Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Dr. Ian Smith joins Opie, Chef Carl Ruiz and comedian Mark Normand. Carl casually destroys an insane amount of sugar on air — Reese’s, cookies, Hawaiian Punch, fruit snacks, and more — while the doctor breaks down exactly what it’s doing to his body.Carl explains his “live every day like you won the lottery” philosophy after watching his super-healthy dad get hit with early-onset Alzheimer’s at 62. The conversation gets real about sugar addiction, school lunches, food deserts, pre-diabetes, and how the food industry engineers the “bliss point” to keep you hooked.Topics covered:
• How much sugar the average American actually eats
• Why Carl refuses to “save for the future”
• Hidden sugar in “healthy” foods (yogurt, ketchup, vitamin water, etc.)
• School food industry corruption
• Sugar withdrawal horror stories
• Keto, artificial sweeteners, and realistic ways to cut backFeaturing: Dr. Ian Smith (author of Blast the Sugar Out), Carl Ruiz. If you’ve ever wondered why you can’t stop eating sugar… this is it. )Drop a like if Carl’s snack pile stressed you out
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Dr. Ian Smith joins Opie, Chef Carl Ruiz and comedian Mark Normand. Carl casually destroys an insane amount of sugar on air — Reese’s, cookies, Hawaiian Punch, fruit snacks, and more — while the doctor breaks down exactly what it’s doing to his body.Carl explains his “live every day like you won the lottery” philosophy after watching his super-healthy dad get hit with early-onset Alzheimer’s at 62. The conversation gets real about sugar addiction, school lunches, food deserts, pre-diabetes, and how the food industry engineers the “bliss point” to keep you hooked.Topics covered:
• How much sugar the average American actually eats
• Why Carl refuses to “save for the future”
• Hidden sugar in “healthy” foods (yogurt, ketchup, vitamin water, etc.)
• School food industry corruption
• Sugar withdrawal horror stories
• Keto, artificial sweeteners, and realistic ways to cut backFeaturing: Dr. Ian Smith (author of Blast the Sugar Out), Carl Ruiz. If you’ve ever wondered why you can’t stop eating sugar… this is it. )Drop a like if Carl’s snack pile stressed you out
Become a supporter of this podcast: spreaker.com/podcast/opie-carl--6679362/support (spreaker.com/podcast/opie-carl--6679362/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss) .
