36. How to Read Ingredient Labels & What To Avoid | Ultimate Human Short with Gary Brecka

The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka

Gary Brecka

Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 15 February 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Get weekly tips from Gary Brecka on how to optimize your health and lifestyle routines - go to https://www.theultimatehuman.com/ For more info on Gary, please click here: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/thegarybrecka Order The 1 Genetic Test That Will Give You Results For Life Here: ⁠⁠⁠https://10xhealthnetwork.com/pages/genetic-testing?utm_source=gbrecka⁠⁠ Get The Supplements That Gary Recommends Here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://10xhealthnetwork.com/pages/supplements?utm_source=gbrecka Sign up for 10X Health Affiliate Program https://10xhealthsystem.com/GBaffiliate ECHO GO PLUS HYDROGEN WATER BOTTLE http://echowater.com BODY HEALTH - USE CODE ULTIMATE10 for 10% OFF YOUR ORDER https://bodyhealth.com/ultimate Do you ever find yourself staring at ingredient labels but aren’t really sure what you’re looking at? Gary Brecka is breaking down how to decode the ingredient list and what to avoid. The food industry has begun to list “category summaries” rather than direct ingredient names for ingredients that they label as questionable. You’ve seen labels like “heart healthy” and “all natural” but what does that actually mean? From High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) to the surprising dangers of sodium nitrates and nitrites, Gary shares the top 5 ingredients you should steer clear of and how to replace them. Tune in and take control of your health, one label at a time! 00:00 - How to Read Ingredient Labels & What To Avoid! 00:41 - Why you need to learn how to read an ingredient label. 01:56 - What are the dangers of High Fructose Corn Syrup? (HFCS) 04:52 - What are nitrates (or sodium nitrates) and how can I avoid them? 06:06 - Are artificial sweeteners bad for you? 09:39 - Why you should avoid hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils at all cost. Studies Mentioned: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30318075/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28198207/#:~:text=Aspartame%20(%CE%B1%2Daspartyl%2Dl,anxiety%2C%20depression%2C%20and%20insomnia Gary Brecka: @garybrecka The Ultimate Human: @ultimatehumanpod Subscribe on YouTube: @ultimatehumanpodcast Disclaimer: The Ultimate Human with Gary Brecka Podcast is for general informational purposes only and does not constitute the practice of medicine, nursing or other professional health care services, including the giving of medical advice, and no doctor/patient relationship is formed. The use of information on this podcast or materials linked from this podcast is at the user’s own risk. The content of this podcast is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Users should not disregard or delay in obtaining medical advice for any medical condition they may have and should seek the assistance of their health care professionals for any such conditions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey guys, welcome back to the Ultimate Human Podcast.
0:02.4	I'm your host, Human Biologist Gary Brecker, where we go down the road, everything anti-aging,
0:07.5	longevity, biohacking, and everything in between.
0:10.9	You know, over the past few weeks we've gotten thousands of requests about food
0:16.0	labeling. People want to know how to better read food labels, so what I decided to do is
0:21.0	insert a quick short on my top four no-nose that you can find on the
0:25.8	back of food labels not because you haven't heard of these ingredients but because
0:30.1	how these ingredients hide on food labels because the food industry is getting very
0:35.0	crafty about using category summaries to avoid listing the direct ingredients.
0:41.0	So by no means is this meant to be an exhaustive list of
0:43.6	everything that's going to harm you, cause cancer, rip your gut apart or
0:47.2	give you dementia. This is meant to give you some solid basic ingredients that
0:51.0	we can look for on the back of packaging so that we can make
0:53.9	more informed choices and we very often are not going to increase one dollar
0:58.6	in our budget and not going to change the flavor options, but have demonstratively better outcomes for our health.
1:05.8	Again, the food industry has gotten really crafty using category summaries rather than direct
1:10.8	ingredient names and labeling questionable ingredients
1:14.3	under terms like all natural or heart healthy
1:17.8	or whole grain, and they're used in place
1:20.2	of highly processed names.
1:21.8	So I'm gonna identify my top four no-no's on the ingredient
1:26.0	label so you can search for these, find healthier food options, and then stick to those
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