If you listen to this, you might think you're not eating that much sugar.

Maybe you don't have fizzy drinks, you rarely eat sweets, or you buy the healthy snacks.

That was me too.

But for most of us, sugar is sneaking through foods we don't always see as high in sugar.

It adds up more than you might think throughout the day.

Hi, I'm Dr. Rupi. I'm a medical doctor and nutritionist. And when I suffered a heart

condition years ago, I was able to reverse it with diet and lifestyle. This opened up my eyes

to the world of food as medicine to improve our

health. On this podcast, I discuss ways in which you can use nutrition and lifestyle to improve

your own well-being every day. I speak with expert guests and we lean into the science,

but whilst making it as practical and as easy as possible so you can

take steps to change your life today. Welcome to the Doctor's Kitchen podcast.

If you find yourself tired, struggling with dips in concentration, noticing changes in your mood,

or even just a sense that you're not feeling your best, your sugar intake might be playing a

bigger role than you realize. Because when you find ways to reduce sugar, you don't just

reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease later in life.

You actually feel better in the moment, in the weeks where you can't sugar, more energy,

more focus, less inflammation and a body that's set up to age well. And that's why I want to go

deeper than the usual sugar is bad conversation today because I think it's pertinent

to understand the hidden sources of sugar, even in quote-unquote healthy diets. Why cutting

sugar matters for your health? What the evidence around whether sugar is addictive actually states. And if some sugars are better

than others, whether natural sugars are better than the refined white sugar, and the hidden signs

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