Are There Any Healthy Sugars And Sweeteners?
The Dr. Hyman Show
Dr. Mark Hyman
4.6 • 8.7K Ratings
🗓️ 30 December 2022
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox and InsideTracker.
As hunter-gatherers, we ate the equivalent of only 20 teaspoons of sugar a year. Today, we eat over 150 pounds per year per person, or half a pound per day. The average school kid eats 34 teaspoons of sugar a day. Many supermarkets and health-food stores now carry many sneaky sources of sugar disguised in unrecognizable ingredients and so-called “healthy” foods that contain as much—if not more—sugar than their regular versions.
In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I am talking all about sugar and sweeteners. I discuss how sugar can dramatically alter your metabolism and brain chemistry, causing you to suffer intense cravings, how quitting sugar can rapidly improve your health, the different types of sugars, and what sugars we should absolutely stay away from.
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Here are more details from the episode (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):
- True or False segment: busting frequent myths about sugar (5:58 / 2:15)
- The problem with sugar (13:12 / 9:32)
- Sugar addiction and quitting sugar (16:23 / 12:40)
- The many ways to say “sugar” (20:37 / 17:25)
- Artificial sweeteners and sugar alcohols (22:37 / 19:00)
- Which natural sweeteners are better than others? (26:51 / 23:09)
- Sugar production and the environment (29:43 / 25:56)
- Which sweeteners to eat and which ones to avoid (33:33 / 28:55)
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on this episode of the doctor's pharmacy. |
| 0:03.5 | You know, it's not the sugar that you add to your food. |
| 0:06.2 | That's the problem. |
| 0:07.2 | It's the sugar that's added by corporations. |
| 0:11.9 | Hello, it's Dr. Mark. |
| 0:13.1 | One of today's episode sponsors is Butcherbox. |
| 0:15.8 | And I'm always being asked, |
| 0:16.8 | how do I get enough high quality protein in my diet |
| 0:19.2 | and where do I find it? |
| 0:20.5 | With all the conventionally raised animal products |
| 0:22.5 | flooding the supermarket, |
| 0:23.5 | it can be hard to find meat that actually supports your health goals |
| 0:26.2 | instead of taking you further from them |
| 0:28.2 | because of the use of antibiotics and hormones |
| 0:31.0 | and a really gross, unnatural inflammatory diet |
| 0:34.0 | that they feed the animals. |
| 0:35.4 | And that's why I love grass-fed ground beef from Butcherbox. |
| 0:38.4 | Ground beef is probably the easiest protein out there |
| 0:40.8 | that can be worked into any type of dish. |
| 0:42.8 | I just love how quickly it can help make a healthy meal. |
| 0:45.4 | And when you go with grass-fed, |
| 0:46.4 | you're getting a source of omega-3, |
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