252: The bitter truth about sugar
Wise Traditions
Weston A. Price Foundation
4.7 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 13 July 2020
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
We all know by now that sugar can lead to weight gain and cavities. But there is a lot about how sugar operates that we may not have realized before. The truth is that it ages us on the inside and out (causing wrinkles, for example). It shortens our lifespan. It leads to many modern diseases rooted in mitochondrial and metabolic dysfunction.
Dr. Robert Lustig, endocrinologist, professor, and author, explains just how serious the situation is, on today's podcast. He uncovers the problem of hidden sugars in our food and how it weakens our immune system, making us vulnerable to sickness. He offers numerous suggestions for how to reduce our exposure to sugar and what to eat in its place.
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| 0:00.0 | It ages ourselves, we know that because it changes telomere length, which is a marker for biological aging, |
| 0:06.4 | and it changes us on the outside because it's the cause of wrinkles. |
| 0:10.4 | It causes wrinkles, cataracts, and cardiovascular disease because it causes decreased flexibility of your arteries, putting |
| 0:19.9 | your coronary arteries. From the Westin A Price Foundation, welcome to the Wise Traditions Podcast for Wise Traditions |
| 0:32.4 | in Food, Farming, and The Healing Arts. |
| 0:35.1 | We are your source for scientific knowledge and traditional wisdom to help you achieve optimal |
| 0:39.7 | health. Hey, Hilda here. Sugar's negative effects on the human body are better known today than ever before. |
| 0:52.2 | These include metabolic disorders and |
| 0:54.6 | weekend immune systems and much more. So why is it that so many of us still seek out |
| 1:00.3 | the sweet stuff, knowing very well that it's not good for us. |
| 1:04.2 | This is episode 252 and our guest today is Dr. Robert Lustig. Robert is an endocrinologist, |
| 1:10.7 | a professor, author, and sugar expert. |
| 1:14.0 | Today Robert helps us understand why we find sugar so addicting and what we can do about it. |
| 1:19.5 | But he also digs deep into sugar's detrimental effects. He describes in detail what sugar does to us on |
| 1:26.0 | a cellular level, including glycation and oxidative stress. He explains how it messes with mitochondrial function and leads to a |
| 1:34.6 | cluster of diseases that we generally attribute to aging such as cancer, dementia, |
| 1:40.3 | diabetes, and fatty liver disease. |
| 1:43.0 | Importantly, Robert gives us ideas on how to avoid our exposure to sugar |
| 1:48.0 | and why it's so critical to do so, |
| 1:51.0 | particularly with all that's going on today. |
| 1:53.7 | Before we get into it, a quick shout out to our sponsors. |
| 1:56.6 | Green Pasture, if you're looking for a way to help fill nutritional gaps in your diet |
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