What's Worse: White Sugar vs White Flour? – Dr.Berg

Do you know which is worse, white sugar or white flour?

Timestamps:
0:00 Is white sugar or white flour worse for you?
0:35 White flour turns out to be worse on the glycemic index but they both cause these effects
2:21 There are numerous issues with flour
3:15 This is the big negative about white flour

In this video, I discuss which is worse for you: white sugar or white flour? I mean cane sugar, not beet sugar, and regular white wheat flour. (Beet sugar and high fructose corn syrup are GMO while cane sugar isn’t.)

On the glycemic index, sugar is 63 while flour is 71, making white flour worse than white sugar. However, both of them can create similar effects with the spike in insulin they each cause: weight gain; especially belly fat, fatty liver, prediabetes, insulin resistance. And eventually, diabetes, high cholesterol, and the list goes on.

Bleach isn’t used in the production of white sugar, but it is with white flour. With white sugar, the vitamins and minerals are removed and made into molasses. What’s left is white sugar; pure carbohydrate without the nutrients.

When you consume white sugar, it will deplete you of nutrients because, in order to metabolize the sugar, you use up vitamins and minerals in your body’s reserves. So you end up with a deficiency of potassium, magnesium, B1, and calcium.

With white flour, the vitamins and minerals are removed during the refining process, also leaving pure carbohydrates without nutrients. Most flour is fortified, so some synthetic vitamins and iron are added back in. But it’s not the kind of iron you want! Those so-called nutrients can create a problem, especially if you already have an issue with iron.

We tend to accumulate iron, and the body has a hard time getting rid of it. Flour also contains dough conditioner and the bleaching agent benzoyl peroxide, which combines with proteins such as gluten in the flour to form a substance called alloxan, which in studies on rats kills cells in the pancreas that make insulin, and the rats become diabetic type 1.

The big negative with white flour is potassium bromate. It’s banned in Europe, China, Brazil, and Canada, but not in the US. It’s been known to cause cancer in animals, and it’s added to the dough to make the texture perfect. And let’s not forget gluten, which so many people have a problem with. It can trigger an autoimmune disease and create a lot of inflammation.

Now you can see that white flour is actually worse than white sugar.

Dr. Eric Berg DC Bio:
Dr. Berg, age 56, is a chiropractor who specializes in Healthy Ketosis & Intermittent Fasting. He is the author of the best-selling book The Healthy Keto Plan, and is the Director of Dr. Berg Nutritionals. He no longer practices, but focuses on health education through social media.

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Disclaimer:
Dr. Eric Berg received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1988. His use of “doctor” or “Dr.” in relation to himself solely refers to that degree. Dr. Berg is a licensed chiropractor in Virginia, California, and Louisiana, but he no longer practices chiropractic in any state and does not see patients so he can focus on educating people as a full time activity, yet he maintains an active license. This video is for general informational purposes only. It should not be used to self-diagnose and it is not a substitute for a medical exam, cure, treatment, diagnosis, and prescription or recommendation. It does not create a doctor-patient relationship between Dr. Berg and you. You should not make any change in your health regimen or diet before first consulting a physician and obtaining a medical exam, diagnosis, and recommendation. Always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Thanks for watching!
Which is worse for you, white sugar or white flour?

[ntyh]

What's worse? Your favourite thing or second favourite thing?

[lawinsimpleterms]

In the world of nutrition, *Dr. Berg is a rose among thorns...*

[lalajun]

Guess it's much better to avoid both of them.

[rhondaweber]

The whiter the bread, the quicker you're dead.

[lindaklase]

EXCELLENT PRESENTATION
I stopped eating both sugar and all wheat products 3 months ago.
Yesterday I was at a birthday party. All I saw were people eating POISON.
People complaining about all their inflammatory

[JohnThunder]

They also act like drugs, if you eat enough of these two you can't stop it and want more, and the results are very fattening.

[seanodanielsart]

Dr Berg, please do a video on what happens when a child eats sugar. The immediate and future problems that build up. If more parents could visualy understand this it would make a big impact.

[fajarwisga]

Sugar: daily meth
White flour: daily cocaine
I have totally been rehabilitated from consuming both.

[kruimels]

Dr Berg! Amazing that you NEVER run out of important subjects to inform us on! You sure know how to teach without boring those who want o improve their health. I have watched for years and still look forward to each new video. You are not allowed to ever die as the loss of all your amazing knowledge is irreplaceable.

[e.s.beards]

so interesting!! I honestly didnt realise all the issues with white bread, thanks for opening my eyes👍

[mickkennedy]

The Sugar Barons, worse than drug dealers

[joshuawebb]

I actually have a bag of rapadura sugar. It's just dehydrated sugar cane juice. Costs about $35 a lb. Funny how less processed = more expensive. But more reason to use it in moderation.

[derubersoldatx]

Thanks Dr Berg, I love how everything you say I can research my myself and even dig deeper, I learned so much in this year and half, since I learned about keto and eliminated sugar and everyone's favorite cocaine "flour", now I see how silly most of the people are when they ask me what I am doing and when I tell them they get sad and say stuff like "I can't stop eating bread/pasta and I cant live without sugar"... even my own family, men with pot bellies that look like a balloon about to blow up and can barely get up when they sit on the ground telling me that "I am not eating right" or that I am missing "important nutrients and carbs!!!" Lol. I guess in this time and era everyone got their own opinion.
I feel better than ever and people even tell me I look younger, I work like a beast and still come home with energy and sleep like a baby when I have to, it's sad that people are so blind that they'll get jealous and tell me "be careful with those dangerous diets "you gonna get it all back" or my favorite "keto is dangerous" I see that ignorance is bliss for those willing to bet their life with it. Not me, you love sugar and flour? Go right ahead, nobody is stopping you, but don't try to drag me into your sick lifestyle.

[Light_Worker]

Can you make a video on white sugar vs organic sugar and vs coconut sugar ? Thank you

[sagapoetic]

Thank you - could you please do a video comparing flours and what might be most healthful to use in regard to baking and cooking?

[theunidentified]

THANKS TO YOU 😃 I DON'T MISS EITHER ONE OF THESE!!

[mickeyc]

I answered the question before starting this video. I guessed that white flour was worse. Two thumbs up for me lol

[Keep-on-ok]

To get rid of iron, donate blood. It’s a win/win.

[The-Benjamin-]

In my experience nothing is worse than white flour for all aspects of health, aim to eliminate this or reduce it down to an an absolute minimum

[judithjohnson]

Knew they were bad for my health but never knew why. T.Y.