You May Never Eat Sugar Again After Watching This! | Dr. Mark Hyman

As hunter-gatherers, we ate the equivalent of only 20 teaspoons of sugar a year. Today, we eat over 150 pounds per year per person, or half a pound per day. The average school kid eats 34 teaspoons of sugar a day. Many supermarkets and health-food stores now carry many sneaky sources of sugar disguised in unrecognizable ingredients and so-called “healthy” foods that contain as much—if not more—sugar than their regular versions.

In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I am talking all about sugar and sweeteners. I discuss how sugar can dramatically alter your metabolism and brain chemistry, causing you to suffer intense cravings, how quitting sugar can rapidly improve your health, the different types of sugars, and what sugars we should absolutely stay away from.

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[cjhoward]

Yep. My grandpa lived to be 91. He had pneumonia. He had a very healthy heart. He ate butter and eggs and bacon and veggies but NO sugar ! He was keto before keto was cool 😎

[richardlawson]

Listen...I've quit alcohol...I've quit opiates...but sugar is much harder to kick...just horrible withdrawal symptoms

[michelegioffredo]

In December I thought I was having heart failure. My BP was up. My pulse all over. I felt horrific. I quit sugar again (not my 1st time). Five days later I was fine. True story.

[edlinaldrich]

I came here from the foreign country in 2001, from where I from I eat more vegetables. Fish and rice., We eat pastry once in a while and the whole family would share. Then when I came here I was amazed of all the food and pastry that I have try, mmm...it was Soo... delicious! But that enjoyment of wonderful foods it didn't take for very long...I was only 31 year's old when I found out that I have high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and high cholesterol and my triglycerides was very high of course, then my gallbladder was taken out because it was full of stones., My doctor he never sugar coated me...he told me that if I don't change of the way I eat I will never be able to make it to the age of 40. And if I DO! I will be in a handful of medication! It was the most depressing day of My life, but even though it is Soo hard to make the change I did it gradually and now I'm 43 years old and I am not taken any of medication. I only take supplements and fresh garlic.

[brendadesmond]

Having a little bit of sugar when one is a sugar addict has the same outcome as an alcoholic having one drink. A sugar addict is easily triggered by a little sugar which can lead to binge eating it and a relapse.

[cjhoward]

I had to wait 3 months before I could get my much needed hysterectomy. They found pre cancer cells. That was a wake up call. So for those 3 months before my surgery, I QUIT all sugary junk. I lost 10 pounds and felt great. They biopsied my uterus after the surgery and low and behold, my Dr seemed shocked that all the cells in there were normal. (I had endometriosis which I why I needed the hysterectomy and I was 53) but I believe I starved out those growing pre cancer cells. 👍🏻💪🏻

[rachelb]

I’m only 9 days without sugar but I don’t think I’ll ever go back to it. I am
shocked that ALL my joint pain is GONE! I’m a nurse and 12 hour shifts with achy hips and knees were really starting to concern me. I can’t believe that after only 5 days without sugar my pain has COMPLETELY disappeared. I am honestly in shock. Not to mention, I have been chronically exhausted for 10 years and I have had more energy over the past couple days than I can remember. I really hope this isn’t a fluke because it feels too good to be true.

[arlenepadden]

Thank you Dr. Hyman. This was so educational and informative. I think I may have discovered the cause of my gut issues. Starting tonight, no sugar. If I could stop smoking after 40 years cold turkey, I can quit sugar. I just past my 22nd year smoke free. It can be done and so can quitting sugar. My mother had beautiful skin right into her 90's. She ate a plant based diet and took no meds at all. She never ate sugar. She passed peacefully at home without illness at age 99.

[suzannerodriguez]

I wish that more doctors asked their patients what kinds of foods and beverages they are consuming before they write prescriptions.

[adfM]

I remember first hearing of the danger of sugar by Dr. Robert Lustig, he changed my thinking about sugar 18 years ago. Im so happy others are starting to catch on to what the food industry is doing.

[suehoff]

I was pre diabetic and an A1C c of 6.0. Went on keto and intermittent fasting. At 6 months my a1C went down to 5.3. I have been doing this for a year now. My mood has leveled out lost 39 pounds. Have consistently stayed at 120 lbs. whenever I get feeling like I want sweets I listen to these posts. Gets me regenerated and recommitted to my healthy lifestyle.

[kennixox]

Recently, I was at the supermarket and picked up a bottle of horseradish sauce. One brand had sugar, less than one gram but sugar never the less. Put it back and selected the one without sugar. I would love to know why sugar is in horseradish sauce. At the same supermarket, I looked at come frozen wild caught, cooked cocktail shrimp. Added sugar? Why? I put it back and purchased a bag of wild caught shrimp. Either corporations are adding sugar to cover the taste of poor ingredients or they are trying to addict the consumer.

[cathyhebert]

My 18 year old daughters insulin is 218...that scares me. I pray that she will be open to making changes in her lifestyle and eating habits ❤

[jimrutherford]

The reason why people are eating sugar at an ever increasing rate is because there are a lot of people in positions who we are supposed to trust who are lying to us. Also, most people are afraid to call them out.

[cjhoward]

Saw the chiropractor last week. Had been having trouble with part of my back. He said he was pretty sure I had inflammation. So, I quit sugar. I already knew that inflammation is caused by junk and I had to “slap myself” and get out of that sugar rut again. And I canceled my follow up appointment because my back pain is gone 😊

[willmpet]

When I was in college, a microbiologist I knew said, “the causes of disease will turn out to be SUGAR .”

[debbiec]

What sadden me, when my Best Friend / Neighbor who I knew for 45 years plus, told me,
She believed those "pink packet" what caused her Cancer. I will NEVER forget her.
She was the happiness person in a crowd of people. She knew everybody in our town ( pop 41, 000 ).
When we were teenagers, she would always want to have fun and have everybody laughing
and clowning around. She will always be missed !!! We miss you, Pam !!!
The Good ole days !!!

[anjayyyplay]

Quiting sugar has only helped me lose 60lbs, no headaches, no back pain, no knee pain, off Diabetes meds, off blood p meds, I feel great EVERYDAY

[plumeria]

I think the problem is that nobody is cooking healthy meals every night for family dinner. With both parents working, who has the time or energy? The answer - fast foods, unfortunately.

[deb]

If you eat sugar and/or high refined carb (such as candy/pop or bread/pretzels) one day, it sets you up to crave more sugar/refined carbs the next day.