data: The hunger hormone ghrelin lowers over time with extended fasting and rise from dieting Thymus stem cells are regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria and viruses by the immune system. Blood pressure is quickly and dramatically lowered, which is very important for a good outcome with the current pandemic. Fasting increases nitric oxide, which has manifold postive effects like reducing arterial plaque. Weight loss from fasting only loses10% lean tissue and 90% fat compared to the typical 25% lean tissue and 75% fat lost when calorically restricting for long periods. Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy! Blood sugar and insulin are lowered, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Ideal blood sugar is around 80. Some viruses activate glycolosis (the release of sugar in the body) and clinically it has been shown that decreasing glucose metabolism in the body weakens the influenza virus. Fasts of several days will not affect short term female fertility and may increase long term fertility especially in women with PCOS. It's absolutely fine for cortisol to be high while fasting, because it produces sugar from fat instead of lean tissue th-cam.com/video/giEDadzoErs/w-d-xo.html Does the body prefernetially prefer glucose as a fuel? No, it never uses mainly glucose for fuel and using glucose for fuel is very biochemically damaging! th-cam.com/video/Nf1jwMbvNxw/w-d-xo.html The hormone Leptin is an immunomodulator that keeps the body from attacking itself and obesity causes leptin resistance. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance and leptin levels and one day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! Is fasting just the same as caloric restriction? No! Dieting increases the hunger hormone ghrelin while fasting decreases it and has many other health benefits! th-cam.com/video/sVl-nilhWLc/w-d-xo.html When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell which are used to produce organelles and proteins. This means the mechanisms needed by viruses to replicate are by and large unavailable when you are in a deeply fasted state. It stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells. AMPK does many helpful things in the body including activating the body's antioxidant defenses. Does fasting burn muscle? In most cases no! th-cam.com/video/teQIaU6wp2o/w-d-xo.html Fasting can make you gain muscle faster: th-cam.com/video/5RM8GRzsIIg/w-d-xo.html Deep ketosis virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. This can offset the life threatening symptoms of viral pneumonia which effectively kills you through inflammation. This also creates BHB ketones in your body, which also help your immune system and anti-oxidative system, especially in the brain. Ketones also provide an additional energy source during infection, which is critical when trying to fight off a bug. In fact you can have as much as three times the total energy available in your blood when you are in deep ketosis, or even more. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency and thereby making cells better able to fight off infection. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism and cancer prevention! Fasts from 36-96 h actually INCREASE metabolic rate! th-cam.com/video/BeC_gIR2Z14/w-d-xo.html Your body releases interferon which is also triggered by the body during viral attacks to shut down the replication ability of the surrounding cells and stop infections. After 72 hours or more fasted, your body actually recycles large numbers of immune bodies and creates new ones, rejuvenating your entire system. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells. This kills these cells off completely. Senescent cells are responsible for the effects of aging and are the root cause of the development of cancer. If it were possible to destroy them all it would completely stop aging and cancer. That is not possible but fasting can help limit these effects by killing off many of the affected cells and limiting the future effects of aging. Fasting also releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth, helping a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. In fact, the biochemical regulator of BDNF production is beta-hydroxybutyrate, which is the same ketone the body produces to nourish the brain while fasting. Autophagy induced by fasting even helps hair regrow. What breaks a fast? th-cam.com/video/7aRLsCpxy3o/w-d-xo.html Dieters losing weight through intermittent fasting show greater reduction in waist size and increase in insulin sensitivity for the same weight lost and alternate day fasters were shown to lose fat while gaining muscle at the same time over a six month period. Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it and builds muscle! th-cam.com/video/fJUDucBWv4s/w-d-xo.html Fasting has been shown to increase bone marrow volume by 10% and levels of carnosine in the body in as little as a few weeks. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. Eating one meal a day can bring most of these benefits to a lesser degree, and adding a few entire days off from eating per week will have even more effect especially when starting to feel poorly. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. Those with Addison's disease may also be unable to fast without liberal use of exogenous ketones, depending on severity. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness then simply break the fast and seek advice. 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Amazing episode. Five years ago I had a heart attack at 38 yo. At the time of my heart attack I was working a ton of hours, eating frozen garbage, microwave burrito's, Mac and cheese rice, easy cheap carbs. I've never been a meat eater. At the time of my heart attack my triglycerides we're in the 120's The total cholesterol was in the mid 140's. I was a type 2 diabetic by then not on meds yet. My ldl was in the 140's and my hdl was in the mid 20's. It was all about the sugars.
The statement "sugar feeds cancer cells" is an oversimplification of the current scientific understanding. All cells, including cancer cells, require energy to survive and grow. Glucose, obtained from the breakdown of sugar and carbohydrates, is a primary source of energy for cells. Cancer cells, like other cells, can metabolize glucose but they can also metabolize fatty acids and amino acids. So even if glucose availability is restricted, cancer cells can still proliferate.
I watched this 6 months ago and have since made changes to my diet. I started working out on a fasted state around 2-3 times a week, stopped consuming processed food (which included store bread), sugars and ate whole foods like avocado, oily fish, eggs etc. The change is immediately noticeable and I agree with everything said in this video. I suffer from eczema on my hands and for nearly 10 years no prescribed creams worked, but the improvement from cutting down sugar gradually couldn't be a coincidence. When I did consume again, it comes back and my skin becomes irritated. There's less brain fog, more clarity , better appearance and decent weight. I used to eat a croissant every single day, cereals or maybe even a crepe or two for breakfast. It's horrifying looking back now what I used to eat. I now have no such cravings for them, stopped using white sugar and flour in baking to find healthier alternatives, but do indulge in 70% dark chocolate occasionally. It was hard at the start to make the change but it gets easier. Thank you both for sharing your knowledge.
omg you really can find an army anywhere haha, i love it 💜 wow really glad to hear about your progress :D i'm starting to go sugar free, hope i can keep it up
Changing your diet without sugar makes the hunger feeling going away, I changed my diet 20 years ago and have to look at the clock otherwise I forget to eat, no signal is coming anymore.
If you do a carnivore diet , you will feel even better , because it has a fantastic record of helping with auto-immune conditions, (eg skin conditions).
Yup. I instruct this as part of my job. It’s an uphill battle . Shan’t give up. But we need appealing voices that the public will respond to. ( Dr Chatterjee is fab and ticks that box but he’s only one voice) louder and more widespread than Big Pharma and Politics will allow.
They'll never teach this sort of thing in schools. School is a brain-washing tool to 'train' people into being controlled and keep the cash flow coming in...for the entire public to learn that the food pyramid scheme isn't what it's cracked up to be would wreak havoc on the big food and pharmaceutical companies.
Dr. Lustig, I love your book Metabolical. I started intermittent fasting, cut out sugar and processed food. I lost 50 lbs without feeling hungry or deprived in 2 months. I'm still eating medabolically and have added light weights and a stationary bike. Thank you, thank you for writing your book. I've convinced two friends to cut out processed foods and sugar and to be a label reader when they shop. I'm a type 2 diabetic, high blood pressure and I've been in total normal range since I changed my diet. I check BP and blood glucose several times a day and couldn't be happier. Thank you!
As a herbalist over 30years and vegetarian. I enjoyed your video! A lot of MD will not tell their patients that they are over weight. They just drug them up! Today people are so afraid of fat shaming! It's not fat shaming it's about health diabetics, cancer, heart disease you name it! I sent your videos too over 25 of my clients. Thanks for educating others 😊
Many Americans are s entitlistic that they just keep getting second opinions until they find one that agrees with them. People have no social skills anymore and take constructive criticism as a personal insult.
Correct! The truth may hurt. But, the truth will set you free. No overweight person is healthy. I worked with obese sick people who made fun of my plant strong diet. They are diabetics and heart disease heavily medicated junk food addicts. I no longer try to influence them.
Sure but let’s not forget about the TOFIs. Doctors should be talking to ALL their patients about the dangers of sugar, processed food and lack of exercise.
I am ten minutes into the video and already know this is the most important podcast/education I have seen so far. This guy is a straight shooter. We need more doctors like this. There is no being “diplomatic” about it. Sugar is a killer. Of note, I am 55 years old and do have chronic issues already. Can you believe when I was little, to soothe me, my mom gave me a bottle of water with 2 teaspoons of sugar in it. I started very young and unfortunately have been addicted ever since. I have yo-yo dieted my whole life. This is it though. I know I can’t have it at all because it just triggers me to crave more and more of it. Thank you.
Quit sugar two months ago and now my prostate is shrunk to normal. Lost a few pounds too. No sugar cravings so far because I motivate several times each day to keep the defence high. You are literally in a state of war when trying to control this demon that you allowed to develop in so many years.
Cannot answer for Jedda but I took a product from a licensed naturopath which reduced the cravings; now i have no desire at all in fact I really do not want it... I use pure maple syrup or pure honey or Stevia. Boy am I glad to be off sugar; am in my 70s; and take no meds at all... @@ladybugblu60
Same with many gluten free products. Sure, for many people avoiding gluten is important but what it’s replaced with is ultra processed crap. I supposed the answer is kick the bread habit….at least on a daily basis.
very nice video I must say. Forgive me, am I the only person financially feeling this economic collapse. It may not be about the video, but I think if I came here to share, I would get some attention. Like I'm really trying to feed my family and pay my bills with my average salary, I really wish I could see other lucrative ways to keep up to date
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I once developed lymphoedema in my right leg at a time when I was severely overweight. I was told that there was no treatment other than stockings. From that moment I approached sugar like an addictive drug and quit cold turkey. It was a rough few weeks after that, but a few months later I no longer needed to wear compression stockings, and lost a lot of weight in the process. Dietary change away from sugar really does cure a lot of illness.
@@iJSabelle007 No, just vegetables, meat, and dairy. I was very strict with myself at that time because I didn't want to wear compression stockings forever. Dessert for me usually became brie cheese or fresh avocado.
Very thankful this popped on my page. My 16 year old skinny 100 lb daughter was just diagnosed with fatty liver from an ultrasound. She doesn’t drink any soda but eats processed foods unfortunately because she is always on the go. Glad we found while she is young.
I’ve had gout since I was 28 years old and have listened to doctors and cut meat and alcohol from my diet. So what did I eat…carbs and sugar, bread, vegetables, fruit, and dairy. 3 month ago I watched a few doctors on line talking about this subject and it has changed my life. I have been on a very low carb diet + intermittent fasting and have never felt better. I’m down 35 lbs and my gout attacks have slowed down and have become less severe too. My joint still hurt from 25 years of severe gout attacks but they are starting to feel better. I wasn’t even able to walk 4 city blocks without being in pain. Now I can be on my feet all day without severe pain. I’m so excited to see how I feel in another 3 months. I’ll never eat sugar or processed foods again if I can avoid it. With the intermittent fasting it has allowed me to skip meals if there wasn’t anything healthy for me to eat and I would just eat double at me next meal. I still can’t believe how great I feel now. I thank all of these doctors and professional for getting this information out to the masses.
How many ppl and Patients need to hear this diet information , but aren't being told by their doctors ?. My Doc gave me meds for high blood pressure last november , and never said anything about my diet.I found videos like Dr Lustig myself , and reduced sugary foods and junkfood .Now , I dont need the blood pressure meds , and measure my bp every few days at home. The Doc just assumed I would be "non- compliant" and thought dietary advice would be a waste of time. This culture of assumption and medication is denying patients a chance to improve their health without the expense and side effects of pharmaceuticals .It needs to change and God Bless these Docs for helping to change it.
Have you tried cutting out all animal foods, meats and dairy, and fruits? Consume only greens, beans, and nuts for a couple of months and see if that helps.
@@mrhingland6206 Yes and the oxalates in plants food gave me joint pain and irritated my autoimmune issues and I gained weight. Now CARNIVORE, I feel wonderful, joint pain is gone and autoimmune is almost cleared.
Thank you Dr. Lustig for sharing this information with the public-what a blessing. I cut sugar and processed food from my diet 13 months ago, and I have lost 50 pounds and got rid of the five pills that I was taking. My new Doctor told me a week ago to keep doing what I'm doing. Thank You Jesus!
Attempting to avoid sugar in your diet makes you realise how much is added to things. I had stopped eating sugar (or so I thought) the past 3 days, cookies, chocolate, ice cream etc. I'd been able to do it, despite other people around me eating it. But then yesterday I realised it's in the bread I was halfway through. I then realised mid way through cooking a stir fry it's in the chili sauce I usually add. I had a few crisps ( potato chips) then realised they also have it in. So while I had been good to avoid the usual biscuits, ice creams that I usually might consume. I was still consuming sugar. To think how much sugar some people must be consuming daily, without people realising is truely scary. You might think you've quit, but then there's this background level of hidden sugar waiting there for you. It's shocking when you consider what this is potentially doing to people's health.
Agreed. It's always good to cut out the obvious sugar containing culprits such as candies and chocolates, but what will really hit the nail in the coffin is realising HOW certain foods are processed and converted in the body. Your liver doesn't know the difference between bread or even oats in comparison to a chocolate bar as it converts to glucose and spikes insulin the same way - because it comes down to being consumed as a carbohydrate. If you're going to consume anything with carbohydrates at least make it a fresh fruit that's in season, that would be the least inflammatory option, sometimes the craving for something sweet is there for a reason.
Great comments !. Sugar really is added to things people don't think of as tasting sweet. And in my circle, everyone guzzled soda. I worked where the soda was free !. I gave it up because i had painful gas. Mtn. Dew was so hard to give up !!!! How I craved it !. But I stuck to it and lost weight slowly but surely with no other changes. 40 years later I shudder to think how much sugar, colors, carbonation I saved myself from .When I heard the caffeine is like " peeing away your bones" I was glad I stopped when I did !.
Try a meat-only diet. Do some research on Carnivore. That's the ultimate zero-carb diet. You'll feel sick at first (it's called keto-flu... Basically sugar withdrawal), but then you'll feel AMAZING.
Avoiding obvious sugar is one thing. Avoiding hidden sugar is another. For the average person who might say they don't eat sugar, if you take a day's consumption (food and drink) and add up all the sugar they unknowingly ate, you would be appalled, as would they. People don't think of things like deli meats as having sugar. Or corn chips, or mustard. But they do. Read the labels, because the saying, "Well there is only a tiny bit," is meaningless by the end of the day, because a little here, a little there, and you have significant sugar. Did you know that sugar will cause loose teeth? Try this for yourself. If your teeth will wiggle a little before you go completely off sugar, try to do it again in two weeks. You won't be able to. Sugar weakens our tissues, and tissues hold the teeth. All tissues get weak on sugar and cannot do a proper job.
Mr. Lustig can literally be prove right. After 2 yrs of practically removing sugar from my diet, I used it by mistake one day at work in a cup of tea. It was delicious and I thought, why did I ever stop using sugar again? So I used it again the next day. The following day I was reminded why I stopped using sugar when I started feeling sick to my stomach, exhausted and poor concentration, again. I stopped using sugar but It took 2 weeks for that poisoned feeling to leave my body. My clothes fit me now.
Very interesting. I quit sugar cold turkey a few years ago to reduce inflammation. One day I bought some Cadbury milk chocolate as a rare treat and as my body responded to it, I started to feel ghastly. I must have had a big wave of released insulin, and then the hypoglycemia episode that left me sweating and about to pass out, so much so that I had to lie down. It so wasn't worth it.
My hunger cravings vanished when I deleted surgar and processed foods. The moment I tried it once after 7 months clean, my appetite went haywire. The processed foods are DESIGNED to keep you THINKING you're still hungry, so you'll consume more food.
I started making changes to my food intake when being plagued with polymyalgia rheumatica, problems with my nervous system and painful joints. But the first of them was so extremely disabling, I could hardly walk and dress myself. After discussing the problem with my doctor, I decided to do some research myself. It's because of that that I decided to perform an experiment on myself. If it was related somehow to my intake of food, fasting for a couple of days would maybe make a difference. And if that were true, I could go further and figure out what was safe to eat. I can tell you from my own experience, after a fast for three days, my situation had already dramatically improved.
i love what i have just read. honestly, i had left sugar and i had no pain on my joints but i again went back to sugar and pain resumed again. i just hate the pain i have now. i must get out of this killer item in my house. thanks alot for sharing.
I'm struggling right now with what I'm certain is polymyalgia rheumatica but the 30 year rheumatologist Ive seen seems bound and determined to diagnose rheumatoid arthritis. The onset of symptoms was literally overnight and the pain is shoulder, hips. After cutting processed food and almost all sugar I still need Tylenol to keep going but overall have seen improvement. I wish you well.
I have currently completed 18 weeks of Low Carbohydrate / no sugar diet to reverse my Pre Diabetes. I had not felt so well in ages. Energy back, lost weight, reversed liver enzymes and cholesterol back to normal etc. However I then started eating a bit of dried fruit each day and after just 2 weeks of this I totally lost my energy and stamina. I am now trying to stop the fructose and start over again. Sugar is so addictive.
Ive dropped over 175 lbs. I’m off all meds except thyroid and hypertension. I was taking seven different medications. Now I’m down to three ( two are for my thyroid). I feel and look so much better. My quality of life is exactly that, quality!
Just got the book and I'm about 3/4ths in. I love Dr Lustig's conviction and his unapologetic stance. He comes out guns blazing and I love it. The cat's out of the bag thanks to these fearless doctors whove decided to tip over the apple cart: yourself, Jason Fung, Mark Hyman, Zach Bush among others. You guys and gals are my heroes. 👏🏽
20 years ago, reading Dr Mark Hyman’s book helped educate me to want to eat better to feel better. It’s the book that has a stalk of broccoli in a prescription bottle on the cover.😊 This was a excellent video as well!
This makes so much sense because I notice that if I've eaten a high carb meal followed by a high sugar dessert, I feel very tired afterwards and don't have the energy to do anything. This is totally fascinating and so worrying and frustrating that this situation will never be fixed imo....because everything is tainted and controlled by big business.
Omg, I’m a retired nurse and all my career I couldn’t understand why all the symptoms were treated but no looked for the cause. Know I know why money/ greed.
@@servethesongs that is much too general. fung does not say that you should avoid fruit completely in any case. the main thing for him is fasting anyway... and a low carb diet which can contain fruit but in very moderate amounts. In case you want/ have to! reverse your diabetes type 2 however you better be more strict on consuming fruit
I just want you both to know that I love both of you As a person born in 1961…. I know how we are supposed to eat. My mother never bought cookies, cakes, chips, candy, etc…. It wasn’t allowed in the house & only time we could have anything remotely like that would be on holidays, birthdays, etc… We had protein & vegetables every day. My Mother was raised this way as was my Dad. My Mother never ate junk food…. Until years later when Doritos came out…..that was the end…. She was hooked…. She died of Cancer at 61 years old. It’s the food….. you both are 200% correct.
Once you get over the initial tired phase of not drinking sugary drinks. You start breathing better, feeling better, sleeping better. But people are gulible and want their sugary water drinks.
Yet another fantastic offering featuring Dr. Lustig's praiseworthy work in the field of metabolic disease. For anyone who is suffering from chronic disease, just watch the first 8 MINUTES of this video. Thank you, Dr. Chatterjee, for posting this interview!
I did a little experiment on myself (would not recommend) I stopped eating sugar for about 2 years. I was very careful with reading labels. The other day I decided to spike my sugar and consumed 172.5g. Legit the worst effects I have ever had felt like I poisoned myself (diarrhoea, vomiting, lack of energy, shakes) I slept for a whole day following and only consumed water. The experience has left me more sure of the danger of sugar and it’s effects it has over a long period of time. It scary how many products these days contain some form of added sugar. (I would not recommend anyone to replicate this)
Same. 2 yrs no sugar working with a chef that asked me to give my opinion on the butterscotch sauce. The reaction was instant. It burned my stomach out like pure acid. My digestive disorders flooded back like a nightmare.
Except when pregnant, doctors PURPOSELY do this to the mother to evaluate for gestational diabetes. It’s horrible!! And if you have effects, they just shrug and tell you to go home and sleep, they’ll call you in several days and let you know your lab report. 😕
Years ago I ate a “ meal “ from a fast food restaurant but my body didn’t respond like I had eaten. It’s hard to describe how I felt. It was like still being hungry even though my stomach was full. It made me think my body didn’t get nutrients from what I ate or couldn’t process what I ate. I joked to my family that these processed meals are like play-do. It looks like food, but isn’t. Now, I’m thinking I was on to something.
@Peace Freedom Probably your meal included one or more sources of high fructose corn syrup, which will make you feel hungry again, some 20 minutes later. I remember this sequence on a road trip, once, incredulous that I suddenly had to eat AGAIN, after stuffing myself.
I want to sincerely thank Dr Lustig for starting me on my journey of understanding sugar and insulin resistance only a few years ago. Dr Chatterjee, I want to thank you so very much for asking the brilliant question 'where does apple juice fit in?'. It's videos like these I want to forward to everyone I know. I've been doing it this whole time so I'm assuming that by now it has got to be their choice and as Dr Lustig said, show them by example rather than telling them what they should do. No one likes that, myself included. Fantastic, informative video, can't wait for the next installment x 🌼🌼🌼🙏😇🇦🇺🕊️
Showing by example doesn't work with some. It's called choice and they have to want to change their own diet. People ask me how I maintain my weight....no processed foods and gave up alcohol.
Thanks, listened to this podcast several times. A wealth of information, he is ahead of his time, and in decades this may finally and hopefully be common medical knowledge . It is so easy to eat poorly in this age of over abundance factory food. And Drs. are taught to prescribe by the pharmacy Industry. Sugar is maybe even more addictive than alcohol.
Sugar is more addictive then alcohol but people that never drink alcoholic drinks usually consume a lot of sweets. The alcohol is produced in the intestines.
Sadly most medical professionals would rather reap the monetary benefits of pushing medication and keeping their patients ill instead of tackling the root causes or be preventative. Big Pharma is in bed with everybody and it’s almost impossible to change our medical system without a whole shake up but unfortunately money talks and these amazing doctors who speak the truth get themselves in a lot of trouble and even fear for their license and/or life. It’s so deep rooted and terrifying. 😞
They are cousins of a sort. I worked with a fairly high functioning alchoholic years ago. He stayed sober on shift, but...constantly noshing on candy. After the workday... put just one beer in him and he couldn't shut it down - away he went, to wherever, for a solid six to eight hour timeframe until he could barely navigate stairs [which he sometimes slept on as I heard it]. Any plans with friends often vaporized halfway into the first drink
Thank you so much doctor, I am a diabetic, hypertension and cardiac patient since 2003. But when I do intermittent fasting and controlling my diet, only eating plant-based diet I reverse my hypertension, cardiac issue and diabetic without medication since 2010
I've been a sugar addict most of my life, and never really considered how much sugar I was ingesting every single day. When my father was in hospital dying I learned that sugar feeds cancer, and I was so angry that the hospital were feeding him high carb foods. After doing so much more research I now realise that in one day I was probably eating a months worth of sugar and I have the health issues that go along with it. I rarely ate vegetables, everything I ate was carbs. I started to educate myself on food and I went on Keto and intermittant fasting 7 days ago. My limited advice would be to cut the sugar out immediately, don't try to wean from it, I tried weaning first and it just didn't work. It only took 4 days for my cravings to go away when I quit cold turkey, and now I'm craving salads and vegetables instead of junk. The stomach pain I've been feeling for months has gone already and I'm really hoping my health will continue to improve.
I'm in the same boat my friend. I'm cutting out the sugar and refined carbs. My main goal is to get my insulin resistance down. I've been doing it for a few weeks and I already feel amazingly better. Weight is dropping, which is good because I'm massively overweight, and I have a ton more energy. Also eating nutrient dense whole foods, I don't get cravings to eat as often as I was with junk food. I hope you're doing well and keep up the good diet.
@@jegr3398 This is so fabulous! I've been doing well, I had one day that I caved in and ate some bread, which was actually because I hadn't been prepared that day. I've learned that lesson now and it's been great. I also am trying to get my insulin resistance down, I have terrible inflammation which I am hoping to see results with. Amazing how easily the cravings for sugar went away. So glad to see you are doing well with it, great motivation for me to keep going as well :) Take care and keep going!
I had seen another dr video says how sugar attached to red blood cells slows blood flow and sometimes clumps clogs .. i immediately stopped all sugar been 10 days i used to have cookie or something sweet with coffee every morning or at least sundays and now nothing .i need to lose 60+ lbs anyway. But want to live longer not ruin insides.. We should all keep intouch like to know how others progress i dropped 9lbs in last 7 days but i really watch carbs n eat little as possible i seek drastic change then ill maintain but for next 6 months i plan to be ridiculously cautious and really its just time for me before its too late
The healthiest thing I've ever done for myself was at 12 years old after a friend's birthday party with unlimited soda where I made myself so sick I choose to stop drinking soda and other sweet drinks. I've stuck with it pretty well except for a brief flirtation with gatorade when I was extremely physically active and needed the potassium to stop cramps, eventually I found better options.
18:49 1st aha: insulin reduction clinic 28:14 2nd aha: fructose as bad as alcohol 34:11 3rd aha: the scam 40:53 problem with medical schools 43:19 the hateful 8 49:59 who's safe from covid-19 and why 55:04 teaching breakfast 1:00:34 real food 1:02:29 protect the liver, feed the gut 1:07:24 probiotic vs prebiotic 1:10:28 different diets 1:21:27 artificially sweetened drinks 1:28:09 three different fat deposits
when we were young in the Philippines, My Mom only bought Sardines. The rest we eat food from our yard. Moringa everyday. Avocado,, chico, starapple, aratiles from the tree..
I have family from the Philippines and that’s how they eat too. They don’t eat dairy or much bread and they rarely eat sugar other than from fruit. Fruit is actually really good for someone who is healthy.
My sister who’s 70 years old, she has been addicted to sugar for 30 years or more… now all she eats is ice cream, Walmarts glazed donuts, cupcakes of any kind, cream cheese cake, honey buns, ho hos zebras and pineapple with cheddar cheese.. she chases all that down with cherry Pepsi. She has bad pain confusion hallucinations and bouts of anxiety and anger. Our parents both were addicted to their own vices.. I’ve tried to help her but she has a neighbor that is fighting me along with her, God please help me, sugar is poisoning her brain
Such a good point about breaking it down to diets being ok when they're low sugar high fibre. So many people trying to do keto without doctor guidance screw that up and keep the sugar down but get next to no fibre.
Drug companies don't want to cure anything, they want to treat conditions. That's where the money is. It's a done deal, this is how the world is now. For the people who choose to find another way we can take responsibility for our own health, thanks to people like Robert Lustig. Great interview :)
Truth! And, during their lockdown they took away all that contributes to a good and healthy life. They are not on our side. Hope most people are starting to recognize this and take measures away from what is purported as normal.
@@freeandfabulous4310 No one in America forced you to buy unhealthy food or stay indoors. A significant number of people retreated into the wilderness to avoid Covid. That's certainly a good, healthy life.
Exactly. Name one single chronic disease of consequence that has been cured in the last 50 years. Technology has advanced 1000x but we still can't cure basic diseases? I don't buy it.
I was pure carnivore for a few months and felt great. Then some stress came into my life and I started eating chocolate everyday, lots of chocolate. Within 2 months, I started waking up with painful joints and swollen hands. And I’m still trying to quit. Sugar is worse than any illegal drug, plus it tastes better. Sugar is poison
If you do nothing else but cut sugar snd processed food your health with dramatically increase. Add exercise and good nights rest you’ll feel and look better
I’m a TH-cam junkie. This is hands down one of the finest videos on TH-cam ever. If only the average man or woman could sit still and watch this 1:43 minute video, the positive impact obtained would be enormous. Unfortunately, dare I say you’re preaching to the choir in terms of the vast majority of people who view this video currently hold some foundational knowledge.
Very good option is Dr Berg. concise , short and to the point. Dr Berg has many videos on harms of sugar. I highly recommend everyone to watch Dr Berg.
I was diagnostic with prostate cancer at age 67, today i am 69 and 2 months. I decided to change my diet, no more sugar, no milk, no red meat, some time grass fed meat, wild caught fish, coconut milk that have 10% sugar, i drink 3 ounces per day, i walked 25 minutes 5 days per week. I do not take any pressure pills anymore. I feel great.
I've been sugar free for nearly a month after a life of sugar addiction, and I've never felt better. First 3 days were pretty rough (vomiting, dizziness, migraine), but once I'd got it out of my system it was all good. Wish I'd done this years ago. I'm currently eating carnivore, no processed foods, OMAD with alternate day fasting, and I have zero hunger pangs.
Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 I know the feeling I dropped all the junk food 1 month ago. Wow the first few days I was crying I started intermittent fasting and I don't even care about sweets or chocolate. Anyone having second thoughts about quitting sugar, I would say do it you won't regret.
@@gjedda63 very true. I don't use scales because they can be misleading, but I do keep a tape measure and I just measure my waist. I've taken over 3 inches off my waist in nearly 3 months now so I'm going in the right direction. Only slight hiccup I've had is that I've become kinda addicted to butter. I'm not sure that's a totally bad thing given my thyroid was shot to hell and my hormones desperately needed balancing. I think my body is craving butyric acid so I let it have its way for a while. I did a 3 day 'butter' fast and I think it helped me. I just have to be careful about the tendency to wake up in the middle of the night and filch butter from the fridge!
@@juliamontalvo9717 Same experience for me, for the first few days I didn't think I'd be able to do it, but if you fight through that withdrawal period, you'll never look back. I'm just kicking myself that I did so much damage to my hormones/teeth/overall health for so long with a sugar addiction. Oh well, better late than never trying to fix things. Hope you are going strong too!
I went from eating 400-600+ grams of added sugar every single day for years from candy alone to just 2-3 grams of added sugars a day and it’s completely changed my physical and mental health! I know it sounds unrealistic but I would consume that amount of candy at night after eating my sugar filled dinner! I suffered from chronic fatigue for over 10 straight years and cutting added sugar was the key to sustainable energy throughout the day because my cortisol levels could actually level out to a more normal cycle! Obviously proper sleep helps too but sugar was the ultimate culprit! It would spike my cortisol levels to the moon at night time and by the next day around mid day I would be yawning for an hour and a half non stop.. cortisol levels should be spiking naturally in the morning to help you get up for the day so what I was doing to myself was destroying my quality of sleep by consuming so much so late! I’ve only had a handful of days (due to lack of sleep) in the past 5 months when I’ve been slightly tired midday! Do yourself a favor and seriously consider ridding your diet of added sugars! You will not regret it! I should add that I also cut all ultra processed food out of my diet about 3 months after eliminating sugar and that has had great results too!
@@kllyc6327 Are you eliminating ALL sugars or only just a few ? If so it would be like asking an alcoholic to reduce alcohol , it just doesn’t work ! You must eliminate carbohydrates which are chains of sugars . As soon as the pasta, bread you have eaten has been digested it becomes simple sugars in your bloodstream. So eliminate COMPLETELY : pasta, bread , fruit ( all except berries such as blueberries,strawberries ,raspberries) pulses such as lentils, beans chickpeas ( they contain 70% carbohydrates), Milk ( which contains the sugar lactose ) substitute with cream, Potatoes ( which contain 17grams sugar per 100 grams , still pretty high . We are looking for 5 gr ) Alcohol of any kind , but I do use it for cooking as the alcohol evaporates and it gives taste , ANYTHING CANNED OR PROCESSED , look on the label at the back , only canned food I buy is canned tuna, anchovies, mackerel. Hope this will help . Protein 200/300 grams fish, meat, eggs ,cheese. Veggies 200/300 gr fat 60/90 added . Lard , butter, olive oil. I’ve lost 46 pounds and counting and the effects are extraordinary especially on the skin ! I’m 60 years old When you start WAIT THREE OR FOUR DAYS , don’t give up . It takes a few days for your body to make the enzymes you need . After which you are in ketosis and cravings will disappear. They will come back if you start with those carbs again !!!!!!!
Thank you very much for this interview. I am new parent and I was blown away with how many sugar is in baby food all around us. I left with one option of baby cream that I mixed with milk of my choice that is without sugar. Otherwise, there is yogurt with sugar, snack with sugar, done lunch that consist sugar, baby cream with sugar. I mean, when I tried all these food, I couldn't eat it by myself how sweet was it. This is food for babies from 6 months!!!!! Of course I drop all of these in the waste bin. You need to do all by yourself and to start from your own garden, otherwise the Government are poisoning our kids from the day one.
It's bizzare how many things they nonsensically shove sugar into... my mother just picked up some vitamin D3 pills recently and I read the label and saw they added sugar to them! >_
Do you also know about the LEAD in the baby food too! FDA is Not doing their job. Write to your Congress Reps. and, in the meantime, cook, grind and freeze for baby.(hope you have the time to do it)
Yep they only care about money at the cost of destroying our health and the planet. The school system is also horrible for children now days. Get them while they're young it's easier.
Re. your last point - I'm certain it's all by design. (be weary of 'vaccination' as well - the plan is to re-make all old-style vaccines into mRNA type. Talking about mRNA 'vaccines', watch 'Died suddenly' documentary. Good luck and take care!
Other than formula if you absolutely cannot or did not breastfeed and can't relactate no baby needs baby food. Babies all around the developing world grow stronger and healthier than our own children while never eating a drop of Gerber canned crap or cream of chemicals. Get a food processor or blender, you can get a small KitchenAid food processor for like 30-40 bucks and just blend what you eat. I never fed my kids formula or jarred baby food. They have mashed avocado, pureed quinoa and beans and steamed veggies from my own garden, fruits from family trees etc. Not hard, it takes like 1 minute to blitz whatever your eating for baby
This explains so much!! I consider myself fairly well self educated in this area concerning nutrition and intermittent fasting, but I fell off the wagon and went headfirst into a sugar pit. I wish I had watched this a year ago!!!!
He's right about being viewed as an outcast when you start eating well by co workers who bring in their ultra processed foods for office parties and by friends who wants to go out to eat every weekend
I'm sugar free except one lapse for 3 years. Now nearly carnivore. I do agree to go out and eat but it requires 30-45 minutes of online research to go to a new place, finding a sugar-free menu item, the full nutritional info, or phoning ahead. And at a Chinese restaurant, my only option was an appetizer. Even the soups had added sugar. Crazy.
Dr Robert Lustig save me from destroying my life. I sofre from inflammation since I was on my 20’s Although I almost never ate processed food; but, I baked often, I used oils that I thought was good oils, drank wine, etc… Today after one year sugar free, seed oils free, flower free, alcohol free I have never been on medication and I feel great. My wishes now is to see Dr Robert getting the Nobel Prize for working so hard to make our world a better place. What a amazing human being. Let thy to make him our next President Ame🇺🇸
I sort of figured that out myself. I was craving more sodas and more sugary things, but at the same time, I felt worse and worse every night, every morning, and every mid-day. I'd go through waves of feeling like shit for no reason. Cutting caffeine fixed like 70% of it, but from there, consuming sprite and starbursts creates this awful thickness in saliva, making it difficult to swallow. Cutting sugar and caffeine made me feel like a new person.
If I quit coffe I get psychotic… so, no… Raw sugar seems to be helpful. You can’t cut sugar completely out. Just not gonna happen. Even meat has sugars.
@@travelthebest2676 return to the breath. Do box breathing to calm down/regulate stress, Wim Hof method to increase vitality, or holotropic breathing to balance your chakras etc. You were never taught how to breathe, but that's not your fault. Also make sure you do even light exercise
@Travel the best I would be so nervous about stopping coffee I quit smoke alcohol working on sugar now but the coffee caffeine would be the hardest I think can't imagine waking up and not having it that's so sad
@@ritalindsay7797 plenty of places to get caffeine. Look up cacao. As long as people quit HFC we’re way ahead. It’s a silent killer. Blue spectrum light can also be harmful to our eyes. Never use a computer/tablet/phone in low light
A month ago I quit sugar. I have been addicted to chocolate and sweets since childhood. My HbA1c was at pre-diabetes level. I had tried to ignore the problem until this point and knew I had to get "real" as I have only the middle of my pancreas left after Whipple surgery for Pancreatic Cancer. Also, I realized that it was causing extreme inflammation and brain fog to the point that I thought I had onset dementia. I also rarely ate vegetables or fresh fruit and after every meal binged on chocolate. What a fool! I was fascinated by this video and had just stopped it to make a fruit smoothie. When he continued to talk about the lack of fiber when you do a smoothie I was holding one. Oy! Here I thought I was at least getting some healthy natural sugar. Well, one step back and now that I know better I will take two steps forward. Thanks so much for the video! I'd send it to my friend who consumes Coke Zero like it is water but she wouldn't stop drinking it. So sad!
Yes good job, keep it up long term with lifestyle changes! But A1C is only 27% accurate at diagnosing... Check out Dr Jamnadas video on insulin response tests. Also, never neglect building muscle with reasonable strength training... Don't have to live at the gym but free bodyweight exercise + cardio are great too
Here is what I am wondering; if candida is a yeast infection that causes a craving for sugar, then would addressing the candida help alcoholics as is there not sugar in alcohol? not sure.
I suffered with eczema for 16 years... tried everything but to no avail. Now I AM COMPLETELY FREE OF IT. What did I do to eliminate it...cut sugar COMPLETELY out of my diet. The cravings for 4 months continued though..thank goodness my strength of mind got me over it.
Second the carnivore diet. I had an autoimmune disorder. I was on hydroxicloriqune for 3 years. Went keto/carnivore and within 6 months my flare ups completely stopped and I no longer take this medication.
This podcast is life changing! I’ve had pain in my upper right abdomen for 5 years. MRI showed liver scarring also a cyst on my pancreas. Not ONCE did my doctor mention fatty liver disease! I thought I had this on my own because of my sugar consumption and I hadn’t even watched this video yet! 😢😮 I will be forever trying to protect my liver and feed my gut! Thanks to you both! I’m so grateful. Just ordered the book too! I’m going to preach this truth to everyone who will listen!!!!!
Spot on Krista. Going to the MD for diet related illness is like the wasp in the attic analogy. The wasp catcher will find & remove the nest. The MD removes the wasp but ignores the nest!!
**kristagassib,** For the last month, I've been getting upper-right pain, just under my ribcage. It's more on the side though. Was this the area that effected you? I don't know if it's my gall bladder, liver, or just bad gas building up. The pain happens at any time of day and doesn't seem to be just after a meal. On a pain scale of 1-10, I'd say a 3, but enough to warrant concern. Any ideas???? - No, you are not a doctor..LOL. I know this.
Thank you! Thank you so much, to both of you gentlemen, for caring for people' health and lives! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise so freely! 💖🇫🇯❤
Can't believe the amount of sugar i must have consumed in my life. From fruit Loops and soda machines at school as a kid,to all the nonsensical information over the years, finally figured it out. So sad to see the obese and sickness everywhere. Lives so damaged.
I'm older. My parents divorced. My mom had no choice but to work outside of the home and as a result, she was exhausted after working, cleaning house, yard etc. Cooking was often something quick. We rarely even then went out for fast food. Fast forward to me raising my kids. My husband and I both worked outside of the home. After working, kids sports practice, household chores etc we'd end up eating fast food or something out of a box quick and easy at night. In my opinion...we saw a rise in all of these chronic conditions when mothers(or fathers) left the home to go to work. I stayed home with my kids when they were little and had the energy to cook good meals each evening. It could be the dad staying home. Doesn't have to be mom but in society today it's a shame but no one has the time or energy to want to cook like this with both parents working outside of the home or single parent families where one parent is carrying the full load. I'm trying to teach my now grown children these principles as my husband died of colon cancer and I now have breast cancer. Had we just prioritized eating like this.... Let our sad story motivate you to make a change.
sorry mama, hope you find the strength to fight though it! don't give up! strangers on the internet are rooting for you! were praying and/or hoping that you heal and feel better 🤍 you've got this!
Went carnivore in February 2022. Obviously, a low sugar diet. My a1c is now normal. My fasting glucose is normal n I've never had it normal. Iron is normal for the first time since age 14. I've lost fifty lbs, my depression, and debilitating mental health issues. I can't wait to see if my fatty liver is healing as quickly as my thyroid autoimmunity.
Fatty liver is caused by fatty diets and cholesterol. Thyroid autoimmunity is caused by animal protein, molecular mimicry and leaky gut. Diabetes and insulin resistance is caused by fatty diets (intramyocellular lipids). Sugar doesn't cause overweight or any diseases. Fat and animal products does. Don't listen to anti-vegan low carb keto nonsense. It's scam.
@@Dot-Dot-Dash Her comment is wrong. Fatty liver is caused by fatty diets and cholesterol. Thyroid autoimmunity is caused by animal protein, molecular mimicry and leaky gut. Diabetes and insulin resistance is caused by fatty diets (intramyocellular lipids). Sugar doesn't cause overweight or any diseases. Fat and animal products does. Don't listen to anti-vegan low carb keto nonsense. It's scam.
@@VeganDPsiiclox I was on the Atkins Diet many years ago and thus the plaque in my arteries disappeared. That was documented by scans of my arteries. Dr. Atkins said that "Sugar is poison," and he was correct.
@@Dot-Dot-Dash nonsense. you probably reduced your calories, thats the only reason why you had positive effects. low carbers reduce their calory intake to neutralize the damage from all the fat and animal products, that why dr. atkins died from his diet. sugar is life and doesnt cause any diseases. there are no fat hight carbers on this world, but alot of fat low carbers. only vegan cures all diseases, low carb and keto cause all diseases, thats scientifically proven.
This sugar thing is so hard. I'm nearly 40 and have been an addict most of my life. I was lucky to stay thin until about 5 years ago, when I went up to 98kg (215 pounds or so)... Recently I've been watching wonderful videos like this, and I'm inspired... The changes I have made so far have lost me 4kg in weight in JUST TWO MONTHS.... I only do light exercise (some push ups and cycling 3 times a week - 4 miles in total every time) The food changes have been: - 12-14 hour water fast every day (normally stop eating 6pm and have breakfast at 630-7) - reduced my sugars massively. I'm still not perfect. Last week I had a whole bowl of ice cream as a "treat" for a good week, and felt terrible. Head ache, and regret...I won't be doing that again - eating more vegetables and natural yogurt, as well as porridge and eggs, fish and chicken but not too much meat. Let's face it, its mostly terrible for our planet - cut out microwave food - no more snacking at work (I have emergency natural oatcakes with no added sugar, but rarely touch them) So there you go. I'm not perfect, but it's a start and I feel much more alert My aim is 90kg (198 pounds) and to stay off sugar as much as I can, as well as to continue 12 hour daily fasts, and to drink plenty of water (no fizzy drinks or juice or alcohol)
Increase your overnight fasting to 14 hours. Eat more vegetables, start each meal with a salad. Add vinegar. Increase your fat and protein intake (eat more meat). Cut out as much carbs as possible, stop eating bread entirely (if you must, toast it, add natural butter). Reduce breakfast, increase lunch, move after meals. You will have explosive energy and lose a lot more than just 4kg in two months.
There’s no such thing as a “12 hour water fast”. That’s just called “going to sleep”. Either do one meal a day or every other day to get the benefits of fasting.
At 5ft 6 and 22 stone (3weeks ago) i felt so rough all the time. I have gone up and down my adult life. My wardrobe has M to xxxl. I am now on a journey to get healthy not just loose weight. I use to loose weight and go straight back to a poor lifestyle. Eating no processed foods for 3 weeks and I feel alive for the first time in ages
I work in Healthcare as a Coder 30 years. It’s not Healthcare anymore. It’s not about care and healing. It’s Health Business. And often I feel as a patient they only want to do something if it’s going to be high reimbursement and goal isn’t to heal me but get me out of the office. Or treat symptoms with drugs and not ever find the cause and cure that.
It wasn’t referred to as healthcare in the past. “Healthcare” assumes responsibility and prevention. It’s not “health,” it’s “medical.” It’s not “care,” it’s “treatment.” Medical insurance, medical treatment.
This is amazing, thank you for putting this information out there! In the last two weeks of her 20 yr career as a pediatrician, my daughter's doctor told me to let her eat as much ice cream and cookies as she wanted every day, as well as give her three Carnation Instant Breakfast shakes per day, because she was concerned that she was too thin and wasn't putting on weight. My jaw dropped. Thankfully I knew better and now my daughter is a perfectly healthy, petite young woman like all the ladies in our family at this age. Unbelievable that some doctors out there are basically having people poison their children.
Years ago I started cutting back on sugar. At first it was hard, and I didn't eat as much as most people! I now make all my food from scratch. All sauces, bread products, canning, salad dressings, and so on. It got to the point where all processed food that use to taste good to me now taste like crap! It's a lot of work, but it sure makes me feel a lot better!
I worked at an assisted living facility for nine months. I won’t even get into the garbage they made me feed them but one of the nurses was pregnant. She had the baby after I left and I hadn’t seen her for a very long time. That was 2017. I saw her in the store with her little girl who I guess is six but she looks eight and she’s humongous she’s morbidly obese this child it made me sick when her mom was picking out candy for her and the girl was crying for something like whining for something and I thought good night you’re in the medical business how do you not see what you’re doing to your child
@@2bakaphoebe oh I know. My best friend is a nurse and very obese. A lot of them are. So sad. She’s 10 years younger than I and she’s a hot mess. Arthritis fibro , tumors possibly ms. On heart med
I haven't eaten sugar since 2018, and I feel totally different. The bitter fruits or veggies don't have this strong bitterness. Bitter herbs like wormwood are not so bitter like 5 years ago when I started drinking. My brain is really working differently, faster, better concentrated, I see colors clearer and intense, I'm not stressed anymore, no panic attacks, less stomach problems etc etc....I have thought out from my diet gluten and lactose. No more unexpected diarrhea in my life 😆. Of course, I'm still taking other supplements, but the good one, and I feel amazing. People, please open up your eyes🙏Wake up! Life without white sugar is more beautiful. And who has donn it knows what about I'm speaking 😊God Bless u all, Monika
A great interview Dr Rangan, I thoroughly enjoyed this expose and while I have known this for some time and shared the problem with sugar, few actually listen or do anything to change their lives! I am not involved in the medical profession, so the best I can do is to share this content and let others make their own decisions for their own benefit! One question I do have about real food is what can you do if you have no knowledge of the soil in which that real food was grown? What if that soil is depleted of the nutrients it is supposed to pass to the crop? What if the soil is contaminated in some way by pesticides and you don't know that has entered the real food? Farming practice is going the way of Pharma practice, what is in the real food that can harm us? Are we free of toxic elements that can descend into soils from the air? Weed and bug killers are used fully in the agribusiness, it's a closed-shop business, the same as the sugar business! Paid for science to tell us it's safe, when it may not be!
Eye opening podcast, I hope this professor does not randomly disappear or commit suicide. This really needs to spread to mainstream public. Thank you doctor for being an amazing host.
I've been practicing medicine for almost 15 years now but today I got to know so many new things which make complete sense and answer so many questions that I had been trying to find answers to for quite time now. Thanks Dr Robert Lustig for this wonderful podcast. And thanks to the host for asking relevant questions and steering the debate in the right direction throughout.
Thanks doctor for saying this. I have lost faith in western medicine because of the MDs I have encountered, I am a health care worker and also am a licensed acupuncturist. My way to tackle my chronic problems is now through Chinese herbal formulas, it’s been around for thousands of years, and I understand how they work. I also exercise and eat a healthy diet. To make matters worse, the medical system in the US is a scam due to ridiculous highly profitable insurance plans that don’t even cover everything a patient needs and have quotas for the doctors to meet.
@@deansapp4635 I have fired several of my HMO doctors myself. It became clear I was probably never going to find a low/no sugar doc there, or one in tune with my keto/carnivore lifestyle, so I got a copy of _Metabolical_ by Dr.Lustig for my current doctor. It has him thinking, and last visit he actually commented on how much he got from the book.
WOW! This is one of the best interviews I've heard! Easy to understand but so darn informative! This critical information MUST be shared world wide. What is WHO doing on this?? Huge thanks!👏👏
I was told 9 weeks ago I was pre diabetic and luckily my doctor is young so knew the new research ,I started keto but still reacted so I’m on carnivore and I feel amazing, down 30lbs in 9 weeks my blood sugar is in the normal range,my skin condition has cleared up ,my joint pains are gone ….I feel like all my life I was being poisoned 🤢
i quit sugar and i feel like a completely different person. i am not back to my ''youth'' but i am a person i have never been before in my life. it is just amazing.
Hi. Thank you. I am a doctor myself. I have always been damn so sure that hypertension is the symptom of something bigger. And of course it is frustrating when we keep treating symptoms rather than the cause and not even truly knowing it. Same with so many other diseases. Thank you 🙏
When I started cutting sugar and processed foods from my diet, friends and relatives made fun of me and some said I was becoming anorexic. Nowadays people look at me and say “you are so lucky, look at you, you have great genetics”. And it was SO VERY HARD to cut sugar and processed foods from my diet but I believe anyone can do it. Thanks to Dr. Robert, Dr. Rangan and many others, the truth about sugar and processed foods is getting out. 😀
Kudos to you! I'm so grateful you chose you and your body!
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I am very sure this is good advice, but what should I eat for carbohydrates, is it OK to have potatoes?
@@richard21995 If you are trying to lose weight, stay away from potatoes
I have been sugar free, real food for a year. At 60, this was my first winter without illness, or depression!
Thank you for sharing that. I’ve been feeling so tired and depressive for no reason, and I suspect it’s because I’ve been eating more sugar and carbohydrates - bread, cookies, candy, juice, sports drinks…
Excellent! Keep going, it's inspiration at any age!
@Millie, vitamin D deficiency can cause these issues also. This is dependent on diet AND sun exposure. Some regions of the world ( and dependent on melatonin in the skin) we can not get enough vitamin D from the sun. Supplementing can help. But changing the diet and supplementing is ideal.
@@Kra-ri6fd Thank you so much!!
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I’m healthy at 77. I eat this way. I lost 20 lbs. 4.5 yrs. ago. It’s not a matter of death - it’s about healthy aging.
This is so powerful
0:30: ⚠ Consuming sugar is like poisoning your mitochondria, inhibiting energy production and contributing to chronic diseases.
10:07: 🍬 Excessive sugar consumption, similar to alcohol, can lead to chronic metabolic diseases.
18:54: 🤔 Insulin resistance plays a primary role in weight gain and obesity, contradicting the traditional belief that weight gain is solely a result of overeating and lack of exercise.
28:54: 🍺 Sugar and alcohol are metabolized virtually identically and both contribute to type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease.
37:33: 🔑 Modern medicine treats symptoms rather than addressing the root causes of chronic diseases.
46:08: 🍔 Highly processed food is the root cause of many chronic diseases and is linked to high mortality rates in developed countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.
55:28: 🍎 Real food is food that came out of the ground or animals that ate the food that came out of the ground, and it is minimally processed.
1:04:49: 🍎 Protect the liver and feed the gut by consuming fiber-rich foods to promote microbial diversity and improve overall health.
1:21:30: 🥤 Soft drinks, including diet drinks, are detrimental to health and can lead to overeating and increased insulin production.
1:24:00: 🍬 Diet sweeteners may not help with weight loss and can contribute to metabolic dysfunction.
1:36:07: 📚 Robert Lustig discusses the impact of sugar on health, particularly liver fat accumulation, and the need to rethink healthcare and diet.
1:42:39: 🍏 Eating specific foods can prevent the growth of tumors and keep cancers harmless.
Recap by Tammy AI
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Tammy, Thanks!!!
What about sugars in fruits..is eating fruits also bad
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Week three of cutting processed sugar. It has been worth it but the first two weeks were very difficult. The hunger I experienced was insatiable no matter how much I ate. My stomach rumbled constantly and it wasn't just cravings to eat sugary things; I would have eaten anything, a bowl of raw broccoli even if it would get it to stop, but nothing helped. This was also accompanied by fatigue and constant peeing through the night which kept me awake. I was exhausted and miserable. I see how people fall off the wagon and are locked into the cycle of sugar addiction, not necessarily consuming it to make them feel good, but to keep the horrible withdrawals away. I gritted my teeth and persevered and I'm out on the other side now. It is week three and I've lost 5 1/2 lbs. My skin is clearing up. My mood has lifted. My sense of taste has improved and changed. I've been preparing all of my meals from scratch and have saved money doing so. Food companies are using sugar to hijack our biology and psychology and are raking in profits at the expense of our health; the drug companies benefit from this as well. They are disgusting.
You are correct. I found that eating carnivore (BBB&E) at first kept me from having cravings (beef, bacon, butter & eggs). Vegetables feed bad bacteria in our gut & those bad bacteria not only make rumbling noises they control your cravings. Sugar & bad carbs feed them & cancer too.
Very tough. I had no trouble; i consulted a licensed naturopath and there are products which reduce cravings
I did strict carnivore for the first 3 weeks and then converted to Ketovore. Zero hunger and zero cravings from day one. I highly recommend Carnivore for at least 3 weeks as an elimination diet for everyone.
I am not sure going full carnivore is the solution though can see how it'd help fight off the early sugar cravings. I'd advise anyone looking to curb out processed foods and added sugar would find it easier if they allow themselves to enjoy fatty foods in the short term - e.g full fat natural yoghurt, cheese, oily fish, quality meats, eggs, avocado, nuts etc. because the satisfaction of fat in the short term substitues the false-satisfaction of sugar. This was what sugar replaced back in the 70s and 80s when they said fats were bad. And you can still have the naturally occuring sugars in berries etc. The cravings go and your tastes change and food you thought were plain start to taste a lot nicer and after a while I promise you won't want to go back. However, I have a feeling this video is already preaching to the converted, so my message won't help anyone.
Thank you for sharing. I have to give up sugar
I was raised as oldest child of seven and my dad would not let us eat candy or drink cokes. We raised chickens & rabbits for the table. We always had a garden and a milk cow. We usually raised a hog every year. The foods we purchased was pinto beans and potatoes. I thank god for my dad. Many of our neighbors thought my dad was mean because he did not buy candy or sweet drinks for his kids. This was in the early 50s and 60s
Yeah when we're kids we only see our dads preventing us from things we like and it's frustrating but when we're older, we see clearly why they did what they did. Kudos to them 💜
Wise father, you are blessed
people still say that if you don’t let your kids eat that crap you set them up to overeat it when they leave home. I disagree. Same with alcohol-my Dad let us have champagne at celebrations as kids and 3 of us became alcoholics anyway. 3 others were
overweight . We had sweets in the house, but not much soda pop until the 70s. My mom lived to be 97 and she had a horrible diet, and horrible health most of her life
Just like in the 80s in Germany - sweets everywhere! Parents would let their kids drink sodas, only to wonder why their kids had tantrums and ADHD.
Smart man.... my father eats ham sandwiches on white bread with mayo for lunch everyday and wonders why he feels like shit and is 70 pounds overweight.
I'm 100% addicted to sugar! When I eat anything with sugar in it I cant stop and will crave sugar for days. Since I went sugar free I feel much better and im at a healthy weight. My co workers laugh at me when I tell them I have a sugar addiction but admitting I have a problem is the first start, they are all in denial with their sugar addiction.
What is in the norm or popular doesnt mean its right or ok. It's insane how its normal to poison your body now with fake food. Sugar is 10 times more addictive than cocaine. And its way worse because people dont realize how bad it is. We are in the minority
Thank you for the comment dude. Sugar addiction is a real problem, being constantly underestimated.
I am too! I can remember pouring sugar from the Tupperware container when I was a child. People don’t take you seriously when you say you are a sugar addict. Even my doctors. No weight issues but serious health issues. From the comments I think cold turkey is the best way to stop.
To bad you have not been there for 20-30 years! I bet you will age much slower then them.
Yes I have experienced that laugh from others too about a sugar addiction problem
I’ve worked in an NHS mental health hospital for several years now and it never ceases to amaze me the appalling lack of knowledge and awareness medical professionals such as doctors and nurses have when it comes to the link between nutrition and health. The dementia and neuropsychiatry wards are particularly bad where patients who have fasting bloods of 7- 8, and after eating 12-13 is seen as normal and of no concern.
I find it ironic that diabetic patients (which there are many) are not allowed to have sugar in their drinks but yet are permitted to eat as much toast, beans, potato, cereal, pasta, rice as they like. I once voiced my concerns about this with a senior nurse, who simply shrugged her shoulders whilst telling me there’s very little sugar in bread, rice or pasta so it was fine. I couldn’t believe this highly experienced nurse didn’t have a clue how carbs are processed in the body. For a second, I was tempted to inform her that these carbs are converted into glucose by the liver causing huge blood sugar and insulin spikes. I thought better of it. My words would’ve almost certainly fallen on deaf ears.
Just the other week I witnessed a nurse encouraging a diabetic patient to eat some toast before they go to bed as their bloods were too low 5.8. I couldn’t quite believe what I was seeing. After the toast her bloods shot up to 12! The nurse was happy with this and allowed her to go to bed.
Many patients are encouraged to eat three meals per day plus snacks and supper which include pudding after every meal (usually cake and custard). toast, and copious amounts of biscuits. Many patients who’s bloods are too low (5-6 range) for their insulin shots are encouraged to eat several biscuits so they can get their shot.
Patients who refuse meals as they’re simply NOT HUNGRY are regularly bullied into submission and virtually force fed. Nurses and staff go into a blind panic thinking that missing a meal or two will somehow have a detrimental effect. For those who don’t cave into the pressure it’s not long before the Ensures (full of sugar) are being pushed upon them. It’s a farce.
As a result of this appalling lack of understanding around nutrition many patients pile on the weight, and their condition deteriorates rapidly. Many patients are on a whole cocktail of drugs which seem to have very little positive effect whatsoever. In fact, I’m convinced many suffer detrimental side effects as a result.
This is an NHS hospital where patients are supposed to come to get better. It’ a sad state of affairs! What the heck is going on!?
All of that sounds absolutely horrible!!
I cannot even imagine how frustrating that is. You know the information they are giving their patients is wrong but most of nurses and doctors don’t know either. The entire health care system needs a paradigm shift
about how diseases happen and using food to prevent or cure them.
I feel your frustrations! I’ve argued with GPs and nurses who care little for the why before giving drugs and creams to ‘solve’ problems and many have less knowledge than I have researched about my own conditions. I really feel for some who know better but are bound by the nhs rules. Sadly there are few that are willing to stand out and fight for what they know.
If you’ve not already done so, take a look at the treatment a Uk doctor Sarah Myhill has experienced for standing out of the crowd to talk about what she believes in regarding sugar and diet and it’s relationship to chronic illness.
Finally I’m not an outcast anymore- figured this out when I was 13. People looked at me with my salad like I was nuts. Family thought I needed help. I’ve been eating real food for decades, no processed sugars. I feel great at 64.
Wish I was smart enough! Instead like many parents, mine instilled to eat as much bread as possible. Salad was an afterthought. The problem is people are not as smart as they believe they are. Which is obvious, drug use wouldn’t exist, food pyramid scam, and millions of other dogmas.
As a person with severe rosacea I can say that the only thing that have worked for me long time is cutting out sugar, dairy, processed food and my diet now is strictly anti inflammatory. I have no symptoms, I take no medication….I definitely believe sugar feeds our inflammation response.
What kinds of foods are in your anti inflammatory diet? If you don’t mind sharing.
@@FunkyOstrich12 sure….I’m not vegan, but i eat a lot of salmon, vegetables(especially broccoli, Cale,spinach), nuts, red Union, all sorts of fruits and berries, eggs white, turmeric, garlic, ginger, lentils, beans, i juice a lot, and I do drink a little bit of coffee and tea but only cold brew made. Stay away from spicy foods if rosacea and for some gluten free is good. I’m not gluten intolerant so I eat whole grain bred and so on. It works wonders for me…..but everyone is different. There are many more foods on the list. Google and find the foods you like. The worst thing I react to is dairy and sugary foods.
BREAD and fruit contain sugars
@@mb8219 true, but…..fruits contain natural sugars, not processed and extremely concentrated. Fruits also contains vitamins, minerals and good fiber. Bread, I don’t know about other countries, but here in Norway we often make our own bread, i personally make whole grain sourdough bread without sugar at all. But I know in the US it’s difficult to find bread in the shops without sugar.
Plus I heard after eating sugar your immune system is so busy fighting it it is basically rendered useless for st least hrs. And now that I think of it, every time I come down with upper respiratory sickness, it is the day after treating myself to eating holiday treats..sugar.
I removed sugar from my diet 4 weeks ago. I’ve lost 8lbs and feel much better, more energy and clearer thinking. I saw my oncologist for a review and he said after looking at my blood results ‘whatever you’re doing, keep doing it’. Tumour markers reduced, liver function improved and cholesterol back in the good range and that’s after only 4 weeks. I’m delighted. So glad I gave this a try and will definitely be continuing.
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Great to hear ! Keep it up 👍
When you say removed it do you mean you literally eat zero sugar? Or do you mean you cut out anything with added sugars like sodas, cakes and biscuits etc
@@NoContextRDH I don’t eat anything sweet (cakes, biscuits, soda etc) and I don’t add sugar to anything. It’s been 2 1/2 months and I don’t miss it at all now. I feel better and I’ve lost 16 pounds.
That's great! It keeps getting better esp. if you don't consume alcohol on a regular basis.
Proceed.
The two choices we have in life: Discipline or Regret.
Damn. This is poweful. Thankyou
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If you don't like a comment, you could ignore it. The fact you respond with a - fart - shows exactly how shaken you are by your own irreverence to reality.
@@crypton_8l87 but you said i was correct, and now you tell otherwise! You should be ashamed
There should be a Nobel prize for Robert Lustig. His communication skills are as important as the information he relays.
He's truly amazing. Fasting is also important!
Some of the many benefits of fasting and a lower carb whole food diet on the immune system, blood pressure, blood sugar and anti-aging, all backed up by clinical data:
The hunger hormone ghrelin lowers over time with extended fasting and rise from dieting
Thymus stem cells are regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system.
Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria and viruses by the immune system.
Blood pressure is quickly and dramatically lowered, which is very important for a good outcome with the current pandemic.
Fasting increases nitric oxide, which has manifold postive effects like reducing arterial plaque.
Weight loss from fasting only loses10% lean tissue and 90% fat compared to the typical 25% lean tissue and 75% fat lost when calorically restricting for long periods.
Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body.
Vitamin D plasma levels are increased, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy!
Blood sugar and insulin are lowered, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Ideal blood sugar is around 80. Some viruses activate glycolosis (the release of sugar in the body) and clinically it has been shown that decreasing glucose metabolism in the body weakens the influenza virus.
Fasts of several days will not affect short term female fertility and may increase long term fertility especially in women with PCOS.
It's absolutely fine for cortisol to be high while fasting, because it produces sugar from fat instead of lean tissue th-cam.com/video/giEDadzoErs/w-d-xo.html
Does the body prefernetially prefer glucose as a fuel? No, it never uses mainly glucose for fuel and using glucose for fuel is very biochemically damaging! th-cam.com/video/Nf1jwMbvNxw/w-d-xo.html
The hormone Leptin is an immunomodulator that keeps the body from attacking itself and obesity causes leptin resistance. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance and leptin levels and one day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again!
Is fasting just the same as caloric restriction? No! Dieting increases the hunger hormone ghrelin while fasting decreases it and has many other health benefits! th-cam.com/video/sVl-nilhWLc/w-d-xo.html
When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell which are used to produce organelles and proteins. This means the mechanisms needed by viruses to replicate are by and large unavailable when you are in a deeply fasted state.
It stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells. AMPK does many helpful things in the body including activating the body's antioxidant defenses.
Does fasting burn muscle? In most cases no! th-cam.com/video/teQIaU6wp2o/w-d-xo.html
Fasting can make you gain muscle faster: th-cam.com/video/5RM8GRzsIIg/w-d-xo.html
Deep ketosis virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. This can offset the life threatening symptoms of viral pneumonia which effectively kills you through inflammation. This also creates BHB ketones in your body, which also help your immune system and anti-oxidative system, especially in the brain. Ketones also provide an additional energy source during infection, which is critical when trying to fight off a bug. In fact you can have as much as three times the total energy available in your blood when you are in deep ketosis, or even more.
It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency and thereby making cells better able to fight off infection. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism and cancer prevention!
Fasts from 36-96 h actually INCREASE metabolic rate! th-cam.com/video/BeC_gIR2Z14/w-d-xo.html
Your body releases interferon which is also triggered by the body during viral attacks to shut down the replication ability of the surrounding cells and stop infections.
After 72 hours or more fasted, your body actually recycles large numbers of immune bodies and creates new ones, rejuvenating your entire system.
When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells. This kills these cells off completely. Senescent cells are responsible for the effects of aging and are the root cause of the development of cancer. If it were possible to destroy them all it would completely stop aging and cancer. That is not possible but fasting can help limit these effects by killing off many of the affected cells and limiting the future effects of aging.
Fasting also releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth, helping a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers.
In fact, the biochemical regulator of BDNF production is beta-hydroxybutyrate, which is the same ketone the body produces to nourish the brain while fasting.
Autophagy induced by fasting even helps hair regrow.
What breaks a fast? th-cam.com/video/7aRLsCpxy3o/w-d-xo.html
Dieters losing weight through intermittent fasting show greater reduction in waist size and increase in insulin sensitivity for the same weight lost and alternate day fasters were shown to lose fat while gaining muscle at the same time over a six month period.
Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it and builds muscle!
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Fasting has been shown to increase bone marrow volume by 10% and levels of carnosine in the body in as little as a few weeks.
Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level.
Eating one meal a day can bring most of these benefits to a lesser degree, and adding a few entire days off from eating per week will have even more effect especially when starting to feel poorly.
Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia.
Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. Those with Addison's disease may also be unable to fast without liberal use of exogenous ketones, depending on severity. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness then simply break the fast and seek advice.
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This list compiled over months of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed!
My channel which will always contain an updated list of fasting benefits:
th-cam.com/channels/MC_ZrmTUTGdQiIwJjZq1rg.html
I have playlists on fasting and health and wellness. I also make a little commentary comment on health and fitness as well.
When I have community posts available I will make a community post with this list that has a permanent link but which will remain editable and keep a fresh copy there at all times!
Absolutely agree
I.agree his articulation skills and command of language are the best.
@@LTPottenger Thanks for all the detail and info. I truly appreciate the effort.
please. a carbon copy of 150 other people on the same topic.
Amazing episode. Five years ago I had a heart attack at 38 yo. At the time of my heart attack I was working a ton of hours, eating frozen garbage, microwave burrito's, Mac and cheese rice, easy cheap carbs. I've never been a meat eater. At the time of my heart attack my triglycerides we're in the 120's The total cholesterol was in the mid 140's. I was a type 2 diabetic by then not on meds yet. My ldl was in the 140's and my hdl was in the mid 20's. It was all about the sugars.
Where can I read about these values???? I want to learn more about it!
@@climeaware4814just Google normal cholesterol levels for adult
Be well!
About 8 years ago I learned that sugar feeds cancer cells. Wow! My sugar consumption came to a halt. And I don't miss it at all.
yes it does consume Glucose twice the rate as regular cells. sugar is injected into the blood stream to make it light up on the MRI.
The statement "sugar feeds cancer cells" is an oversimplification of the current scientific understanding. All cells, including cancer cells, require energy to survive and grow. Glucose, obtained from the breakdown of sugar and carbohydrates, is a primary source of energy for cells. Cancer cells, like other cells, can metabolize glucose but they can also metabolize fatty acids and amino acids. So even if glucose availability is restricted, cancer cells can still proliferate.
not true
Yes. I have cancer in my bone marrow, a slow growing cancer. I don't eat sugar. Sometimes a bit, but should quit it altogether.
@@jeanelizabethterry7583what symptoms did you have? How did you discover you had this disease?
I watched this 6 months ago and have since made changes to my diet. I started working out on a fasted state around 2-3 times a week, stopped consuming processed food (which included store bread), sugars and ate whole foods like avocado, oily fish, eggs etc. The change is immediately noticeable and I agree with everything said in this video.
I suffer from eczema on my hands and for nearly 10 years no prescribed creams worked, but the improvement from cutting down sugar gradually couldn't be a coincidence. When I did consume again, it comes back and my skin becomes irritated. There's less brain fog, more clarity , better appearance and decent weight. I used to eat a croissant every single day, cereals or maybe even a crepe or two for breakfast.
It's horrifying looking back now what I used to eat. I now have no such cravings for them, stopped using white sugar and flour in baking to find healthier alternatives, but do indulge in 70% dark chocolate occasionally. It was hard at the start to make the change but it gets easier. Thank you both for sharing your knowledge.
omg you really can find an army anywhere haha, i love it 💜
wow really glad to hear about your progress :D
i'm starting to go sugar free, hope i can keep it up
Hope you are still doing great! I have a question concerning the baking - may i ask what healthy alternatives do you use instead?
> 70% dark chocolate
once you get to 90-95% dark chocolate you can indulge all you want :))
Changing your diet without sugar makes the hunger feeling going away, I changed my diet 20 years ago and have to look at the clock otherwise I forget to eat, no signal is coming anymore.
If you do a carnivore diet , you will feel even better , because it has a fantastic record of helping with auto-immune conditions, (eg skin conditions).
This should be shown in every school as part of learning. One of the best ones done by Rangan by a country mile. Kudos to both of you.
Your right 🐇👍❤️.
Yup. I instruct this as part of my job. It’s an uphill battle . Shan’t give up. But we need appealing voices that the public will respond to. ( Dr Chatterjee is fab and ticks that box but he’s only one voice) louder and more widespread than Big Pharma and Politics will allow.
We are taught to be dumb, not smart, so schools will never show the truth to kids.
The sugar industries control the education system
They'll never teach this sort of thing in schools. School is a brain-washing tool to 'train' people into being controlled and keep the cash flow coming in...for the entire public to learn that the food pyramid scheme isn't what it's cracked up to be would wreak havoc on the big food and pharmaceutical companies.
Dr. Lustig, I love your book Metabolical. I started intermittent fasting, cut out sugar and processed food. I lost 50 lbs without feeling hungry or deprived in 2 months. I'm still eating medabolically and have added light weights and a stationary bike.
Thank you, thank you for writing your book. I've convinced two friends to cut out processed foods and sugar and to be a label reader when they shop.
I'm a type 2 diabetic, high blood pressure and I've been in total normal range since I changed my diet. I check BP and blood glucose several times a day and couldn't be happier. Thank you!
He's da bomb
As a herbalist over 30years and vegetarian. I enjoyed your video!
A lot of MD will not tell their patients that they are over weight. They just drug them up! Today people are so afraid of fat shaming! It's not fat shaming it's about health diabetics, cancer, heart disease you name it! I sent your videos too over 25 of my clients.
Thanks for educating others 😊
So what does your eating style have to do with him being honest with his patients?
Many Americans are s entitlistic that they just keep getting second opinions until they find one that agrees with them. People have no social skills anymore and take constructive criticism as a personal insult.
Correct! The truth may hurt. But, the truth will set you free. No overweight person is healthy. I worked with obese sick people who made fun of my plant strong diet. They are diabetics and heart disease heavily medicated junk food addicts. I no longer try to influence them.
@@gwens5093 She is supporting not critical.
Sure but let’s not forget about the TOFIs. Doctors should be talking to ALL their patients about the dangers of sugar, processed food and lack of exercise.
I am ten minutes into the video and already know this is the most important podcast/education I have seen so far. This guy is a straight shooter. We need more doctors like this. There is no being “diplomatic” about it. Sugar is a killer. Of note, I am 55 years old and do have chronic issues already. Can you believe when I was little, to soothe me, my mom gave me a bottle of water with 2 teaspoons of sugar in it. I started very young and unfortunately have been addicted ever since. I have yo-yo dieted my whole life. This is it though. I know I can’t have it at all because it just triggers me to crave more and more of it. Thank you.
Quit sugar two months ago and now my prostate is shrunk to normal. Lost a few pounds too. No sugar cravings so far because I motivate several times each day to keep the defence high. You are literally in a state of war when trying to control this demon that you allowed to develop in so many years.
How'd you do it?
Cannot answer for Jedda but I took a product from a licensed naturopath which reduced the cravings; now i have no desire at all in fact I really do not want it... I use pure maple syrup or pure honey or Stevia. Boy am I glad to be off sugar; am in my 70s; and take no meds at all... @@ladybugblu60
Well said!!! I keep my arthritis and asthma under control by just avoiding sugar! ❤
Ultra processed food is on the increase with veganism too, as people switch out real food for ultra processed fake food, fake meats and cheeses etc
Follow the money …
Veganism is evil. Even if some of their food don't taste as bad.
veganism is suicide
Same with many gluten free products. Sure, for many people avoiding gluten is important but what it’s replaced with is ultra processed crap. I supposed the answer is kick the bread habit….at least on a daily basis.
I agree so the only thing you can do is make your own food from real ingredients.A lot more work but a lot healthier
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Trade? please can i get more information about this?
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I have heard so much about crypto trading and seen so many people that it has changed their life. I had to invest in it too, so I have something to fall back on in case I lose my job
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I once developed lymphoedema in my right leg at a time when I was severely overweight. I was told that there was no treatment other than stockings. From that moment I approached sugar like an addictive drug and quit cold turkey. It was a rough few weeks after that, but a few months later I no longer needed to wear compression stockings, and lost a lot of weight in the process. Dietary change away from sugar really does cure a lot of illness.
spot on now
Way to go James!
Did you still eat fruits?
@@iJSabelle007 No, just vegetables, meat, and dairy. I was very strict with myself at that time because I didn't want to wear compression stockings forever. Dessert for me usually became brie cheese or fresh avocado.
@@jamesodwyer4181 how do you manage sugar withdrawal while transitioning to no sugar diet? Thank you 😊
Very thankful this popped on my page. My 16 year old skinny 100 lb daughter was just diagnosed with fatty liver from an ultrasound. She doesn’t drink any soda but eats processed foods unfortunately because she is always on the go. Glad we found while she is young.
I’ve had gout since I was 28 years old and have listened to doctors and cut meat and alcohol from my diet. So what did I eat…carbs and sugar, bread, vegetables, fruit, and dairy. 3 month ago I watched a few doctors on line talking about this subject and it has changed my life. I have been on a very low carb diet + intermittent fasting and have never felt better. I’m down 35 lbs and my gout attacks have slowed down and have become less severe too. My joint still hurt from 25 years of severe gout attacks but they are starting to feel better. I wasn’t even able to walk 4 city blocks without being in pain. Now I can be on my feet all day without severe pain. I’m so excited to see how I feel in another 3 months. I’ll never eat sugar or processed foods again if I can avoid it. With the intermittent fasting it has allowed me to skip meals if there wasn’t anything healthy for me to eat and I would just eat double at me next meal. I still can’t believe how great I feel now. I thank all of these doctors and professional for getting this information out to the masses.
Sorry they did not tell you that high fructose corn syrup/ sugar can elevate Uric acid levels and increase inflammation in the body .
That is wonderful. Keep it up! I’m down 15 pounds myself doing the same things.
How many ppl and Patients need to hear this diet information , but aren't being told by their doctors ?. My Doc gave me meds for high blood pressure last november , and never said anything about my diet.I found videos like Dr Lustig myself , and reduced sugary foods and junkfood .Now , I dont need the blood pressure meds , and measure my bp every few days at home. The Doc just assumed I would be "non- compliant" and thought dietary advice would be a waste of time. This culture of assumption and medication is denying patients a chance to improve their health without the expense and side effects of pharmaceuticals .It needs to change and God Bless these Docs for helping to change it.
Have you tried cutting out all animal foods, meats and dairy, and fruits? Consume only greens, beans, and nuts for a couple of months and see if that helps.
@@mrhingland6206 Yes and the oxalates in plants food gave me joint pain and irritated my autoimmune issues and I gained weight. Now CARNIVORE, I feel wonderful, joint pain is gone and autoimmune is almost cleared.
Thank you Dr. Lustig for sharing this information with the public-what a blessing. I cut sugar and processed food from my diet 13 months ago, and I have lost 50 pounds and got rid of the five pills that I was taking. My new Doctor told me a week ago to keep doing what I'm doing. Thank You Jesus!
Attempting to avoid sugar in your diet makes you realise how much is added to things. I had stopped eating sugar (or so I thought) the past 3 days, cookies, chocolate, ice cream etc. I'd been able to do it, despite other people around me eating it. But then yesterday I realised it's in the bread I was halfway through. I then realised mid way through cooking a stir fry it's in the chili sauce I usually add. I had a few crisps ( potato chips) then realised they also have it in. So while I had been good to avoid the usual biscuits, ice creams that I usually might consume. I was still consuming sugar. To think how much sugar some people must be consuming daily, without people realising is truely scary. You might think you've quit, but then there's this background level of hidden sugar waiting there for you. It's shocking when you consider what this is potentially doing to people's health.
Agreed. It's always good to cut out the obvious sugar containing culprits such as candies and chocolates, but what will really hit the nail in the coffin is realising HOW certain foods are processed and converted in the body. Your liver doesn't know the difference between bread or even oats in comparison to a chocolate bar as it converts to glucose and spikes insulin the same way - because it comes down to being consumed as a carbohydrate. If you're going to consume anything with carbohydrates at least make it a fresh fruit that's in season, that would be the least inflammatory option, sometimes the craving for something sweet is there for a reason.
Great comments !. Sugar really is added to things people don't think of as tasting sweet. And in my circle, everyone guzzled soda. I worked where the soda was free !. I gave it up because i had painful gas. Mtn. Dew was so hard to give up !!!! How I craved it !. But I stuck to it and lost weight slowly but surely with no other changes. 40 years later I shudder to think how much sugar, colors, carbonation I saved myself from .When I heard the caffeine is like " peeing away your bones" I was glad I stopped when I did !.
Try a meat-only diet. Do some research on Carnivore. That's the ultimate zero-carb diet.
You'll feel sick at first (it's called keto-flu... Basically sugar withdrawal), but then you'll feel AMAZING.
Avoiding obvious sugar is one thing. Avoiding hidden sugar is another. For the average person who might say they don't eat sugar, if you take a day's consumption (food and drink) and add up all the sugar they unknowingly ate, you would be appalled, as would they. People don't think of things like deli meats as having sugar. Or corn chips, or mustard. But they do. Read the labels, because the saying, "Well there is only a tiny bit," is meaningless by the end of the day, because a little here, a little there, and you have significant sugar. Did you know that sugar will cause loose teeth? Try this for yourself. If your teeth will wiggle a little before you go completely off sugar, try to do it again in two weeks. You won't be able to. Sugar weakens our tissues, and tissues hold the teeth. All tissues get weak on sugar and cannot do a proper job.
It’s also in soups which I was surprised about so now make my own.
Mr. Lustig can literally be prove right. After 2 yrs of practically removing sugar from my diet, I used it by mistake one day at work in a cup of tea. It was delicious and I thought, why did I ever stop using sugar again? So I used it again the next day. The following day I was reminded why I stopped using sugar when I started feeling sick to my stomach, exhausted and poor concentration, again. I stopped using sugar but It took 2 weeks for that poisoned feeling to leave my body. My clothes fit me now.
Very interesting.
I quit sugar cold turkey a few years ago to reduce inflammation. One day I bought some Cadbury milk chocolate as a rare treat and as my body responded to it, I started to feel ghastly.
I must have had a big wave of released insulin, and then the hypoglycemia episode that left me sweating and about to pass out, so much so that I had to lie down.
It so wasn't worth it.
My hunger cravings vanished when I deleted surgar and processed foods. The moment I tried it once after 7 months clean, my appetite went haywire. The processed foods are DESIGNED to keep you THINKING you're still hungry, so you'll consume more food.
@@bamboosho0t
It's interesting to read your experience.
Good to hear that you're doing well.
I started making changes to my food intake when being plagued with polymyalgia rheumatica, problems with my nervous system and painful joints. But the first of them was so extremely disabling, I could hardly walk and dress myself. After discussing the problem with my doctor, I decided to do some research myself. It's because of that that I decided to perform an experiment on myself. If it was related somehow to my intake of food, fasting for a couple of days would maybe make a difference. And if that were true, I could go further and figure out what was safe to eat. I can tell you from my own experience, after a fast for three days, my situation had already dramatically improved.
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i love what i have just read. honestly, i had left sugar and i had no pain on my joints but i again went back to sugar and pain resumed again. i just hate the pain i have now. i must get out of this killer item in my house. thanks alot for sharing.
I'm struggling right now with what I'm certain is polymyalgia rheumatica but the 30 year rheumatologist Ive seen seems bound and determined to diagnose rheumatoid arthritis. The onset of symptoms was literally overnight and the pain is shoulder, hips. After cutting processed food and almost all sugar I still need Tylenol to keep going but overall have seen improvement. I wish you well.
I have currently completed 18 weeks of Low Carbohydrate / no sugar diet to reverse my Pre Diabetes. I had not felt so well in ages. Energy back, lost weight, reversed liver enzymes and cholesterol back to normal etc. However I then started eating a bit of dried fruit each day and after just 2 weeks of this I totally lost my energy and stamina. I am now trying to stop the fructose and start over again. Sugar is so addictive.
Sugar is more addictive than cocaine. I think Dr Lustig said it was 10 times more addictive.
Ive dropped over 175 lbs. I’m off all meds except thyroid and hypertension. I was taking seven different medications. Now I’m down to three ( two are for my thyroid). I feel and look so much better. My quality of life is exactly that, quality!
yup, sugar and hpf is poison! Bet you get mad at the pharmaceutical industry advertising on commercials
Do you drink enough water? It's often the reason for high blood pressure.
fabulous; a good diet is key to health
What can you do for thyroid?
Just got the book and I'm about 3/4ths in. I love Dr Lustig's conviction and his unapologetic stance. He comes out guns blazing and I love it. The cat's out of the bag thanks to these fearless doctors whove decided to tip over the apple cart: yourself, Jason Fung, Mark Hyman, Zach Bush among others. You guys and gals are my heroes. 👏🏽
Adding Pradeep Jamnadas
20 years ago, reading Dr Mark Hyman’s book helped educate me to want to eat better to feel better. It’s the book that has a stalk of broccoli in a prescription bottle on the cover.😊 This was a excellent video as well!
This makes so much sense because I notice that if I've eaten a high carb meal followed by a high sugar dessert, I feel very tired afterwards and don't have the energy to do anything.
This is totally fascinating and so worrying and frustrating that this situation will never be fixed imo....because everything is tainted and controlled by big business.
The same thing was happening to me. Turns out I was pre diabetic now fasting and losing weight to get those levels down
Omg, I’m a retired nurse and all my career I couldn’t understand why all the symptoms were treated but no looked for the cause. Know I know why money/ greed.
Dr Lustig and Jason Fung are the modern doctors pioneering the war against sugar. Respect !!
@@servethesongs that is much too general.
fung does not say that you should avoid fruit completely in any case. the main thing for him is fasting anyway... and a low carb diet which can contain fruit but in very moderate amounts. In case you want/ have to! reverse your diabetes type 2 however you better be more strict on consuming fruit
Dr Fung says to avoid fructose not fruit. Whole fruit is ok as it includes the fiber.
I definitely associate my sugar addiction to my binge drinking when I was young!! My dad, also alcoholic ate ALOT of sweets when he got sober.
I just want you both to know that I love both of you
As a person born in 1961…. I know how we are supposed to eat.
My mother never bought cookies, cakes, chips, candy, etc…. It wasn’t allowed in the house & only time we could have anything remotely like that would be on holidays, birthdays, etc…
We had protein & vegetables every day.
My Mother was raised this way as was my Dad.
My Mother never ate junk food…. Until years later when Doritos came out…..that was the end…. She was hooked….
She died of Cancer at 61 years old.
It’s the food….. you both are 200% correct.
Once you get over the initial tired phase of not drinking sugary drinks. You start breathing better, feeling better, sleeping better. But people are gulible and want their sugary water drinks.
Yet another fantastic offering featuring Dr. Lustig's praiseworthy work in the field of metabolic disease. For anyone who is suffering from chronic disease, just watch the first 8 MINUTES of this video. Thank you, Dr. Chatterjee, for posting this interview!
I did a little experiment on myself (would not recommend)
I stopped eating sugar for about 2 years. I was very careful with reading labels. The other day I decided to spike my sugar and consumed 172.5g.
Legit the worst effects I have ever had felt like I poisoned myself (diarrhoea, vomiting, lack of energy, shakes)
I slept for a whole day following and only consumed water.
The experience has left me more sure of the danger of sugar and it’s effects it has over a long period of time. It scary how many products these days contain some form of added sugar.
(I would not recommend anyone to replicate this)
I get it, and that’s crazy!!
Donuts have that same effect on me. They make me all sick and shaky all day.
Same. 2 yrs no sugar working with a chef that asked me to give my opinion on the butterscotch sauce. The reaction was instant. It burned my stomach out like pure acid. My digestive disorders flooded back like a nightmare.
Only need small amount is enough to experiment
Sugar
Except when pregnant, doctors PURPOSELY do this to the mother to evaluate for gestational diabetes. It’s horrible!! And if you have effects, they just shrug and tell you to go home and sleep, they’ll call you in several days and let you know your lab report. 😕
Years ago I ate a “ meal “ from a fast food restaurant but my body didn’t respond like I had eaten. It’s hard to describe how I felt. It was like still being hungry even though my stomach was full. It made me think my body didn’t get nutrients from what I ate or couldn’t process what I ate. I joked to my family that these processed meals are like play-do. It looks like food, but isn’t. Now, I’m thinking I was on to something.
@Peace Freedom Probably your meal included one or more sources of high fructose corn syrup, which will make you feel hungry again, some 20 minutes later. I remember this sequence on a road trip, once, incredulous that I suddenly had to eat AGAIN, after stuffing myself.
Yes, I feel that way every time I eat at Burger King or Taco Bell. You are not alone!
That is not food!
Yes, I've had that experience too.
It strips us, I've left one place and drove straight to another several times
Like we say un Egypt, education and knowledge is light and this 1.42 min of video is more than the sunlight! Thank you for producing it.
I want to sincerely thank Dr Lustig for starting me on my journey of understanding sugar and insulin resistance only a few years ago. Dr Chatterjee, I want to thank you so very much for asking the brilliant question 'where does apple juice fit in?'. It's videos like these I want to forward to everyone I know. I've been doing it this whole time so I'm assuming that by now it has got to be their choice and as Dr Lustig said, show them by example rather than telling them what they should do. No one likes that, myself included. Fantastic, informative video, can't wait for the next installment x 🌼🌼🌼🙏😇🇦🇺🕊️
Showing by example doesn't work with some. It's called choice and they have to want to change their own diet. People ask me how I maintain my weight....no processed foods and gave up alcohol.
“We get sick first and the weight comes afterwards” what a lesson!
Or like me can't gain weight
@@garybrown9719 lucky
@@garybrown9719 right, but it may happen internally creating a TOFI body. Visceral (organ) fat is so deadly, caused by insulin resistance!
That's what Dr Eric Berg says:
Before loosing weight you have to get healthy.
Dr Berg talks about keto diet, he is brilliant !
I love his videos, simple and thorough
Thanks, listened to this podcast several times. A wealth of information, he is ahead of his time, and in decades this may finally and hopefully be common medical knowledge . It is so easy to eat poorly in this age of over abundance factory food. And Drs. are taught to prescribe by the pharmacy
Industry. Sugar is maybe even more addictive than alcohol.
Sugar is more addictive then alcohol but people that never drink alcoholic drinks usually consume a lot of sweets. The alcohol is produced in the intestines.
Sadly most medical professionals would rather reap the monetary benefits of pushing medication and keeping their patients ill instead of tackling the root causes or be preventative. Big Pharma is in bed with everybody and it’s almost impossible to change our medical system without a whole shake up but unfortunately money talks and these amazing doctors who speak the truth get themselves in a lot of trouble and even fear for their license and/or life. It’s so deep rooted and terrifying. 😞
Yes...I ate so much sugar and couldn't stop eating them...quick easy and rewarding...put on 25 lbs...now eating sugar low carb ice cream occasionally
They are cousins of a sort. I worked with a fairly high functioning alchoholic years ago. He stayed sober on shift, but...constantly noshing on candy. After the workday... put just one beer in him and he couldn't shut it down - away he went, to wherever, for a solid six to eight hour timeframe until he could barely navigate stairs [which he sometimes slept on as I heard it]. Any plans with friends often vaporized halfway into the first drink
Thank you so much doctor, I am a diabetic, hypertension and cardiac patient since 2003. But when I do intermittent fasting and controlling my diet, only eating plant-based diet I reverse my hypertension, cardiac issue and diabetic without medication since 2010
I've been a sugar addict most of my life, and never really considered how much sugar I was ingesting every single day. When my father was in hospital dying I learned that sugar feeds cancer, and I was so angry that the hospital were feeding him high carb foods. After doing so much more research I now realise that in one day I was probably eating a months worth of sugar and I have the health issues that go along with it. I rarely ate vegetables, everything I ate was carbs. I started to educate myself on food and I went on Keto and intermittant fasting 7 days ago. My limited advice would be to cut the sugar out immediately, don't try to wean from it, I tried weaning first and it just didn't work. It only took 4 days for my cravings to go away when I quit cold turkey, and now I'm craving salads and vegetables instead of junk. The stomach pain I've been feeling for months has gone already and I'm really hoping my health will continue to improve.
I'm in the same boat my friend. I'm cutting out the sugar and refined carbs. My main goal is to get my insulin resistance down. I've been doing it for a few weeks and I already feel amazingly better. Weight is dropping, which is good because I'm massively overweight, and I have a ton more energy. Also eating nutrient dense whole foods, I don't get cravings to eat as often as I was with junk food. I hope you're doing well and keep up the good diet.
@@jegr3398 This is so fabulous! I've been doing well, I had one day that I caved in and ate some bread, which was actually because I hadn't been prepared that day. I've learned that lesson now and it's been great. I also am trying to get my insulin resistance down, I have terrible inflammation which I am hoping to see results with. Amazing how easily the cravings for sugar went away. So glad to see you are doing well with it, great motivation for me to keep going as well :) Take care and keep going!
@@jegr3398 nice like to know how your progress goes keep in touch or message me alont the way i am doing this too.
I had seen another dr video says how sugar attached to red blood cells slows blood flow and sometimes clumps clogs .. i immediately stopped all sugar been 10 days i used to have cookie or something sweet with coffee every morning or at least sundays and now nothing .i need to lose 60+ lbs anyway. But want to live longer not ruin insides..
We should all keep intouch like to know how others progress i dropped 9lbs in last 7 days but i really watch carbs n eat little as possible i seek drastic change then ill maintain but for next 6 months i plan to be ridiculously cautious and really its just time for me before its too late
Sugar is also being linked to dementia too now. Look at all the junk they feed old folks in old folks homes.
The healthiest thing I've ever done for myself was at 12 years old after a friend's birthday party with unlimited soda where I made myself so sick I choose to stop drinking soda and other sweet drinks. I've stuck with it pretty well except for a brief flirtation with gatorade when I was extremely physically active and needed the potassium to stop cramps, eventually I found better options.
18:49 1st aha: insulin reduction clinic
28:14 2nd aha: fructose as bad as alcohol
34:11 3rd aha: the scam
40:53 problem with medical schools
43:19 the hateful 8
49:59 who's safe from covid-19 and why
55:04 teaching breakfast
1:00:34 real food
1:02:29 protect the liver, feed the gut
1:07:24 probiotic vs prebiotic
1:10:28 different diets
1:21:27 artificially sweetened drinks
1:28:09 three different fat deposits
Thank you 😊
You're doing god's work
Aha!
Thanks for doing this! Way too many ADs to get through!!
Bravo 👏 well played ✅
Doctors don't tell you these things because there is profit to be made in treating symptoms rather than cause?
when we were young in the Philippines, My Mom only bought Sardines. The rest we eat food from our yard. Moringa everyday. Avocado,, chico, starapple, aratiles from the tree..
Is she still alive? How old is she?
I have family from the Philippines and that’s how they eat too. They don’t eat dairy or much bread and they rarely eat sugar other than from fruit. Fruit is actually really good for someone who is healthy.
THE SLOW & SWEET DEATH.SHORTER LIFE.
ENJOY IT.😱😓🤣
Yeah... But you ate rice three times a day for life which turns into glycogens, ie sugar.
@@uncommon_name9337 The current life expectancy for Philippines in 2023 is 71.66 years, a 0.18% increase from 2022.
My sister who’s 70 years old, she has been addicted to sugar for 30 years or more… now all she eats is ice cream, Walmarts glazed donuts, cupcakes of any kind, cream cheese cake, honey buns, ho hos zebras and pineapple with cheddar cheese.. she chases all that down with cherry Pepsi. She has bad pain confusion hallucinations and bouts of anxiety and anger. Our parents both were addicted to their own vices.. I’ve tried to help her but she has a neighbor that is fighting me along with her, God please help me, sugar is poisoning her brain
We are not JUST consuming these bad “foods” but we are CRAVING them! Thank you for this educational life important information!
Tell Me About It !!!
A truly whole foods diet can after you are on it for a while, take those cravings away. But it has to be actual whole foods.
@@lesliecurran1704 Leslie, yes that is good advice; thanks!
Such a good point about breaking it down to diets being ok when they're low sugar high fibre. So many people trying to do keto without doctor guidance screw that up and keep the sugar down but get next to no fibre.
Drug companies don't want to cure anything, they want to treat conditions. That's where the money is. It's a done deal, this is how the world is now. For the people who choose to find another way we can take responsibility for our own health, thanks to people like Robert Lustig. Great interview :)
Truth! And, during their lockdown they took away all that contributes to a good and healthy life. They are not on our side. Hope most people are starting to recognize this and take measures away from what is purported as normal.
@@freeandfabulous4310 No one in America forced you to buy unhealthy food or stay indoors. A significant number of people retreated into the wilderness to avoid Covid. That's certainly a good, healthy life.
And doctors work for them
Exactly. Name one single chronic disease of consequence that has been cured in the last 50 years. Technology has advanced 1000x but we still can't cure basic diseases? I don't buy it.
Well said!!! 💯 %
Love hearing from doctors being honest and going outside the square to change what's wrong
If you suffer from chronic pain like I do, stop eating too much sugar! This does wonders for managing pain related to inflammation!
Did you actually notice a difference? If so, after how long?
I am trying.
I was pure carnivore for a few months and felt great. Then some stress came into my life and I started eating chocolate everyday, lots of chocolate. Within 2 months, I started waking up with painful joints and swollen hands. And I’m still trying to quit. Sugar is worse than any illegal drug, plus it tastes better. Sugar is poison
Thanks, lots of good advice in here.
@@christinakinnear8239 Yep, the same happened to me. I agree 100%
If you do nothing else but cut sugar snd processed food your health with dramatically increase. Add exercise and good nights rest you’ll feel and look better
I love this doctor. I adore his passion for his work.
I’m a TH-cam junkie. This is hands down one of the finest videos on TH-cam ever. If only the average man or woman could sit still and watch this 1:43 minute video, the positive impact obtained would be enormous.
Unfortunately, dare I say you’re preaching to the choir in terms of the vast majority of people who view this video currently hold some foundational knowledge.
Amen to that!
Probably, and most people who don’t have the patience to watch this probably don’t have to patience to cook a decent meal either.
I agree🙏🏼
Exactly, it's really not that hard.
Very good option is Dr Berg. concise , short and to the point.
Dr Berg has many videos on harms of sugar. I highly recommend everyone to watch Dr Berg.
I was diagnostic with prostate cancer at age 67, today i am 69 and 2 months. I decided to change my diet, no more sugar, no milk, no red meat, some time grass fed meat, wild caught fish, coconut milk that have 10% sugar, i drink 3 ounces per day, i walked 25 minutes 5 days per week. I do not take any pressure pills anymore. I feel great.
@Darkfarfetch ??
@@darkfarfetch3664 Why do you think it's fake?
@Darkfarfetch is there some reason for you stupid answer?What part of this don't to get?
Why you afraid red meat? The reason of heart diseases - fructose and insulin resistant, but don't a saturated fats
Ty! 🎉
Dr. Lustig sounds like the rare kind of doctors who is actually interesting in your health and not in treating symptoms until you die.
I've been sugar free for nearly a month after a life of sugar addiction, and I've never felt better. First 3 days were pretty rough (vomiting, dizziness, migraine), but once I'd got it out of my system it was all good. Wish I'd done this years ago. I'm currently eating carnivore, no processed foods, OMAD with alternate day fasting, and I have zero hunger pangs.
Dont forget to constantly motivate against it as often as you can in good periodd because the demon sneaks back in if you dont.
Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 I know the feeling I dropped all the junk food 1 month ago. Wow the first few days I was crying I started intermittent fasting and I don't even care about sweets or chocolate. Anyone having second thoughts about quitting sugar, I would say do it you won't regret.
@@gjedda63 very true. I don't use scales because they can be misleading, but I do keep a tape measure and I just measure my waist. I've taken over 3 inches off my waist in nearly 3 months now so I'm going in the right direction. Only slight hiccup I've had is that I've become kinda addicted to butter. I'm not sure that's a totally bad thing given my thyroid was shot to hell and my hormones desperately needed balancing. I think my body is craving butyric acid so I let it have its way for a while. I did a 3 day 'butter' fast and I think it helped me. I just have to be careful about the tendency to wake up in the middle of the night and filch butter from the fridge!
@@juliamontalvo9717 Same experience for me, for the first few days I didn't think I'd be able to do it, but if you fight through that withdrawal period, you'll never look back. I'm just kicking myself that I did so much damage to my hormones/teeth/overall health for so long with a sugar addiction. Oh well, better late than never trying to fix things. Hope you are going strong too!
@@islaadele1212 what do you mean by alternate day fasting, 1 meal every 2 days?
I went from eating 400-600+ grams of added sugar every single day for years from candy alone to just 2-3 grams of added sugars a day and it’s completely changed my physical and mental health! I know it sounds unrealistic but I would consume that amount of candy at night after eating my sugar filled dinner! I suffered from chronic fatigue for over 10 straight years and cutting added sugar was the key to sustainable energy throughout the day because my cortisol levels could actually level out to a more normal cycle! Obviously proper sleep helps too but sugar was the ultimate culprit! It would spike my cortisol levels to the moon at night time and by the next day around mid day I would be yawning for an hour and a half non stop.. cortisol levels should be spiking naturally in the morning to help you get up for the day so what I was doing to myself was destroying my quality of sleep by consuming so much so late! I’ve only had a handful of days (due to lack of sleep) in the past 5 months when I’ve been slightly tired midday! Do yourself a favor and seriously consider ridding your diet of added sugars! You will not regret it! I should add that I also cut all ultra processed food out of my diet about 3 months after eliminating sugar and that has had great results too!
@@kllyc6327 Are you eliminating ALL sugars or only just a few ? If so it would be like asking an alcoholic to reduce alcohol , it just doesn’t work !
You must eliminate carbohydrates which are chains of sugars . As soon as the pasta, bread you have eaten has been digested it becomes simple sugars in your bloodstream. So eliminate COMPLETELY :
pasta, bread ,
fruit ( all except berries such as blueberries,strawberries ,raspberries)
pulses such as lentils, beans chickpeas ( they contain 70% carbohydrates),
Milk ( which contains the sugar lactose ) substitute with cream,
Potatoes ( which contain 17grams sugar per 100 grams , still pretty high . We are looking for 5 gr )
Alcohol of any kind , but I do use it for cooking as the alcohol evaporates and it gives taste ,
ANYTHING CANNED OR PROCESSED , look on the label at the back , only canned food I buy is canned tuna, anchovies, mackerel.
Hope this will help .
Protein 200/300 grams fish, meat, eggs ,cheese.
Veggies 200/300 gr
fat 60/90 added . Lard , butter, olive oil.
I’ve lost 46 pounds and counting and the effects are extraordinary especially on the skin ! I’m 60 years old
When you start WAIT THREE OR FOUR DAYS , don’t give up . It takes a few days for your body to make the enzymes you need . After which you are in ketosis and cravings will disappear. They will come back if you start with those carbs again !!!!!!!
Nice job!!
GREAT ! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. 👍🇸🇪🍀
Gluten too.
@@giuliostangarone8823 no.
Thank you very much for this interview. I am new parent and I was blown away with how many sugar is in baby food all around us. I left with one option of baby cream that I mixed with milk of my choice that is without sugar. Otherwise, there is yogurt with sugar, snack with sugar, done lunch that consist sugar, baby cream with sugar. I mean, when I tried all these food, I couldn't eat it by myself how sweet was it. This is food for babies from 6 months!!!!! Of course I drop all of these in the waste bin. You need to do all by yourself and to start from your own garden, otherwise the Government are poisoning our kids from the day one.
It's bizzare how many things they nonsensically shove sugar into... my mother just picked up some vitamin D3 pills recently and I read the label and saw they added sugar to them! >_
Do you also know about the LEAD in the baby food too! FDA is Not doing their job. Write to your Congress Reps. and, in the meantime, cook, grind and freeze for baby.(hope you have the time to do it)
Yep they only care about money at the cost of destroying our health and the planet. The school system is also horrible for children now days. Get them while they're young it's easier.
Re. your last point - I'm certain it's all by design.
(be weary of 'vaccination' as well - the plan is to re-make all old-style vaccines into mRNA type. Talking about mRNA 'vaccines', watch 'Died suddenly' documentary.
Good luck and take care!
Other than formula if you absolutely cannot or did not breastfeed and can't relactate no baby needs baby food. Babies all around the developing world grow stronger and healthier than our own children while never eating a drop of Gerber canned crap or cream of chemicals. Get a food processor or blender, you can get a small KitchenAid food processor for like 30-40 bucks and just blend what you eat. I never fed my kids formula or jarred baby food. They have mashed avocado, pureed quinoa and beans and steamed veggies from my own garden, fruits from family trees etc. Not hard, it takes like 1 minute to blitz whatever your eating for baby
This explains so much!! I consider myself fairly well self educated in this area concerning nutrition and intermittent fasting, but I fell off the wagon and went headfirst into a sugar pit. I wish I had watched this a year ago!!!!
It is never too late...more than 50 years of poor eating here and I finally kicked the sugar addiction. Be well 😊
He's right about being viewed as an outcast when you start eating well by co workers who bring in their ultra processed foods for office parties and by friends who wants to go out to eat every weekend
I'm sugar free except one lapse for 3 years. Now nearly carnivore. I do agree to go out and eat but it requires 30-45 minutes of online research to go to a new place, finding a sugar-free menu item, the full nutritional info, or phoning ahead. And at a Chinese restaurant, my only option was an appetizer. Even the soups had added sugar. Crazy.
Listen....secretly they admire you...but they don't have your discipline
Oh well it's worth it for your health over insecure phonies.
Dr Robert Lustig save me from destroying my life. I sofre from inflammation since I was on my 20’s
Although I almost never ate processed food; but, I baked often, I used oils that I thought was good oils, drank wine, etc…
Today after one year sugar free, seed oils free, flower free, alcohol free I have never been on medication and I feel great.
My wishes now is to see Dr Robert getting the Nobel Prize for working so hard to make our world a better place.
What a amazing human being. Let thy to make him our next President Ame🇺🇸
Have a listen to Dr Lustig talking with Dr Peter Attia.
Which oil U use , can U write your daily eating please , thx
What seed oils are bad for you?
@@Lolijox all seed oils are bad for us. The best thing to do? Cook with natural fats.
How do you consume fruits. Thanks
I sort of figured that out myself.
I was craving more sodas and more sugary things, but at the same time, I felt worse and worse every night, every morning, and every mid-day. I'd go through waves of feeling like shit for no reason.
Cutting caffeine fixed like 70% of it, but from there, consuming sprite and starbursts creates this awful thickness in saliva, making it difficult to swallow. Cutting sugar and caffeine made me feel like a new person.
I’ve stopped coffee for 3 weeks now. I’m still anxious and can’t sleep all night
If I quit coffe I get psychotic… so, no…
Raw sugar seems to be helpful.
You can’t cut sugar completely out. Just not gonna happen. Even meat has sugars.
@@travelthebest2676 return to the breath. Do box breathing to calm down/regulate stress, Wim Hof method to increase vitality, or holotropic breathing to balance your chakras etc.
You were never taught how to breathe, but that's not your fault. Also make sure you do even light exercise
@Travel the best I would be so nervous about stopping coffee I quit smoke alcohol working on sugar now but the coffee caffeine would be the hardest I think can't imagine waking up and not having it that's so sad
@@ritalindsay7797 plenty of places to get caffeine. Look up cacao. As long as people quit HFC we’re way ahead. It’s a silent killer. Blue spectrum light can also be harmful to our eyes. Never use a computer/tablet/phone in low light
I remember watching Dr Lustig’s Bitter Truth around 7 years ago and it changed my life. Fixed so many issues.
A month ago I quit sugar. I have been addicted to chocolate and sweets since childhood. My HbA1c was at pre-diabetes level. I had tried to ignore the problem until this point and knew I had to get "real" as I have only the middle of my pancreas left after Whipple surgery for Pancreatic Cancer. Also, I realized that it was causing extreme inflammation and brain fog to the point that I thought I had onset dementia. I also rarely ate vegetables or fresh fruit and after every meal binged on chocolate. What a fool! I was fascinated by this video and had just stopped it to make a fruit smoothie. When he continued to talk about the lack of fiber when you do a smoothie I was holding one. Oy! Here I thought I was at least getting some healthy natural sugar. Well, one step back and now that I know better I will take two steps forward. Thanks so much for the video! I'd send it to my friend who consumes Coke Zero like it is water but she wouldn't stop drinking it. So sad!
Yes good job, keep it up long term with lifestyle changes! But A1C is only 27% accurate at diagnosing... Check out Dr Jamnadas video on insulin response tests.
Also, never neglect building muscle with reasonable strength training... Don't have to live at the gym but free bodyweight exercise + cardio are great too
How is it going Andrea
Here is what I am wondering; if candida is a yeast infection that causes a craving for sugar, then would addressing the candida help alcoholics as is there not sugar in alcohol? not sure.
Check out autophagy
Is smoothie the wrong thing to eat?
I suffered with eczema for 16 years... tried everything but to no avail. Now I AM COMPLETELY FREE OF IT. What did I do to eliminate it...cut sugar COMPLETELY out of my diet. The cravings for 4 months continued though..thank goodness my strength of mind got me over it.
Is there a forum/address we can ask Dr Robert directly
Did you also quit eating fruits ; which have sugar?
@@DaisySun4 only have some fruits but it is the added sugar in food that is bad
THANK YOU! I've had lupus and fibromyalgia for 32 years, this is life changing. ❤️🔥
I know I have lupus...positive ANA...what tests confirm lupus diagnosis??
Look into carnivore diet too. Increasing info that it can put autoimmune disorders into remission.
Second the carnivore diet. I had an autoimmune disorder. I was on hydroxicloriqune for 3 years. Went keto/carnivore and within 6 months my flare ups completely stopped and I no longer take this medication.
@@colettejaques2559 I also have lupus.I’m supposed to have a anti nuclear factor test, shows my levels.I’m in Australia
Since I started to cut out as much sugar as possible and processed food my asthma attacks praticlly went away...🤯 I'm still shocked about it...
This podcast is life changing! I’ve had pain in my upper right abdomen for 5 years. MRI showed liver scarring also a cyst on my pancreas. Not ONCE did my doctor mention fatty liver disease! I thought I had this on my own because of my sugar consumption and I hadn’t even watched this video yet! 😢😮 I will be forever trying to protect my liver and feed my gut! Thanks to you both! I’m so grateful. Just ordered the book too! I’m going to preach this truth to everyone who will listen!!!!!
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@@ElHadassah63 hello wander how the previous person doing now hope good results on fatty liver
Spot on Krista. Going to the MD for diet related illness is like the wasp in the attic analogy. The wasp catcher will find & remove the nest. The MD removes the wasp but ignores the nest!!
**kristagassib,** For the last month, I've been getting upper-right pain, just under my ribcage. It's more on the side though.
Was this the area that effected you? I don't know if it's my gall bladder, liver, or just bad gas building up. The pain happens at any time of day and doesn't seem to be just after a meal. On a pain scale of 1-10, I'd say a 3, but enough to warrant concern.
Any ideas???? - No, you are not a doctor..LOL. I know this.
Thank you! Thank you so much, to both of you gentlemen, for caring for people' health and lives! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise so freely!
💖🇫🇯❤
Can't believe the amount of sugar i must have consumed in my life. From fruit Loops and soda machines at school as a kid,to all the nonsensical information over the years, finally figured it out. So sad to see the obese and sickness everywhere. Lives so damaged.
chronically ill with sarcoidosis and pulmonary fibrosis at 40! I am detoxing and quitting sugar today!
Good for you, you go! How are you doing today,
I'm older. My parents divorced. My mom had no choice but to work outside of the home and as a result, she was exhausted after working, cleaning house, yard etc. Cooking was often something quick. We rarely even then went out for fast food. Fast forward to me raising my kids. My husband and I both worked outside of the home. After working, kids sports practice, household chores etc we'd end up eating fast food or something out of a box quick and easy at night. In my opinion...we saw a rise in all of these chronic conditions when mothers(or fathers) left the home to go to work. I stayed home with my kids when they were little and had the energy to cook good meals each evening. It could be the dad staying home. Doesn't have to be mom but in society today it's a shame but no one has the time or energy to want to cook like this with both parents working outside of the home or single parent families where one parent is carrying the full load. I'm trying to teach my now grown children these principles as my husband died of colon cancer and I now have breast cancer. Had we just prioritized eating like this....
Let our sad story motivate you to make a change.
God bless you
completely agree
sorry mama, hope you find the strength to fight though it! don't give up! strangers on the internet are rooting for you! were praying and/or hoping that you heal and feel better 🤍 you've got this!
Love to U ❤
Look up apricot seeds or kernels. I read that they help kill cancer cells. Also check out “Fasting For Survival Lecture by Dr. Pradip Jamnadas.
Went carnivore in February 2022. Obviously, a low sugar diet. My a1c is now normal. My fasting glucose is normal n I've never had it normal. Iron is normal for the first time since age 14. I've lost fifty lbs, my depression, and debilitating mental health issues. I can't wait to see if my fatty liver is healing as quickly as my thyroid autoimmunity.
Fatty liver is caused by fatty diets and cholesterol. Thyroid autoimmunity is caused by animal protein, molecular mimicry and leaky gut. Diabetes and insulin resistance is caused by fatty diets (intramyocellular lipids). Sugar doesn't cause overweight or any diseases. Fat and animal products does.
Don't listen to anti-vegan low carb keto nonsense. It's scam.
Wow!
@@Dot-Dot-Dash Her comment is wrong. Fatty liver is caused by fatty diets and cholesterol. Thyroid autoimmunity is caused by animal protein, molecular mimicry and leaky gut. Diabetes and insulin resistance is caused by fatty diets (intramyocellular lipids). Sugar doesn't cause overweight or any diseases. Fat and animal products does.
Don't listen to anti-vegan low carb keto nonsense. It's scam.
@@VeganDPsiiclox I was on the Atkins Diet many years ago and thus the plaque in my arteries disappeared. That was documented by scans of my arteries. Dr. Atkins said that "Sugar is poison," and he was correct.
@@Dot-Dot-Dash nonsense. you probably reduced your calories, thats the only reason why you had positive effects. low carbers reduce their calory intake to neutralize the damage from all the fat and animal products, that why dr. atkins died from his diet. sugar is life and doesnt cause any diseases. there are no fat hight carbers on this world, but alot of fat low carbers. only vegan cures all diseases, low carb and keto cause all diseases, thats scientifically proven.
This sugar thing is so hard. I'm nearly 40 and have been an addict most of my life. I was lucky to stay thin until about 5 years ago, when I went up to 98kg (215 pounds or so)...
Recently I've been watching wonderful videos like this, and I'm inspired...
The changes I have made so far have lost me 4kg in weight in JUST TWO MONTHS.... I only do light exercise (some push ups and cycling 3 times a week - 4 miles in total every time)
The food changes have been:
- 12-14 hour water fast every day (normally stop eating 6pm and have breakfast at 630-7)
- reduced my sugars massively. I'm still not perfect. Last week I had a whole bowl of ice cream as a "treat" for a good week, and felt terrible. Head ache, and regret...I won't be doing that again
- eating more vegetables and natural yogurt, as well as porridge and eggs, fish and chicken but not too much meat. Let's face it, its mostly terrible for our planet
- cut out microwave food
- no more snacking at work (I have emergency natural oatcakes with no added sugar, but rarely touch them)
So there you go. I'm not perfect, but it's a start and I feel much more alert
My aim is 90kg (198 pounds) and to stay off sugar as much as I can, as well as to continue 12 hour daily fasts, and to drink plenty of water (no fizzy drinks or juice or alcohol)
Increase your overnight fasting to 14 hours. Eat more vegetables, start each meal with a salad. Add vinegar. Increase your fat and protein intake (eat more meat). Cut out as much carbs as possible, stop eating bread entirely (if you must, toast it, add natural butter). Reduce breakfast, increase lunch, move after meals. You will have explosive energy and lose a lot more than just 4kg in two months.
There’s no such thing as a “12 hour water fast”. That’s just called “going to sleep”.
Either do one meal a day or every other day to get the benefits of fasting.
One of the best talks/discussions about sugar I have ever seen. Absolutely brilliant. Thank you very much.
At 5ft 6 and 22 stone (3weeks ago) i felt so rough all the time. I have gone up and down my adult life. My wardrobe has M to xxxl. I am now on a journey to get healthy not just loose weight. I use to loose weight and go straight back to a poor lifestyle. Eating no processed foods for 3 weeks and I feel alive for the first time in ages
I'm rooting for you!! 😊
I work in Healthcare as a Coder 30 years. It’s not Healthcare anymore. It’s not about care and healing. It’s Health Business. And often I feel as a patient they only want to do something if it’s going to be high reimbursement and goal isn’t to heal me but get me out of the office. Or treat symptoms with drugs and not ever find the cause and cure that.
It wasn’t referred to as healthcare in the past. “Healthcare” assumes responsibility and prevention.
It’s not “health,” it’s “medical.” It’s not “care,” it’s “treatment.”
Medical insurance, medical treatment.
This is amazing, thank you for putting this information out there! In the last two weeks of her 20 yr career as a pediatrician, my daughter's doctor told me to let her eat as much ice cream and cookies as she wanted every day, as well as give her three Carnation Instant Breakfast shakes per day, because she was concerned that she was too thin and wasn't putting on weight. My jaw dropped. Thankfully I knew better and now my daughter is a perfectly healthy, petite young woman like all the ladies in our family at this age. Unbelievable that some doctors out there are basically having people poison their children.
FROM AUSTRALIA - Thank you for making this podcast on sugar. I watched "That Sugar Film" (2014)❤
Years ago I started cutting back on sugar. At first it was hard, and I didn't eat as much as most people! I now make all my food from scratch. All sauces, bread products, canning, salad dressings, and so on. It got to the point where all processed food that use to taste good to me now taste like crap! It's a lot of work, but it sure makes me feel a lot better!
Let's write a best selling book together...you've got some fantastic ideas!!
I worked at an assisted living facility for nine months. I won’t even get into the garbage they made me feed them but one of the nurses was pregnant. She had the baby after I left and I hadn’t seen her for a very long time. That was 2017. I saw her in the store with her little girl who I guess is six but she looks eight and she’s humongous she’s morbidly obese this child it made me sick when her mom was picking out candy for her and the girl was crying for something like whining for something and I thought good night you’re in the medical business how do you not see what you’re doing to your child
See the food in hospitals here ( U.K.) and some of the overweight health workers…they don’t get great training on nutrition
@@theinngu5560 yes It’s shocking how many obese nurses there are.Not a great example to the rest of us.
The nurses have bought into the low fat high exercise.. my mom was in the hospital once and called shift change, “the parade of hippos”
@@2bakaphoebe oh I know. My best friend is a nurse and very obese. A lot of them are. So sad. She’s 10 years younger than I and she’s a hot mess. Arthritis fibro , tumors possibly ms. On heart med
@@theinngu5560 LOTS of pizza in US schools
My A1C hit 11.1 two years ago. I got it down to 5.4 without meds. I just ordered Metabolical. Thanks!
I haven't eaten sugar since 2018, and I feel totally different. The bitter fruits or veggies don't have this strong bitterness. Bitter herbs like wormwood are not so bitter like 5 years ago when I started drinking. My brain is really working differently, faster, better concentrated, I see colors clearer and intense, I'm not stressed anymore, no panic attacks, less stomach problems etc etc....I have thought out from my diet gluten and lactose. No more unexpected diarrhea in my life 😆. Of course, I'm still taking other supplements, but the good one, and I feel amazing. People, please open up your eyes🙏Wake up! Life without white sugar is more beautiful. And who has donn it knows what about I'm speaking 😊God Bless u all, Monika
A great interview Dr Rangan, I thoroughly enjoyed this expose and while I have known this for some time and shared the problem with sugar, few actually listen or do anything to change their lives! I am not involved in the medical profession, so the best I can do is to share this content and let others make their own decisions for their own benefit! One question I do have about real food is what can you do if you have no knowledge of the soil in which that real food was grown? What if that soil is depleted of the nutrients it is supposed to pass to the crop? What if the soil is contaminated in some way by pesticides and you don't know that has entered the real food? Farming practice is going the way of Pharma practice, what is in the real food that can harm us? Are we free of toxic elements that can descend into soils from the air? Weed and bug killers are used fully in the agribusiness, it's a closed-shop business, the same as the sugar business! Paid for science to tell us it's safe, when it may not be!
I really love and respect Dr Robert to be so open bringing truth to human race as we all are suffering
Eye opening podcast, I hope this professor does not randomly disappear or commit suicide. This really needs to spread to mainstream public. Thank you doctor for being an amazing host.
Oh please. This is common knowledge.
@@sandif32 Its not encouraged to be a thinker, its encouraged to be a dum dum and listen to cdc and fda
I was thinking the same thing! Pray for these doctors!!! The establishment hates any truth getting out.
@@sandif32 oh please yourself 🙄 you clearly dont know the agendas of our govt. Just close your eyes and go back to sleep.
@@stocksyere you are EXACTLY right!
Let the sleepers sleep, they already know everything 🙄
I’m so glad I stumbled across this TH-cam. I think you have saved my life! Thank you!!
I've been practicing medicine for almost 15 years now but today I got to know so many new things which make complete sense and answer so many questions that I had been trying to find answers to for quite time now. Thanks Dr Robert Lustig for this wonderful podcast. And thanks to the host for asking relevant questions and steering the debate in the right direction throughout.
Now if i could only find a Doctor like you near me. Great job. I have fired more MDs than i can count, so i just stop going
Thanks doctor for saying this. I have lost faith in western medicine because of the MDs I have encountered, I am a health care worker and also am a licensed acupuncturist. My way to tackle my chronic problems is now through Chinese herbal formulas, it’s been around for thousands of years, and I understand how they work. I also exercise and eat a healthy diet. To make matters worse, the medical system in the US is a scam due to ridiculous highly profitable insurance plans that don’t even cover everything a patient needs and have quotas for the doctors to meet.
@@deansapp4635 I have fired several of my HMO doctors myself. It became clear I was probably never going to find a low/no sugar doc there, or one in tune with my keto/carnivore lifestyle, so I got a copy of _Metabolical_ by Dr.Lustig for my current doctor. It has him thinking, and last visit he actually commented on how much he got from the book.
WOW! This is one of the best interviews I've heard! Easy to understand but so darn informative! This critical information MUST be shared world wide. What is WHO doing on this?? Huge thanks!👏👏
I was told 9 weeks ago I was pre diabetic and luckily my doctor is young so knew the new research ,I started keto but still reacted so I’m on carnivore and I feel amazing, down 30lbs in 9 weeks my blood sugar is in the normal range,my skin condition has cleared up ,my joint pains are gone ….I feel like all my life I was being poisoned 🤢
Keep going strong. You should watch TH-cam videos from Dr ken berry if you haven't watched his videos yet.
@@thebigmann81 I’ve watched most of his 😂
Me too my friend. Good luck.
i quit sugar and i feel like a completely different person. i am not back to my ''youth'' but i am a person i have never been before in my life. it is just amazing.
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Hi. Thank you. I am a doctor myself. I have always been damn so sure that hypertension is the symptom of something bigger. And of course it is frustrating when we keep treating symptoms rather than the cause and not even truly knowing it. Same with so many other diseases.
Thank you 🙏
You are a good doc!
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