I'm 14, and last year I decided to stop drinking soda, stop eating cookies, cereal, and anything like that. I've been drinking only water for almost a year now (sometimes I will have a glass of milk, and I'll have a cookie here and there but not as much as I did last year) and TBH I feel healthier, and I've noticed that I process information better in school too!! I'm also somewhat more energized than I was before.
Plen122 I didn’t cut all of it out, but I eat more fruits, veggies, and proteins more than carbs and I’ve begun to crave more healthy food. I didn’t want to try any fad diets so I just ate healthier
NOBODY BLAME THE FOOD INDUSTRIES nobody , They addicted with sugar SUGAR SUGAR not FOOD, THEY ARE PROTECTING THE FOOD INDUSTRIES THE FOOD industries are killing HUMANITY..lucky me i able to quit sugar and lose 30ils .
Vilification my ass. This is truth and hard science. That's it. Food industry is mad because they literally have everything to lose if people wake up from this sweet nightmare.
@@dawnbarber7980 Hi! I hope you are well! Believe it or not I’m still at it but relaxed just a smidge. My life depends on it. I don’t want to be diabetic and I am not 🙌🏾! The longest I’ve gone without sugar is about 2 months. I primarily eat on the outskirts of the grocery store. I DO NOT drink milk nor eat ice cream period! Instead I freeze smoothies or eat a LOT of fruit 😳! I DO NOT drink soda or pre-made juice! I DO NOT eat hard or sticky candy (gummy worms, sour candies, skittles, starbursts…). I do; however like chocolate …specifically dark chocolate. At Sprouts I will grab a dark chocolate and pretzel bar. I do enjoy a cup of coffee that I will use soy milk or flax milk as my creamer and 2 teaspoons of Agave as a sweetener. Outside of the pretzel dark chocolate bar the ONLY bread, that I rarely eat, is rye bread. Otherwise I am a protein, vegetable, or fruit girl. Boring I know … but I m alive and healthy. 🤷🏾♀️😊 I hope this helps!
Marikhen Zairania says: "Only if you use it instead of sugar. Just sprinkle some cocaine on your cereal instead of sugar. :-D" == Something to be considered. A fraction of once of cocaine costs (far)more than a 10 pound of sugar.
Yeah, but if more people start using cocaine instead of sugar it'll eventually become common place enough that it will get legalized and the price will drop substantially.
Marikhen Zairania says: "Yeah, but if more people start using cocaine instead of sugar it'll eventually become common place enough that it will get legalized and the price will drop substantially." == Another thing to be considered. Sugar doesn't hurt my nose as much and doesn't make my nose bleed as a result. But again, I don't use my nose to consume sugar. Sugar tastes bad in my nose to me, so does cocaine.
I cut the sugar for almost 2 months now, buying only products with not more than 10 gr of carbs per 100 gr and mainly eat protein and healthy fats. Lost 4 kg so far.
If you quit sugar and find that you still get horrible cravings, try cutting out all fruit, too. Just for two / three weeks. (also, be sure to not eat honey / artificial sweeteners, stevia, agave, etc)...if you cut all of this out for just the two / three weeks you'll be shocked at how you don't get sugar cravings anymore. I've been completely sugar free for six weeks now, it's wonderful. I walk right past chocolate without a second thought. (it's a miracle) Try it. You'll be pleased.
I am 55 this year and somewhere along the way, they changed from processing food to adding this and that, to the point, where's the beef? What we think is food these days, is nothing my mother or grandmother ever made for me. Tired of being lied to and thats really what they are all doing :-/
I think the hardest thing about giving up sugar is the social aspect. Suddenly you can't share in any of the treats coworkers being in, you become that ultra picky eater at Thanksgiving, grabbing lunch with a friend and finding something safe to eat is so stress inducing you avoid eating out altogether, and worst of all: no alcohol! Obviously it depends on how strict your sugar free diet is, but some say to really kick the addiction and lose the cravings, you have to go all the way, at least at the beginning. I've tried and couldn't last a week, purely due to the social stress of it all!
Yeah, and people can be really horrible about people taking care of themselves. It's honestly really criminal. Personally I think it's psychologically and physically abusive to encourage people to eat poorly, or to harass someone to eat well.
Canned vegetables are another source of sugar. Also things like tomato sauce. Of course the food industry doesn't like it, this could be really bad for their financial health.
Bravo, brave Katie, for blowing the whistle on the evils of food companies. Suggest you hire a bodyguard if you don't have one already as these corporations consider themselves above the law.
I did this in 2017 and lost 30 pounds in three months. Then I let myself go after an injury to my back. I started this again three weeks ago and have already shed nearly 10 pounds! It works!
We have both sides to blame, ourselves and the greedy food companies. True, they overwhelm us with processed products loaded with added sugar, but we also have the knowledge to where we can find healthier choices. (I get all of my food from my personally trusted local farms) Do you have the willpower to save your own life? I've been on this processed sugar-free diet for a long time, and I can tell you, when you make healthier choices all of those options will start moving away, because your brain will tell you that those choices will no longer be logically valid. =)
+TheIGITnBLUE Try and I might to explain this to my parents they do not understand it - so they are not responsible because they are not informed - they do not understand, they werent as fortunate to have the education that I did - sugar laden foods need to be labelled with all the health risks associated with it - especially in childrens food.
Carmen Xerxes The problem is, the companies have lobbying power to an extent where the fda made fat free popular and gave rise to sugary food, ordinary citizens don't. The US food industry is singularly scary in that it has pretty much screwed up the food Americans eat to an extent where it has become cheap to consume processed, unhealthy food and expensive to eat more natural foods. like where is the logic in that? Well, that's what super PACs and lobbying power can get you
I'm on 3 weeks of no sugar challenge. I have lost 12 lbs and my 13 yr old "pre-diabetic" daughter has lost 10 lbs. She just had blood work done and after just 3 weeks, all BAD #s were improved and most all were now in normal range (glucose, insulin, A1C, triglycerides, Cholesterol, blood pressure and liver function). Prior to this change, she has had high cholesterol for a few years now and they were going to put her on a cholesterol drug if it was still high at this check up. LUCKILY it was in normal range for the FIRST TIME IN YEARS and no cholesterol drugs for her! My blood pressure is also down and I will soon be off bp medicine. Sugar and processed foods are no joke and with the right foods your body can actually heal itself!
I'm on day two of the 10-day sugar free challenge with some friends on Facebook. Luckily for my I don't eat a lot of sweets, but I did notice that most of this added sugar that is causing so many of the problems are found in process foods. So, shopping the "walls" of the grocery store makes more sense. I'm also a cook, so cooking my own meals helps me control that added sugar monster.
It’s kinda hard for me go back on a lot of sweets after only eating natural sugars from fruits and veggies. You just began to realize that many products have entirely too much sugar in them and it can be kinda disgusting...it’s so hard to find anything without added sugar. They could’ve always done a 10 day water or juice fast 🤷♂️
That bread is really ALL SUGAR because the starch it is made of rapidly converts to sugar in the bloodstream. One slice of bread, even whole wheat, raises blood sugar more than a snickers bar.
I don't think this is entirely accurate. Yes, the starchy foods contain glucose. Glucose is something your body needs to function. You need it for muscle movement and brain function. The problem with added sugar is that it is sucrose, which contains glucose AND fructose. The Fructose is the culprit here. Comparing starchy carbs to added sugar is not an apples to apples comparison. Yes, you can still overeat on starchy foods, but they don't seem to add visceral (organ) fat like fructose does. Evidence suggests that fructose is responsible for many of the metabolic issues, like high blood pressure, visceral fat gain, diabetes (type 2), inflammation, certain types of cancers, and a whole host of other diseases.
The fruits that are the best are blackberries, strawberries and blueberries. But other fruits have too much sugar. Also dont eat too many vegetables with color, go for greens as much as you can.
I decided to cut out sugar and "white" flour, pasta, and rice by eating the Sugarbusters way. I felt so GREAT both physically and emotionally while eating that way for 6 weeks, and I lost 19 lbs. without even trying. You also have to stop eating white potatoes, corn, watermelon, pineapple, bananas, and raisins on this plan because those foods raise your blood sugar really fast. I can't say enough good things about eating the Sugarbusters way. I used to be lethargic while eating my normal way with lots of sugar, but while on Sugarbusters I had so much energy I felt like the energizer bunny you see in the battery commercials. I got so many things done and felt absolutely great. I highly recommend reading Sugarbusters and trying it. (I'm not affiliated with the book or authors in any way.) I think our country would be much more intelligent, happier, and less violent if we would stop eating too much sugar. It really does affect people in horrible ways. It's like the heroine of the food world. I don't even think that's an overstatement. I really believe that. If you want to look and feel great, get off sugar and simple carbs (the white bread, pasta, and rice). Change your white bread to Ezekiel Bread. You can find it at Jewel in their freezer section. You'll see a wonderful difference in your mood, weight, and health.
Youre dead wrong about fruits and potatoes. They absolutely DO NOT raise blood sugar fast or a lot. These foods have fiber in them which slows the release of sugars into the body.
I've done this before this documentary exist, because I was addicted to sugar. My nutricionist told me what to do to cure (the same thing proposed here). It took me more than 10 days to feel better, actually more than a month, but in the end, for the first time in 7 years, I was able to live without craving for sugar all the time.
Thinks Connor am going to try this.It going to be hard because tomorrow at church we going to have dinner after church.And there's going to be a lot of sugary foods.So wish me luck because it gonna be hard.
I know right.This made me think twice about how much sugar I eat.Now I read the side of all the things I eat to see how much sugar in it.Now I eat and drink less sugar
I took the challenge in 2016 after I seen the documentary. Just went to the kitchen and thrown my sugar into the bin. For about a week was hard to even drink tea or coffee without it, but then just out of the blue I realised that , tea and coffee don't taste that bad without sugar and is not that bitter and I never went back. Next I switched to ketogenic diet and intermittent fasting too. I can have something sweet now and then and I treat sugar as alcohol , acceptable on special occasions only.
They only point to sweets when they talk about sugar. I find added sugar in the craziest of things like soy milk, health shakes, health cereals, things that have the word "HEALTH" in it can be packed with loads of sugar.
10 days is child's play. I went 11 weeks without ANY sugar when I first ditched it. The problem is often not reading labels. Things that you don't think have sugar, HAVE SUGAR. It's not just self control.
I've had to go Paleo because I have Lyme Disease, and it's the best and healthiest way to help my body fight that bacteria, and let me tell you, giving up sugar was nearly impossible. IT IS ADDICTIVE! I had the most intense cravings I have ever had for things like milkshakes, burgers, soda, candy.. it was intense/amazing at how my body was going through withdraws because I wasn't eating ANY processed sugar.
Lol sugar is addictive because we have carbohydrate receptors on the tip of our toungues. We're designed by nature to seek carbohydrate rich foods (e.g fruits and vegetables) which is the reason raw fruits taste good opposed to raw meat which has no flavor unless you cook and thoroughly adding and adding salty condiments to it. The longest living cultures thrived on starch and fruits and vegetables with little meat. The high sugar foods you're referring too is included in high fat foods also.
I quit sugar over a year ago - was surprised that it wasn’t hard. Will never take up this nasty addiction again. Now I eat more, enjoy food more, and am more fit.
Having stayed away from desserts and general sugary snack items (like cookies and ice cream) for a while (okay, maybe like 2.5 years), I really have no incentive to go back to that sugar-loaded lifestyle. Y'all might hate me for saying this, but cupcakes and smoothies just aren't... necessary... for me. I don't 'love' [I am not addicted to ] sugar :)
husher5142 I was able to break the addiction to sugar by eliminating all processed foods from our home, and used some natural sugar-craving- curbing-herbs like Gynema Sylvestre and banaba root extract along with lots of cinnamon. *look for these herbs at health food stores.* It did not take months, but weeks. Persevere, it's worth it! Health is such a gift.
Good job man! I'm working on my granola addiction right now.... frick I love granola. It's awful for you but just so dang good. The worst part was that I thought it was healthy for so long!!! :(
Gingerbread Girl Hey thanks! Remember not to let the past weigh you down - what's done is done and we can only make smarter decisions :D Anyway, the body is ever-changing so as long as you're working on it now, it's all good :D
j aaananannn Thanks for those words of wisdom, you're so nice! :) Yes, I allow myself some granola every day so that I don't get depressed or have a giant binge. Went a bit overboard today with sugar because I was at a wedding, but that's life. :P
Manufactures have been trusted and thats why we have this problem. So sad to think its all one big triple affect that in the end we the people suffer while Food Manufactures, Drug Companies and the Government get Rich at the cost of American lives.
If there is anything that I have been taught is specially from my mother is moderation in all things you need everything but don't need massive amounts of everything.
Thanks... guys? l plan to start my "Fed Up" Program this Sun. The sellers should be a shame of themselves as well as our legislators...ln memory of Mike Bloomberg, The Lion of Health.
I cut sugar quite a bit starting in summer 2019. I immediately lost weight on the keto diet. Since then, I have reintroduced complex carbs like oatmeal, brown rice, whole wheat bread, bran cereal, fruit, etc. I am still losing weight. I do have an occasional treat like candy or dessert, but it's very seldom. I don't keep those foods in my home AT ALL. So, if I want sweets, I have to literally get up off my fat behind and go to a restaurant or store to purchase ONE SERVING of something sweet (because I don't allow myself to have more than one serving, so I don't need to buy more just to have it sitting around tempting me). This has been going very well for me. I eat plenty of fat and protein, with limited complex carbs, and am effortlessly losing weight without starving myself or exercising. I believe the "lowfat and fat free" fad was a total flop. Our bodies need fats to live. We do not need carbs, especially when it comes to sugars. I am happy this information is being corrected so the public will learn, starting with this generation, that we've had it wrong for decades. This is exactly what lead to the obesity epidemic in the US. The bottom of the food pyramid was carbs. There is sugar in everything, even savory tasting foods. We must cook our food from scratch and stop trusting packaged, processed, refined junk. It's toxic.
It is a fact that food producers add sugar because sugar is addictive and one gets hungry after a short while which makes the consumer eat more and buy more!
I have been on this type of diet for 6 weeks. i am diabetic and have pushed my blood sugar readings down two full points..... but boy do I miss my sugar. Movie is too accurate.
my brain and mental health is really important to me and ive always looked into somewhat healthy eating. last year one of my cats died and i fell into a hole of depression, drank a lot of alcohol, ate whenever and whatever i wanted and gained like 30kg (~66lbs) withing a little over a half year. then something clicked at some point, i went back to my former eating habits which included intermittent fasting and i started looking at caloric intake again. then i found out about dr. lustig and his endocrynologic research and how insulin is the biggest factor in all of it and how sugar can be linked to so so many braindamaging diseases. i dont wanna die in a hospital one day. im still somewhat young and want to live and die on my feet with full mental capabilities. i cut out all added sugars a couple months back, replaced most carbs with healthy fats and my weight went down and most of all my mood has never been better. i am in such a balanced state that almost nothing can throw me off anymore really. which really surprised me since there was still a lot of bad stuff happening in my life and still is. my only vice is pasta since i really do love pasta but i tried reducing that too. and maybe every other week some whole wheat buns just layered with cottage cheese and normal cheese. still sticking to the hardcore 23:1 IF but now have to cut back on most foods but i am just feeling good. you are what you eat
To be honest, the only 'added sugars' I consume on a day to day basis are in bread and milk (even in 1%)... I have fruits and veggies when I feel like snacking (sorry, I'm an annoying fit-freak too!), breakfast is steel oats and eggs and rarely do I eat pasta... I make my own sandwiches and I'm still a kid so my dinners are home-cooked 7 days/week. Of course, it helps that they are Chinese dinners (brown rice, etc.; although, sometimes a bit of table sugar is used to regulate the meats). So I don't see how difficult it would be. I might try this. I need my mom's permission lol. But the only things I'd have to be cautious about will be bread and milk. It's not hard, right?
One slice of 'Ezekiel bread' *a complete protein bread* is 14 carbs. As a growing human, you probably could eat two slices a day without trouble. Milk is okay because lactose is not directly shunted to the liver as fat like other -oses. Brown rice and oats are still higher carb, but if you are active, you may be just fine...watch amounts if adult.Talk with your parents, first, so they do not become frightened of diet changes. Avoiding added sugar that you already do is admirable. Good on ya!
The fruit looks and tastes so much better. You develop a taste for whatever you eat a lot. I used to drink a lot of soda, after a few months, stuff doesnt even taste good any more.
After reading many of the comments here I realize that many of the nay Sayers probably are too afraid to try a challenge like this. Like anything else we take in, it's all about balance. So when the balance is tipped in favor of the process food scale and many who don't know how to cook are going to feel intimidated they think this is all a scare tactic. I challenge those who don't see sugar as a problem to go without added sugar for 10 days and see what happens. I double-dog dare you..... LOL
I just had a scare with fasting glucose numbers being very slightly above 100 but, thank goodness my A1C levels are in good shape. My doctor told me at this point, I am not on pace to develop diabetes. However, this was a wake-up call to me and I am planning not to cut sugar out entirely but, drastically reduce my sugar intake. It's also a matter of eating better, controlling portions, daily exercise and finally, reducing stress! Not the easiest thing to do in this world. Especially when you have a family! I hope I can do it!
A1C really is a last call for diabetes, it shows disease too late as fasting glucose. Fasting insulin, glucose tolerance test and insulin at it are what really tells how close you're to diabetes. Read "Diabetes epidemic & You", it talks about how important those tests are, and how much are already sick, pretty scary and not surprising numbers I would say.
Under the Whole30 challenge the cravings can last as long as two weeks. It was harder for me to quit sugar than either caffeine or booze. Food for thought, indeed.
people, don't go crazy with this, pasta sauce has 5g/100g of sugar, that is how much onions have, what you need to worry about it sugar you eat without any fibers, when sugar can be absorbed easily.
eating real food - real desserts- is the only way to go. Try raw cacao, dates and pecans in your food processor. roll into balls and you have a wonderful, satisfying SWEET and HEALTHY dessert. Lots of wonderful ways to eat deliciously healthy.
Yeah? You all may doubt sugar is that bad but there is more and more research saying it is. The rise in American weight gain is almost parallel with the reduced cost of sugar. Sugar used to be available to only the well off because of it's high cost but when it became affordable to the middle class in the early I900's, on went the weight. Don't think you are addicted? Most addicts don't, especially those who insist the most loudly. Try it ....as a learning experience. It may change your life.
If you want to be "paranoid" it's far more likely that the reduced price is an effort to drive up consumption. I'm not a tin foil beanie sort myself, but as the years go by I tend to look more and more unfavorably on any major industry. Case in point is the abuse of antibacterial substances and the long-term health risks that can have on people ranging from resistant bacteria to immune systems compromised by not enough early life exposure as children when our immune systems are developing and on to late-life complications resulting from continually not exercising our immune system. In this case there is more money to be made from pedaling the "cures" to all the harm that abuse of sugar causes than there is in selling sugar, and that money can be used to bring down the cost of sugar in order to drive up the need or desire for those "cures." Sure, it's "paranoiac" thinking, but it does make sense. It's also all too plausible given mankind's history with greed at the cost of the public health.
@@nadinebrown7644 I feel like veganism is playing a role in this because most people see vegans as eating just fruits and vegetables when in reality, all the vegans I know eat pasta, bread, and highly processed vegan versions of meat products. The whole situation is quite scary.
I thought the movie was spot on! Of course the manufacturers care more for selling the product, but the government should be there to protect us. NOTE: We should have the list of ingredients on the front of the box so we, as consumers, can see it easier.
I would take it on the back of the box. Printed black ink on white background. Larger font. Some of the labels are unreadable to me, which frustrates me because I want to know the product info and the ingredients.
We vote with our dollars. Ultimately it is our responsibility and the food industry is out to profit. This also highlights how our food system is broken on many levels. Our mission is to help people move their own health forward through education, skill building, and community.
"I can't answer that"...Well, Bill it's because you helped seat Monsanto cronies into Washington. Does anyone really believe he would rat them out? They are the very ones who legislate all of the shit that goes into our foods to begin with. These people don't go far enough. Their incessant cravings for sugar is caused by an imbalance of gut flora called candida albicans. Why won't they mention that? Because most conventional physicians do not recognize it as a Big Pharma compensated, treatable illness. Yet holistic natropaths have known about this for ages. Once again, liberals telling half truths are still telling half lies.
+David Byrne Breads have added sugar so pretty much anything with added sugar you avoid. only sugar you are allowed is natural fruit sugar which will be in fruits. most of the cookies, cereal pastas all contain added sugar to improve the taste of food
Wait a minute!! I’m eating carrot chips all natural fresh food but it has 4 grams of sugar? And not chips but raw carrots cut into the shape of chips so is that bad?? I don’t want to quit my carrots
I love how the food companies get triggered when called out on their bullshit and go "well it gets the facts wrong" like we are supposed to believe them after they've made us fat.
expand on this theme. almost every vegetable is made of sugar. rice, wheat, corn, potatoes, tomatoes, peaches, oranges, strawberries = sugar. cut everything from your diet that is not meat. after a week you will hardly miss it. beef. it's what's for supper.
Its self control, and the parents control over what their kids eats. Everything with balance is good. However part of the blame is the "food company" for just promoting and producing a lot of unhealthy food, not only with saturated gluten ,fat,and sodium. But with sometimes with chemicals and synthesized food. Because its cheaper to manufacture and gains good profit. By the way, it was hard for me to reduce sugar,salt in my daily diet but its worth it. A quick tip is to go around the super market where fruits and vegetables are, rather than the middle section where the unhealthy food is literary enclosing you.
+UberDan I'm on day two. The hardest part if just finding foods that don't have added sugar. But sticking with fresh foods and cooking meals yourself makes a world of difference. Hang in there!
Problem is, some of these labels are difficult to read. They print the fonts small or use inks that don't let the words and numbers pop out to be easily legible.
@@1houndgal yeah that's part of the problem. But it's still our responsibility to know what's in our foods. These co's don't care much about the nutrition they provide. They're adding chemicals & additives that we don't need.
"1 gram of sugar oh no!!!!!! IM gonna weigh as much as a car!!!!" It's the sugar industry's fault for bashing fat when fat is needed in your body. We fell for that and now all of what fat should have been in foods is now sugar. Its not a coincidence when we introduced fat free foods obesity sky rocketed. It's not necessarily the companies fault, the sugar industry has a monopoly over nearly everything food related
The food industry is an industry. They generate their profits by selling us their products. If they could make people "addicted" to their foods of yourse theyre gonna do it. Eating something sugary once in a while isnt too bad. But you have to know where your cravings are coming from. Its not healthy to be wishing for an extreme sugar rush
Most people don't even know how to figure out how much sugar is in a product . Yes it can say 8 grams in a serving . Well 1 teaspoon is equal to 4.2 grams . My point is if producers put how much sugar by spoon- cup measurements on labels , it may get more people to cut back . Like for instance a 20 oz Gatorade has 34 grams. So it has over 8 teaspoons !! Yet people will drink that over soda thinking it's a better choice SMH
Every food has a sugar in it, whether it is natural or not. Yes, food companies add more artificial sweeteners than they should. Yes, people need to read labels if they want to be healthy. But cutting out all sugars is impossible if you still eat food. Plus you need sugars for the biological processes in your body to function normally. Same with fats and same with proteins. The macromolecules you consume from your food intake helps you live. Be wary of what you eat if it is too much negativity, such as bad cholesterol or artificial sweeteners. But natural carbohydrates and fats are good for you.
I agree that we need sugar; but they only condemned refined sugar, which is bad for you. As a matter of fact, all refined carbohydrates are bad. They did say fresh fruit is allowed on the 10-day challenge. So, they apparently recognize that sugar is good if it occurs naturally in food.
Most food companies put way too much sodium in their foods as well.I started making a few things on my own and I can taste the difference.My blood pressure is down too!Look at the labels almost everything we buy has added sugars,,,,but also added salts!
A very important nutritional factor in obesity that the documentary FED UP failed to mention is nutritional density of food . For example the role of added sugar in foods was cited as a major cause of obesity and the reason sugar causes obesity was given a rapid rise in blood sugar which triggers a spike in insulin which lowers the blood sugar by storing blood sugar as fat but this just scratches the surface . Fiber is listed as the sole factor in mitigating the ill effects of added sugar -while presence or absence of the vitamins , minerals , enzymes , coenzymes and phytonutrients in the sweet foods is totally skipped . I suggest that even greater dietary factors in obese vs healthy people are 1) Nutritional Dense Vs Nutritionally SPARSE Foods( aka calories ) Nutritionally DENSE foods have MORE vitamins , minerals , enzymes , coenzymes and phytonutrients delivered in fewer calories . Nutritionally SPARSE Foods have LESS vitamins , minerals , enzymes , coenzymes and phytonutrients in MORE calories. 2) “CELLULAR STARVATION” comes from eating foods that fail to supply what the cells of our bodies need to feel vigorous and vibrantly healthy . ) FOR EXAMPLE : There is a huge difference in then NUTRIENT DENSITY of maple syrup and refined sugars. Maple, syrup comes from a sap from a tree that has roots spreading 100 ft wide x 40 ft deep which pick up many trace minerals from soils that have not been depleted by tilling and erosion . Then 30-40 gallons of this sap is concentrated into 1 gallon of syrup so what we have here is a very nutrient dense food that will deliver a vast array of minerals that our cells need to metabolize the sugars AND to raise the alkalinity of our blood which helps to neutralize lactic acid in our muscles so we don’t feel as fatigued and hungry. White sugar comes from shallow rooted grasses grown in field s that have been depleted of minerals by ploughing . The grasses do not pick up the vast array of trace minerals that trees do . Then the field is set on fire to burn off the outer husks leaving the only the juice contacting stalks . Then the sap is skimmed so that the molasses which contain the minerals is removed and the resultant white sugar has no minerals or vitamins to buffer the acidity or deliver the minerals to our blood and cells needed to metabolize the sugar . The result is our muscles cells feel fatigued and as if something is missing and continue to signal for more food. If maple syrup is eaten with a porridge of whole oats with a ¼ teaspoon per serving of KELP powder mixed in and whole legumes or nonfat milk it will provide steady energy for hours . The kelp and maple syrup will correct mineral deficiencies (INCLUDING IODINE WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT FOR PROPER THYROID FUNCTION WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT FOR VIGOROUS METABOLISM Especially if eaten with raw veggies and certain fruits like raisins date sand figs . But the same dish prepared with refined sugar or honey and WITHOUT kelp would deprive the cells of this big dose of trace minerals (especially iodine) and lead to lower metabolism increased fatigue and hunger ( food cravings ) Thus FED UP failed to mention that food cravings are to a great extent caused by enzyme mineral starved cells sending messages to the brain that something is missing and that these cravings can be greatly alleviated by adding mineral dense foods to whole grain porridges served with whole legumes . Served with fresh raw cabbage slices (½ “ thick to provide vitamins and enzymes ) which could be quarter and dipped in the whole grain/legume porridge and eaten like pizza ) and a whole carrot and 2-3 cherry tomatoes per student . There would be no food cravings from cellular starvation and its much cheaper than fast food to prepare. The same thing could be eaten every day with no deficiencies. To recap : A school lunch of : 1) Whole grain porridge made from freshly ground grains and whole legumes cooked together with added maple or chopped whole dates and powdered kelp for minerals and iodine ( in a one large bowl ) sprinkled with chia seeds 2) Fresh raw cabbage slices / 1 whole carrot / 2-3 cherry tomatoes on a plate 3) A carton of nonfat milk and maybe a sprinkle of chia seeds Handed to every child Would provide every brain , muscle , gland , cell with all they need to feel vigorous , and vibrant and no cellular starvation triggered food cravings Give no other food choices to ruin the children's appetite “the best Sauce in the world is hunger” . If they are hungry they will eat it with relish
Change it! My wife and I have started doing the keto diet, which is no sugar. Instead of regular crust on pizza, we get cauliflower crust. Tastes about the same, and none of the crap in bread!
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I'm 14, and last year I decided to stop drinking soda, stop eating cookies, cereal, and anything like that. I've been drinking only water for almost a year now (sometimes I will have a glass of milk, and I'll have a cookie here and there but not as much as I did last year) and TBH I feel healthier, and I've noticed that I process information better in school too!! I'm also somewhat more energized than I was before.
You're a CHAMP!
Awesome and smart decision!! Keep up the good work👍👍👋🙌
Kayla Victoria that’s so wonderful
Kayla Victoria that's amazing. at 14, your mindset is amazing.
Excellent!
Add exercise and you'll be unstoppable.
After I cut back on sugar, I haven’t particularly craved it. I only begin craving it AFTER I start eating sugar on cheats.
Whats your diet? I'm doing keto right now. nothing that can be changed into sugar in the body, so no rice, pasta, bread, milk, etc.
Plen122 I didn’t cut all of it out, but I eat more fruits, veggies, and proteins more than carbs and I’ve begun to crave more healthy food. I didn’t want to try any fad diets so I just ate healthier
Plen122 It’s just getting rid of eating added sugars, not natural sugars
NOBODY BLAME THE FOOD INDUSTRIES nobody , They addicted with sugar SUGAR SUGAR not FOOD, THEY ARE PROTECTING THE FOOD INDUSTRIES THE FOOD industries are killing HUMANITY..lucky me i able to quit sugar and lose 30ils .
Vilification my ass. This is truth and hard science. That's it. Food industry is mad because they literally have everything to lose if people wake up from this sweet nightmare.
I just completed a 30 day challenge 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 proud of myself and I’m gonna continue sugar free!
did you get your super powers?
But...but.....coffee ice cream. 🍦
congrats!! still going strong?
Awesome!!! I am inspired.. how long could you go without sugar? Any advice to ease the potential challenges with sugar free life?
@@dawnbarber7980 Hi! I hope you are well! Believe it or not I’m still at it but relaxed just a smidge. My life depends on it. I don’t want to be diabetic and I am not 🙌🏾! The longest I’ve gone without sugar is about 2 months. I primarily eat on the outskirts of the grocery store. I DO NOT drink milk nor eat ice cream period! Instead I freeze smoothies or eat a LOT of fruit 😳! I DO NOT drink soda or pre-made juice! I DO NOT eat hard or sticky candy (gummy worms, sour candies, skittles, starbursts…). I do; however like chocolate …specifically dark chocolate. At Sprouts I will grab a dark chocolate and pretzel bar. I do enjoy a cup of coffee that I will use soy milk or flax milk as my creamer and 2 teaspoons of Agave as a sweetener. Outside of the pretzel dark chocolate bar the ONLY bread, that I rarely eat, is rye bread. Otherwise I am a protein, vegetable, or fruit girl. Boring I know … but I m alive and healthy. 🤷🏾♀️😊 I hope this helps!
Quote,
"Sugar is 8 times more addictive than cocaine."
Maybe I should try cocaine.
Only if you use it instead of sugar. Just sprinkle some cocaine on your cereal instead of sugar. :-D
Marikhen Zairania says:
"Only if you use it instead of sugar. Just sprinkle some cocaine on your cereal instead of sugar. :-D"
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Something to be considered.
A fraction of once of cocaine costs (far)more than a 10 pound of sugar.
Yeah, but if more people start using cocaine instead of sugar it'll eventually become common place enough that it will get legalized and the price will drop substantially.
Marikhen Zairania says:
"Yeah, but if more people start using cocaine instead of sugar it'll eventually become common place enough that it will get legalized and the price will drop substantially."
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Another thing to be considered.
Sugar doesn't hurt my nose as much and doesn't make my nose bleed as a result. But again, I don't use my nose to consume sugar. Sugar tastes bad in my nose to me, so does cocaine.
So like I said, pour it on your cereal. I mean you don't snort your cereal, do you?
I cut the sugar for almost 2 months now, buying only products with not more than 10 gr of carbs per 100 gr and mainly eat protein and healthy fats. Lost 4 kg so far.
albilevizm with exercise or without that made you loose 4kg
If you quit sugar and find that you still get horrible cravings, try cutting out all fruit, too. Just for two / three weeks. (also, be sure to not eat honey / artificial sweeteners, stevia, agave, etc)...if you cut all of this out for just the two / three weeks you'll be shocked at how you don't get sugar cravings anymore. I've been completely sugar free for six weeks now, it's wonderful. I walk right past chocolate without a second thought. (it's a miracle) Try it. You'll be pleased.
jbidwell605 omg i wish i could do the same ! Have been trying that for years and cant always gave up
I am 55 this year and somewhere along the way, they changed from processing food to adding this and that, to the point, where's the beef? What we think is food these days, is nothing my mother or grandmother ever made for me. Tired of being lied to and thats really what they are all doing :-/
I've always said that sugar is the gateway drug, along with T.V.
I think the hardest thing about giving up sugar is the social aspect. Suddenly you can't share in any of the treats coworkers being in, you become that ultra picky eater at Thanksgiving, grabbing lunch with a friend and finding something safe to eat is so stress inducing you avoid eating out altogether, and worst of all: no alcohol! Obviously it depends on how strict your sugar free diet is, but some say to really kick the addiction and lose the cravings, you have to go all the way, at least at the beginning. I've tried and couldn't last a week, purely due to the social stress of it all!
This is so true!
you should have cheating days.
Yeah, and people can be really horrible about people taking care of themselves. It's honestly really criminal. Personally I think it's psychologically and physically abusive to encourage people to eat poorly, or to harass someone to eat well.
Canned vegetables are another source of sugar. Also things like tomato sauce. Of course the food industry doesn't like it, this could be really bad for their financial health.
Bravo, brave Katie, for blowing the whistle on the evils of food companies. Suggest you hire a bodyguard if you don't have one already as these corporations consider themselves above the law.
I'm sugar and grain free 6 days out of the week. Have been for about 3 years now. Feel and look better than I have for 20 years.
I did this in 2017 and lost 30 pounds in three months. Then I let myself go after an injury to my back. I started this again three weeks ago and have already shed nearly 10 pounds! It works!
What do you eat mainly? I'm doing keto diet right now
I did this challenge about 2 years ago and lasted 2 weeks and boy was it hard. But it taught me a lot about myself and my cravings.
The outside aisles of grocery stores now have just as much crap as the inner aisles.
Scientists: Stop eating sugar or die from electricity
Rats: Guess I'll die.
We have both sides to blame, ourselves and the greedy food companies.
True, they overwhelm us with processed products loaded with added sugar, but we also have the knowledge to where we can find healthier choices. (I get all of my food from my personally trusted local farms)
Do you have the willpower to save your own life?
I've been on this processed sugar-free diet for a long time, and I can tell you, when you make healthier choices all of those options will start moving away, because your brain will tell you that those choices will no longer be logically valid. =)
Agreed.
+TheIGITnBLUE Try and I might to explain this to my parents they do not understand it - so they are not responsible because they are not informed - they do not understand, they werent as fortunate to have the education that I did - sugar laden foods need to be labelled with all the health risks associated with it - especially in childrens food.
Carmen Xerxes The problem is, the companies have lobbying power to an extent where the fda made fat free popular and gave rise to sugary food, ordinary citizens don't. The US food industry is singularly scary in that it has pretty much screwed up the food Americans eat to an extent where it has become cheap to consume processed, unhealthy food and expensive to eat more natural foods. like where is the logic in that? Well, that's what super PACs and lobbying power can get you
Sweetie' sugar is in some fruits even mangoes are so good & tempting to eat who don't like mangoes 😥 drink more water. Ppl. And exercise more
I wish l had that choice to get my food from a local farm, your blessed.
I'm on 3 weeks of no sugar challenge. I have lost 12 lbs and my 13 yr old "pre-diabetic" daughter has lost 10 lbs. She just had blood work done and after just 3 weeks, all BAD #s were improved and most all were now in normal range (glucose, insulin, A1C, triglycerides, Cholesterol, blood pressure and liver function). Prior to this change, she has had high cholesterol for a few years now and they were going to put her on a cholesterol drug if it was still high at this check up. LUCKILY it was in normal range for the FIRST TIME IN YEARS and no cholesterol drugs for her! My blood pressure is also down and I will soon be off bp medicine. Sugar and processed foods are no joke and with the right foods your body can actually heal itself!
thank you for sharing your experience Katiya!
So messed up that doctors are not mentioning this fact and pills and surgery are suggested instead
I'm on day two of the 10-day sugar free challenge with some friends on Facebook. Luckily for my I don't eat a lot of sweets, but I did notice that most of this added sugar that is causing so many of the problems are found in process foods. So, shopping the "walls" of the grocery store makes more sense. I'm also a cook, so cooking my own meals helps me control that added sugar monster.
It’s kinda hard for me go back on a lot of sweets after only eating natural sugars from fruits and veggies. You just began to realize that many products have entirely too much sugar in them and it can be kinda disgusting...it’s so hard to find anything without added sugar. They could’ve always done a 10 day water or juice fast 🤷♂️
That bread is really ALL SUGAR because the starch it is made of rapidly converts to sugar in the bloodstream. One slice of bread, even whole wheat, raises blood sugar more than a snickers bar.
I don't think this is entirely accurate. Yes, the starchy foods contain glucose. Glucose is something your body needs to function. You need it for muscle movement and brain function. The problem with added sugar is that it is sucrose, which contains glucose AND fructose. The Fructose is the culprit here. Comparing starchy carbs to added sugar is not an apples to apples comparison. Yes, you can still overeat on starchy foods, but they don't seem to add visceral (organ) fat like fructose does. Evidence suggests that fructose is responsible for many of the metabolic issues, like high blood pressure, visceral fat gain, diabetes (type 2), inflammation, certain types of cancers, and a whole host of other diseases.
I prefer fruits over most sweets/candies
Same. You can eat more fruit sugar than candy sugar. But just don’t eat too much of either.
The fruits that are the best are blackberries, strawberries and blueberries. But other fruits have too much sugar. Also dont eat too many vegetables with color, go for greens as much as you can.
I do too. I’ve come to love fruits more.
I decided to cut out sugar and "white" flour, pasta, and rice by eating the Sugarbusters way. I felt so GREAT both physically and emotionally while eating that way for 6 weeks, and I lost 19 lbs. without even trying. You also have to stop eating white potatoes, corn, watermelon, pineapple, bananas, and raisins on this plan because those foods raise your blood sugar really fast. I can't say enough good things about eating the Sugarbusters way. I used to be lethargic while eating my normal way with lots of sugar, but while on Sugarbusters I had so much energy I felt like the energizer bunny you see in the battery commercials. I got so many things done and felt absolutely great. I highly recommend reading Sugarbusters and trying it. (I'm not affiliated with the book or authors in any way.) I think our country would be much more intelligent, happier, and less violent if we would stop eating too much sugar. It really does affect people in horrible ways. It's like the heroine of the food world. I don't even think that's an overstatement. I really believe that. If you want to look and feel great, get off sugar and simple carbs (the white bread, pasta, and rice). Change your white bread to Ezekiel Bread. You can find it at Jewel in their freezer section. You'll see a wonderful difference in your mood, weight, and health.
Youre dead wrong about fruits and potatoes. They absolutely DO NOT raise blood sugar fast or a lot. These foods have fiber in them which slows the release of sugars into the body.
Sugar ,cigarettes kill later not right away when you ready for your retirement money.
So take care of yourself
I've done this before this documentary exist, because I was addicted to sugar. My nutricionist told me what to do to cure (the same thing proposed here). It took me more than 10 days to feel better, actually more than a month, but in the end, for the first time in 7 years, I was able to live without craving for sugar all the time.
thank you Katie
Thank you for that, Katie.
i think i might try to do this challange, thank u so much ConnorFranta
Literally exactly why Im here. I think Im going to try this
Thinks Connor am going to try this.It going to be hard because tomorrow at church we going to have dinner after church.And there's going to be a lot of sugary foods.So wish me luck because it gonna be hard.
I know right.This made me think twice about how much sugar I eat.Now I read the side of all the things I eat to see how much sugar in it.Now I eat and drink less sugar
I took the challenge in 2016 after I seen the documentary. Just went to the kitchen and thrown my sugar into the bin. For about a week was hard to even drink tea or coffee without it, but then just out of the blue I realised that , tea and coffee don't taste that bad without sugar and is not that bitter and I never went back. Next I switched to ketogenic diet and intermittent fasting too. I can have something sweet now and then and I treat sugar as alcohol , acceptable on special occasions only.
Treat sugar like alcohol, I like that.
They only point to sweets when they talk about sugar. I find added sugar in the craziest of things like soy milk, health shakes, health cereals, things that have the word "HEALTH" in it can be packed with loads of sugar.
10 days is child's play. I went 11 weeks without ANY sugar when I first ditched it. The problem is often not reading labels. Things that you don't think have sugar, HAVE SUGAR. It's not just self control.
I've had to go Paleo because I have Lyme Disease, and it's the best and healthiest way to help my body fight that bacteria, and let me tell you, giving up sugar was nearly impossible. IT IS ADDICTIVE! I had the most intense cravings I have ever had for things like milkshakes, burgers, soda, candy.. it was intense/amazing at how my body was going through withdraws because I wasn't eating ANY processed sugar.
Lol sugar is addictive because we have carbohydrate receptors on the tip of our toungues. We're designed by nature to seek carbohydrate rich foods (e.g fruits and vegetables) which is the reason raw fruits taste good opposed to raw meat which has no flavor unless you cook and thoroughly adding and adding salty condiments to it.
The longest living cultures thrived on starch and fruits and vegetables with little meat.
The high sugar foods you're referring too is included in high fat foods also.
I quit sugar over a year ago - was surprised that it wasn’t hard. Will never take up this nasty addiction again. Now I eat more, enjoy food more, and am more fit.
Day 10...haven't lost weight but have so much more energy!
Time to "stop this abusive practice" in American food producers. NO more fn sugar !!!
I'm on day 3 and I feel great. I'm surprised I haven't had any crazy cravings or any crashes.
Having stayed away from desserts and general sugary snack items (like cookies and ice cream) for a while (okay, maybe like 2.5 years), I really have no incentive to go back to that sugar-loaded lifestyle. Y'all might hate me for saying this, but cupcakes and smoothies just aren't... necessary... for me. I don't 'love' [I am not addicted to ] sugar :)
well done, the first part is breaking the cycle which takes months
husher5142 I was able to break the addiction to sugar by eliminating all processed foods from our home, and used some natural sugar-craving- curbing-herbs like Gynema Sylvestre and banaba root extract along with lots of cinnamon. *look for these herbs at health food stores.* It did not take months, but weeks. Persevere, it's worth it! Health is such a gift.
Good job man! I'm working on my granola addiction right now.... frick I love granola. It's awful for you but just so dang good. The worst part was that I thought it was healthy for so long!!! :(
Gingerbread Girl Hey thanks! Remember not to let the past weigh you down - what's done is done and we can only make smarter decisions :D Anyway, the body is ever-changing so as long as you're working on it now, it's all good :D
j aaananannn Thanks for those words of wisdom, you're so nice! :) Yes, I allow myself some granola every day so that I don't get depressed or have a giant binge. Went a bit overboard today with sugar because I was at a wedding, but that's life. :P
Being a part of this film really made me realize how sugar is so addictive and how the food companies are so sneaky!
Manufactures have been trusted and thats why we have this problem. So sad to think its all one big triple affect that in the end we the people suffer while Food Manufactures, Drug Companies and the Government get Rich at the cost of American lives.
Whom likes sweet is normally whom has not love.
Loved people don’t eat candy and Americas without moms for the past 3 generations may need a hug.
If there is anything that I have been taught is specially from my mother is moderation in all things you need everything but don't need massive amounts of everything.
I will join this challenge. Won't be so hard already doing this for awhile now. Once you are off of it, you will never miss it
Thanks... guys? l plan to start my "Fed Up" Program this Sun. The sellers should be a shame of themselves as well as our legislators...ln memory of Mike Bloomberg, The Lion of Health.
I cut sugar quite a bit starting in summer 2019. I immediately lost weight on the keto diet. Since then, I have reintroduced complex carbs like oatmeal, brown rice, whole wheat bread, bran cereal, fruit, etc. I am still losing weight. I do have an occasional treat like candy or dessert, but it's very seldom. I don't keep those foods in my home AT ALL. So, if I want sweets, I have to literally get up off my fat behind and go to a restaurant or store to purchase ONE SERVING of something sweet (because I don't allow myself to have more than one serving, so I don't need to buy more just to have it sitting around tempting me). This has been going very well for me. I eat plenty of fat and protein, with limited complex carbs, and am effortlessly losing weight without starving myself or exercising. I believe the "lowfat and fat free" fad was a total flop. Our bodies need fats to live. We do not need carbs, especially when it comes to sugars. I am happy this information is being corrected so the public will learn, starting with this generation, that we've had it wrong for decades. This is exactly what lead to the obesity epidemic in the US. The bottom of the food pyramid was carbs. There is sugar in everything, even savory tasting foods. We must cook our food from scratch and stop trusting packaged, processed, refined junk. It's toxic.
It is a fact that food producers add sugar because sugar is addictive and one gets hungry after a short while which makes the consumer eat more and buy more!
I have been on this type of diet for 6 weeks. i am diabetic and have pushed my blood sugar readings down two full points..... but boy do I miss my sugar. Movie is too accurate.
my brain and mental health is really important to me and ive always looked into somewhat healthy eating. last year one of my cats died and i fell into a hole of depression, drank a lot of alcohol, ate whenever and whatever i wanted and gained like 30kg (~66lbs) withing a little over a half year. then something clicked at some point, i went back to my former eating habits which included intermittent fasting and i started looking at caloric intake again. then i found out about dr. lustig and his endocrynologic research and how insulin is the biggest factor in all of it and how sugar can be linked to so so many braindamaging diseases. i dont wanna die in a hospital one day. im still somewhat young and want to live and die on my feet with full mental capabilities. i cut out all added sugars a couple months back, replaced most carbs with healthy fats and my weight went down and most of all my mood has never been better. i am in such a balanced state that almost nothing can throw me off anymore really. which really surprised me since there was still a lot of bad stuff happening in my life and still is. my only vice is pasta since i really do love pasta but i tried reducing that too. and maybe every other week some whole wheat buns just layered with cottage cheese and normal cheese. still sticking to the hardcore 23:1 IF but now have to cut back on most foods but i am just feeling good. you are what you eat
try natural unprocessed sugar options like jaggery, honey, palm sugar, coconut powder, beetroot extract, etc.
If you have already screwed up your metabolism those "natural sugars" are not going to help you!🤠
@@omadoutlaw4868 for info refined sugar is 10 times more addictive than cocaine
now i'm hungry. thanks ABC
I'm watching this for a health class :D
Possible For The People Ultimately AMEN
To be honest, the only 'added sugars' I consume on a day to day basis are in bread and milk (even in 1%)... I have fruits and veggies when I feel like snacking (sorry, I'm an annoying fit-freak too!), breakfast is steel oats and eggs and rarely do I eat pasta... I make my own sandwiches and I'm still a kid so my dinners are home-cooked 7 days/week. Of course, it helps that they are Chinese dinners (brown rice, etc.; although, sometimes a bit of table sugar is used to regulate the meats).
So I don't see how difficult it would be. I might try this. I need my mom's permission lol. But the only things I'd have to be cautious about will be bread and milk. It's not hard, right?
One slice of 'Ezekiel bread' *a complete protein bread* is 14 carbs. As a growing human, you probably could eat two slices a day without trouble. Milk is okay because lactose is not directly shunted to the liver as fat like other -oses. Brown rice and oats are still higher carb, but if you are active, you may be just fine...watch amounts if adult.Talk with your parents, first, so they do not become frightened of diet changes. Avoiding added sugar that you already do is admirable. Good on ya!
HERE BECAUSE OF CONNOR! ConnorFranta
The fruit looks and tastes so much better. You develop a taste for whatever you eat a lot. I used to drink a lot of soda, after a few months, stuff doesnt even taste good any more.
After reading many of the comments here I realize that many of the nay Sayers probably are too afraid to try a challenge like this. Like anything else we take in, it's all about balance. So when the balance is tipped in favor of the process food scale and many who don't know how to cook are going to feel intimidated they think this is all a scare tactic. I challenge those who don't see sugar as a problem to go without added sugar for 10 days and see what happens. I double-dog dare you..... LOL
I just had a scare with fasting glucose numbers being very slightly above 100 but, thank goodness my A1C levels are in good shape. My doctor told me at this point, I am not on pace to develop diabetes. However, this was a wake-up call to me and I am planning not to cut sugar out entirely but, drastically reduce my sugar intake. It's also a matter of eating better, controlling portions, daily exercise and finally, reducing stress! Not the easiest thing to do in this world. Especially when you have a family! I hope I can do it!
A1C really is a last call for diabetes, it shows disease too late as fasting glucose. Fasting insulin, glucose tolerance test and insulin at it are what really tells how close you're to diabetes. Read "Diabetes epidemic & You", it talks about how important those tests are, and how much are already sick, pretty scary and not surprising numbers I would say.
Under the Whole30 challenge the cravings can last as long as two weeks. It was harder for me to quit sugar than either caffeine or booze. Food for thought, indeed.
10 days no sugar whooo hoo
aurora aisha Alli dicaprio so dam hard well done
I gave up sugar for lent last year (including products with the ingredient sugar even if it wasn't sweet) and it was sooo difficult.
Craving is a stress response
people, don't go crazy with this, pasta sauce has 5g/100g of sugar, that is how much onions have, what you need to worry about it sugar you eat without any fibers, when sugar can be absorbed easily.
eating real food - real desserts- is the only way to go. Try raw cacao, dates and pecans in your food processor. roll into balls and you have a wonderful, satisfying SWEET and HEALTHY dessert. Lots of wonderful ways to eat deliciously healthy.
wow! fortuitously i found this video in my way, in the #10th day of cutting sugar : ))
Yeah? You all may doubt sugar is that bad but there is more and more research saying it is. The rise in American weight gain is almost parallel with the reduced cost of sugar. Sugar used to be available to only the well off because of it's high cost but when it became affordable to the middle class in the early I900's, on went the weight. Don't think you are addicted? Most addicts don't, especially those who insist the most loudly. Try it ....as a learning experience. It may change your life.
Is starch a form of sugar? (sorry if that sounds stupid but I'm not sure)
Yes it is, sugar, not stupid!
Yes it sounds stupid. But you aren't.
Yes. Starch is a complex carbohydrate not a simple sugar.
Have you noticed the price of sugar is becoming lower and lower in the supermarkets lately?
Is this anything related to the decrease in consumption?
If you want to be "paranoid" it's far more likely that the reduced price is an effort to drive up consumption. I'm not a tin foil beanie sort myself, but as the years go by I tend to look more and more unfavorably on any major industry. Case in point is the abuse of antibacterial substances and the long-term health risks that can have on people ranging from resistant bacteria to immune systems compromised by not enough early life exposure as children when our immune systems are developing and on to late-life complications resulting from continually not exercising our immune system.
In this case there is more money to be made from pedaling the "cures" to all the harm that abuse of sugar causes than there is in selling sugar, and that money can be used to bring down the cost of sugar in order to drive up the need or desire for those "cures."
Sure, it's "paranoiac" thinking, but it does make sense. It's also all too plausible given mankind's history with greed at the cost of the public health.
allgoo19 have you noticed that as people are now onto food companies scams the vegan cult has become more shrill and put front
@@nadinebrown7644 I feel like veganism is playing a role in this because most people see vegans as eating just fruits and vegetables when in reality, all the vegans I know eat pasta, bread, and highly processed vegan versions of meat products. The whole situation is quite scary.
I thought the movie was spot on! Of course the manufacturers care more for selling the product, but the government should be there to protect us. NOTE: We should have the list of ingredients on the front of the box so we, as consumers, can see it easier.
I would take it on the back of the box. Printed black ink on white background. Larger font. Some of the labels are unreadable to me, which frustrates me because I want to know the product info and the ingredients.
We vote with our dollars. Ultimately it is our responsibility and the food industry is out to profit. This also highlights how our food system is broken on many levels. Our mission is to help people move their own health forward through education, skill building, and community.
"I can't answer that"...Well, Bill it's because you helped seat Monsanto cronies into Washington. Does anyone really believe he would rat them out? They are the very ones who legislate all of the shit that goes into our foods to begin with.
These people don't go far enough. Their incessant cravings for sugar is caused by an imbalance of gut flora called candida albicans. Why won't they mention that? Because most conventional physicians do not recognize it as a Big Pharma compensated, treatable illness. Yet holistic natropaths have known about this for ages. Once again, liberals telling half truths are still telling half lies.
I don't like the taste of the 'fake' food. It tastes unnatural. I would pick fruits rather than cake anytime!!
Your comment made me pick up an orange and eat
I don't like fake foods but, I still like all baked goods. I just make them healthier
Wish I had your taste buds 😞
mmm fruitcake
I've done it several times, and always backslide.
When they say sugar free for 10 days does that mean avoiding brown bread etc
+David Byrne Breads have added sugar so pretty much anything with added sugar you avoid. only sugar you are allowed is natural fruit sugar which will be in fruits. most of the cookies, cereal pastas all contain added sugar to improve the taste of food
Wait a minute!! I’m eating carrot chips all natural fresh food but it has 4 grams of sugar? And not chips but raw carrots cut into the shape of chips so is that bad?? I don’t want to quit my carrots
It is added sugars, but if you have a metabolic syndrome you may need to give up carrots for a while until you get it under control!🤠
There's nothing natural eating something out of a bag or a box.. You want carrots? eat a raw one.
I love how the food companies get triggered when called out on their bullshit and go "well it gets the facts wrong" like we are supposed to believe them after they've made us fat.
expand on this theme. almost every vegetable is made of sugar. rice, wheat, corn, potatoes, tomatoes, peaches, oranges, strawberries = sugar. cut everything from your diet that is not meat. after a week you will hardly miss it. beef. it's what's for supper.
Its self control, and the parents control over what their kids eats. Everything with balance is good. However part of the blame is the "food company" for just promoting and producing a lot of unhealthy food, not only with saturated gluten ,fat,and sodium. But with sometimes with chemicals and synthesized food. Because its cheaper to manufacture and gains good profit.
By the way, it was hard for me to reduce sugar,salt in my daily diet but its worth it. A quick tip is to go around the super market where fruits and vegetables are, rather than the middle section where the unhealthy food is literary enclosing you.
People trusted the cigarette companies years ago. When it comes to money and profit you can’t trust anyone.
I doing it, it’s been 7 days now.
Are you still on it?
Im half way through the 10 days and Ive just uploaded a video about my experiences so far to my channel! Its soooo difficult!
+UberDan I'm on day two. The hardest part if just finding foods that don't have added sugar. But sticking with fresh foods and cooking meals yourself makes a world of difference. Hang in there!
coffee is healthy.
With no added sugar.
Part of the problem is most people do not read the ingredients 🤦♂️ so a lot of these co's are taking advantage of that.
Problem is, some of these labels are difficult to read. They print the fonts small or use inks that don't let the words and numbers pop out to be easily legible.
@@1houndgal yeah that's part of the problem. But it's still our responsibility to know what's in our foods. These co's don't care much about the nutrition they provide. They're adding chemicals & additives that we don't need.
True. But learn and reduce sugar. I stay within 10 grams of sugar. So that right there eliminates a lot of so called food products. Good luck !
"1 gram of sugar oh no!!!!!! IM gonna weigh as much as a car!!!!" It's the sugar industry's fault for bashing fat when fat is needed in your body. We fell for that and now all of what fat should have been in foods is now sugar. Its not a coincidence when we introduced fat free foods obesity sky rocketed. It's not necessarily the companies fault, the sugar industry has a monopoly over nearly everything food related
The food industry is an industry. They generate their profits by selling us their products. If they could make people "addicted" to their foods of yourse theyre gonna do it. Eating something sugary once in a while isnt too bad. But you have to know where your cravings are coming from. Its not healthy to be wishing for an extreme sugar rush
I'm on my lifetime challenge without sugar. 25 years on (since 18) and so far so good.
Wow!
did any of you actually watch the whole documentary?
It is still on Netflix. A must see!
First day straight in to fructose. Also sugar will trigger the insulin response the same as sugar does. Don't eat out of packets.
It’s not love it’s addiction
its the sugar in the juice but if the food company's have added sugar what do they have to fear
Most people don't even know how to figure out how much sugar is in a product . Yes it can say 8 grams in a serving . Well 1 teaspoon is equal to 4.2 grams . My point is if producers put how much sugar by spoon- cup measurements on labels , it may get more people to cut back . Like for instance a 20 oz Gatorade has 34 grams. So it has over 8 teaspoons !! Yet people will drink that over soda thinking it's a better choice SMH
Im. 32 and just one day off added refined sugars and I was thinking and concentrate much morre
Fruit has a lot of sugar in it.
Yes, sugar is locked up in fiber matrices in fruit. It acts differently than sugar in junk food.
Sorry I must have a hangover from my linear algebra classes. Did you use the word matrices?
Every food has a sugar in it, whether it is natural or not. Yes, food companies add more artificial sweeteners than they should. Yes, people need to read labels if they want to be healthy. But cutting out all sugars is impossible if you still eat food. Plus you need sugars for the biological processes in your body to function normally. Same with fats and same with proteins. The macromolecules you consume from your food intake helps you live. Be wary of what you eat if it is too much negativity, such as bad cholesterol or artificial sweeteners. But natural carbohydrates and fats are good for you.
I agree that we need sugar; but they only condemned refined sugar, which is bad for you. As a matter of fact, all refined carbohydrates are bad. They did say fresh fruit is allowed on the 10-day challenge. So, they apparently recognize that sugar is good if it occurs naturally in food.
Most food companies put way too much sodium in their foods as well.I started making a few things on my own and I can taste the difference.My blood pressure is down too!Look at the labels almost everything we buy has added sugars,,,,but also added salts!
wow
Even if it says no sugar, it's probably loaded with carbs, which are sugar.
A very important nutritional factor in obesity that the documentary
FED UP failed to mention is nutritional
density of food . For example the role of added sugar in foods was cited as a
major cause of obesity and the reason sugar causes obesity was given a rapid
rise in blood sugar which triggers a spike in insulin which lowers the blood sugar
by storing blood sugar as fat but this just scratches the surface . Fiber is
listed as the sole factor in mitigating the ill effects of added sugar -while presence
or absence of the vitamins , minerals ,
enzymes , coenzymes and phytonutrients in the sweet foods is totally skipped .
I suggest that even greater dietary factors in obese vs healthy people are
1) Nutritional Dense Vs Nutritionally SPARSE Foods( aka
calories )
Nutritionally DENSE foods have MORE vitamins ,
minerals , enzymes , coenzymes and phytonutrients delivered in fewer
calories .
Nutritionally SPARSE Foods have LESS vitamins , minerals ,
enzymes , coenzymes and phytonutrients in MORE calories.
2) “CELLULAR STARVATION” comes from eating foods that fail to
supply what the cells of our bodies need to feel vigorous and vibrantly healthy . )
FOR EXAMPLE : There is a huge difference in then NUTRIENT DENSITY of maple syrup and refined sugars.
Maple, syrup comes from a sap from a tree that has roots spreading
100 ft wide x 40 ft deep which pick up many trace minerals from soils that have
not been depleted by tilling and erosion . Then 30-40 gallons of this sap is concentrated
into 1 gallon of syrup so what we have here is a very nutrient dense food that
will deliver a vast array of minerals that our cells need to metabolize the sugars
AND to raise the alkalinity of our blood which helps to neutralize lactic acid in our muscles so we don’t feel as fatigued
and hungry.
White sugar comes from shallow rooted grasses grown in field
s that have been depleted of minerals by ploughing . The grasses do not pick up
the vast array of trace minerals that trees do . Then the field is set on fire to burn off the
outer husks leaving the only the juice contacting stalks . Then the sap is
skimmed so that the molasses which contain
the minerals is removed and the resultant white sugar has no minerals or vitamins
to buffer the acidity or deliver the minerals to our blood and cells needed to metabolize
the sugar . The result is our muscles cells feel fatigued and as if something is
missing and continue to signal for more food.
If maple syrup is eaten with a porridge of whole oats with a
¼ teaspoon per serving of KELP powder mixed
in and whole legumes or nonfat milk it
will provide steady energy for hours . The kelp and maple syrup will correct mineral
deficiencies (INCLUDING IODINE WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT FOR PROPER THYROID FUNCTION
WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT FOR VIGOROUS METABOLISM Especially if eaten with raw
veggies and certain fruits like raisins date sand figs .
But the same dish prepared with refined sugar or honey and WITHOUT kelp would deprive the cells of this big dose
of trace minerals (especially iodine) and lead to lower metabolism increased fatigue
and hunger ( food cravings )
Thus FED UP failed to mention that food cravings are to a great extent caused by enzyme mineral starved cells sending messages to the brain that something is missing and that these cravings can be greatly alleviated by adding mineral dense foods to whole grain porridges served with whole legumes . Served with fresh raw cabbage slices (½ “ thick to provide vitamins and enzymes
) which could be quarter and dipped in the whole grain/legume porridge and eaten like pizza ) and a whole carrot and 2-3 cherry tomatoes per student . There would be no food cravings from cellular starvation and its much cheaper than fast food to prepare. The same thing could be eaten every day with no deficiencies.
To recap :
A school lunch of :
1) Whole grain porridge made from freshly ground grains and whole legumes cooked together with added maple or chopped whole dates and powdered kelp for minerals and iodine ( in a one large bowl ) sprinkled with chia seeds
2) Fresh raw cabbage slices / 1 whole carrot / 2-3 cherry
tomatoes on a plate
3) A carton of nonfat milk and maybe a sprinkle of chia seeds
Handed to every child
Would provide every brain , muscle , gland , cell with all
they need to feel vigorous , and vibrant and no cellular starvation triggered food cravings
Give no other food choices to ruin the children's appetite
“the best Sauce in the world is hunger” . If they are hungry they will eat it with relish
how does he say no to chocolate cake and coffee drinks, but he will eat swedish fish?!?!?!
Same, I never get cravings for candies, but chocolate or other sugar-filled things I get cravings for.
Pfft .. I've been doing that for years ... not hard at all. It's actually hard to eat stuff with added sugar now - makes my head dizzy
If you stop eating carbs, you're cravings will go away.
Why cant i get over pizza 😭
Change it! My wife and I have started doing the keto diet, which is no sugar. Instead of regular crust on pizza, we get cauliflower crust. Tastes about the same, and none of the crap in bread!
And also, just get ingredients on your pizza that have no sugar, like cheese, meat, etc.