Here's what sugar and zero calorie sweeteners do to your body
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- A transcript of this podcast and more information about Rob Lustig is available on the website of the Duke World Food Policy Center at wfpc.sanford.d...
Today we speak with an expert on sugar and things meant to replace it. The stakes are high. Very high. Sugar consumption in the population is astronomical and so is the use of sugar replacements. Knowing the impacts of both could help experts provide dietary guidance and help consumers make decisions. Dr. Robert Lustig is Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco. He specializes on the regulation of energy balance by the central nervous system; body weight regulation, appetite, metabolism, and is very well known for his work on sugar and their substitutes and on policies aimed at improving the diet of the population. A CZcams video on the effects of consuming sugar called “Sugar: The Bitter Truth,” has now been viewed 24 million times. - Zábava
What was not mentioned, was sugar addiction. Some of the comments below are clearly driven by addiction. No amount of damage to your Mitochondrial System, or your gut microbiome, is acceptable. I know a little bit about sugar addiction. I have lowered my A1C from 13.8 to 5.7 by cutting out all sweeteners. It was definitely a path of addiction recovery.
Wow
Great stuff!
Hi, Es! Congrats on your giant strides in health! The doctor is a pediatric neuro endocrinologist, and is a medical school professor (and a rock star to millions worldwide). Have you heard/read his stuff before?
Agree! I was addicted to sugar and junk food. I'm 60 and have lost 160 lbs by eating LCHF keto and learning how to fast. I've never gone back to anything sweet. I love my fasting lifestyle without sweets. Not even Monkfruit or stevia. Even if they are considered keto, I don't want to become addicted again to the sweet 👍
That's because the discussion was not about sugar per se. But more focused on artificial sweeteners.
We are so fortunate to have access to great scientists like Dr. Lustig. This has changed me. I have been drinking Coke Zero daily and am going to stop today.
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So it's been a month, are you past your temptation stage or did you go back to the poison? Hope you are staying strong!
I've heard about XYLITOL. It tastes like sugar, but good for your body
Especially teeth.
Make some tea, and use XYLITOL in it..better than diet soda
She REGRESSED.. not as easy as she thought...
Know @@Ir-of4zn
When I was in college, I wrote a Research Paper on the dangers of Aspartame. One of the issues, besides the breakdown byproducts, was that Aspartame competed from the binding sites for Serotonin which helps to regulate Gastric motility.
What I found in my research was this:
Consuming foods or drinks containing Aspartame restricted Serotonin and thereby slowed Gastric Motility. This in turn, allowed food to stay in the stomach and Small Intestines longer, thereby resulting in weight gain. My research did not show the quantity of Aspartame consumed, but rather, dose-over-time effects. The longer someone consumed Diet drinks or foods containing Aspartame, the more likely they were to gain weight.
Way to go Dubs. We have a lot to learn, and this is very satisfying to read. I've found that if we're looking for a bias free zone to discuss our food environment and bodies, I suggest everyone go to the BIOchemistry of our food. This story you tell is a great part of that conversation, that zone.
Does gastric motility have to do with stomach acid? Thank you for your comment, very eye opening.
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Me 😁🙄😩
I had been doing an 18 week strict Low Carbohydrate / No sugar Intermittent Fasting diet. I aimed to reverse Pre Diabetes, reverse Liver Enzymes and Cholesterol. I don't know if I have reversed the Pre Diabetes yet, but I have fully reversedmy Liver Enzymes and Cholesterol levels back to normal. As a bonus I also lost 50 pounds and I have not felt so good or had more stamina during this time for years. However I then started to eat Dried Fruit for a period of 2 weeks. I couldn't believe how ill it made me feel, nill energy and I really wasn't eating that much. Now I have to start over all over again and try to get through the sugar cravings which have come back. Also I stopped drinking diet coke after being addicted to it for years. They should ban it. It is so addictive like sugar. Best thing I've done. I worry about the damage that it has done to my body and teeth and the cancer scares. Wish I had stopped it years ago.
Fun fact: For every pound of sugar consumed in the United States, we spend twenty-five dollars on medical treatment for illnesses caused by excess sugar consumption.
I'm 4ft10in. When I had my first child friends suggested aspartame to replace sugar ,to help me lose weight.I kept using artificial sweeteners throughout my life. IT DESTROYED my gut flora along with my intestines 😢My G.I.doc said that I would die if I didn't let him remove my colon!!!!.... I refused & studied on internet for a natural solution.I studied in India...ayurvedic medicine. Still alive at 76....eating all natural.❤😂🎉
You seen the food in India ?. Shut up
I am wildly addicted to diet soda -- for years, it's just so hard to let go!
I gave up the sugar, I stopped binging, I lost 200lb with keto and intermittent fasting,
but my big mission now is to truly free myself from ALL sweets and processed pleasure foods!
Me too. Diet soda addiction.
Hey, congratulations 🎉on your weight loss and journey toward spectacular health! As far as diet soda goes, you can do it. I don’t know you, but I have every confidence that you can kick that addiction given your previous accomplishment.
Me too, low blood sugar and sugar addiction. But two or three days on carnivore diet took away all sugar cravings. Satiated fully. Lots of beef and butter, fat some oils, hot water with a little honey, cream, milk or butter for a treat.
I found that really cold club soda hit most of what I liked. Refreshing, cold, and fizzy.
My wife and I are closer to 80 than 70 but cut down on our sugar consumption maybe 20 years ago for what reason, I don't remember. I started watching Dr. Lustig video's a couple weeks ago and started adding a 3 to 2 ratio of soluble to insoluble fiber as a result. This is the level of health. I encourage everyone to learn about how important fiber is. It is more than cleaning the colon, we have all heard. It is about metabolic health. Health at the cellular level prevents the big eight of diseases.
Thank you for sharing. I didn’t know that about fiber. I will begin to incorporate it daily
Would you share your means of fiber intake?
We don't have to replace sugar, 'cause we do Not need any dietary sugar, at all.
What we need: sunlight and natural diet.
(mission impossible tho')
Sunlight yes. A proper human diet yes . A proper human diet does not contain sugar! Period.....
Correct! There are no "essential" carbohydrates for humans. We don't need them. At all! Google it!👍
How did we live b4 the discovery of processed sugar ?? My guess
We lived better!
@@johnnafarrell3336in fruits..however fruit has MORE THAN SUGAR and should be IN SEASON
@@abc33944we didn't have electricity, and had to make fires every night...
It just got worse, with toomuch, and 24/7 media. Kids are supposed to sleep by 9pm for better growth
Thank you for inviting Dr. Lustig. Would you please remove that yellow line that refers to the vibration of the sound. It is so distracting especially for those who have some vision issues due to brain injury..thank you
Just listen, don’t watch. There’s nothing to watch anyway
It adds nothing 😂
Fantastic interview, Dr Lustig always is in the cutting edge of health
Superior Dr. One of the best in USA. I LEARNED GREAT DEAL FROM HIM.
It seems that some folks in the audience can’t accept that even other alternatives like stevia can do damage. Preaching to the deaf…
Also, I noticed some folks here can't accept what they've been eating all this while was promoted by this kind of doctors and it has only made them sick. So wish you luck moving from one educated fool to another better educated fool.
Dr. Perlmutter interviewed Dr. Bickman on a utube video praising Allulose as a safe and somewhat beneficial natural sugar (found in small amounts in some fruits). Dr. Lustig states it has same downsides as the other “artificial “ sweeteners. So whats the correct analysis?
I wonder the same thing...Dr Johnson thinks it's great.
My ex drank diet coke like water and is senile. I warned her. She divorced me.
Eat your stevia around your meals …otherwise drink water or sparkling water with lemon or apple cider vin
Absolutely agree that things need to change but find it appalling and fascistic personally the way proposed to do so. Not telling anyone and forcing it because someone says it is a better idea. Education is what is needed. Teach people proper eating habits. Don't force them to fit your findings. Science grows and we learn new things every day.
I saw a study that shows that aspartame and sucralose does not raise insulin. The name of the study (2 weeks) is "The effect of the artificial sweeteners on glucose metabolism in healthy adults: a randomized, double-blinded, crossover clinical trial ". They say "There was no change in insulin sensitivity after NNS treatment compared with the baseline values. These findings suggest that daily repeated consumption of pure sucralose or aspartame for 2 weeks had no effect on glucose metabolism among normoglycaemic adults. However, these results need to be tested in studies with longer durations."
I like to read studies too but it’s important to know who funded this study and how they interpreted the data and many other things. I’m not a doctor nor a scientist but I believe that these artificial things and processed foods cause damage even if a study says they don’t. Anything foreign and artificial interfere with the functioning of the body in one way or another
I reviewed that study and it is excellent. Being double-blinded is the gold standard. Aspartame is one of the most studied molecules in human history. If it had the negative properties that some posit, then the evidence would have been overwhelming. Clearly, that is not the case, since the results are mixed at best. I watched somebody with a monitor over a 2 hour period and his insulin didn't fluctuate at all. I just find it hard to believe our bodies, given how complex and adaptable we are, would continue to send out the fire trucks when there is no fire.
One other benefit of dropping sugar (and hardly ever mentioned) is better oral health as there will be a drastic drop in caries also known as tooth decay!
So all you researchers what happens if we take glucose as suppose to sugar in our drinks .
Had a full 3 months recently off diet soda and only drank plain soda water or Tap. First time I had gone off it at all much less 3 months and it made ZERO difference to my stomach fat .
What about stevia - is that safe? 🌱
How is that doctor Lustig kept teaching us that fructose intake didn't cause an insulin spike thus not soothing appetite. But fructose is sweet and according to the explanation about diet sweeteners, should affect insulin.
Maybe the pancreas isn't prompted to release insulin in the presence of fructose because fructose is processed by the liver instead? Since fructose is dealt with by the liver the body could have an entirely different response to it.
@@davehenderson6125 Lustig has said that just sweet taste on our tongue is enough for insulin release. That's how he blames artificial sweeteners for the insulin spike. Sweeteners don't go to pancreas to boost insulin biochemically. And, according to this logic fructose should work in the same manner just because it provides sweet taste.
Sugar like most things bad for or health, is a highly processed and highly addictive edible microdose of poison.
Very informative. Thank you
What do you think of Xylitol?? I have not heard about it. Thank you for your work.
How about allulose?
Processed food, aside from dozens of preservatives, usually contain various amounts salt, sugar, and cheap, inflammatory seed oils.
Once you try to eat clean food, you’ll realize 90% of the food at the grocery store is prepackaged junk.😭
Huh. Nothing on sodium saccharin. Not the pink stuff that has dextrose and maltodextrin in it, but straight sodium saccharin. That's what I use in coffee, and it is fantastic. A bought a bottle years ago, and have only used about half of it so far. I use so little, it is lasting a long long time. Like having a big-huge box of sweetener in a little bottle. It is cheaper too. Win, win, win.
Been on Stevia and low sugar protein shakes for years, helped me get down to 10% body fat,
Stevia is my go to.
Stevia is linked to low-fertility problems.
@@icecreamladydriver1606 I have no desire for sweetness, from either sugar or anything else. I have a savoury tongue.
What is your point, looking good on the outside doesn't mean you are good on the inside, for all you know you could have a fatty liver, but let's hope not,
Very useful.
I haven't used sugar for years now but it is shocking to see in how many foods it is added. Even in our healthfood store, sugar is added to meat sauces in the hot food section. Instead of using herbs. As somebody who had Candida, I had to be so watchful and mostly ate at home anyway. But NOBODY can talk me out to sweeten with Stevia, Xylitol and Inulin my few "comfort foods" like coffee, tea and an occasional gluten free cookie. One doesn't need to get "religious" with food unless one is very ill.
What about honey? Honey is natural. Is it not good?
I don't think aspartame is insulimic. Fruit is sweet so it would have the same response...
And what about saccharin? When I was young, they used to give that to type 1 diabetics. Is that now bad too?
Of course it’s bad. Doctors think in terms of calories, and avoid normal sugar. Plus maybe at the time you’re talking about saccharine was the new big thing to save the day and that’s what doctors do. Maybe the weren’t studies on it yet. Just take it that if it’s artificial it’s bad. We can’t avoid everything but we can try avoid something
@@yoursugarismine _"Just take it that if it’s artificial it’s bad."_
You mean like if someone says something on CZcams it's true? 🙄
@@TheRealPureBlood I didn’t comment to argue or anything, I just shared my opinion.
I don’t think you can’t compare the 2 things of something artificial being bad to random ppl talking on CZcams saying the truth or not.
I don’t just watch or believe anyone on YT. Dr Lustig is not just anyone talking on YT. I personally believe or rather, inform myself by listening to reputable ppl with credentials and then research the subject independently myself and form my own opinion. In terms of believing Dr Lustig, yes I do believe him, not only because of who he is and what he has done, but also because diabetes and nutrition and metabolic syndrome is something I’m already quite knowledgeable about (I’m not a doctor tho) so I understand if what he’s saying is true and it is. And I’ve learned more because he added some details to the conversation that I didn’t know yet.
If we go back to the artificial things conversation. Yes I believe that they are not beneficial for us and interfere with the correct functioning of the body and that is nothing new really and it’s a concept that is easy to understand. I don’t think there’s one artificial food or object or fabric or material or anything that is not damaging to us in some way. Even natural things damage us now bc they’re contaminated by something artificial man made. So like I said we can’t avoid it all, but we can try avoiding simpler things that are easier to avoid. That’s what I wanted to say that’s all. Doctors still advise patients that have diabetes or are obese to use sweeteners even after evidence exists that they’re not the best
What is it about "sweet" that is so yummy to the human tongue? Why did we evolve to love the taste of sweet??
We were fed it. Do a search on what bananas used to be like.
The agriculture industry has continually made fruits and vegetables sweeter all the time. GMO.
@@JustWatchMeDoThis Yipes!!
Through most of human history, gaining fat was a good thing. It helped us survive. We were never able to gain a whole lot, but some. Now we have so much more sugar, and it's available all year round. That's the problem.
But simply, we evolved a taste for sugar because fruit allowed us to put on a bit of extra weight and because it allows greater bursts of strenuously activity.
Honey..
Because it satifies the Nucleus Acumbens part of the brain. The "reward" center. IOW, it's _addictive._
Allulose upsets my stomach.
The food indusrty has been sneaky and devious since Dr Wylie took them on over 1OO years ago. Like billionaires we need them but it's not without problems.
Very interesting talk, I almost forgot you guys were American, lol, and then came the big sell!!! You just can't resist gong after a few bucks!!
There's great news , if u don't eat said things , they wont bug u or sit on u ! whalla 💝 but it's easier to prevent a big problem then to fix one, wt included , heads up !
Feed it veggies first thing, like for breakfast, u have to like vegetables though , yum ! 🥦🥑🥔🥕🫑🍒🍊🍉 yum : ) & they do too , 💝
I use monkfruit. A little in my one cup of coffee. Never had a problem. I am on the Carnivore WOE and dont ever eat sugar nor do I crave it.
Carnivore doesn't add fruit to the diet, it's in the name CARNIVORE
@@josephbarker6608 I guess I am out òf the club. Sigh. 🥺
Darn
So stevia is bad?
One question is does Stevia really raise insulin? I hear completely divergent takes on this.
From other videos I have seen on this....YES. The mere fact that your mouth/brain senses something sweet, even though there aren't any calories associate with it, it then automatically raises your insulin level.
@@keithzastrow
I get this take but there is certainly a lot of public contention on this question, which is the entire raison d'etre of Stevia, that it's been studied and does not in fact do this, just based on taste on the tongue, partly because I think they hold it fools the brain and does not trigger in the same way as actual sugar.
I know there's been recent contention over whether artificial sweeteners really cause cancer, for example.
It seems a lot is not entirely settled here.
Stevia became very trendy, like all trendy things there’s a lot of money involved and powerful corporations that don’t want to lose out on a product they invested in. Stevia may be natural but it’s processed food for a start anyway. I would use anything with caution without thinking that is the next miracle thing. Hopefully the truth will come out. I’m lucky bc I really don’t like the taste of stevia so it’s not an issue for me
@@yoursugarismine
Dark chocolate answers a lot of these problems...
So xylitol is dangerous, too? For Sjogren’s sufferers, xylitol is what we are supposed to use to stimulate saliva and prevent dental caries.
It is dangerous too. To increase saliva you can put a plastic little object in your mouth like a button and suck on it or you can think of lemons. I’m sorry I’m not a doctor but try it, it may help who knows
Sucking on plastic would be way more dangerous. Do what is prescribed - xylitol should be fine.
I have been chewing xylitol gum for a couple of weeks. My teeth are very clean now. I figure that it's a reasonable trade off to reduce the "bad" bacteria even if it does raise blood sugar a bit. Xylitol keeps the bad bacteria from sticking to the teeth. It's not just about saliva.
In dogs, xylitol is dangerous because their pancreas responds as if it is sugar and the dogs can get hypoglycemia.
Shop from the periphery and minimize your selection from the interior shelves of the grocery store.
Do not buy fat-free products loaded with sugar and salt.
2:25 Dr. Lustig states that (if the body is not receiving glucose from food) "the liver will turn fat into glucose. This is just plain wrong! The liver can covert glucose into fat but not fat into glucose. This is well known to anyone who has the most basic training in human metabolism.
Not all sweeteners are artificial. Is Stevia the better choice ? What is the impact on mitochodria and insuline resistance ? Better than sugar or worse ?
STEVIA is plant based, act as a substitute to sugar. Stevia does not contain glucose or fructose. It is a non-nutritive sweetener extracted from the leaves of the Stevia rebaudiana plant. Unlike sugar, which is composed of glucose and fructose, stevia's sweetness primarily comes from compounds called steviol glycosides.
Some studies have investigated the effects of stevia and its components on cellular processes. For example, a study published in the journal "Phytomedicine" in 2013 evaluated the potential toxicity of stevia extract on mitochondria and found that it did not impair mitochondrial function or cause cell death in human cells.
Any other studies known ? or advice ?
i would like to know the effect on insulin..some say it does not effect insulin levels at all.. others say it is sweet and therefor insulin rises regardless of carb content....which one is it?
Sugar is plant based. Now what?
@@bolivianbillionaire1349 Dr Lustig says that once a sweet substance hits the tounge, the pancreas gets the signal to produce insulin. Even if the glycemic load never arrives, the insulin still gets produced.
Affects fertility.
So we can’t drink alcohol, drinks that are artificially sweetened or sugared sodas. So just drink water regardless how ordinary or bad it tastes out of a tap? That will do me! 🤦♂️
Buy a gravity-fed water filter and add some magnesium drops to the filtered water - don't be a victim to the way things are badly set up for the plebs.
Not everything needs to be a treat. We're so selfish nowadays, always looking for pleasure. As Ben Bikman calls it, this is a Plague of Prosperity.
I drink water and never add sugar (natural or artificial) to my drink. This habit makes me not crave for sweet stuff. But of course, I eat cake on birthdays! A treat is a treat, not a meal.
Herbs are also ultra processed. Like ginger etc. Are these also dangerous. I am using these for my tea?😢😢😢
Monk fruit does not raise insulin levels nor does it raise blood sugar levels. It is good for us.
Something neutral is automatically good for you? That's not true. Just use things like that carefully & sparingly
Carnivore for the win.
I poseted here a comment a couple hours ago, and now I can'tfind it. Are comments get censored ?
@peakparty2158 I’ve also had my comments not show up. I’ve also been banned by CZcams from posting comments for at least 24 hours. They notified me that I would not be able to make comments for such and such a time. I don’t recall the exact duration, but it was between 24 and 72 hours. This was in 2023. I believe it was because they didn’t like my Christian perspective on the topics that I addressed. So far, this year, I haven’t been “notified.” I hope this reaches you without being banned. We’ll see.
but is sugar important for the functioning of the thyroid?
You missed where he mentioned that the body makes glucose when it needs to.
It's not consumed sugar the body needs.
Some cells need glucose which can and will be made if the body does not have it and needs it.
I wonder what a less sweet Coca-Cola would taste like?
Battery acid like it already does for me now lol
Have I said being my real natural self not trying to impress anyone being high class status in my life remember all jobs low or high class how you treat each fashions worn depends matters
Stevia is not artificial. It is from a leaf. Its an herb.
I use sweet n low and lost 40 lbs.
I use Stevia
What’s your point. The video is on sweeteners. Non sugar sweeteners. Also strychnine and many poisons are natural. Sugar is natural. Who cares.
Sugar is also not artificial. It is an extract from beets or sugar cane or grapes or flower nectar…
@@MiladaKaiser some sugar when made from the whole plant ( brown sugar or molasses) are better for us. But we eat tons too much. And the sugars added in industrial foods are the cheapest.
No reason to kill the calorie. If you consume fewer calories and increase your calorie expenditure you will lose weight. This is tried and trued for ages. The difficulty for most folks is they reach their goal and then lapse back into their old behaviors.
He had me right up to the point where he referenced the WEF, then he lost all credibility.
here we go...cut the sugar and cut the salt...hm...and where the nutrition will come from,when we cut the salt?
Stay within reasonable limits.
Don’t eat 3 donuts and a bag of chips. Eat 1 donut and a few ounces of chips once in awhile.
I hope you are not serious. Do you think all nutrition comes from sugar and salt? Seriously? You need to start with the basics. This video is too advanced for you. But you can start with eating real food, so there's a hint.
@@backtoasimplelife
Moderation is the way.
Now go away
@@backtoasimplelife just to tell something you might not know-I used to have DT2 for 20 years...looks like I reverse it,and at the age of 71,which isn't as easy as one might think.And you are telling me that I am a beginner and this video isn't for me? mybe then you might know why I can't get rid of the inflammation?Go ahead...
@@MrGeorgewf No, it isn't. Now go away.
If its man made for profit beware
Stealth move. lol Don't tell anyone. So very democrat. lol
So just drink water?
A little boring
I drink flavored water like bubly, aha, waterloo, polar. Flavoring is not a sweetener.
@@Drain_Life_Archive
There is a study out that says carbonation activate your hunger hormone. That’s why people who drink diet soda gain weight. It makes them want to eat.
@@MrGeorgewf Guess you'll have to stick with the "boring" water then.
@@Drain_Life_Archive
Nope I drink unsweetened ice tea with sweet n low or Coke Zero.
@@MrGeorgewf Then you're using sweeteners which is bad, a hell of lot worse than carbonation, which coke zero also is. Btw, coke zero is using aspartame, perhaps the worst sweetener on the market, known decades ago to be horrendous for the body. Instead of being worried about carbonation, should be worried about aspartame. Plug this into Google: Aspartame: Decades of science point to serious health risks
I had been doing an 18 week strict Low Carbohydrate / No sugar Intermittent Fasting diet. I aimed to reverse Pre Diabetes, reverse Liver Enzymes and Cholesterol. I don't know if I have reversed the Pre Diabetes yet, but I have fully reversedmy Liver Enzymes and Cholesterol levels back to normal. As a bonus I also lost 50 pounds and I have not felt so good or had more stamina during this time for years. However I then started to eat Dried Fruit for a period of 2 weeks. I couldn't believe how ill it made me feel, nill energy and I really wasn't eating that much. Now I have to start over all over again and try to get through the sugar cravings which have come back. Also I stopped drinking diet coke after being addicted to it for years. They should ban it. It is so addictive like sugar. Best thing I've done. I worry about the damage that it has done to my body and teeth and the cancer scares. Wish I had stopped it years ago.
I had been doing an 18 week strict Low Carbohydrate / No sugar Intermittent Fasting diet. I aimed to reverse Pre Diabetes, reverse Liver Enzymes and Cholesterol. I don't know if I have reversed the Pre Diabetes yet, but I have fully reversedmy Liver Enzymes and Cholesterol levels back to normal. As a bonus I also lost 50 pounds and I have not felt so good or had more stamina during this time for years. However I then started to eat Dried Fruit for a period of 2 weeks. I couldn't believe how ill it made me feel, nill energy and I really wasn't eating that much. Now I have to start over all over again and try to get through the sugar cravings which have come back. Also I stopped drinking diet coke after being addicted to it for years. They should ban it. It is so addictive like sugar. Best thing I've done. I worry about the damage that it has done to my body and teeth and the cancer scares. Wish I had stopped it years ago.