This Is Your Brain On Sugar | Amy Reichelt | TEDxYouth@Sydney

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  • čas přidán 28. 06. 2016
  • As a neuroscientist, Amy is fascinated with how our brains control our behaviours in our dynamic and changing world. Things we eat, like junk food also affect our brain. Dopamine is released when we eat junk foods, this makes us feel good and crave more, but we risk becoming sugar dependant.
    Amy is an Australian Research Council Research Fellow and lecturer at RMIT University. Her research seeks to explore how the brain controls our behaviour and understanding the mechanisms by which our experiences in the environment can shape our responses to events.
    A major focus of her research is how our modern day diets full of soft drinks and junk foods can change our brains besides just making us overweight. Our brains not only make us want to eat more of these foods, but these foods are damaging areas critical for forming memories and behavioural control.
    Amy tries to explain these neuroscience discoveries on radio, TV and print, as well as to general audiences at scientific communication events such as National Science Week.
    This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

Komentáře • 596

  • @EmmalynnCynefin
    @EmmalynnCynefin Před 5 lety +455

    And for people who argue that it's expensive, even though I can argue how it's now, just think about this:
    "Pay the farmer now, or pay the doctor later" -Emily Fletcher

    • @arthurkirk2100
      @arthurkirk2100 Před 5 lety +3

      👍

    • @davec.3198
      @davec.3198 Před 4 lety +5

      Yes....and.......have a much better quality of life while you are alive!!

    • @pumpkinking365
      @pumpkinking365 Před 4 lety +5

      You don't even need to pay anyone, we have wild vegetables growing in our own back yard.
      They are free from pesticides, organic and fresh. The most common is the dandelion, the root is great for the liver and gallbladder & leaves is great for the kidneys.

    • @AhmedMohammed-gh3gc
      @AhmedMohammed-gh3gc Před 4 lety

      Persuaded me😂

    • @ericaprice3987
      @ericaprice3987 Před 4 lety

      @@pumpkinking365 how does it taste?

  • @amituniyal3412
    @amituniyal3412 Před 4 lety +441

    I will also stop sugar from today... God plz grant me and others the power to live without processed sugar for healthy mind!!! Amen

    • @anithamsangi4797
      @anithamsangi4797 Před 4 lety +5

      Amen

    • @jdodge3418
      @jdodge3418 Před 4 lety +4

      Amen!

    • @amituniyal3412
      @amituniyal3412 Před 4 lety +4

      @@anithamsangi4797 amen

    • @leahsmith2078
      @leahsmith2078 Před 4 lety +14

      It says something that we have to pray to god for strength. It is like a drug

    • @dhal2034
      @dhal2034 Před 4 lety +8

      You never gona he able to completely shut out sugar, unless your a monk, so you should just focus more on increasing the good kind of food that feeds your body and just limit intake of treats. Thinking abt taking care of ur body works better than thinking abt restrictions in ur diet

  • @cynthiawhitney1318
    @cynthiawhitney1318 Před 4 lety +190

    Been off sugar for 1 month and I've never felt healthier in my life.

    • @subbannar7319
      @subbannar7319 Před 4 lety +4

      Same with me.

    • @hemanrocks9249
      @hemanrocks9249 Před 3 lety +1

      ............ *Cynthia* ...........
      Modern medicine has no answer to many diseases and disorders........
      If you or anyone in your friends and family is suffering from any disease and have tried all..... Still not getting satisfactory results..........
      Along with your current medication, *Consider taking the Ayurvedic treatment* with nutrition, Ayurvedic medicines and lifestyle changes......
      _There are no side effects,_ unlike chemical meds........
      Gradually, you would be healed and get rid of all medication........
      .....
      *What's best its not even expensive* ......
      Do yourself a favor and give it a try.......
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      ..............
      Email me your issue to (harsh1984jain@gmail.com)
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    • @Reree-gz5bg
      @Reree-gz5bg Před 2 lety +4

      How do you get off sugar if it’s “everywhere”?

    • @AhmedMostafa-ni8ew
      @AhmedMostafa-ni8ew Před 2 lety

      @@Reree-gz5bg +1

    • @jakelldixon
      @jakelldixon Před 2 lety

      i’ll be like you starting today

  • @pathwaystarot9960
    @pathwaystarot9960 Před 4 lety +379

    I love the science and evidence here. It's absolutely indisputable. However, I disagree that junk foods should be treated as rewards. Definitely as occasional foods, but surely treating them as rewards strengthens the addiction to them as our body links them to feeling good?

    • @gloriagirgis
      @gloriagirgis Před 4 lety +58

      Agree. I became healthiest in my mindset when I began looking at healthy foods as rewards. Junk foods cannot be a reward if they cause us poor health. The true reward is health and long term happiness.

    • @Meandgenevieve
      @Meandgenevieve Před 3 lety +9

      We're all different. No doubt scientifically no junk food at all is best. Some people may feel overwhelmed and discouraged by the thought of total abstinence. Others may get hooked back on junk food again if they have just a little of it. However you can make your own diet better..

    • @hemanrocks9249
      @hemanrocks9249 Před 3 lety

      ............ *Listen Everyone* ...........
      Modern medicine has no answer to many diseases and disorders........
      If you or anyone in your friends and family is suffering from any disease and have tried all..... Still not getting satisfactory results..........
      Along with your current medication, *Consider taking the Ayurvedic treatment* with nutrition, Ayurvedic medicines and lifestyle changes......
      _There are no side effects,_ unlike chemical meds........
      Gradually, you would be healed and get rid of all medication........
      .....
      *What's best its not even expensive* ......
      Do yourself a favor and give it a try.......
      Its 100% safe and effective......
      ..............
      Email me your issue to (harsh1984jain@gmail.com)
      *_You might save someone's life_*

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 Před 3 lety +1

      Here comes Halloween. I can't think of small non-sugar treats to give kids.

    • @hemanrocks9249
      @hemanrocks9249 Před 3 lety +1

      @@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 We need sweetness not sugar. Just make some home made sweets with stevia leaves, honey, jaggery etc.

  • @elosmilealways
    @elosmilealways Před 6 lety +533

    for those body shaming her. let's remember she's a neuroscientist not a fitness instructor. Let people live.

    • @ResilientME
      @ResilientME Před 5 lety +34

      elosmilealways She's preaching health and should do better. Maybe she had since 2016.
      When I learned the truth about sugar I fixed my weight that year. 110lbs lost. No change in fitness routine

    • @paleexercise8314
      @paleexercise8314 Před 5 lety +1

      Dang Vergo! How do you feel now and what did you do to lose it?

    • @ResilientME
      @ResilientME Před 5 lety +7

      @@paleexercise8314 I started Paleo. Didn't really know what I was doing yet so I had few things to eat. It'd be bacon/eggs in the morn and chili I cooked at night. Big servings of everything.
      I kept it off as I developed variety into the diet and stopped 'needing' cheat days. Major benefit is living each day with a clear head, like you're firing on all cylinders. You become aware of all that goes on around you. And it's uncomfortable eating sugar or carbing up because you end up back at your old normal with the knowledge you can feel much better. Feels like getting hit with a bad cold but it lasts as long as you continue caving to cravings

    • @spooks77
      @spooks77 Před 5 lety +6

      @@ResilientME u disgust me

    • @tonymanard3435
      @tonymanard3435 Před 5 lety +38

      Uh, she's gorgeous

  • @jamesgarza3084
    @jamesgarza3084 Před 6 lety +259

    I was just on my way to McDonald's because I was craving it. And then u mentioned avocados and omega 3s............and then I remembered why I started my weight loss journey in the first place. Thank you

    • @natdivaz5348
      @natdivaz5348 Před 4 lety +2

      @M D Well he's getting/striving for a healthy life.

    • @lolmaemae
      @lolmaemae Před 4 lety +1

      Good job for staying strong!

    • @josephgreenwald
      @josephgreenwald Před 3 lety +2

      McDonald's have chemical in there food to make you addict

    • @alid7819
      @alid7819 Před rokem

      McDonalds is so unhealthy and everything is packed with sugar. Where I live, (CA) you could find a McDonald’s every mile away. Here you can find 5 different fast food options on one block. So much land that could be used for homes instead of stacking people in expensive storage racks and displaying all these death foods like an in person daily advertisement. I am not going to lie though, I also fall into the McDonalds trap. It feels like a trap! I pray one day we all learn to benefit the planet instead of deliberately destroying it, and learn to let go of what harms us. (instead of holding onto this weird fantasy that it is good and should be kept) We as a society struggle to let go from what poisons us, and I think the best solution to it is good riddance. generations pass before changes are made. I hate being in this generation. Hopefully soon we can all see that we CAN replace fast food restaurants with healthier options like farming fruits and vegetables, homes, schools, parks ect. If your attention can pay someone like on social media for example, so can the attention into this cause. People fear that so many will lose jobs if they got rid of the majority of fast food restaurants. Are you kidding? We could create more,! It’s just scary for most to let it go and make “drastic” changes like getting rid of McDonald’s. The fact that it’s drastic is a huge problem!

    • @pinratinho10
      @pinratinho10 Před 5 měsíci

      I was about to get pizza, but this video made me remember to have focus

  • @mckohtz
    @mckohtz Před 3 lety +24

    Sugar is like alcohol. Some people can stop at just one. Many people cannot and need to abstain from it.

  • @patty8315
    @patty8315 Před 3 lety +72

    I agreed for what she said in the whole video but in the end, in her last words she told something really wrong and confirming how we'll never get out from this vicious circle if we keep thinking like this...
    That we should treat junk food only as a reward. And now I'm asking you (I've read in another social this same simple question and it literally opened my mind like a big life' reveal)"Why do you have to consider a reward something it's literally killing you?
    For me was more: Why should I consider junk food a reward when it was leading me straight to diabetes? Meditate folks 😊

    • @nadinabbott3991
      @nadinabbott3991 Před 2 lety +3

      She is not the only scientists. Moreover, having a really good desert once a month is fine. The problem is having desert with every meal, and not even knowing it…see flavored yogurts and salad dressings.

    • @wildgaiaspirit9641
      @wildgaiaspirit9641 Před rokem

      This 🙌🙌🙌 well said Patty 💜

  • @Zoe-dr5ps
    @Zoe-dr5ps Před 2 lety +24

    Nothing tastes as good as being anxiety free. I won't go back to sugar ever.

  • @razif6916
    @razif6916 Před 2 lety +4

    Best thing ever happen to me..Stopped eating sugar/Junk/Fast foods..Started IFast OMAD..And dont even care for cheat/comfort days.

  • @ndjubilant8391
    @ndjubilant8391 Před 4 lety +78

    Thank you so much for your talk :) May we all recover from sugar addiction, overeating, undereating, anorexia, bulimia, , bulamorexia, orthorexia, bigorexia and any other eating disorder as well as overweight and obesity. We CAN do this. Together we are stronger and healthier

    • @hemanrocks9249
      @hemanrocks9249 Před 3 lety +1

      Wow,,,, Nikki,
      You have a great heart.

    • @1971MariaC
      @1971MariaC Před 2 lety +1

      Nikki, look into Food Addiction Reset.

    • @zionnoel
      @zionnoel Před 3 měsíci

      Amen. :) 💜🌻

  • @rajx82
    @rajx82 Před 4 lety +71

    Great talk. Brain damage scares me - I don't want to live below my true potential, have problems performing in my job, or grow old and get alzheimer's disease. Really good to keep in mind the kind of lasting damage eating junk can cause - health is not just about a number on the scale which gives you the artificial impression that you can always "undo" bad eating by just losing some weight after you gain it. You can't.

  • @davidwilson1008
    @davidwilson1008 Před rokem +12

    I quit most sugar 3 weeks ago... I should have done it 25 years ago. My productivity has skyrocketed! I really can't believe how my focus has improved. I know everyone isn't the same... but if your focus improves 1/3 as much as mine has, it'll be worth it. Since I was a kid, I've eaten candy bars and/or big bags of gummies, nearly every day. Seems pretty harmless, but over the span of 30 years, your mind/body starts to fail on several fronts. I'd had brain fog for perhaps 10 years it seems... Unreal.
    If you don't believe me, try sugar fasting for 2 weeks. Into the 2nd week you may feel a little down, but after week 2 your mind will pep WAY up, and you'll just be extremely energetic... an engaged focused kind of energetic.

    • @kojsiusoaliu6772
      @kojsiusoaliu6772 Před rokem

      I did it 4 weeks ago ! Didn't really quit all sugars but lowered it by more than half. And cut all industrial bars and cakes. My skin is cleaner, my mouth feels less charged, and I think I have a clearer mind too, that's why I looked for 'sugar brain effect' on youtube probably like you ! I still loose my keys, phone etc.. still double check if I locked my doors but I feel less smoggy than before overall. I planned to buy some ped drugs because I had nothing to loose regarding to my situation

    • @acesing0987
      @acesing0987 Před 3 měsíci

      David I think it's withdrawals.. Getting to the second week is key.. But that time before ... When the cravings keep coming and those demogorgons keep wanting their sugar lol.. Hellish

  • @yellowbird5411
    @yellowbird5411 Před 4 lety +14

    Going shopping in a major supermarket when you are on a health journey for unadulterated foods reminds me of those little brain challenges of "can you find the rabbits hidden in this picture?" After we have found maybe half of them, (food in a produce section and meat counter) we have to look harder, (by reading labels in canned, frozen and packaged goods). We might still be missing some. The food industry puts us through an obstacle course the minute we walk through the door. Junk food is interspersed throughout the apple display (caramel coating kits, apple pie crusts) all through the veggies (sour cream dips, bacon sprinkles, vegetable snacks) and through the cheese and meat aisles (instant pizza dough, cheese in a can, chili mixes loaded in sugar, white flour buns). We are stalked at the end of each aisle with cake mixes, refined oil, snacks, cereals and candy. They say to shop on the perimeter of a store to avoid all the tainted food in the middle of the store, but they are two steps ahead of us. Even in a health food store they do it. To stay healthy, you must be selective in your viewing, eat before shopping or going to a place that will sabotage your good intentions. It's everywhere.

  • @cmarkfrey5551
    @cmarkfrey5551 Před 5 lety +113

    She’s drop dead gorgeous

  • @raystaar
    @raystaar Před 6 lety +22

    It's hard to resist, perhaps, but not impossible. Better to give it a pass. I have, since March 2016. I feel so much better.

  • @lloydaran
    @lloydaran Před 4 lety +17

    I disagree with the conclusion: we should not treat junk food as a "reward". This implies that everything else you eat isn't as tasty and that you avoid junk food only because you should, instead of doing it because you want. That's not going to last. The key here is to find healthy foods which you enjoy eating. Believe me, there are plenty and there are many ways to prepare them to make them even tastier. Once you find healthy foods you like and start having them consistently, you will find yourself instinctively - not forcedly - avoiding junk food.

    • @JeiBeeBee
      @JeiBeeBee Před 10 měsíci

      I agree 100%. That was exactly the transformation I went through, 2.5 years ago.

  • @williamoverton7265
    @williamoverton7265 Před 6 lety +282

    sugar is poison

    • @ShipCreek
      @ShipCreek Před 6 lety +8

      Its toxic😵

    • @adr5389
      @adr5389 Před 5 lety +5

      no better way to state that

    • @jenamirgholi6004
      @jenamirgholi6004 Před 5 lety +15

      when i was a little girl my dad would say that sugar is a toxic material, I sure wish i would have listened. He was beyond his years and they didnt have google back then.

    • @adr5389
      @adr5389 Před 5 lety +8

      @Piercing Light oh it is! Big time

    • @sebastianmatiz9576
      @sebastianmatiz9576 Před 5 lety +8

      *Added refined* sugar is poison

  • @nederhood
    @nederhood Před 4 lety +13

    It's not the brain that controls our behavior; It's what we eat. What we eat controls the brain.

    • @maricamaas5555
      @maricamaas5555 Před 4 lety +2

      Our microbiome communicates what they need.

  • @stevev3664
    @stevev3664 Před rokem +7

    I’m in the U.K. I was eating Yorkie chocolate bars that had 27g of sugar. I started with one per day and soon progressed to 6 bars per day. That’s 162g of sugar per day just for the chocolate. It doesn’t include the other food I eat daily. This went on for about 2-3 weeks. Yikes! When I started to have trouble doing up my trousers I knew I had to stop. I have now stopped it and don’t eat any at all. It’s addictive. I know from experience.

  • @lynbob1872
    @lynbob1872 Před 7 lety +136

    Great talk. I'm desperately trying to get me and my teenagers off sugar. I have even more of a reason. Trying to be healthy in the west is so difficult sugar is everywhere.

    • @vistagraphsnet
      @vistagraphsnet Před 7 lety +9

      I am 76 and weighed 235 on March 1, 2017. After watching FOrks over knives, I vowed to never eat another animal product or processed food again. Today, May 29th, I am now 207 pounds, no longer take medication for blood pressure or diabetes or cholesterol. I am total vegan. Sugar is toxic and it will send you to an early grave.
      First, stop eating animal products including meat, pork, chicken, fish and dairy including milk, icecream cheese etc.Eat only plants. The first problem with eating animals is they have no fiber. When you switch to plants you will visit the toilet much more frequently and rid your body of toxins.
      Next, animals do not have the MICRO nutrients our bodies need to heal themselves (Let food be thy medicine - Hypocrates). Doctors do not get trained in nutrician and upon graduactioin become pawns of the pharmacudical industry. If doctors would prescibe broccoli instead of the poisons the prescribe, there would quckly become a health epidemic instead of an obesity epidemic. Anyone interested in becoming healthy (by losing 50 pounds and keeping it off) should look for plant based doctors on youtube who have been reversing heart disease and diabetes for the past three decades by switching from pills to plants. Check out Dean Ornish, Noel Fuhrman, John McDougall, Mike Greger, Caldwell Esselstyn and his Dr son Rip, Neal Barnard, Garth Davis, Alan Goldhammer, Travis Stork, 98 year old Dr. Wareham, Ted Barnes and so many others. Stop paying for your doctor's BMW and making the drug companies rich. In 2004 science finally found the proof to show that sugar is 8 times more addictive than cocain. Read your food labels and you will notice that ALL processed food contains added sugar. So do not eat processed foods. Plants will heal what is wrong with you and your teenagers. Smooties are a great substitute for sugary foods. There is a big difference between the sugar added by corporations to make money and the fruit nature provides.

    • @glensmall9194
      @glensmall9194 Před 5 lety +2

      Simple fix; switch to a rice based diet.

    • @dilsere1775
      @dilsere1775 Před 5 lety +2

      @@glensmall9194 brown rice.. Precisely

    • @dilsere1775
      @dilsere1775 Před 5 lety +2

      Lynne Jackson.. When ever i crave for sugar or sugary foods.. I eat dates or jaggery.. And trust me.. It works.. Everytime 😊

    • @fosterrealm5279
      @fosterrealm5279 Před 5 lety +5

      vistagraphsnet meat is good for you as long as it’s organic and pasture raised. Eggs are a superfood and are packed with many micronutrients. Giving up dairy is understandable, as it can be harmful to many people and, from nature’s perspective, we aren’t really meant to consume it. Research the carnivore diet. There are plenty of people who eat nothing but meat and are very healthy. Look at eskimos: they’ve been eating strictly meat forever and they were just fine! There are studies showing that those who consume no fiber have the most regular bowl movements. Also, Forks Over Knives has some questionable science, particularly the claim that dairy acidifies the bloodstream.
      I’m not saying to give up your vegan diet. If it works for you than I’m all for it! But giving up all animal products isn’t necessary to live healthily. We can agree that processed food and sugar must be cut out of the diet, and I can agree that animal products can be extremely unhealthy depending on it’s processing and how the animal was raised.
      Best of luck too you!

  • @lisa1446
    @lisa1446 Před 3 měsíci +1

    That is illuminating! I don't mind her use of rewards, I'm trying really hard to abstain from sugary/sweet foods but it's not possible 100% of the time. I'm interpreting it to mean one-offs or very infrequent rather than I've done something good here's my reward. It's my Dad's 80th in a couple of weeks and there will be birthday cake so sure letting myself have that. But I'm not having a cake every day I think is the point!

  • @dbee9064
    @dbee9064 Před 5 lety +3

    Excellent,splendid and inspiring!! Thank you very much for a superb talk that explained clearly such a complex experience!!

  • @TheJespy
    @TheJespy Před 6 lety +3

    Thanks Amy for sharing this important information...

  • @roxanne_george
    @roxanne_george Před 4 lety +2

    Just what I needed to hear tonight! Thank you!

  • @baska168
    @baska168 Před 4 lety +8

    I remember not being able to resist any sweets or junk food as a child. I would eat ALL of it...fortunately the control has improved with age even though it is still challenging.

  • @aerinlynn1665
    @aerinlynn1665 Před 6 lety +9

    Excellent talk!

  • @roro1980
    @roro1980 Před 6 lety +3

    Great talk , well delivered and very interesting

  • @cinnsuamongar
    @cinnsuamongar Před 7 lety +49

    Thank you Amy. Great Science. I like evidence based knowledge. It's fun.

    • @OswaldDigestiveClinic
      @OswaldDigestiveClinic Před 2 lety

      If you appreciated this video, you may also want to know that while marketing makes you think brown sugar is more natural than white sugar, the only difference is that brown sugar is turned to white sugar by adding phosphate! And when it comes to gut health, brown and white sugar have similar effects!

  • @walkingthehealingpath
    @walkingthehealingpath Před 7 lety +18

    Brilliant talk, clearly explained and presented.

    • @OswaldDigestiveClinic
      @OswaldDigestiveClinic Před 2 lety

      If you loved this talk, you may also want to know that For overall health and preventative care, it's beneficial for everyone to keep added sugar intake under the World Health Organization's (WHO) recommendation of 25 grams per day added sugar. This is the same as 6 teaspoons per day!

  • @Thankful_.
    @Thankful_. Před 6 lety +25

    Wonderful information. Thank you for sharing your research.

    • @hemanrocks9249
      @hemanrocks9249 Před 3 lety

      ............ *Hey Beautiful* ...........
      Modern medicine has no answer to many diseases and disorders........
      If you or anyone in your friends and family is suffering from any disease and have tried all..... Still not getting satisfactory results..........
      Along with your current medication, *Consider taking the Ayurvedic treatment* with nutrition, Ayurvedic medicines and lifestyle changes......
      _There are no side effects,_ unlike chemical meds........
      Gradually, you would be healed and get rid of all medication........
      .....
      *What's best its not even expensive* ......
      Do yourself a favor and give it a try.......
      Its 100% safe and effective......
      ..............
      Email me your issue to (harsh1984jain@gmail.com)
      *_You might save someone's life_*

  • @peacebar7642
    @peacebar7642 Před 6 lety +15

    Thank you Amy! Excellent research and presentation.

    • @OswaldDigestiveClinic
      @OswaldDigestiveClinic Před 2 lety +1

      If you appreciated this video, you may also want to know that The way that sugar affects the gut depends upon quantity and your individual health. If you’re struggling with candida, for example, sugar can make your symptoms worse!

  • @IanaLana911
    @IanaLana911 Před 3 měsíci

    Amazing speaker and speech !!! Thank you so much, I’m constantly sharing !!!!!

  • @spooks77
    @spooks77 Před 5 lety +1

    So true, great speech ty

  • @coupleofvalue26
    @coupleofvalue26 Před 6 lety +8

    Very interesting information. Thank you, Amy!

    • @OswaldDigestiveClinic
      @OswaldDigestiveClinic Před 2 lety

      If you liked this information, you may also want to know that the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends consuming no more than 25 grams per day (or 6 teaspoons) of added sugar. This is the amount of added sugar found in 1 cup of most orange juices, 1 container of yogurt, a 3 inch donut 2 tablespoons of honey barbecue sauce, or ½ a small brownie!

  • @duckymr1
    @duckymr1 Před 11 měsíci +1

    I loved this Ted talk! Thank you for presenting to us!

  • @bruceprigge5212
    @bruceprigge5212 Před 2 lety

    Thanks! Great talk!

  • @joeschmo5699
    @joeschmo5699 Před 7 lety +80

    I think the key is to practice fasting. Once you get comfortable going long periods of time without eating, the idea of a sugar snack becomes very undesirable. You seek and crave foods you know will sustain you for the next 6 to 8 to 12 hours. Even fruit becomes undesirable if you plan to go long periods without eating.

    • @arimonL
      @arimonL Před 7 lety +13

      Sounds like waiting for true hunger to hit. That's great and all but don't acclimate yourself to fasting everyday either. I truly believe the problem is that people aren't eating ENOUGH. Eat more vegetables, healthy soup, lean meats, whole grains, healthy fats, and FISH. People get lazy. Don't prepare ahead of time and then you are left with unhealthy choices. Or they get wrapped up in a diet mentality.

    • @fuckingpotatoes5624
      @fuckingpotatoes5624 Před 5 lety +2

      Ari Lehnen I mostly agree with you, but you can be a healthy vegan too. Actually its much easier to be a healthy vegan than an omnivore for most people.

    • @sabinafeyzulova9306
      @sabinafeyzulova9306 Před 5 lety +1

      Snake diet!!!

    • @maricamaas5555
      @maricamaas5555 Před 4 lety +1

      @@arimonL
      Agree with you about people being lazy, and therefore making unhealthy dietary choices. However, with few women at home; with no home-ed classes in school, and no example to learn from; many do not know how to cook anymore.
      Lean meats are not healthy to consume.

    • @maricamaas5555
      @maricamaas5555 Před 4 lety +4

      Yes, fasting is the best and easiest way to clean out and reset the body - taste buds included - at no cost.
      According to SCIENCE OF FASTING documentary, there now are fasting clinics in Germany.
      Listened to MD Jason Fung and Alan Goldhamer D.C. and became a faster - hooked for life!

  • @KeepingOnTheWatch
    @KeepingOnTheWatch Před 5 lety +52

    I like sugar, Sugar has been bad to me. My relationship with sugar isn’t sweet.

  • @Crimepaysaskapolitician

    Excellent, Bravo!

  • @gojohngo106
    @gojohngo106 Před 5 lety +1

    Thanks

  • @RazaKhan-cs5qb
    @RazaKhan-cs5qb Před 4 měsíci

    Excellent point. Treating junk food as a reward, just like our brain treats them, as opposed to a major part of our diet.

  • @geraldlewis8272
    @geraldlewis8272 Před 2 lety

    BLESS you ALL

  • @Dev-Austin
    @Dev-Austin Před 7 lety +51

    Absolutely brilliant talk, no need to be nervous!

    • @hemanrocks9249
      @hemanrocks9249 Před 3 lety

      ............ *Listen* ...........
      Modern medicine has no answer to many diseases and disorders........
      If you or anyone in your friends and family is suffering from any disease and have tried all..... Still not getting satisfactory results..........
      Along with your current medication, *Consider taking the Ayurvedic treatment* with nutrition, Ayurvedic medicines and lifestyle changes......
      _There are no side effects,_ unlike chemical meds........
      Gradually, you would be healed and get rid of all medication........
      .....
      *What's best its not even expensive* ......
      Do yourself a favor and give it a try.......
      Its 100% safe and effective......
      ..............
      Email me your issue to (harsh1984jain@gmail.com)
      *_You might save someone's life_*

  • @lorrainehutter6677
    @lorrainehutter6677 Před rokem +2

    Interesting science, but I believe in abstaining from flour and sugar altogether. After a while, substituting protein snacks for any kind of sweet snacks, my cravings are all but gone. Currently, I am at day 111 of no flour or sugar and if I were to slip I would be trying to get back on track as soon as possible.

  • @cheezwhiz7620
    @cheezwhiz7620 Před 4 lety

    There we go

  • @Alli-oops12
    @Alli-oops12 Před 4 měsíci

    In moderation is key word.

  • @EinBuchin7Minuten
    @EinBuchin7Minuten Před 2 měsíci

    I went zero carb 8 months ago. It was harder than quitting smoking, alcohol, or caffeine (which I all did in the past)

  • @dragonfire595
    @dragonfire595 Před 4 lety +3

    I have started to no longer eat processed or added sugar. I’m only eating natural sugar that is in fruits. Hopefully I can stick to it.

  • @anneanne8531
    @anneanne8531 Před 5 lety +40

    *Pure, white and deadly* by John YUDKIN. A book about the health effects of sugary food and drink.

    • @mintradoungjan3679
      @mintradoungjan3679 Před 5 lety +1

      Thanks for sharing Anne

    • @jajdude
      @jajdude Před 4 lety +2

      Downloaded that the other day along with The Diabetes Code by Dr Jason Fung

    • @juless3568
      @juless3568 Před 3 lety +2

      Read the book of John Yudkin, John Yudkin deserved the credit for predicting well. Sugar consumption has gone too high. Ancel Keys got the credit instead. Favouratism is everywhere.

    • @youtube_username_
      @youtube_username_ Před 3 lety +3

      @@juless3568 Ancel Keys was given a lot of money by the sugar industry.

    • @juless3568
      @juless3568 Před 3 lety +2

      @@youtube_username_ That explains why he was given the credit.

  • @beautyofnature4280
    @beautyofnature4280 Před 3 lety +1

    Superb.., 👍

    • @OswaldDigestiveClinic
      @OswaldDigestiveClinic Před 2 lety

      If you liked this video, you may also want to know that while marketing makes you think brown sugar is more natural than white sugar, the only difference is that brown sugar is turned to white sugar by adding phosphate! And when it comes to gut health, brown and white sugar have similar effects!

  • @sator666666
    @sator666666 Před 7 lety +168

    Beautiful woman.

    • @ibdam1
      @ibdam1 Před 7 lety +7

      VERY

    • @elizabethreichl5113
      @elizabethreichl5113 Před 7 lety

      Artur Czekalski D.C.

    • @VR6Boki
      @VR6Boki Před 5 lety

      Yes, she is somehow weird, but very interesting :)

    • @davec.3198
      @davec.3198 Před 4 lety +2

      I don't think so. But everyone has their own tastes. :-)

  • @candidob8683
    @candidob8683 Před rokem +1

    Practical Keto addresses this and so much more.

  • @viviancovington7813
    @viviancovington7813 Před 4 lety

    Insightful

    • @OswaldDigestiveClinic
      @OswaldDigestiveClinic Před 2 lety

      If you liked this video, you may also want to know that The way that sugar affects the gut depends upon quantity and your individual health. If you’re struggling with candida, for example, sugar can make your symptoms worse!

  • @Mojokiss
    @Mojokiss Před 3 lety +4

    yeah i wonder if quitting sugar is like quitting dope. I have been really cutting back. I find that I get weak moments when I really just want to eat some kind of pick me up food. Then if I do, I bounce back, and feel a little too good. My brain rewards sugar ingestion a little too much. It's so addicting and available and processed for max effect.

  • @harryviking6347
    @harryviking6347 Před 4 lety +2

    I NEVER TOUCH IT!!!!

  • @ArowanaD7
    @ArowanaD7 Před 3 lety

    well, ive been consuming lots of sugar on my diet.... therefore, my memory span is always undermining me. Thanks for letting me know how I can restore my memory capacity.

  • @taivanbatariunbold7640
    @taivanbatariunbold7640 Před 7 lety +22

    i hope i remember this

  • @basitmanzoor5464
    @basitmanzoor5464 Před 3 lety

    Great

  • @YogeshKumar-cx1ue
    @YogeshKumar-cx1ue Před 4 lety +2

    Treating them as rewards deals with delayed gratification. Use these food s as reward when you achieve something like completion of a task rather then using them as staple food. This in term reduce their comsumption. Junk food as a cheat day food rather than an everyday food

  • @insaini87
    @insaini87 Před 5 lety

    follow up question: how often should we reward ourselves with a sugary snack? does non sugar "junk food" have the similar effect on the brain?

  • @geraldlewis8272
    @geraldlewis8272 Před rokem +1

    I admit I'm addicted cuz of Memory concentration and focus especially attention problems all linked to ADD

  • @toni4729
    @toni4729 Před 5 lety +23

    It's great when you give up carbohydrates altogether. It does wonders for your health and we don't all eat junk food.

    • @StevoSwiss
      @StevoSwiss Před 4 lety

      Hahaha, good joke. And nobody responded yet! Yes, give up all carbs completely...and you'll have no worries about anything, ever again!

    • @maricamaas5555
      @maricamaas5555 Před 4 lety

      It depends on how intolerant you are to carbs, and also on one's age? Finances also plays a role.

    • @Vshlynnn
      @Vshlynnn Před 4 lety

      Carbs (even if just a minimal amount) are needed for your neurons and neuromuscular junctions. I hope you’re still eating fruit and veggies though, because those are carbs and very important. I’m not trying to be mean at all, I just want us all to stay healthy ❤️

    • @toni4729
      @toni4729 Před 4 lety

      @@maricamaas5555 Excuse me, I don't see where finance plays a role at all. You can eat nothing but sausages and mince patties and eggs for a week, they really don't cost much. I mean add a bit of cheese and a bit of cabbage or lettuce and tomato if you like and you have a burger without the bun. So how hard is that?

    • @maricamaas5555
      @maricamaas5555 Před 4 lety

      @@toni4729
      According to my limited knowledge (stand to be corrected); many of the poor all over the world are on vegetarian/vegan type diets - with subsidised, refined carbs at the base; this because of neccesity, not choice.
      Ignorance also plays a role, since the high carb narrative had been drummed into the populace over decades, and is still well established within RD circles?
      As you point out: Cutting out the cheap, processed, refind substances in favour of healthy whole foods is achievable though. By taking up regular fasting, and thereby saving some money, MD Jason Fung and Megan Ramos reports how their patients are then able to invest in more wholesome foods.

  • @san12763
    @san12763 Před 3 lety +1

    Stopping intake sugar 15 days n go on

  • @samoMasnoMeso
    @samoMasnoMeso Před 5 lety +2

    At the beginning of this video, young neuroscientist teach us sugar is causing brain damage. At the end of this video she teach us to eat high sugar food to help our brains. Thanks for this GREAT and clever advice.

  • @monderkbaeli9411
    @monderkbaeli9411 Před 2 lety

    I am having difficulty with my short term memory although I had times when that wasn't a problem at all, and recently i have been eating lots of fruits in my diet. And i am having trouble to concentrate on doing tasks like answering language learning related questions.

  • @the_insightfulexperience

    Last sentence!!

  • @anshumanrana3829
    @anshumanrana3829 Před 5 lety

    Nice

  • @geraldlewis8272
    @geraldlewis8272 Před 2 lety

    It's inspirational Good Video and I'm SICK

  • @SecretSqrlGrl007
    @SecretSqrlGrl007 Před 6 lety +64

    Everything was good until her last sentence about using/thinking of these foods as a reward...really don't think that plays well into this at all.

    • @clutchcargo2419
      @clutchcargo2419 Před 6 lety

      SecretSqrlGrl007 i thought it was fine - confusion. It was appropriate.

    • @laylabispo8871
      @laylabispo8871 Před 5 lety +5

      I agree. Sugar is not a reward.

    • @pathwaystarot9960
      @pathwaystarot9960 Před 4 lety +1

      I agree completely as per my comment

    • @omairbinenam6337
      @omairbinenam6337 Před 3 lety

      sugar as a reward , meaning sugar when taken from natural sources, such as fruits and unprocessed foods, then yes, it must be considered as a reward...

    • @youtube_username_
      @youtube_username_ Před 3 lety

      I was thinking once a year in the form of birthday cake.

  • @claraallen12
    @claraallen12 Před 4 lety +11

    its so odd to me that as a society we look upon poor choices in food or other things as a "reward"

  • @chriss2452
    @chriss2452 Před 3 lety +3

    How long after we stop eating sugar can the inflammation process wear off?

  • @drushkyy2017
    @drushkyy2017 Před 2 měsíci

    I got rid of sugar and I feel better

  • @skysten2605
    @skysten2605 Před 5 lety +4

    I thought dopamine stimulation led to LESS dopamine receptors

  • @Neophema
    @Neophema Před 2 lety

    I don't get this effect when eating junk food. I never really want it. I love my coffee in the morning, but I'd never ever be able to stomach a donut. I do get the dopamine rush when I exercise, though.

  • @adamnicholson3003
    @adamnicholson3003 Před 7 lety +18

    Did the research showing lower levels of neurogenesis in rats following a high fat diet accurately monitor the quality and type of fat? Given that fats can be beneficial or damaging if this wasnt done it would call the results into question as other good research involving natural fats,unprocessed has demonstrated the opposite on multiple occassions.Other research has also,indicated that the ratio and quality and indeed the food window over a 24 hour period are all significant factors.I believe that emphasis on only one element and in a non specific manner is partly responsible for the high degree of confusion felt by the general public.It can be more detremental to public health to emphasise incomplete isolatory hypothesis as history has already proven.

    • @hemanrocks9249
      @hemanrocks9249 Před 3 lety

      I could have given you the right answer but today I am too tired

  • @catzillakills3896
    @catzillakills3896 Před 2 lety +1

    Interesting with all that she said and how harmful sugar is to the brain, poison food should be considered a reward?

  • @Camptheuniverse
    @Camptheuniverse Před 2 lety

    Does this include sugar from fruits as well and carbohydrates?

  • @CYRUS-hd3br
    @CYRUS-hd3br Před 4 lety

    Do we have these Tedx talks as podcasts

  • @cmarkfrey5551
    @cmarkfrey5551 Před 5 lety +43

    For some reason I can’t get over how beautiful she is...

    • @GBAmerica1781
      @GBAmerica1781 Před 4 lety +4

      it's those eyes brah

    • @maricamaas5555
      @maricamaas5555 Před 4 lety +5

      This is how women use to look before mass media mind control brainwashed us to believe super-thin is healthy. Women were also fertile then.

    • @samuelbasye3508
      @samuelbasye3508 Před 4 lety +2

      Right?

    • @rubyrootless7324
      @rubyrootless7324 Před 4 lety +2

      i know right?

    • @InspirationParadise
      @InspirationParadise Před 3 lety

      Maybe she’s using a public speaking technique of focusing on the audience as just a random bunch of colours - this makes it feel like they’re by themself so they feel more comfortable

  • @teddavidsson
    @teddavidsson Před 3 lety

    sugar is amazing. keeps my fitness on another lovel. keeps you moving. what about all the africans and asians eating lots of carbs and using white sugar in their tea. lean and healthy am I wrong?

    • @youtube_username_
      @youtube_username_ Před 3 lety +3

      Ted, watch some more videos about sugar, especially ones by Robert Lustig. Carbs are fine but added sugars are a big problem.

    • @teddavidsson
      @teddavidsson Před 3 lety

      @@youtube_username_ isnt he obese?

  • @Flyingtaco4334
    @Flyingtaco4334 Před 7 lety +32

    sugar is used to make products have longer shelf life also its like cocaine so yeah.

  • @OverlandTT
    @OverlandTT Před 4 lety

    Insulin resistance! Lower the weight will fall off.

  • @jj-iu3ni
    @jj-iu3ni Před 3 lety +5

    Everytime I have a Mcdonalds I feel ill

  • @halo27300
    @halo27300 Před 6 lety +7

    Surely the number of dopamine receptors decreases with sugar addiction? Not increases?

    • @EvilZeroSc
      @EvilZeroSc Před 5 lety +2

      Exactly, it decreases not increases. The more they increase, the more our perception of the world becomes HD like.

    • @EmmaSmith-od6jt
      @EmmaSmith-od6jt Před 5 lety +12

      ​@@EvilZeroSc It floods your brain with dopamine, causing an increase in receptors. So the number of dopamine RECEPTORS increases too. Like a drug, it then takes more and more and more dopamine to satisfy the increased number of receptors to reach the same effects, and you become desensitized to larger amounts of sugar. Sometimes it really is a bit HD like, as the growing receptors let you take more and more dopamine in. The crash after that is not fun though

  • @farhanbaig678
    @farhanbaig678 Před rokem +2

    Maybe im weird because i like feeling hungry. I save my hunger to control a portioned meal

  • @DavidBloodJohnson
    @DavidBloodJohnson Před 2 lety

    The brain is always developing

  • @brittanyfehlings6838
    @brittanyfehlings6838 Před rokem +1

    After working around desserts for 15 years, there's no doubt I have a sugar addiction. This month im not eating any desserts, candy, soda, etc, and then im doing an extended Water fast, because I need to get control back and kick this addiction mentally and physically

  • @glorioskey
    @glorioskey Před 22 dny

    I thought we decided pizza isnt that bad depending what you put on and who makes it.
    Thin crust lots of veges.

  • @richard1268
    @richard1268 Před 2 lety +2

    Junk food is not a reward its a Poison, either find some Willpower and learn to say No, and most probably live a long and Healthy life, or the Opposite ! I know which way I'm going Lol

  • @jamieraye5345
    @jamieraye5345 Před 4 lety +1

    I was eating a icecream Snickers bar while watching this. Now I feel guilty. But not TOO guilty, because icecream Snickers bars are REALLY good. Plus, I only have them every so often. . .

  • @sanskratibajpai1911
    @sanskratibajpai1911 Před 2 lety +7

    It's a big myth that healthy food doesn't taste good...I am a vegan and I eat a variety of tasty and healthy foods daily... 😋😊

  • @willhelmberkly3025
    @willhelmberkly3025 Před 7 lety +57

    your brain responds to refined flour in the same way it responds to sugar.

    • @lynneceegee8726
      @lynneceegee8726 Před 6 lety +4

      Of course - carbs in excess (and refined carbs especially) act in the same way as sugar.

    • @nnnnsaakadamanas218
      @nnnnsaakadamanas218 Před 6 lety +7

      Sugar is a carb, is it not?

    • @hemanrocks9249
      @hemanrocks9249 Před 3 lety

      ............ *Listen Everyone* ...........
      Modern medicine has no answer to many diseases and disorders........
      If you or anyone in your friends and family is suffering from any disease and have tried all..... Still not getting satisfactory results..........
      Along with your current medication, *Consider taking the Ayurvedic treatment* with nutrition, Ayurvedic medicines and lifestyle changes......
      _There are no side effects,_ unlike chemical meds........
      Gradually, you would be healed and get rid of all medication........
      .....
      *What's best its not even expensive* ......
      Do yourself a favor and give it a try.......
      Its 100% safe and effective......
      ..............
      Email me your issue to (harsh1984jain@gmail.com)
      *_You might save someone's life_*

  • @geraldlewis5498
    @geraldlewis5498 Před 2 lety

    How to detoxify sugar from the system video

  • @1689solas
    @1689solas Před 6 lety +5

    Amiga 3s.

  • @fuinhaamiguinha8932
    @fuinhaamiguinha8932 Před 3 lety

    Not eating sugar never anymore

  • @garrettvaughn3086
    @garrettvaughn3086 Před 5 lety

    what ive learned does a better job, anyways with her statement on addiction and dopamine im still skeptical on it to this day.

  • @cathleensmith4717
    @cathleensmith4717 Před rokem +1

    Putting sugar in its place gets easier with time. With the impetus of poor circulation, family dying of dementia, losing vision, limbs, heart attacks all from diabetes turning your cardiovascular system into a mind field of heart attacks and stroke. I could go on but I won't. And if that's not enough the food industry knows what they're doing to us. God forgive them or Curse them to many generations 😢

  • @RajneeshKumar-hz7yn
    @RajneeshKumar-hz7yn Před 2 lety

    Wii hav a pastry today.
    .

  • @gabrielestefani2950
    @gabrielestefani2950 Před 3 lety +2

    Cmoon can't I eat my italian grandma's pie? Naaah. I think balance is the word. Too much of anything is bad. A bit of chocolate in the morning is just making me a happier man