Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
If ever you start to get overwhelmed about what you eat, I always find it best to backtrack to what we know for sure. A conscious decision of eating what you know for sure is good and, more importantly, eliminating what you know for sure to be bad, can go a long way for your not only your mental clarity, but also, obviously, you physical health.
There's a lot of discussion out there related to nutrition and the optimal way to eat to live the best life. And while I'm glad these topics are being discussed, I feel for the overwhelming majority of the population, it doesn't have to be that complicated. I feel there are a few hidden (or not so hidden) killers that are largely responsible for the negative health trends we're experiencing today. And what better place to start than the main culprit for the current obesity epidemic.
I should mention that this is a VERY simplified explanation on how sugars work, with the main intent being accessibility and bringing awareness to foods that contain more than you might have known.
The Real Killers - 0:00
Introducing: Added Sugars - 0:59
History of Added Sugars - 2:32
The Most Important Part of the Video - 4:24
What Do Added Sugars Do? - 4:31
What About Natural Sugars? - 6:18
Where Are Added Sugars? - 7:45
Are There Any Exceptions? - 9:13
Added Sugars & Heart Disease
openheart.bmj.com/content/4/2/e000729.full
Added Sugars & Blood Pressure
academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/100/1/46/4576645
Added Sugars & Chronic Inflammation
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0033062017301627
Added Sugars & Cravings
journals.lww.com/co-clinicalnutrition/Abstract/2013/07000/Sugar_addiction__pushing_the_drug_sugar_analogy_to.11.aspx
Added Sugars & Depression
cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-nutrition/article/added-sugars-and-sugarsweetened-beverage-consumption-dietary-carbohydrate-index-and-depression-risk-in-the-seguimiento-universidad-de-navarra-sun-project/80AE23E8DE916349DE7167E8991CBA84
Added Sugars & Cognitive Impairment
nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nyas.13062
Added Sugars & Fatty Liver Disease
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168827818300667
Added Sugars & Tooth Decay
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/cdoe.12413
Added Sugar & Acne
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S221226721301681X
For Everything Else You Might Want to Know About Sugar
sugar.org
#sugar #nutrition #addedsugars #diet #weightloss #fatloss #healthyeating #obesity
If ever you start to get overwhelmed about what you eat, I always find it best to backtrack to what we know for sure. A conscious decision of eating what you know for sure is good and, more importantly, eliminating what you know for sure to be bad, can go a long way for your not only your mental clarity, but also, obviously, you physical health.
There's a lot of discussion out there related to nutrition and the optimal way to eat to live the best life. And while I'm glad these topics are being discussed, I feel for the overwhelming majority of the population, it doesn't have to be that complicated. I feel there are a few hidden (or not so hidden) killers that are largely responsible for the negative health trends we're experiencing today. And what better place to start than the main culprit for the current obesity epidemic.
I should mention that this is a VERY simplified explanation on how sugars work, with the main intent being accessibility and bringing awareness to foods that contain more than you might have known.
The Real Killers - 0:00
Introducing: Added Sugars - 0:59
History of Added Sugars - 2:32
The Most Important Part of the Video - 4:24
What Do Added Sugars Do? - 4:31
What About Natural Sugars? - 6:18
Where Are Added Sugars? - 7:45
Are There Any Exceptions? - 9:13
Added Sugars & Heart Disease
openheart.bmj.com/content/4/2/e000729.full
Added Sugars & Blood Pressure
academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/100/1/46/4576645
Added Sugars & Chronic Inflammation
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0033062017301627
Added Sugars & Cravings
journals.lww.com/co-clinicalnutrition/Abstract/2013/07000/Sugar_addiction__pushing_the_drug_sugar_analogy_to.11.aspx
Added Sugars & Depression
cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-nutrition/article/added-sugars-and-sugarsweetened-beverage-consumption-dietary-carbohydrate-index-and-depression-risk-in-the-seguimiento-universidad-de-navarra-sun-project/80AE23E8DE916349DE7167E8991CBA84
Added Sugars & Cognitive Impairment
nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nyas.13062
Added Sugars & Fatty Liver Disease
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168827818300667
Added Sugars & Tooth Decay
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/cdoe.12413
Added Sugar & Acne
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S221226721301681X
For Everything Else You Might Want to Know About Sugar
sugar.org
#sugar #nutrition #addedsugars #diet #weightloss #fatloss #healthyeating #obesity
