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The Dr. Hyman Show

Are Some Sugars And Sweeteners Better Than Others?

The Dr. Hyman Show

Dr. Mark Hyman

Nutrition, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.59.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

This episode is brought to you by Eight Sleep and Athletic Greens.   Sugar is the number-one thing we can all use less of in our lives—in fact, just thinking about it releases insulin! Sugar turns on many mechanisms of disease and death, including inflammation. It fuels cancer and heart disease, it drives hormonal changes, it slows metabolism, and it literally shuts down the body’s ability to burn fat. On top of all that, sugar is highly addictive: the more we eat, the more we want.  In this episode of my Masterclass series, I am interviewed by my good friend and podcast host Dhru Purohit about why sugar is so harmful to our health, why the type of sugar really doesn’t matter, and much more.  Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, and investor in the health and wellness industry. His podcast, The Dhru Purohit Podcast, is a top-50 global health podcast with over 30 million unique downloads. His interviews focus on the inner workings of the brain and the body and feature the brightest minds in wellness, medicine, and mindset. This episode is brought to you by Eight Sleep and Athletic Greens.   Eight Sleep’s Pod Pro mattress is so smart that it adjusts your temperature and also gives you individualized recommendations on how to sleep better the next night. To get yours, go to eightsleep.com/mark to check out the Pod Pro mattress or mattress cover and save $150 at checkout.   AG1 contains 75 high-quality vitamins, minerals, whole-food sourced superfoods, probiotics, and adaptogens to support your entire body. Right now, when you purchase AG1 from Athletic Greens, you will receive 10 FREE travel packs with your first purchase by visiting athleticgreens.com/hyman.   In this episode, we discuss (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):   Why sugar is so detrimental to your health (4:39 / 1:04)  Sugar dosage and how it compounds throughout the day (11:45 / 8:20)  Are healthier sugar options really any better? (15:53 /11:23)  The many different types of sugar (19:43 / 16:02)  What to look for to see how your body responds to sugar, including labs (28:21 / 24:35) Questions from our community, including the impact of sugar on the microbiome, fungal overgrowth, natural food-based sugars, and more (37:20 / 33:46)

Transcript

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0:00.0

Coming up on this episode of the doctor's pharmacy.

0:03.5

In short, when you eat starch and sugar, it turns on all the mechanisms of your body for disease and death.

0:12.3

Hey everyone, it's Dr. Mark.

0:14.0

You probably figured out by now that I'm super passionate about getting regular, deep, restful sleep.

0:18.6

It's a foundational piece for optimizing metabolism, brain function, and pretty much our health as a whole.

0:24.8

One hack that has made such a huge difference in my own sleep was keeping my bed nice and cool, and that's one of the reasons I love the Pro Pod Cover from 8 Sleep.

0:33.2

For me, the most common reason for waking up in the middle of the night is getting too hot.

0:37.1

Even when the AC crank sometimes my bed just gets really warm from my own body heat, making it impossible to sleep well.

0:42.9

But ever since trying the Pod Pro, I haven't noticed that problem, and I sleep soundly all night long, wake up, go on, rest it, and energize.

0:50.2

8 Sleep's Pod Pro Cover can go on your existing mattress. It pairs dynamic heating and cooling thermal regulation with biometric tracking.

0:59.0

So it's actually just in two my needs throughout the night, and gives me an interesting set of data to learn from the next day, like a sleep score and a heart rate variability.

1:07.0

I love that the Pod Pro sings with my aura ring, so I can get all my biometric data in one place to really understand my body's patterns, day and night, without having to do anything extra.

1:17.0

If you use a Wu band, they're also compatible with the Pod Pro. 8 Sleep helps me feel restored and rested, and I wake up feeling a better version of myself, which is good.

1:25.8

And you're in the market for neutrality mattress. 8 Sleep's Pod Pro mattress provides all these safe features in a supportive bed.

1:33.8

Whether you sleep hotter cold, Pod Pro is so smart, it will actually account for your unique needs to keep your bed just the right temperature.

1:40.8

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1:48.4

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1:56.2

You can save $150 at checkout. That's 8 Sleep EIGHTSLUEP.com-slashmark, and you can get $150 off. 8 Sleep currently ships within the US, Canada and the UK.

2:08.6

I'm all about streamlining my daily health routine to be as powerful and yet simple as possible.

2:14.0

And that's why I love 8G1 from Athletic Greens. Because when it comes to my health, I want it all.

2:19.4

I want my gut to function great, my brain to feel sharp, my immune system to be strong, my body to feel energized and able.

2:24.6

And being in my line of work, I know that means I need optimal levels of nutrients.

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