Do You Need Sugar To Live - Quit Sugar

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Do You Need Sugar To Live - Quit Sugar

There is so much confusion when it comes to carbs. We live in a world with conflicting nutrition advice, and carbohydrates are at the front and center of nutrition controversy.

Not all carbohydrates – or all carbohydrate-rich foods – are equal in terms of the nutrition they provide or how the body uses them. There are differences in types of carbohydrates, how they are digested and absorbed, and how they’re used by the body.

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Sucrose is a type of simple carbohydrate called sugar. Specifically, sucrose is a disaccharide, meaning it's made of two monosaccharides; in the case of sucrose, it's made of the monosaccharide glucose and the monosaccharide fructose. Other disaccharides include maltose, which is 2 glucose molecules fused together, and lactose, glucose, and galactose fused together.

Individual sugar units can combine into more complex, often branched, polysaccharides, typically consisting of hundreds or thousands of glucose molecules fused together.

These carbohydrates are found in grains and vegetables and can be broadly categorized into digestible and indigestible types. Digestible polysaccharides include starch and glycogen. Starch is the storage form of glucose found in plant tissues, and glycogen is the storage form of glucose in the muscle & liver in humans and animals.

But Fun Fact about glycogen - when you eat meat, you don’t actually consume glycogen because it has already been broken down when the animal died. Indigestible polysaccharides mainly consist of fiber, which only comes from plants. Cellulose is an example of a fiber composed entirely of glucose molecules. But unlike the glucose found in starch or glycogen, the glucose molecules in cellulose are fused together to make it impossible for our gut enzymes to break them down.

Certain foods contain two types of fiber, both of which are important for you. Insoluble fiber is a type of polysaccharide that cannot be broken down in our body. It can’t be absorbed into your bloodstream, providing 0 calories. It passes unchanged through our digestive tract, and I’ll later explain why this is so important. On the other hand, soluble fiber dissolves during digestion, turning into a gel-like substance. It’s not digestible, but some components of it can be broken down by our gut bacteria in the colon, and what those bacteria do with it becomes very important.

For example, gut bacteria metabolize soluble fiber into short-chain fatty acids like butyrate, which get absorbed into the bloodstream. And that’s a good thing because butyrate has anti-inflammatory properties. But let's for a second, say you eat a carrot, which, yes, contains fiber, but it also contains starch.

You’re crunching on that carrot, and the saliva in your mouth starts to break down the starch molecules into smaller starch molecules because of an enzyme called…salivary amylase. If you eat a cracker and chew it long enough before swallowing, it tastes sweet on your tongue because the starch gets broken down to maltose.

So after that, the carrot goes into your stomach, where you have some acid, which deactivates the salivary amylase enzyme mixed in with those little carrot chunks. Then it makes its way to the first section of your small intestine, called the duodenum. Most of the starch is broken down into disaccharides there….maltose. Why? Because the pancreas secretes an enzyme here called pancreatic amylase.

You also have other enzymes located in the small intestine that break down the disaccharides into sugar’s simplest form, monosaccharides, mainly glucose and fructose, and lactose if you consume milk products. The monosaccharides get absorbed from the intestine into the blood, which immediately goes to your liver through your portal vein. The liver will convert fructose and galactose into glucose.

The human body is very efficient when it comes to absorbing sugars. The body uses glucose to provide energy for all sorts of functions, and that’s why the body carefully monitors blood glucose levels. It’s called glucose homeostasis, controlled by the pancreas and liver.

The pancreas secretes two important hormones, insulin, and glucagon when controlling blood glucose levels. When blood glucose increases, such as after eating carbohydrates, insulin is released from the pancreas. Insulin lowers blood glucose by stimulating glucose uptake by tissues, including converting extra glucose into glycogen in the liver and muscles. When blood glucose is low, glucagon is released from the pancreas, which has the exact opposite effects of insulin to raise blood glucose levels.

Doctor Mike Hansen, MD
Internal Medicine | Pulmonary Disease | Critical Care Medicine

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I decided to eliminate carbs as much as possible a few months ago. I eat lots of meat, fish, eggs, plain yogurt, and a lot of vegetables. I completely avoid sugar, raw milk, potatoes, rice, breads, fruits, and cereals. I am a 60 year old male, was a little overweight, and have issues with cholesterol, fatty liver, and hypertension. I have also decided to eliminate alcohol 6 months ago. Since Christmas, I have lost over 25 pounds [I haven't been this weight in over 20 years], my blood pressure is much better. I feel great, I think my fatty liver is gone, but am waiting on tests to confirm. My goal is to lose another 10 pounds before slowly adding back some of the carbs I have eliminated from my diet. It has really worked for me.

whiskeytango
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He’s right. Refraining from sugar in my mid 30’s was the best decision of my life. I definitely treat myself but 95% of the time my diet doesn’t include carbs. Mental focus improved, more hydrated, clear skin, more social, could go on and on. Incorporating fasting into this equation and it seems to enhance everything more.

generalb
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The idea from your last video that you are literally "feeding the cancer cells" really stuck with me. Enjoying the nutritional content.

coldtink
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I was raised like this, my siblings and I thought our parents were crazy! We were not allowed to go to fast food restaurants, eat packaged snacks, or drink sodas and juices that were sold in stores. However, after I started modeling in junior high school, I was okay with not eating those foods. My Home Economics teacher started putting into my head how good I was making clothes and that I should sign up to model them in the school fashion show.

I was convinced to pursue modeling and later, I was chosen to attend a performing arts school. Suddenly, I was okay with not consuming the aforementioned foods and drinks. Then I became an athlete which contributed to my desire to be fit and eat healthy without complaining. After I went to college and graduate school, I learned even more about the importance of eating healthy and the adverse effects of eating so much sugar.

After marriage and a baby, I realized I was becoming my mother while refusing to allow my daughter to eat those same foods and drinks my parents did not allow my siblings and me to eat. So, when people ask me for my secrets to looking so much younger than I am, I respond, "JESUS CHRIST, my parents, eating healthy, exercising, and positive energy."

Of course, they would laugh because they do not believe me and some say, "Nah, it's genetics!" Nope, I am the oldest of seven kids, and everyone tells me I look younger than all of them. Trust me, this video is absolutely correct, I am living proof. My mother is in her 80s, not on prescription drugs, and my grandparents lived to be centenarians! Moreover, my grandparents lived all of their lives up to their mid to late 90s without any prescription drugs.

Trust me, putting GOD first, eating the foods HE gave us (not man made foods), drinking lots of water, making organic homemade juices, exercising, removing stress and toxic people from your life will keep you healthy, youthful, and add longevity.

GailBecker-MSED-CM-Author
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I've been sugar free since 2017 I don't even miss it anymore if anything I get goosebumps when I see someone eating a donut or any sugary snacks

Shahiidentertainment
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After suffering 50 years with migraines I eventually was diagnosed with lactose intolerance. Immediately changed my diet without any migraines.
Note: back in the early 1940's lactose sensitivity was not known, no further help was there. Prescribed many meds which did not work forced to suffer with debilitating pain/suffering was intolerable. Decided to stop taking any meds then - at my young age of 80 - have no health issues. ☺️

robertacomeau
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Thank you wonderful Doctor. It is hard to eat healty in America, and in Canada. I am European living in Canada. I am shocked how most people here are eating too much, and junk. Even very young women are overweight. Heartbreaking.

GraceCanadaful
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I have sustained under 30 grams of carbs for 3 years and plan on living like this forever. I am 58 and feel great

suzanneoleson
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As a former pre diabetic, I avoid most fruit because I spike glucose levels after eating it. I loved raisins, cranberries, watermelon, melon, etc but having them and the high carb starches pushed me further down the road to type 2 diabetes. I am doing well now, but the dietary re think and action had to be done before I totally went into a metabolic meltdown.

lorettacaputo
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Thank you Doctor Mike! I feel like you are reading my mind. Was just thinking about this topic today trying to find the truth!

michaelmerenda
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I cut out almost all of the added sugar I was eating. I also stop eating any kind of processed food. In 3 months I lost 30lbs that I wanted to lose. When the good Doctor says sugar is hidden in labels he isn't kidding. Take note of all those names of sugars. You will find them all over the place on food labels to fool you into thinking they have not added any sugar. It's even in Mayo! Dukes Mayo was the only one I found with no added sugar. Salad dressings are also loaded up with sugar. I make my own now. I looked into Keto, but I found that it was A) really hard to stick with, and B) eating the right kind of natural carbs was just as good, and probably healthier.

scpatlnow
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I've been obnoxiously sharing & recommending Dr Hansen's video's for years. The studies he reads and simplifies are just mind blowing and in many cases absolutely necessary to know and understand.

kr
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As ALWAYS interesting.☺️ We love you and appreciate you Dr. Mike. 🙏🏼

vivianrios
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Excellent info. I found your channel, a few months ago, and I'm really enjoying the content and advice. Thanks so much!

busgirl
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This video reminds me of learning biochemistry at my 2nd MB. You can clearly explain the important points of metabolism. Thank you Doctor Mike.

htoonlynnkyaw
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Congratulations for your 1 million subscribers in your YouTube channel I am one of those subscribers, thank you for keeping our daily life in good health, your videos are full of interesting information you are the BEST DOCTOR, many blessings take care

mariawalsh
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Went on the Kito diet and my body ate itself. Never going back to sugar containing foods and carb containing foods. Now I eat what I can burn and I feel great. Lots of cruciferous vegetables for salads and cabbage for bread substitute. Yum. It's nice to be thin again and eat as much as I like.

solexxx
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That was a lot of good information. I definitely need to control my sugar intake. Thanks, Dr. Hanson.

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I was immediately ready to start judging when I clicked the video, but I was pleasantly surprised by the good information, and overall great video. Nice, man

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