Welcome to the Dr. Gundry Podcast. The weekly podcast where Dr. G gives you the tools you need to boost your health and live your healthiest life.

Today I'm going to tell you the number one food worse than sugar and you might have it sitting in your pantry.

It's one of the leading causes obesity in America and mice too.

But don't worry, I'll share my hack for reading food labels so you know what to buy instead.

And if you've got little ones at home I even share some great healthy meal ideas.

Even the pickiest eaters will enjoy. You won't want to miss this.

The number one food worse than sugar.

Okay, by now you know that sugar is a huge contributor to poor health and serious illness.

But there is another major offender that needs to be on your radar.

In fact, it's equally dangerous if not worse for you than sugar.

I'm talking about highly processed carbohydrates like whole grain bread and bagels.

Now here's why. Yes, these are all carbohydrates and for most of us sugar is a carbohydrate.

But sugar is actually what we think of as sugar is table sugar.

And table sugar is actually two sugar molecules bond together.

One is called glucose and one is called fructose, which is fruit sugar.

The combination of those two sugars bond together is what we call sucrose or table sugar.

Now so much of our sugar in processed foods now comes from high fructose, corn syrup,

or other sources of high fructose sugar.

Now that sounds in a way like a good idea because well, fructose is fruit sugar.

And everybody knows how good fruit is for you. Well not so fast.

It turns out that fructose is significantly sweeter than table sugar.

And so companies have found through the years that they can give you the sweetness you're looking for

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