Debunking "Healthy" TikTok DESSERTS | Ann Reardon How To Cook That
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- Debunking "healthy" TikTok desserts. Sugar Alternatives Exposed.
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Every time I see someone praise an alternative ingredient as "organic" or "natural" and therefore "so much better", I can't help remembering a Pratchett quote: “It contained herbs and all natural ingredients. But belladonna was an herb, and arsenic was natural.”
Just remember that when you chomp down on an apple containing malic acid, and with those little cyanide packets in the middle... 😆
eating just 2 berries of belladonna can kill . i remember learning about it in a documentary about the poison garden in london
11:11 just came up, thought about complaining in the comments, looked back at the screen and saw your comment. It's lovely coincidences like these that give me life~
@@petermirtitsch1235 lmao I will only refer to Apple seeds as cyanide packets from now on. Thank you. 🤣
Omg, that same one cane in my mind when she was saying that normal sugar can also be called raw and 'natural'
Everyone on the internet: “you must do this, it IS healthier. Can’t explain it just is”
Ann Reardon: “let me explain everything to you so that you easily understand it even if you don’t get science”
Flashbacks to those “DO THIS BEFORE YOU SLEEP!!” ads
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The best eating advice I've heard is "eat balanced meals in moderation." No bans on any food unless it's medically contraindicated (ex. allergies), and no suggestions to substitute anything.
True, but maple and honey are still healthier than other sugars if you must eat sugar.
@@ferdtheterd3897 Not really. You haven't watched the whole video, have you?
@@maurice2572 The information in this video is wrong, trust me I lost 120lbs in a year or two. Maple syrop is gods water compared to high fructose syrop. Also im canadian I know maple syrop ive used many liters of pure maple syrop in just the past few months, and ive actually gotten fitter
@@ferdtheterd3897 your evidence is anecdotal. losing weight doesn't equal health. in some cases with how some people fanatically go about losing weight without proper research it can actually be actively harmful to the body.
@@vegetablea9611 Okay you want better proof, I also gained 30lbs of muscle in a matter of a few months and I can do 20 pullups in a row, I know what im talking about and maple syrop is better than anything labelled "corn" in 99% of cases
It’s more about portion rather than the poison. When I was losing weight I was still eating chocolate and cake and burgers, but at much smaller portions and less frequently. Completely cutting off daily consumption of sugary goods is a non starter for many people, but cutting back to maybe two Oreos a day is doable (plus it vastly improves the experience eating it).
Likewise with vegetables, I found that finding the right vegetable to snack on to replace all the sugary stuff I was eating when I wanted to snack was crucial. From baby carrots to green sweet pea pods to brocolli, it was great!
I agree! I decided to try cutting sweets and such for only on Saturdays, and in order to get through the rest of the week I bought a lot of mandarin and sparkling water to trick my brain whenever I had a sugar rush. Then after two weeks of doing that, I cut down the mandarins and used other fruits and vegetables, then went from sparkling to regular water, and I found myself some months later without any serious sugar rush, which was pretty nice. As you said, suddenly and completely cutting it all off would be too difficult for me, so to make limitations and replacements through a period of time worked best for me.
I'm really just wondering if there's a sugar alternate that tastes sweeter so I need less of it.
@wordforger A bunch of artificial sweeteners are sweeter, so you use less, but it can completely throw off the texture of baked goods. There are specific sweeteners formulated for baking but if you're just looking for something to use instead of sugar in tea or coffee there are sweetener tablets that come in a little dispenser. 1 tab = 1 teaspoon. My personal hack is to use half sugar, half sucralose by volume in baking. So it still kind of holds up because of the sugar but it's slightly fewer calories.
@@wordforger The problem with taste is that it's relative, I taste vodka as bitter, all of it, even the best "tasteless" stuff because I'm a super taster (which is scientifically defined as >x taste buds/ tongue area, I don't recall the numbers off the top of my head) and dislike the taste of any alcohol, including in extracts. There are also no tasters (
@@wordforgerThere are, but it comes with cons. They are often highly processed, many people can't tolerate them very well (diarreah, stomachaches, etc.), they often have a weird aftertaste and you obciously need to replace the mass of the sugar that is now nissing in the recipe. Some of them give a weird texture in the food. Plus your body produces insulin to counter the sugar - but there is none, so you get hungry and crave more and eat more. So in the end it is really not good.
Wouldn't it be better to eat in moderation? In a lot of countries outside the US sugar is used in lower amounts in recipes and it tastes great. It's all about what you're used to.
Oh and often these artificial sweeteners kind of temper with your taste buds, like aroma - you get such a strong taste from them that natural sweet things don't taste good anymore. Pesto Basilico is often made with aroma (when bought in supermarkets) and after eating that for a while you won't find the real thing good enough anymore. It just tastes like "less" or "nothing" because you're so used to the overpowering taste of aroma. Kond of like your hearing gets worse if you hear way too loud music all the time. You won't hwar the fine undertones anymore.
Not only did Ann debunked the claims, but also she educated us about the topic even better! I'm coming out of this video knowing the difference between glucose, fructose, sucrose, and maltose. Thank you so much!!!
Not to mention introducing us to critical thinking skills. Which i think is more essential than any specific topic
If you are over the age of 13 there's no excuse to not know the difference between those sugars. What have you been doing in school?
@@beabea5985 you can’t expect all schools teach the same things? i for one have never learned any of this in school and clearly a lot of other people haven’t either
@@beabea5985 you know not everyone went to the same school that you did? Like maybe another country, maybe focus on another topics, or maybe they went to school 50 years ago. Or had horrible teacher.
@@beabea5985 there are different curriculums my guy
Ann: "I wanna put a glucose monitor into someones arm and feed them pure sugar"
Dave: *nervous sweating*
I wonder if putting the sugar in tea would have achieved the same result less painfully?
@@sarasamaletdin4574 likely, but the point in consuming it on it's own was to rule out anything else possibly affecting the results.
@@sarasamaletdin4574 It would have. But Ann is smart enough to know that it’s better to rule out everything in these kind of experiments.
@@BbGun-lw5vi smart enough? Uhm, yeah hun everyone that went to 10th Grade knows you have to eliminate all outside interference
@@BigMastah79 Yes, most people are smart enough. Including Ann. Although unfortunately even though many people know better but often still don't do it.
Watching people talk about agave and switching their views to the complete opposite instead of moderation was just wild. People really don't know what they're talking about sometimes and I'm sure I'm 100% guilty of the same.
The fitness guy just squeezing the agave into his mouth - YIKES.
@@Nocturne22right 😅 like when that clip was shown I was like 😬 this isn't conveying the point you think it is, chugging anything like that is never the "right" solution to things
In an engagement/attention based information economy, extreme viewpoints tend to flow to the top, even if they're wrong. With nutrition, there is a new fad every year, but the actual evidence based dietary guidelines and recommendations haven't really changed over decades.
Why are we getting so much nutrition related chronic illness if the existing guidelines are probably correct? Well... It's because nobody actually follows them.
Unlike them, you admit it
man i love hearing about all the food science without even a MENTION of "This will absolutely make you fat" or "This will help you lose weight." it's nice to learn about food in a way that isn't transparently terrified of gaining a single pound. it's almost like the process of gaining and losing weight is a lot more complicated than "these foods do it" and "these foods don't."
It's actually not, it's even the opposite actually. When you really boil it down, gaining and losing weight is just numbers, calories, nothing else. Burn more than you lose, eat more than you lose. Nothing else matters.
@@DeepgoatI'm actually baffled that you could watch this and other food science videos and come to that conclusion. Food is complicated, there's all sorts of vitamins and things your body needs that aren't counted by a calorie. It can be dangerous to base your diet entirely on calorie count, because then you could end up "succeeding," but severely deficient in something. Not to mention that calories don't really give you a good picture of how your body, specifically, will digest any given food (as ann points out in this video, the iron in a steak is better absorbed than the iron in coconut sugar. calories, or even the literal number of how much iron it contains, wouldn't tell you that). A healthy diet is important, but it is much, much more complex than "burn more than you eat."
@@Deepgoatbesides which, my initial comment was just pointing that a food in and of itself will not make you gain or lose weight. It depends on, again, your specific body's metabolism and such, and the context in which you eat it. A slice of cake every now and then isn't inherently going to make you fat, and eating 60 pears in a day won't make you thin. Moderation is more important than the idea that some foods are just "evil" and others are "miracle food."
@@Sky-vj5fg Nah not really it's all about calories when you talk about food. Typically people's metabolic rates don't different SO DRAMATICALLY that one person is just becoming jiggly puff off the same diet that someone is losing weight on. If you're just talking about "losing weight", go no further, all you need to know is calories in and out. Health is a different story.
@@DeepgoatI'm not going to argue this with someone who refers to other human beings as "jiggly-puff." Dehumanizing people ain't cool.
Ann finally did the impossible that she’s been striving for for months: she made a debunking video without making half a dozen messes in her kitchen.
Just a bloodstream mess eating a bowl of sugar 😆
Only took her eating a bowl of straight sugar, eh? Let's not forget stabbing herself in the arm to get those glucose levels
HTB: FINALLY! A WORTHY ENEMY!
Don't forget: she also did it without making her poor husband eat anything abominable!
THE MICROWAVE WAS SAVED 🙌🏻 🤩
I think a lot of the "healthy" hype comes from the fact that agave is used in a lot of vegan recipes (as a substitute for honey). People often confuse vegan with healthy, and that's not always necessarily the case.
i think that's exactly it! you'll notice, a lot of the "health" stuff comes from hippie and wealthy people mistaking vegan for healthy, or any dietary thing, really. the whole gluten free thing...also, the vast majority of agave use is and always has been in tequila lol, def not healthy...
I really don’t understand how agave is vegan, because of the demand farmers now harvest wild agave and harvest agave plan before bloom thus destroying the sustenance local bat population needs. How is that vegan?
@@shadycatz85 okay now I'm convinced. I'll tell my family it's a health food, lol.
@@elif6908 because it doesn't directly come from animals. A lot of vegans are very short sighted tbh.
It happens a lot, look at a lot of staples of certain vegans, they can get extremely unethical unless it's grown locally to you in sustainable ways.
@@elif6908 That's an excellent point. That seems a constant struggle for vegans, because how our food is produced can have a variety of negative effects on wildlife even if not literally derived from an animal.
In my personal experience, Agave (and the other alternatives) started (marketed) as a white sugar replacement for vegans who didn't want processed sugar (which involved animal products on occasion). Interesting to see how these alternatives have been blown up to be marketed as a 'healthier' alternative.
wait what? To my knowledge sugar processing doesn't contain any animal products. It's all mechanical (crushing the cane) or chemical (bleaching the sugar solution, clarifying).
@@romxxii sometimes bone char, Charcoal from animal bones, is used to bleach the sugar and remove impurities. Some vegans don't want to support this practice.
@@romxxii In America bone char is often used to process white sugar.
@@boogerhaze93 then just buy brown sugar
@@romxxii Bone char is used in the filtering process of sugar from sugar cane to help make it white. Some companies don't use it, some do. It can be difficult to find sugar from different companies in some areas and back in the day it could be quite hard to find information on whether or not a particular company used bone char. So vegans looked for alternative sweeteners.
As far as I know, white sugar is not actually bleached.
I'd really be interested in Anne doing a breakdown of other sugar alternatives, such as stevia, monks fruit, or eurythratol, sweeteners that are often recommended to diabetics etc.
This!!
I think she already has
i don't know about other ones, but, if i remember correctly, stevia doesn't participate in metabolism. but it's not that sweet and tastes gross.
@@platannapipidae9621 monks fruit and eurythratol all supposed to be similar to Stevia, but it would still be interesting someone like Anne conduct an experiment like this with them.
Side bar if you don’t like the aftertaste of stevia, monks fruit and eurythratol have very little aftertaste (especially monk’s fruit).
she likely can't understand the chemical processing in stevia, and the implications of that.
stevia is a plant based sweetner
but sugar cane is also a plant sweetner, why is it the devil?
that's my concern.
"ANNE CAN YOU DO A HEALTHY DESERT RECIPE???"
Ann: no.
Damn, straight up said it like it is. Respect. Also, that was hilarious.
There are no healthy deserts. They're all too dry to be healthy
Yeah that is scientifically wrong and also stupid. You CAN make healthy desserts, I do it every day. Also whats healthy depends on the person. Peanuts are not healthy if you're allergic...
@@LynnHermione agreed. I make my mom healthy deserts all the time that fit into her diabetic diet and don’t peak her sugars. They’re not traditional, like cakes and things, but they’re sweet and tasty and make her happy
@@LynnHermione So what the Food Scientist said is wrong and stupid because you disagree with her statement. Aight
You can make a healthy DESSERT recipe. Place 1/4 cup chopped strawberries in a bowl. Add 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt. Gently stir until the strawberries are mixed in. Lightly sprinkle with some shaved dark chocolate. Enjoy.
But as someone else mentioned, there are no DESERTS you can eat that would be healthy.
"the things I do for you". Literally. Ann deserves an award for all the times she's cleaned out her microwave/pans and tested ridiculous recipes that she knows can't possibly work. I feel like this time takes it to a new level though, considering she's stuck a glucose monitor into her arm and is eating a bunch of sugar just so we can see what it does to her body.
Idk, she goes "the things I do for you" while eating sugar... Meanwhile think of all the things she's subjected her poor husband to in these vids, lol
@@christian3255 Lol the one video she was like "Poor Dave. Don't worry. I'll make him a real cheesecake later"
Lol I actually checked if this was sponsored by Freestyle Libre when I saw that but no, Ann is just going the extra mile for us yet again. What a star!!!!
@@christian3255 dave deserves an award for all the times he's eaten that stuff as well lol
@@prairielily08 CGMs are fantastic! I absolutely love mine. It started screaming at me at work, letting me know my number was dropping, fast. My sister, who I work with, looks at me, “Don’t ignore it. There’s cake in the fridge.” My sis is not one to ignore. As I have learned (she chased me away from doing dishes a few nights!)
13:36 I honestly laughed when I saw your handwritten "Natural" label be placed directly over the existing "100% natural" label on the original sugar packet
idk if that was intentional or not but it certainly gave me a laugh as well. Reminds me of when my sugar bags used to say "only x calories per serving"
Considering how wholesome this channel is, we often forget how BADASS Ann Reardon is! Using your own blood testing is one metal science.
Thank you so much for explaining the sugar differences so well
I'm t1d, the freestyle libre machine shes using isnt a real time continuous glucose monitor, its a flash cgm. So its not as accurate as a real time cgm. When I used to use it it used to overpredict my highs and lows. Depends on the person. But I would say she probs should have took her blood readings (the most accurate way to test with a good machine) to ensure the results are accurate. Though the results were what i'd expect anyway.
@@CruelDominion Either way reading blood sugar levels is stupid, thats not why people replace fake syrops for maple syrops. Its cuz natural sugars that havent been processed are much more efficiently digested and are packed with nutrients
@@ferdtheterd3897 a lot of people are type 2 diabetics AND type 1, looking for healthier alternatives to standard sugar. Don't be so obtuse
@@CruelDominion If youre diabetic thats different. For the average person maple and honey are 100% healthier options
@@ferdtheterd3897 ya really didn't watch the video did ya
"Health" influencers: You CAN'T have this, avoid it at ALL costs, it is the DEVIL! But I LOVE this, it's AMAZING for you, it's all RAW and NATURAL and..
Ann: Calm down. Have a banana.
"Sugar is THE DEVIL" is so melodramatic honestly. Food influencers should spend more time on research
Watch as influencers now try to spread lies about bananas
i heard that last bit in her accent unconsciously haha
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I've been diabetic for about 4-5 years and in that time no dietician or GP has explained sugar and GI as well as Ann just did. You know not all sugars are as bad for you, but this is just the best explanation of how the GI works! A lot more patience and the visuals really help! I hope other diabetics come across this video. As usual Ann you're an absolute gift 💙
Also remember fat can delay release of sugars. This is why I hate the "chocolate bar" solution to low blood sugar that used to be in vogue on TV and movies.
Many doctors I find don't think we can understand medical explanations. I'm a huge biology nut, but doctors always think I googled my symptoms because I have limited, but basic understanding of my own body. Like, no dude, I'm just not a dummy and I listened in biology class and did a lot of extracurricular biology activities. Now please take me seriously and explain what's up with my flesh prison so I can stop being confused and worried.
@@unerochebleue extremely true! I want to know stuff, just give me the info doc
I have Fructose Malabsorbtion, so all these "low glycemic" foods are actually poison for me. My body is like "NO. THAT IS NOT FOOD. WE REFUSE." and it basically goes bad in my gut and gets flushed out. It is not pleasant. And I am so sick of the health kick that's putting agave in everything! IT HAS MORE FRUCTOSE IN IT THAN HFCS. CMON.
I’m also a diabetic and I agree, she explained it really well!
Hi I’m a diabetic,
And by making this video you are educating people with how glucose gets into the bloodstream and how diabetes can work sometimes and how the normal human body works and making this video it shows how blood glucose can work and the system you are using to measure it so thanks you xxxxx
You know, I grew up being told that honey was basically sugar that was refined by bees rather than people. So it's crazy to see people acting like it's a super healthy "alternative"
Honestly I think people need to remember that calories aren't the enemy: they're needed to live.
EDIT: for clarity honey is literally just a shit tonne of glucose and sucrose, the former is which is the molecule broken down for use in cellular respiration - aka the chemical process that keeps people alive. Are there other things in it? Yes. But it's still gloopy sugar and not a substitute for a balanced diet.
"Natural" and "processed" are nowadays little more than buzzwords meant to prey on health worries in order to separate your cash from your bank account. If there's anything you should be angry about, it's predatory advertising exploiting people's genuine worries. And even moreso when "wellness" claims are used to push fruits and veggies into higher price brackets, making them less accessible for people on limited incomes.
They are the enemy when your dinner consists of 3000 calories of chicken wings from zaxbys
We have to be more vigilant about the sugars that are in our caloric intake. Especially if we have to eat out and those places have more sugars in their 'balanced' mix of protein/carb foods than we imagine.
@@Falcodrin
Well now I know what I'm having for dinner tonight. Ty.
obviously bee spit adds a little something to the sugar syrup that our mechanical processes don't, but it's bee spit, not magic dust.
@@hhiippiittyy there's legit a meal from Zaxby's you can get over 2000 calories just sitting on the menu
I wish more people understood that over eating anything is bad and everything needs a balance. I love that Ann takes topics and not only explains everything, she puts more than one reference and always just tells people moderation is key and you can't replace healthy foods with hacks. This episode abd her gluten episode are my favourite for food science and health I think.
I love the conversation in the comments, though it's now getting too much so no more comments please.
Yeah, the real secret to "healthy eating" is to eat a balance of macro and micronutrients, balance out super processed foods with things like fresh fruits and vegetables, and get exercise. The thing is, eating a rounded diet is hard so people are eager to find ways to cheat the system. Like, yeah if you go on a fad diet, you might lose weight while you're on it, but once you stop you'll gain all that weight back.
reminds me of that king of the hill episode where the town bans trans fats, so bill is eating cookies that don't contain trans fats, but he's eating more of them because he thinks they're better, but he gains like 20 pounds.
@@vepri9421 The link between health and privilege is undeniable, unfortunately. We just have to try and do our best with what we have access to, can afford, and have time to prepare.
Yes you can over eat salad and be unhealthy
Well but that’s not a good enough answer for people who want some magic food that they can just add to their diet and suddenly be healthy. Plus people like absolutes, not being asked to think. 🤷🏼♀️
You can tell these Tiktok influencers have no idea what they're talking about when they just randomly throw nutritional terminology without any concrete explanation as to how and why things function. Thank you so much, Ann. I learnt a lot from this video. Keep up with the excellent content.
lol "raw enzymes"
unlike the bad well-done enzymes
Thats what influencers do....they find the buzzwords that will get more views and sell.more stuff
Exactlyyyy
This is something I really hate. Not just around this topic, but every field ever. These are those students in school who understand nothing and just memorise everything in order to gain marks. How are you supposed to apply your knowledge if you don't understand it? I hate those kinds of videos in which they just tell us what to do without explaining why it is happening. For example, I saw the top rated video on Rubik's cube tutorial. It just told me the steps without telling me why does it work. If you don't understand why does it work, then how are you supposed to use the logic in any other type? You will again have to watch a video based on how to solve a 4 by 4 or a 5 by 5 or even a 2 by 2 cube. Moreover you are memorising the formula and nothing else. So, just in case you forget the formula, you will not be able to use your common sense to solve it. My cousin knew how to solve the 2 by 2 cube. It has a different formula to it. But once when we jumbled it and asked him to solve it, he couldn't and said that he had forgotten the formula. By that time, I had already figured out the logic behind solving the Rubik's cube. So, despite not knowing the steps for a 2 by 2, I could solve it. This is why you should really understand your things and not just memorise them. What is the point in learning ten different things when you can just learn and understand one thing and use your brain for the rest? You will be wasting a whole part of your brain if you just mug up. We have been given a brain for a reason, so use it. Another example, a video listed a few ways to keep your intimate areas clean. Well, now you know certain ways. But another video explained the reason behind it. Well, now you know it, understand it and would probably be able to apply it many other topics.
TikTok, Instagram, etc, it’s all about pretty people using buzz words to get attention. It’s the most base form of marketing.
I'd love to see Ann do a video on substitutes like monk fruit, allulose, stevia etc. my doc has me on a restricted carb diet, and I've had to switch over to these in addition to cutting out things like bread and rice.
omg, you POOR THING. I'd die.
I'd like to see this too! I actually really like monk fuit as a sugar substitute and from what I have seen it is good as a low calory sugar alternative, but I doubt it has any benefits beyond just being low calorie/not actually being sugar.
But I'm no expert, I just googled a bit, lol. I'd like for an actual expert to explain it to me.
isn't there a beef jerky alternative made out of monk fruit?
i like it when ann put on the "natural" sticker on the normal sugar at 13:32 and does not recognize (or mention) that on the package it already says "100% natural" :D
PS: hey you natural lovers out there do you know what 100% natural too? deadly nightshade, fly agaric and many more.... you should not eat that! (even if it is 100% natural)
Cancer is natural, your body is a processor, anything you ever eat WILL be processed. Cooking is processing. I'd argue chewing your damn food is processing it. Uranium is natural. Lots of deadly things are natural. Processing food can make it better for you, and processing food is literally necessary for your body to live.
might be interested in the nightshade and amanitas...
Fly Agaric is an amazing food though! Here in Eastern Europe, its not super uncommon to eat. Parboiled, strained and then prepped. The knack is leaving enough toxin in to cause a slight giddiness after. Its a nice autumn social meal
If you're curious what it tastes like. Think Steak and Mushroom, but earthier maybe.
@Raziel1984 Oh, you so clever! 🥱
Please make this a series. I feel like everyone on the Internet is lying to us it feels nice to have someone unbiased and focused on the truth
MLM marketers do the same
She already does :p
Or do you mean specifically healthy stuff?
@@BigMastah79 specifically healthy stuff
She has and you’re right; you have to be careful about who you trust online
Next one could focus on artificial sweetners like sucralose.
The only advantage of these alternative sweeteners is the fact, that they have a unique taste of their own. That can help to reduce the overall amount you use. Love this Video!
Thank you for addressing one of my pet bugbears: ‘healthier’ sugar/sugar alternatives. I’m old enough to remember when raw sugar was thought to be a better option than normal sugar since it was less processed. As though the crystals being larger made a difference!
I just think raw sugar tastes better. It’s not any healthier
I'd say that healthy sugar is kind of like snake oil, but actual snake oil seems relatively harmless in comparison.
Bugbears... Do you play dnd?
As a chemist, I cringe so hard at the influencers' so-called "scientific justification" of their reason to pick a sugar of choice to the point it became so unbearable that honestly i felt a secondhand embarassment. No hate to those who have personal taste preferences, but if you try to justify healthier option with science at least do your research. Awesome video as always, Ann ✨
As I watched the video, my one thought was "And this is why you don't get your health advice from unlicensed attractive people on social media." And at the absolute least, pay attention to if the person gives sources to scientific studies. If they never quote any or give a shorthand explanation such as "It has a lower glycemic index than sugar" and the person never brings up any downsides to a product, press X to doubt.
As Ann said, you can't replace one sweetner with another and expect zero detriments. If it sounds too good to be true, it likely is.
It's very clear with a lot of these people that they don't understand a lot of the vocab and jargon they are using. If you asked a lot of them to explain what an enzyme was and what it does I think they'd struggle to tell you but they are happy to endorse a product because it apparently contains a lot of them.
@@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley the irony is they're so fixated on "it's natural so it's good" that they ignore the simple fact that it's artificial sweeteners that ARE more healthy. They have negligible calories. Diet coke is a butt of all jokes but it actually has almost no calories while sugary sweet drinks are absolutely about the worst thing possible for a diet...
Seriously, someone once told me that brown sugar is healthier than white sugar. And I'm thinking but it's sugar...
@@KasumiRINA certainly , but i think the main issue is that all sugars ( natural and artificial) have benefits and downsides. Saying that one is oh so much healthier than another because of XYZ perpetuates misinformation which can be even more harmful.
Your statement about artificial sweeteners is not wrong but also skips over the fact that while ,yes, artificial sweeteners have no calories, they can be processed differently by the body and have other long-term effects. Hundreds of studies are being conducted on every type of sweetener every year with no true conclusive evidence that one is better or more healthy than another simply because there are far more factors than the sweetner at play.
I love that Ann debunks things like this without resorting to making people feel stupid for believing it in the first place. Ann understands how people come to hold their mistaken beliefs, and just straightens out the actual observable facts with very little judgement. I LOVE that she included a clip of the blond guy (no idea, sorry!) later correcting himself about agave nectar - showing that the people in the clips she uses aren't there to be the "villains" of the piece, they're an example of how many of us confidently hold incorrect beliefs. It should be normalised and admired for someone to change their mind when presented with new information - that's how learning works!
It's espcially nice when she doesn't treat people who believe in life-hacks like they are stupid either. It's so easy to fall for those kinds of things, lifehacks are designed that way, and she just explains how they don't work. I'm not one who knows food science (nor am I knowledgable on "healthy" foods, so I probably would listen to all the hyper about sugar alternatives without understanding and I think she understands that too. She's just an all around amazing youtuber (probably an amazing person too but I only really know her on youtube so that's why I said that)
But there's a difference between holding an incorrect belief because you don't know better vs. shouting out your incorrect belief to everyone while making money even though it is contradicted by actual observable facts (meaning that you never tried to actually proof your belief).
These influencers do match the 2nd version quite well.
Blond guy is Thomas DeLauer.
@@renem.5852 That’s true too. A lot of these youtubers hype “ natural alternatives” for money.
@@renem.5852 That's very true! There's innocent ignorance, and then there's deliberate lying. I don't know any of the influencers shown here, so I don't know what their angle is. It was good to see an example of one of them reversing their position, but whether that was genuine, or because they found a different product to shill is another question!
This made so much more sense than what my doctor said. As a diabetic it's so confusing when you see the GI info. Of course I try to just eat my carbs in the form of whole fruit and grains but realistically sometimes I want a brownie without taking my blood glucose through the roof so I do try a lot of the alternatives.
Same
If you take insulin, you could bolus I think 15 minutes in advance to avoid spiking your blood sugar. If you've tried this already, I don't know lmao
I was so excited when I saw the Manuka Honey on the table! I'm a entomologist/microbiologist and the antimicrobial effective of honey is a research interest of mine - so glad you spoke about it properly!
Honey is crazy. The fact that if sealed properly it will NEVER expire is just wild
Absolutely appreciate that she refused to even pretend there were healthy recipes.
*You mean sweetener or desserts?
Wdym? There are plenty of healthy recipes out there.
Just chop some fruits and put them in a bowl and there you go healthy recipe
@@akahanachan6160 is that a recipe or just chopping some fruit lol
@@Nocturne22 idk it's your opinion
i never understand why people want ‘healthy’ sweet things, if i want a cookie i’ll eat a cookie, if i want something healthy i’ll eat an apple
Doctors: 😔
Ikr
Ikr. If you still want to eat sweet things, just eat it. And then, eat healthily and exercise afterwards!!!
@@ladyhaha7548 I talked to a professional nutrionist and she said it's much healthier to eat the normal sweet things than to eat the healthy low fat versions bc they lose a lot of nutrients. Eating sweet things isn't automatically unhealthy or something to feel guilty about, as long as you have variety in what you eat you should be okay
Ikr, it doesn’t seem worth it to eat the slightly less sugary food that may taste worse, if ur gonna eat just eat :/ everything is dangerous in large amounts so just watch how much
I love Ann’s debunking videos (although they are all great). She is not condescending and genuinely wants you both to succeed and be safe. She not only tells you why it does not work, but the tricks used to make it looks like it works in many cases and how to actually do it to make it work.
Fellow dietitian here. Thank you so much Ann for making an informative, helpful and evidence-based video on this subject! And the fact that your videos have such a wide reach makes me that much happier😊 Please keep doing what you're doing!
When Ann said, "I'm not going to eat 20 grams of pure sugar," how many of you thought she was about to say, "So let's make Dave do it."?
LEGEND
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🤣 it was nice of Ann to give Dave a week off, lol!
No Dave appearance was definitely a plot twist!
This lady should win a science communication award. Brilliant.
We have to learn how to communicate lay language to the general public as part of our dietitian program so every dietitian has to be able to explain things simply like Ann
@@mish_elle1450 ive been fortunate learning a lot in college and always compliment a dietrician i meet as my body improves from my illnesses.
Every time they simplify it i wait until they're finished and compliment them for communicating it like that and encourage to keep it up. I also tend to say "i know i undersrand what you're saying but im unsure tom will get it!" I feel like another important aspect is to never bellitle the person you're educating
Id love to see Ann and the food science babe do a collab!
My teachers did a worse job than she does, and she's not even talking in my native language :/ That's really sad.
@@fy8798 Indeed. Lack of accessibility creates a vacuum that’s filled with credulity (Like the ‘God of the Gaps’ phenomenon, where people fill in knowledge they don’t have with any old rubbish that claims to be simple and at the same time magically super effective.). It’s such a shame. But thankfully Ms. Reardon is helping to chip away at the charlatans’ credibility!
My mom is a staunch believer that maple syrup is healthier than average white sugar and flat out refuses to eat any baked goods with white sugar. I guess technically maple syrup is less refined (and to her she thinks less sugar than white sugar), but I never realized that it's the same
Thank you so much for this! I love biology and food science and you’ve explained this so beautifully! It’s not about completely cutting “bad” foods out, but it is important to focus on ADDING wonderful fruits, whole grains and veggies!
As a type-2 diabetic, this explained more about how sugar works to me than the 3 hours of classes I had to take at my local medical center. Thanks, Ann!
You should share this video with them!
Send it to them! Maybe they can use it for future classes
As a type 2 as well, this was super informative! I never had any nutritionist or dietician break it down for me like this before!
To be a bit more fair to them, the class time focused on the more practical aspects of being newly diagnosed. Like making sure you know how your meter works, what your target sugar count should be, some strategies to manage spikes and drops, that sort of thing. And a bit of general guidelines on cooking. So I'd say they chose things that were more immediately useful than the demonstration shown here.
The amount of times I've come across a "no added sugar" baking recipe only for it to contain honey, maple syrup, coconut sugar or similar is ridiculous. They claim it's "natural" so it doesn't count but everyone seems to forget regular table sugar is also technically "natural" because it comes from sugar cane which is a plant! At the end of the day, it is all sugar and should be consumed in moderation within the context of a balanced diet.
Cane sugar is awful for you so much better to go with an all natural cold pressed sugarcane juice
@@mauirandall8176 Did you learn nothing from this video? It’s ALL sugar, doesn’t matter where it comes from 🤦🏻♀️
I've had a soda that was straight up 100% cane sugar lol. Drank 3 of em.
Terrible for me? Yes
Tasted good? Also Yes
Moderation is key, unfortunately sometimes that key gets lost 🙃
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@@B_27 I'm certain they're going for sarcasm.
@@hakure I'm not. The level of stupidity I have encountered online is astronomical.
Thank you for making this easier to understand Ann! I'm in marketing/business, so I can absolutely tell you it's advertised to make you buy less of one thing instead of buying less as a whole. In the consumer market, it's all about making money. Well, you can't make money if you tell people to stop eating fats, sugars, and sodium. You CAN make money by telling people to stop buying FOODS high in sugars, so they can make low sugar, low fat, low sodium, etc. As Ann can probably tell everyone, the whole "Good For You/ Better For You" market is a crock of crap. The glucose-free foods are much higher in fats. The low sodium/low sugar foods are typically high in fats and cholesterol. The low fat foods are typically high in sodium or sugar. You can't really sacrifice one without compensating for another. Eat what you want, but do so in moderation, and stop spending so much money on these BS diets! They don't work!
I love how you actually placed the big "natural" sticker on the sugar on top of the "100% natural" logo of the sugar.
Ann is SUCH a good science communicator, shes always so good at breaking down complicated concepts and ideas into something thats easy to understand, i always appreciate her explanations!
Love your icon and name/handle! :D
That is really true but also on other hand these folks are really stupid and or delusional who get caught up in these hypes and cant read studies. Or sometimes actually deliberately overcomplicate the explanation surrounding a product or a topic. If you can't explain the topic to someone as if they are five you are either bullshitting or have not delved into topic enough to grasp it yourself.
Super inspiring 2 me, she speaks my language
Yes! The visual aids were amazing. She had Lego bricks and diagrams of organs. It was awesome!
I've said it elsewhere, but Ann would make an excellent teacher.
I'm a type 1 diabetic and when I met with my nutritionist I told her I had switched from sugar to agave nectar she explained to me that it really wasn't the healthy alternative everyone is convinced that it is.
Also t1d here, I never made switches apart from diet fizzy drinks! But man its wild people were saying honey doesnt spike your bgs.. its exactly what I have when i'm low. I feel like a t1d tiktok needs to be started to debunk this rubbish
Well now you know. But this whole thing could have been avoided if you look for first citations. Don't go based off what health line or vice says. Look for the first citations, the actual Studies. Trust me it's worth reading them because going off he said she said isn't reliable
@@blackbeast9268 i'm not American, but also I never believe in any claims 'normal' people make re blood glucose levels at all. Because its all legit lies. People with a working pancreas legit wouldn't be able to verify these claims, just buy it on the premise that its healthy because of these claims. Frustrates me to no end. Same with people who say porridge keeps you fuller for longer and 'stablises your bgs.' My ass, one of the absolute worst things I could eat is porridge and cereal, unless I gave a load of insulin beforehand, and probs corrections after. I'm definitely not the person who needs to be told, but the general populace does need to be careful
I can recommend looking into sugar alcoholes as an alternative.
@@CruelDominion
From what I read it does, but slowly.
Thank you Ann. I love your fact based, no nonsense, but very approachable videos. We do need to limit, sugar, salt and bad fats, plus get off the couch and go for a walk or other exercise on a regular basis. There is just no way around that. And while cakes/cookies etc are special (occasional) treats I love to bake and I also love your cake videos!
Not sure if this will reach you but I am a fan of yours. I have studied to be a pastry chef but the thing I love about this channel is the science behind it all. I loved baking because I call it edible science and i have learned so much from you and this channel. I finally ordered a copy of your book and am excited to go through it
The fact that Ann ran this scientific experiment herself and with her own blood glucose readings as a variable demonstrates her commitment to quality content. Keep up the good work! ❤️ - From a fellow Melburnian
Not to mention that the glucose monitoring device ain’t cheap! It’s also great to see someone who does experiments & actually applies the correct scientific method
@@Tamacoleo my dad has one of those. And yes.not cheap. (He's diabetic)
@@Tamacoleo The device is actually not that expensive. The test strips are, though. Not too expensive for her purposes (I'm type 1 diabetic)
Imagine a world where all nutrition advice is this well-reasoned and explained. So many have benefited in so many ways from spreading nutrition misinformation. Thanks for your great advice Ann!
Thank you so much Anne, imagine through your due diligence and research you’ve managed to give more information through transparency than actual nutritionists on this and many other platforms and you are a dessert and cooking channel. You are the best!
Thank you Ann! This is such a fantastic video and helps me to understand my own issues. (I’m hypoglycaemic, the rare non-diabetes related kind). And wow, these no-sugar fads suck. Some of them might actually kill me. I also wish I had this video when I was a kid as doctors and my parents really sucked at explaining glucose to me. I’ve managed it well and haven’t had a hypo-related faint in well over a decade but I find it sad that only when I’m in my 30’s that I see something that lets me understand why my mother packed my bags with those awful tasting Glucosamine tablets…
Pure honey is definitely anti-bacterial: ancient Egyptian nobles used to smear it on their wounds to keep them from becoming infected. But, of course, this video is absolutely correct that *eating* honey won't magically impart anti-bacterial protection to you. It acts more like a barrier to bacteria than anything else, and that's only before it begins to be digested. Coating yourself entirely in honey might keep bacteria from getting to you, but that may be somewhat impractical and problematic...
Although there is evidence that eating locally produced honey (IE from within a few miles of your home) can help with the symptoms of hayfever.
@@emmabarnard6012 I'm no scientist but I don't think that's got to do with the antibacterial properties but with the pollen. I'm really too dumb to know the difference but I'm sure there is one.
@@emmabarnard6012 What evidence?
@@emmabarnard6012 that's a popular myth. Honey contains flower pollen but generally it's grass and tree pollens that cause hayfever
Yeah, it's more like if you're stranded somewhere without access to medicine or a first aid kit and get a small cut, a bit of honey on your cut after cleaning it might be better than nothing.
Ann deserves WAY more credit for everything she does. She explains everything in a way that is so easy to understand and gives you solutions to these things. The queen of youtube IMO
I agree she's great, but it's not like her channel is that small ;) She does get rewarded.
NO! NO! NO! Many people say I am sick in the head. NOOOO!!!! I don't believe them. But there are so many people commenting this stuff on my videos, that I have 1% doubt. So I have to ask you right now: Do you think I am sick in the head? Thanks for helping, my dear kc
@@riotgrrrl8807 She should be bigger.
I feel like every type 1 diabetics need this in nutrition education, especially in dealing with low blood sugar incidents. Also, I only now realized our CGMs are detecting the one type of sugar, I always thought gluc/fruc/sucrose would read the same in the end. So awesome to learn, the legos really helped to visualize.
Thank you for all your hard work in making these videos, I’m glad there are people like you on the internet too.
Watching your stuff makes me remember my days as a kid watching Good Eats and growing in my love for cooking/baking and science at the same time.
This is seriously one of the best channels on YT, and I'm not overexaggerating. The lengths you went to in order research different claims and ingredients, test those claims in various objectively identifiable ways, and then educate us on what's happening throughout with helpful visuals..... I'm blown away. I was glued to the screen the whole time. Fantastic job, Ann!
She would be an excellent teacher.
I wish she was my science teacher. I’d honestly learn so much. From the calm tone, to the visuals and then the facts. Love it
It really isn't.
Would love to see you repeat this video with the "keto-friendly" sweeteners like Stevia, Erythritol, Allulose, and Monk Fruit
Oh those can get very interesting... I'd love for her to explain the laxative effects of xylitol (and it'll kill your dog). I would also love for her to explain the "Cry wolf effect" sugar alcohols and artificial sweeteners can have on your pancreas when consumed in high quantities over long periods... Like drinking multiple diet sodas over several years.
Absolutely!!
@@clueless_cutie maltitol and sorbitol are the ones you need to limit if you have any plans the rest of the day 🤣
No way. All those things taste like poo. I think.
Yes please, Xylit is very popular in germany and they say it is not only healthy but also cant attack your teeth like normal sugar...
i would love to hear about all the other natural and artifical sweeteners of "sugar free" products
The legos were such a helpful way for me to understand! I get worried about diet fads and I don't understand a lot of the claims made around healthy eating, so I really appreciate this explanation! I am definitely going to focus on vegetables coming up :)
I like agave because it has a good flavor and mixes into cold drinks beautifully. But its good to be educated about its issues
As a Canadian, I can confirm:
You should replace sugar with Maple Syrup in lots of things. Not because it's healthier, but because it's delicious.
Try sweetening Whipped Cream with it sometime...
Yes! I love putting it in things just for the delicious taste.
I had never had real maple syrup until I moved to Ohio (USA) as an adult. I was put off by its wateriness at first, but I came to love it. I even like drinking my black tea with maple sugar now.
My mom puts maple syrup in her (plain) yogurt and kefir, which I thought weird at first, but she made a convert outta me. I gotta say, it's good stuff.
Male syrup is so gross to me for some reason
As a Vermonter, I 100% agree.
@@dallasmales5520 I think "male syrup" is something a little different
As a Biologist, I must say that I loved your explanation of the sugar using lego bricks! Amazingly simple and easy to understand! I hope you do not mind if I steal this technique to use with my students. ;D
Sharing is caring ;)
Suggestion: Please use black lego bricks to represent galactose; that way, lactose comes out lookin' pretty af.
Im glad you brought up agave, I'd like to add that the farming practices and unethicalities of agave harvesting make it well worth not eating, if not for your glycemic index for the workers and environment that suffer as a result of its consumption
Watched this when it came out. Rewatched it now, still love it. Thank you Ann for the awesome and informative videos!
It's also super important to note that what is "healthy" is different for everyone. Some folks (like those with diabetes) can benefit from low GI foods, while other people have a hard time processing certain sugar variants (IBS and fructose). Not to mention alcohol sugars can cause a lot of indigestion and diarrhea for some people. For some with intestinal issues (UC, stoma) high fiber is not helpful, while a lot of people benefit from higher fiber. Everyone has different needs and bodies process things differently. Proteins and fats aren't always processed well. Also "health" looks different for everyone, if it's even possible by the dominant health industry standards.
sincerely, a disabled person with a food allergy
Very good comment!!
YES. This is such an important thing that gets overlooked all the time.
Ugh, I can't eat garlic, and people argue with me!
exactly!
Thank you. Good points.
Let's be real here, the average audience member for this kind of stuff just assumes that a food with an unfamiliar name is automatically "healthier" than what you already know.
sugar: the stuff you put in kool-aid and donuts
*Agave Nectar* : Exotic! And nectar comes from flowers! flowers are natural! and natural is good!
All-natural, raw cyanide? Must be healthy for me!
@@andhieyusuf7008 Nom nom radium
@@tadbitsketch You'll get that radiant glow you seek, and you won't have to worry about brushing your teeth anymore when your jaw falls off. Add in a little lead, and you'll be so mentally incapacitated, you won't even realise what's happening if it doesn't kill you first!
It can work the other way, common fear tactic used by anti-vaxxers
"Would you eat a food if the ingredients listed a chemical called isoamyl acetate? No? Well, that's the chemical that gives bananas their taste and smell." That's what my chemistry teacher said to show how people are put off by the word "chemical" a lot more than they should be. Your comment reminded me of that. And just in general how difficult it is for the average consumer to find out what is in a food and if it could be boxed in as good or bad.
really found this video informative!! i got so confused by all the different claims and i needed to know about different sweeteners because i have a fructose intolerance so now i know what sweeteners to avoid and why! beyond that specific condition is really seems like any sugar sweetener you choose is just up to personal preference which is very reassuring. and getting a cgm and testing on yourself--the dedication!! so much appreciation
Around 5:10 when talking about fructose. When eating big amounts, like Ann described, we get stored fat. Makes sense - big energy intake, the body doesn't need all now --> better to store for later use, as fat. I personally had only heard about fatty liver when talking about alcoholics - alcohol can contain a lot of fructose. However, now seeing frutarians/juicers for ex, I have also encountered stories about people eating so much fruit and plant based snacks (w high fructose) that they reached such a high level that fatty liver was a risk/became a condition. Potentially also a trend w increased fructose since a lot of people have diabetes --> choosing fructose to not need the insulin, but still getting the sweetness.
Honestly, I absolutely love coconut sugar because of the flavour. A lot of our local southeast asian desserts use palm sugar syrup as its sweetener, and it gives an earthy - almost savoury - flavour you wouldn't get with sugar alone. I love it in my milk tea. But I wouldn't try to lie to myself that it's any healthier than other sugar..
Same here. I prefer the flavour of coconut sugar, but that's the only reason why I use it in my desserts, not because of an illusion that it's healthier. It has a nice, subtle sweetness that also works super well in savoury dishes that call for a small amount of sugar :)
You mentioning that alot of East Asian cooking uses this stuff already points out another issue with these healthy foods types. It exoticizes other cultures is some pretty unsavory ways. Just because it came from across the ocean doesn't mean its MAGIC Brenda.
It's the only sugar I buy any more because it's delicious, but... yeah... it's still sugar. And my dentist still has something to say about me drinking it in tea. 😅 The hype's all very "magical foreign food".
My mom likes buying cane sugar cause it’s “healthier” lol. I dont know how to tell her it’s as healthy as other sugars
@@Hawxrthia cane sugar is just pure friggin sugar 🤣 where does she think the white stuff comes from!
This is why I watch a food scientist and not an "influencer" for food knowledge. Thank you for all you do Ann! Making the world smarter 1 video at a time :)
I saw one of these "food influencers" awhile ago - the video was basically framed as quick tips on what you should and should not get...
There was so little science-based education in the video, ultimately, it felt like fear mongering for views.
this branches into watching other influencers too - you really start to notice when someone is regurgitating words that sound educated, and when someone is facilitating high-quality education.
I absolutely love this channel! There's so much information going around regarding health do's and don'ts. It's so refreshing to see someone actually break down these claims. Thank you for all you do, Ann!
That happens when people that don't know much are giving advise to other people who don't know much either. It's the blind leading the blind. Thank you for your wonderful videos: they're both educational and provide delicious recipes 👍.
Another thing to consider is the environmental impact. I live in Switzerland, most of our sugar is locally produced via sugar beet. I do not know how differently agave or coconut is ecology-wise, but the fact is, that's not something we could produce here, and importation impact is a factor to consider when you want to use a product daily, along with health and economical impact.
Edit: To clarify, I'm not saying a sugar production is better than the others overall. Also, I'm not implying that you can "eat more" of such or such sugar. Just to clarify. :p
In Australia we have only just started (say in the last couple of years) making sugar from beetroot/sugar beets. Not that it's available in most supermarkets here.
That's definitely something to consider, yeah. I'm from England and a lot of the fields around here grow sugar beet, and there's a sugar factory close by. I think the carbon footprint of other sugars would be a hell of a lot worse. Not to mention I hear agave farming has quite a few sustainability issues, as well as having a big effect on bat populations. Not sure about the others, but I can't imagine coconut sugar is coming from anywhere local.
The increased demand for agave is certainly wreaking havoc in its home range. It only blooms once before it dies, and should be harvested at that time to yield the most nectar. But high demand means farmers are harvesting before bloom to meet it, removing an important food source for local bats. And it's such a slow-growing plant, not nearly as renewable as things like beets! I like using local honey to support keepers in my area, among other things.
In my country we produce sugar cane in order to get sugar (alcohol too), but there's some problems with it. Like, they have to burn the sugar cane before cutting so it's easier and this smoke is not only bad for the environment but for the locals because of small particles from the sugar cane
@@luriello02 we produce sugar cane here in Florida too. Down in the Everglades. Burning is an issue for them as well.
Burning sugar cane releases formaldehyde into the air. That’s a known carcinogen.
i just love how people come to Ann Readon asking her to make a healthy dessert and she's just "EAT A FRUIT!"
Yess 🤣
And vegetables
Yeah because these so called food experts complicate simple things just to act smart and make money
HONESTY!
But, but,
Fruits have sugar
I've just discovered this video, but the way you talk and explain is so charming and helpful, thank you very much :)
Dear Ann, I 've known for a long time that all of those items were similar health-wise, but never had a chance to properly learn the difference between glucose, fructose, etc. (and I know there are many more). Thank you soo much for your excellent descriptions via animation. Your hard and meticulous work always pays off (for us at least)! 👏🏻👏🏻
If I'd had Ann as a chemistry/biology teacher, I would definitely have gotten much better grades in those topics. This was so educational and so easy to understand!
Correct
I feel so justified. I've always been that stick in the mud whenever a new "healthy" sugar fad rolls around. I'm like the Dad in the Incredibles shouting "Sugar is Sugar!" instead of "Math is Math!"
Lol 😆
SAME. Am diabetic. My body doesn't go "ooh, but this is from fruit!" It goes "ummm, this is sugar."
@@jaimeevoth4807 I trust a diabetic to know better then anyone, it's your life to get this things straight.
@prajna why? Its just sugar, if its unprocessed it just might have some more vitamins in it. Its not like it makes the sugar less like sugar
@@ipodhty that's actually a complex question, the answer is essentially the body processes chemicals all slightly differently some are just easier to use. They may all achieve the same result but not all in the same time frame.
I'd like to see a video on canned foods. Many people say it's bad. I think they are just fine depending on the sugar or salt content
I love how entertaining and informative your videos are!!
as a Dietitian who has to often debunk this with my patients, THANK YOU for this video!
I'd love a breakdown of the more "legit" alternative sweeteners (stevia, monkfruit options like Lakanto, etc.) as a follow up video. Not necessarily as a "healthy recipe" focus but because there's a lot of health conditions that cause folks to need to use them and it'd be cool to have a thorough breakdown.
Yeah, I can't have sugar because my body lights itself on fire. Sugar free things work for me, but I couldn't tell you why.
I'd like this too. I use stevia in place of sugar when I can, but I have no idea if it's really helping anything.
I'd like to see Monkfruit also.
Stevia can barely substitute in tea or coffee. My friends tried backing with Stevia (it was for a science fair) and the cake turned out extremely bitter and with a weird taste. Yes, they marked it as "it will taste weird only at the beginning" but I wouldn't recommend it at all.
@@202cardline In what way does your body "light itself on fire"? An allergy sort of way or more a diabetes kind of way?
That would determine what alternatives would work and which maybe wouldn't.
If it's in a "spontaneous combustion" kind of way please see your trusted 18th century surgeon.
Loved this video!! So informative thank you so much for putting this out there.
Ffs I wish people would stop trying to find "healthy" sugar and just enjoy good, high quality desserts in moderation.
I can vouch for honey (not even manuka, just regular local honey) as a salve on a painful little oven burn. It worked nicely to soothe the soreness and took the ugly redness it had developed away.
This is probably the only dessert making channel who teaches to eat fruits and vegetables. Thank you for your efforts Ann. I have been following you for the past few years and loving everything about this channel from tips and tricks to now debunking the foods we eat. Much love from India. ❤️♥️
Came here expecting a "mythbusters" kind of video experimenting with silly recipes, but got a whole scientific review paper on sugars instead! I learned so much and really enjoyed your friendly yet pragmatic way of explaining and putting things into perspective
she always bring a scientific review and an experiment.
And she talks about those things in a simple language
She is a treasure.
First time watching Ann then? Welcome, she's not like those others. You get fact here, not fiction.
Ann, I just wanna say that I appreciate how much effort and detail you put into this. It makes it easy to understand to see you demonstrate this so simply.
This was great, thank you!
Loved learning something about the actual chemistry of sugars. As for the blood testing, that was above and beyond, but really drove home the lesson, especially about the effect of combining ingredients.
Would definitely like to see more like this!
Can't get past how consistently great Anne's content is - and annoyed that there are so few checks and balances on misinformation from 'influencers' who don't have the first clue about the advice they give. I almost never comment on YT but hope this supports you with the algorithm.
As someone with a liver disorder, this explanation of fructose is better than my doctor's, and explains a lot.
Much respect.. and admiration. Thank you for explaining this stuff!
Anne, your channel is one of the most wholesome channels on youtube. Thank you so much for all the work and effort you put into ALL your videos from all perspectives.
PS: I LOVE your mini series!
Lots of love xx
I knew about glucose, sucrose etc from school and university but in 3 minutes Anne did a better job of explaining it and making it easy to understand. Also I think she deserves a sponsorship from the company who created the patch she used in her arm because she complimented it and ate 40 grams of almost pure simple sugars to educate.
I would say dexcom, but looking at the CGM I just hooked up and the one she’s using… they aren’t the same. Why can’t my dexcom just be tapped by my phone? Instead, it sends a signal to my phone to sound an alarm if my number starts changing too fast
My colleague who's diabetic has one but I don't remember the name of it either.
Freestyle Libre from Abott
Can we just take a moment to appreciate that Ann was willing to do something she thought be would extremely painful just to better educate us
For once she's sacrificing herself and not Dave
@@megabigblur lmao
Yeah!
I just came upon your channel and it is very lovely and so informative! Thank you so much for these videos!!
I love your channel I always learn so much with you!
yeah with the honey being an antibacterial, what the influencers don't seem to realize is that it's really meant as more of a topical antibacterial than an interior one. I used to smear honey on my acne and it would take care of it overnight, it's really amazing for that. It's not really going to do much for your insides as far as that goes though.
The only "inside" it helps is sore throats.
If you have mild pollen allergies and buy local, organic honey, it can provide enough low levels of those pollens to help your immune system stop flipping out when encountering them in the wild.
@@silverstarfinder Must be raw/unpasteurized honey too for that to help.
and infuencers only seem to care about manuka honey, which is expensive cuz its only from australia. But local honey is better for allergies and stuff. Influencer's don't care about the effect they have on local businesses either because as a honey seller, i'm asked regularly about manuka honey and dismissed when i don't have it.
@@silverstarfinder most local beekeepers probably don't have the funds to certify as organic since bees will travel up to 2 miles, and most farms aren't that big so they can't guarantee the honey is organic either
I wish Ann was my Professor in college. Visuals, diagrams, comparisons, and experiments all applying to the real world. I love your videos!
thank you 😊
@@HowToCookThat That makes me wonder, have you considered becoming a lecturer?
Wonderful information! Thank you for putting out such great educational content!
I’d be interested to hear Ann’s breakdown on some of the other sugar substitutes: alcohol sugars, Stevia, Nutrasweet, Splenda, Monkfruit, etc. some like monkfruit and stevia I assume are some level of fructose, but both of those are marketed as super concentrated and only needed small amounts, and all the 1-1 baking versions I’ve seen seem to be cut with alcohol sugars.
I really liked how she broke down the science on the ones in the video. Very interesting to see how it compared to the hype.
Ann Reardon part 2, fake sugar substitutes and how are they for your body??
Nah, stevia doesn't have any fructose.
yes please! and also how to relate to them if you are pre-diabetic...
Me too. Like what do sweetners do? I tried stevia, but it is so bitter
stevia comes from a plant or something
apparently it can cause indigestion or something? idk
i think it tastes better than sugar but i may be the odd case here
apparently, the daily "recommended" amount of stevia that you can safely consume is 4 mg per kg (in your body)
so if you weight 55 kg or so, it would be around 200 mg
sounds pretty low to me so maybe it is dangerous. ha
00:00 Intro
00:24 Agave nectar section begins
01:15 Explanation of glycemic index (GI)
03:09 Agave nectar vs straight sugar
03:25 Explanation of glucose and fructose
05:59 Explanation of sucrose
06:45 How consumption of actual food (carbs) affects blood sugar readings
09:40 Starchy foods and GI
10:23 Coconut sugar
13:42 Sponsor: KiwiCo
14:41 Manuka honey
16:48 Maple syrup
18:10 Thoughts on straight sugar and general dietary health
Thank you
Thanks! This is really helpful
Ty :)
Thank you, Kashii Chan.
I don't need it but I do appreciate you taking the time to do it for us!!
Have a great Christmas and New Year xx