Eating Right, But Gaining Weight? Here’s Why. | EP 393.C
DR. GUNDRY PODCAST: GUT HEALTH, WEIGHT LOSS, AND NUTRITION
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🗓️ 6 March 2026
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Are you eating the “healthy” version? The baked chips? The veggie snacks? The whole-grain swaps?
So why is the scale refusing to budge?
Here’s the hard truth: some of the foods marketed as better-for-you are designed to spike your blood sugar, drive hunger, and keep you coming back for more. And when your blood sugar rises, your fat-storing hormones rise right along with it.
In this episode, I’m exposing the healthy foods that may be quietly causing weight gain — and showing you how to make smarter swaps that actually work with your metabolism, not against it.
Because eating healthy should make you leaner and more energized… not frustrated.
On this episode, you’ll learn:
- Why the same food used to fatten up cattle may be quietly expanding your waistline (0:45)
- One of my go-to crunchy snacks that’s simple to make, deeply satisfying, and won’t send your blood sugar on a rollercoaster (3:30)
- What the glycemic index really means — and how high-glycemic foods can hijack your metabolism, energy, and cravings (4:00)
- Which satisfying swaps can replace white potatoes (4:50)
- How so-called “healthy” vegetable chips and snacks can still derail your health goals (6:10)
- The powerful food that helps you stay full for hours while delivering gut-loving soluble fiber your microbiome thrives on (8:15)
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| 0:00.0 | Five vegetables that cause weight gain. |
| 0:03.0 | All right, let's start with enemy number one, corn. |
| 0:07.0 | Now, I come from Omaha, Nebraska, and we learn very early on |
| 0:11.0 | that if you want to fatten a cow for slaughter, you feed them corn, corn-fed beef. |
| 0:18.0 | Where do you think all that wonderful marbling came from in your steak? |
| 0:23.2 | It came from feeding the cow's corn. |
| 0:26.1 | Corn is a high-starch, high-sugar food. |
| 0:31.3 | Now, sadly, 95% of all corn in the United States is genetically modified. |
| 0:39.4 | Hey, call my wife. |
| 0:41.4 | Calling UK wildlife. |
| 0:43.0 | No, call my wife. |
| 0:45.5 | Here's a cheese knife, Lester. |
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| 0:54.8 | You have a lot working for you. |
| 0:56.5 | I live in Kent. |
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| 1:01.6 | You have a lot working for you. |
| 1:03.2 | Capital at risk, marketing material. |
| 1:04.6 | BlackRock Investment Management UK Limited, authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. |
| 1:11.4 | Dr. Gundry here. |
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