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  • Опубликовано: 5 июн 2016
  • 20% of all 10 year olds in the UK are obese, and another 15% are classed as overweight.
    Scientists believe that ten years from now, between 20% to 50% of the entire world's population will be classified as obese.
    In this passionate talk, Calgary informs and inspires us to make better choices, in a way that will resonate with you for a long time to come.
    This talk will resonate with you for long after you watch it as Calgary inspires you to make better choices.
    Calgary Avansino moved to London from the West Coast of America in 2000 and soon after, landed the role as the Editor's assistant at British Vogue. Two-and-a-half years later she took the leap and claimed a seat in Vogue's beauty department as Wellbeing Editor, before moving up the ranks over the next 8 years to eventually become the Executive Fashion Director and Digital Project Director - a position she held for five years.
    In early 2013, Calgary left her full-time position at Vogue to become a Contributing Editor, and balance her career at the publication with an entrepreneurial venture into the world of wellness.
    From this, her wellness website www.calgaryavansino.com was born, encompassing her tips, recipes and advice for reaching success by living a healthier lifestyle.
    This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

Комментарии • 954

  • @unaparkes2458
    @unaparkes2458 5 лет назад +541

    Society has swung so far, that those of us do eat a healthy diet are made to feel like we are freaky AND that we are mean to our children. This is a great and I will share.

    • @2lee885
      @2lee885 3 года назад +17

      This comment is the truth...my truth today but I am NOT ashamed as my kids haven't been sick all year for the first time in their lives.

    • @Peter76789
      @Peter76789 2 года назад +7

      lunchables, snack bags, juice boxes, just too damn convenient, I applaud you. youre doing the right thing. I'm trying....

    • @l3gitmrmin3craft95
      @l3gitmrmin3craft95 2 года назад +10

      You aren't mean. It's good for your kids to have a mom or dad who cares if they are healthy. You are doing a good thing for them. signed - A Kid

    • @Frosty-273
      @Frosty-273 2 года назад +3

      I may of been brain washed like the rest when i was young but now I'm older and understand how the real world works I wish I was born into a healthy loving family rather than the state the world is in today due to uneducated people... 😓

    • @crand20033
      @crand20033 2 года назад +3

      My mom used to make brownies and cookies for us. Doesn't kill us (at least not right away) but makes us all sugar addicts.

  • @brettdavis5555
    @brettdavis5555 3 года назад +447

    I used to look down on drug addicts and alcoholics. I wondered why they couldn’t stop when they were such obvious health concerns. Then I asked myself how hard it would be to quit sugar.

    • @shabirvalli8604
      @shabirvalli8604 3 года назад +24

      Wow!
      Me too-I used to wonder myself as to why why why would a person want to destroy themselves through drugs and alcohol?🤷‍♂️
      But,I am completely struggling to give up sugar and therefore less critical of the addicts🤦🏻

    • @_____J______
      @_____J______ 3 года назад +18

      Sugar is white death, maybe less slow as coke, but the end can be ending as same

    • @lew3733
      @lew3733 3 года назад +2

      Exactly, I had the same thoughts.

    • @lalagaramastri
      @lalagaramastri 2 года назад +5

      gem of a comment ..

    • @MichaelKarma1
      @MichaelKarma1 2 года назад +1

      I gave up drugs, drink and smoking and now im overweight no joke I cant give up chocolate.

  • @hannahg39
    @hannahg39 2 года назад +100

    Last year I began creating the life I have always wanted.I completely changed how I eat-no sugar,no prepared foods at all(except for almond milk),no meat,poultry,and limited fish and diary.I have been diagnosed with ADHD,CPTSD,bipolar 1,3 kinds of seizures,panic attacks,and a dissociative disorder.I have been able to come off most of the medications I used to be on,am seizure free,and have never been happier!Every day I do yoga,mediatate,limit my screen time,read,go for long walks,make time for creative play/work,journal,and have become my own best friend.Healing from trauma IS possible!What are you waiting for?

    • @sbd_14_09
      @sbd_14_09 2 года назад +2

      What surprised me the most, is that you managed to get off most of your pills just with a change of lifestyle.

    • @aurorepage3028
      @aurorepage3028 2 года назад +1

      Faire de longues balades, du yoga, de la méditation...Quand on travaille 50h par semaine ce n'est pas possible :/

    • @tagalonggal
      @tagalonggal Год назад

      That is wonderful! My living situation currently means processed foods are constantly and readily available and the temptations are hard to resist. I feel better when I eat a low/no sugar no processed food diet as does my husband. We will keep trying.

    • @kimiernst2554
      @kimiernst2554 Год назад

      I love! ❤

    • @thebodykeepsthescore2828
      @thebodykeepsthescore2828 Год назад

      @@aurorepage3028 It's always possible. It's just how bad you want it. There are people who make excuses and there are people who make stuff happen

  • @JeffreyGillespie
    @JeffreyGillespie 3 года назад +227

    I'm 47 and cut out sugar last year. I lost 36 lbs, am at my college weight and waist size, have stopped having headaches, my skin has reversed its aging process, the list goes on and on and on. Sugar is AWFUL.

    • @NgoTheVinh90
      @NgoTheVinh90 2 года назад +2

      How long did it take you to lose that much weight?

    • @Iazzaboyce
      @Iazzaboyce 2 года назад +2

      @@NgoTheVinh90 Let's assume around 3 lb each month for the year he mentions.

    • @Crimepaysaskapolitician
      @Crimepaysaskapolitician 2 года назад +1

      Did you quit eating fruit?

  • @boostmeup
    @boostmeup 7 лет назад +679

    this women was 41 when this was filmed. Unreal

    • @boostmeup
      @boostmeup 7 лет назад +36

      she's married mate with kids lol

    • @co36
      @co36 6 лет назад +78

      Just darn! I was thinking 28

    • @swarooparajpurohit4909
      @swarooparajpurohit4909 6 лет назад +64

      corey osteen all the more reason to listen to her lol

    • @andrea8m
      @andrea8m 6 лет назад +5

      DK77 why are those your expectations? What that has to do with how young she looks??

    • @fezaozenc
      @fezaozenc 6 лет назад +8

      boostmeup she is married to me dude!

  • @joeschmo5699
    @joeschmo5699 7 лет назад +677

    We're not "meant" to be eating 7 teaspoons of sugar per day, that's just a recommended upper limit. The goal should be for as little as possible, even zero.

    • @AcrossOfTheUniverse
      @AcrossOfTheUniverse 7 лет назад +33

      joe schmo she said the same thing in different words "our bodies cannot handle more than 7 teaspoons of sugar per a day" .

    • @amykravochuck1779
      @amykravochuck1779 7 лет назад +21

      That doesn't mean that we should be eating 7 teaspoons. As little as possible, and preferably only from whole fruit.

    • @frenchiehorn4339
      @frenchiehorn4339 6 лет назад +20

      Well, yeah, but these are Americans we're talking about.

    • @MikeKayK
      @MikeKayK 6 лет назад +6

      Our body can not handle 7 teaspoons of sugar per a day? That's ridiculous. People range from extremely active kids to sedentary old men. The reason sugar isn't great is the fructose piece, which must be metabolized in the liver. 7 teaspoons of sugar is about 3 teaspoons of straight fructose. That's nothing for someone who is active because the fructose will be used for liver glycogen synthesis as opposed to triglyceride synthesis.

    • @melissaad3631
      @melissaad3631 5 лет назад

      joe schmo I am glad you mentioned that bc that’s what I was thinking. Oh wow, I thought 7 grams of sugars are a little. Now to digest this haha

  • @jimparfitt2330
    @jimparfitt2330 3 года назад +96

    I like that she includes processed food as so much of the problem. It's also full of weird fats and chemicals. In the USA, the food industry is SO out of control and politically powerful.

    • @crand20033
      @crand20033 2 года назад

      Yes, it is also the processed seed oils that are poisoning us. But remember, the government is also paying for some people to have Obamacare and Medicare so they have an incentive to inform us about what we are doing to our own health.

    • @TucsonDude
      @TucsonDude Год назад

      I wear a CGM. Even vegetarian lentil soup blows my blood sugar sky-high.

    • @tannhauser5399
      @tannhauser5399 3 месяца назад

      Only partly a problem. Weston Prince, Staffan Lindeberg, John Yudkin, or even Henry Bieler and Gary Taubes entered the chat. And this is just a tip of the large iceberg... And all of it has been know for ages...

  • @sarahthieben7872
    @sarahthieben7872 5 лет назад +79

    Clearly this woman has underestimated grandmas.

    • @manonbiger2702
      @manonbiger2702 5 лет назад +1

      Lmao !!

    • @rubylace9963
      @rubylace9963 3 года назад +1

      Yup and sadly my grandma had diabetes.

    • @cheapsoot1981
      @cheapsoot1981 3 года назад +3

      Thanks man. I haven't had a chuckle of genuine amusement in such a long time.
      Grandmothers = The greatest enablers on planet Earth.

    • @hadishams5732
      @hadishams5732 2 года назад

      @@rubylace9963 me too...me too.

    • @janevahfleming1991
      @janevahfleming1991 2 года назад

      My EXACT thought. I try to do the right thing but my MIL is the spokesperson for terrible diets.

  • @patbrennan6572
    @patbrennan6572 5 лет назад +82

    i remember when the diease was called sugar diabetes, then some strong lobbing and monatary bribes made the word sugar disappear.

    • @rmm4123
      @rmm4123 5 лет назад +7

      Pat Brennan really? Wow! Doesn’t surprise me at all though.

    • @SM-cz5od
      @SM-cz5od 4 года назад +6

      Pat Brennan. That is so true but forgot until your comment. Interesting

    • @mariamoon2527
      @mariamoon2527 4 года назад +12

      In Greek, the word for diabetes is the Greek word for 'sugar'. My dad didn't know English very well so when he told people he had diabetes, he would just say 'I have sugar' and doctors understood exactly what he meant.

    • @TeKeyaKrystal
      @TeKeyaKrystal 4 года назад +6

      I always thought older people were being funny when they refer to the disease as "sugar diabetes"

    • @shilohm1671
      @shilohm1671 4 года назад +4

      Oh wow the older people in my family call it that and I never questioned why

  • @destineyhopkins3472
    @destineyhopkins3472 7 лет назад +64

    I cry every time I watch these. I struggle so much with this.

    • @PorkChop71912
      @PorkChop71912 6 лет назад +8

      Destiney Hopkins Don't give up! I know your struggle. I beat it and you can too. It's not about going without, it's about finding what your body really needs.

    • @berhoom2024
      @berhoom2024 6 лет назад +5

      Destiney Hopkins
      Eat yogurt and drink Kefir to replace those sugar loving gut bacteria with good bacteria.

    • @karinlarsen4251
      @karinlarsen4251 6 лет назад +4

      Over-eaters Anonymous is a 12 step program to develop self-discipline. Any 12-step program does this. The 12 steps are God's update to the Bible, we just need to work it.

    • @gytisdobrovolskis5933
      @gytisdobrovolskis5933 5 лет назад +4

      For me what works with dropping stuff is getting rid of the source. When I wanted to stop playing games[used to play 4+hr daily] I did for about 1 year, simply changed computer to worse one and didn't install any games(now play 0-2 hours per day, will probably quit again though).
      *With sugar, just don't have sugar and sugary sweets at home.
      *learn even more about bad things about sugar to become more convinced how bad it is for your.
      *have food prepared because if you are both hungry and craving sugar - sugar will be easier to get.
      after that there are two options have a 30 day challenge or go slowly with some healthy snacks to help.
      Challenge is harder but faster and gives some self respect.

    • @kamalakrsna
      @kamalakrsna 5 лет назад +6

      if u r religious ? make sure 2 pray 4 the strength/will power. "Prayer ... changes things"
      took me 2 years of struggle 2 giv up sugar.
      Well worth it - my life/body health is MUCH better now

  • @VegasCyclingFreak
    @VegasCyclingFreak 7 лет назад +325

    Sugar is addictive, no wonder they put some of it in everything that is man-made which you can buy at the store.

    • @carrollhoagland1053
      @carrollhoagland1053 7 лет назад +14

      You think ... Food Engineers are not stupid ... they give us what we want and buy ... capitalism at its worst ...
      Keep cycling ... 70 Going On 100

    • @kiritshah3822
      @kiritshah3822 6 лет назад

      exercise for Parkinson

    • @user-ww9rl1om2e
      @user-ww9rl1om2e 6 лет назад +5

      Exactly, our bodies naturally crave sugars because they provide energy

    • @aaronmaloney8282
      @aaronmaloney8282 5 лет назад +4

      Vegas Cycling Freak . Get society addicted to poison . Keep hospitals full & feed pharmaceuticals companys 💵💵

    • @thetessellater9163
      @thetessellater9163 5 лет назад +1

      Is it sugar or SOMA?

  • @josermtz
    @josermtz 6 лет назад +257

    Sugar is poison

    • @bekahjoy6600
      @bekahjoy6600 5 лет назад +7

      Then let me die.

    • @screamingattrees8422
      @screamingattrees8422 5 лет назад +8

      Only proccesed sugar. Sugar is in fruit to.

    • @aspreedacore
      @aspreedacore 5 лет назад

      Aspen Antoinette sugar is in almost everything edible funk

    • @centpushups
      @centpushups 5 лет назад +4

      @@screamingattrees8422 fruits is a dessert that should be eaten rarely. I can't even remember I last ate fruit. Fruit is probably more dangerous because it's high frictose content and poor nutrition value.

    • @steveotatooed
      @steveotatooed 3 года назад +1

      @@centpushups Fruit is not dangerous and it processes totally different in the body. Its the healthiest food that exists

  • @kickinbackinOC
    @kickinbackinOC 5 лет назад +23

    Great video.
    14:09 to 14:14, Im sure the speaker meant to say that just because the label dosen't use the word sugar, doesnt mean it "isn't" loaded with sugar. Unfortunately she said "doesnt mean its loaded with sugar", but we all know exactly what she means.

  • @feifrancoischen6837
    @feifrancoischen6837 5 лет назад +156

    She said "sugar" 127 timmes in this video, I counted.

    • @rebeccapolanco9332
      @rebeccapolanco9332 5 лет назад +3

      Fouf Cherie lol!😋

    • @AT-yj1pw
      @AT-yj1pw 5 лет назад +11

      Well the speech is about sugar lol😂

    • @thetessellater9163
      @thetessellater9163 5 лет назад +2

      How many timmes?

    • @alee6966
      @alee6966 5 лет назад +3

      You must have won the lottery
      & have nothing else to do
      😂🤣

    • @smuggler810
      @smuggler810 5 лет назад +4

      Well it is a talk about sugar soooo....

  • @rachelselby5469
    @rachelselby5469 7 лет назад +307

    We are not supposed to have 7 teaspoons of sugar a day. We would be better having no added sugar and the natural sugar that we do eat should be in it's original fibre casing - i.e. real food.

    • @Cornerstore203
      @Cornerstore203 6 лет назад +2

      Big facts.

    • @FedericaGalli89
      @FedericaGalli89 6 лет назад +32

      She didn't say we are supposed to have 7 teaspoons of sugar per day, she said as a maximum we should have 7 teaspoons, but lesser is better

    • @catnium
      @catnium 6 лет назад

      true very true however .. to many people in the world for that. we don't have enough space for all the farms that would require.
      example . If everything in the world that's flavoured with strawberry flavor would contain actual strawberry's than the country of belgium alone would eat the world's supply of strawberries in under a day
      so we 1st need to reduce the population.

    • @bvamstel9282
      @bvamstel9282 6 лет назад +3

      I don't know why you would make that up Federica but she literally said "we're supposed to have 7 teaspoons of sugar"

    • @plutterton
      @plutterton 6 лет назад +3

      Rachel Selby lol, "natural" sugar. You were so close. 🤦🏾‍♂️
      Sweetness is sweetness to the body. So all sugars are to be avoided whenever possible. You don't need it. There's no difference to the body between tropical fruits, High Fructose, white sugar, brown sugar, stevia, sweet & low, Honey, maple syrup, sucralose, etc. It's all the same to your body.
      There's no shortcuts in nature.

  • @JerrySelbher
    @JerrySelbher 6 лет назад +71

    She needs to go worldwide with this message!

    • @davec.3198
      @davec.3198 5 лет назад +2

      This message is the basics of nutrition. If you actually learned something watching this, it means you have done zero research to eat well and be healthy.

    • @AT-yj1pw
      @AT-yj1pw 5 лет назад

      I’m from America and I can see this. The message is world wide. Anyone on RUclips can see it! It’s very life changing

    • @AT-yj1pw
      @AT-yj1pw 5 лет назад +1

      Dave C. I learned something from this video. Plus even if you already know the information, this is someone else’s perspective.

    • @davec.3198
      @davec.3198 5 лет назад +1

      @@AT-yj1pw I'm glad you learned something. However, it is really basic information. Sugar bad! Eat less of it!

    • @andreaswimmer6864
      @andreaswimmer6864 2 года назад

      I'll go anywhere in the world with her, sugar or not😎

  • @kevinburtnick7818
    @kevinburtnick7818 6 лет назад +10

    love the slogan on the shirt. . Amen!!!

  • @seanpcurran2011
    @seanpcurran2011 5 лет назад +50

    Yeah, it's poison. I committed to reducing my sugar intake and learning all the terminology for it and different names of additives. Unbelievable. Oh it's still tempting and giving in leads to an aftermath of feeling like being in a bad car accident. Bread was the hardest, juice was hard too. Dropped about 70 lbs so far. I'd thought I was already eating 'healthy'.

    • @thehumblepeach9018
      @thehumblepeach9018 3 года назад +2

      I make my own 100% whole grain bread, sometimes with rye or spelt flours. Tastes great and nutritious

    • @jameshanson536
      @jameshanson536 3 года назад +5

      I am pushing 80 years old and consider myself reasonably logical. However, I have come to the conclusion that I am addicted or at least semi-addicted to sweets. Certain kinds of cookies and fine chocolates kick off my addiction. It is weird when you knowingly partake of something that you know is harmful. Kicking a sugar addiction is no simple problem but I believe it can be done. You certainly have to learn to say, "NO!" to your own cravings and the treats that well-meaning (usually) people put in your path. Any suggestions on how to approach kicking the habit?? Too bad there is no program like Alcoholics' Anonymous to boot the sugar habit into the gutter.

  • @Rose_of_Kent
    @Rose_of_Kent 5 лет назад +18

    Or. Literally just keep 25 grams of sugar in mind. And you don't have to do conversions every time you read a label.

  • @emilienmare1508
    @emilienmare1508 6 лет назад +8

    Oh God hearing the way she said "Petit Filous" as a french is bliss

  • @yottoo.5037
    @yottoo.5037 6 лет назад +8

    Excellent presentation with lots of good advice. Thanks!

  • @RobertSmith-rp3xk
    @RobertSmith-rp3xk 6 лет назад +11

    This woman also reminds about a book (an older one) my sister recommended to me called "Sugar Blues."

  • @alli4236
    @alli4236 7 лет назад +93

    Awesome talk and skirt!

  • @real_lynnblades
    @real_lynnblades 5 лет назад +2

    great talk... thumbs up on it all and we need this information as a society.

  • @caitlynbaxter6260
    @caitlynbaxter6260 6 лет назад +181

    Just watched a Pepsi ad to get to this video

    • @receivegreatest6802
      @receivegreatest6802 5 лет назад +5

      caitlyn baxter that’s how they are fighting back they are not worried

    • @vishaldesai6226
      @vishaldesai6226 5 лет назад +2

      Irony at it's great

    • @thetessellater9163
      @thetessellater9163 5 лет назад +1

      That's good. Don't drink it! And put that biscuit down!

    • @boboloko
      @boboloko 3 года назад

      @@thetessellater9163 “biscuit” as in biscuits and gravy or biscuit as in something a blue monster would eat?

  • @louisfreris7430
    @louisfreris7430 5 лет назад +4

    Thank you, great presentation and very true!

  • @zain4019
    @zain4019 5 лет назад +13

    Thank-you! This was inspirational. I’m going to go cook a meal with my younger siblings:)

  • @EmmalynnCynefin
    @EmmalynnCynefin 5 лет назад +35

    I just had my first soda yesterday and a mocha frapiccino, in 8-9 months. I feel horrible. When I eat sugar, I get sick. Lo and behold I have a cold today. It sucks and I feel horrible whenever I eat processed foods and added sugars. :(

    • @crand20033
      @crand20033 2 года назад +1

      Then there's the processed oils and carbs that are also making us sick. Our illnesses ain't only about sugar.

  • @amandaalch1813
    @amandaalch1813 7 лет назад +252

    I would say for those below that asked, yes, sugar in fruit is okay. The reason being that fruit doesn't just contain sugar, but also contains fiber which breaks down in the body and gives energy. Processed sugar ie: dextrose, xanthan gum, etc can only break down in the liver which spikes your insulin levels and creates duh duh duh FAT. I went thirty days without sugar, except in the form of fruit, doing Whole30 and it changed my way of looking at food forever. Sugar is really the culprit for so much disease, not just obesity. The whole system needs to change in order to get sugar filled junk off the shelves (I am talking to you, Luna bars). There are so many industries that are reliant on people staying unhealthy and quite frankly, unaware... big pharma, hospitals, brand name processed food, even companies like Weight Watchers want us to stay unhealthy. So what can we do? Stay on the outside of the grocery, buy food that is colorful and rich in nutrients, watch out for sugar, and if you don't know what is on the label, don't buy it.
    End of rant.
    Good luck to everyone on their journey towards health and happiness! You deserve it!

    • @downbntout
      @downbntout 6 лет назад +18

      Fiber does not 'break down in the body and give energy.'

    • @TessaAvonlea
      @TessaAvonlea 6 лет назад +12

      Fibre slows the digestion process so the sugar is released into your bloodstream more slowly. It also helps everything move through your body and stops your digestive system from being blocked up. Fibre does not break down in your body at all, it just comes right back out again (but that doesn't mean it's not important!)

    • @SpEaRtaKo_24
      @SpEaRtaKo_24 6 лет назад +1

      Amanda Alch
      Glucose in the Liver????

    • @whydoyoucare27
      @whydoyoucare27 6 лет назад +20

      Sugar in fruit is fructose and it reacts in the body just the same as all sugar. It isn't good for you! If you must eat fruit, only a few raspberries or blackberries and from time to time strawberries or blueberries! The ONLY difference between most fruit and a jelly doughnut, is that there are more nutrients in the fruit (and fiber), but sugar is sugar! Period!

    • @FabianEason
      @FabianEason 6 лет назад +4

      Fibre does not break down to give energy - it doesn't break down at all and remains fibre all the way through. Which helps it get through. In terms of insulin etc fibre helps slow the absorption of all macronutrients.
      Dextrose = glucose and is generally perfectly fine. It is NOT processed in the liver. It is the only form of sugar that can be metabolised in every cell in the body. It causes no stress on the liver, and is the energy of choice for endurance athletes. Dextrose is not by definition a processed sugar. Complex starches are broken down by enzymes into dextrose/glucose (and fructose if this is present in the chain).
      Fructose - which is present in fruit - is the main cause of chaos in the body - it is fructose that can only be processed in the liver (unless you are an insect), and it is fructose which causes a complete shut down of the body's normal processes whilst the fructose is being dealt with.

  • @naturesbliss2903
    @naturesbliss2903 5 лет назад +9

    I started taking drinks I used to buy from restaurants and making my own without sugar, for example I used to drink Starbucks Green tea lemonade, it has way too much sugar, so I looked online at the ingredients, and make my own now, its just green tea, mint leaves and either lemon grass or lemon zest, and oh so good.

  • @ClaudiaVejaImages
    @ClaudiaVejaImages 2 года назад +8

    Carbs are also sugars more or less depending on the type (see nutritional values, starch it transforms in sugar, fiber becomes partially sugar, and sugar is sugar). Keep that in mind. A glass of orange juice, fresh home made it has tones of sugars, natural or not still sugar

  • @kmg91
    @kmg91 7 лет назад +240

    no one died from eating a few apples or mangos. fiber is key.

    • @kmg91
      @kmg91 7 лет назад +31

      i eat wayyyyyy more sugar then this . but iit comes from fruits . healthy as ever.

    • @adamdownes4725
      @adamdownes4725 7 лет назад +35

      Of course you can eat as many fruits as you like they've got the fibre in them to make the sugar digest slowly.

    • @Medietos
      @Medietos 7 лет назад +10

      kristopher michael: Sorry, you are not right in this: Before, fruit was ok , esp in warm (yang) countries, when ppl's adrenal glands were not so taxed and exhausted w stress as today. Also, old fruit-sorts differ(ed) from new, hybridized ones, which are modified to grow MUCH more sugar, didn't you notice the shift? I feel nausea at the new fruit, don't want them (at least not when I am good and off my sugar addiction). This is because of liver function problems, which also the majority people suffer from silently, more or less so. I like the old, sourly fruits. They are good, but we're still too stressed today to tolerate them well.
      It's not some matter of dropping dead from it now, but of keeping/getting healthy, strong, live long and happily...

    • @valken666
      @valken666 6 лет назад +3

      Claudia Bothner
      - The correct answer then is to relax, not to stop eating fresh plants. Just don't eat very ripe fruit.

    • @catnium
      @catnium 6 лет назад +1

      actually if you eat enough apples you can actually die
      the acid in them is bad for teeth as well in the long run.

  • @gingerwall8977
    @gingerwall8977 7 лет назад +67

    this is scary

  • @sarazorz
    @sarazorz 7 лет назад +352

    I think part of the reason people eat crap is because they are too exhausted to cook, and too exhausted to go to the grocery store more than once a week. Fresh food rots fast unfortunately.

    • @jessicarabbit8933
      @jessicarabbit8933 7 лет назад +101

      sarazorz There might be less exhaustion if you actually eat the fruits and vegetables.

    • @Teabazile
      @Teabazile 7 лет назад +41

      We wouldn't be so exhausted if we didn't eat so much crap.
      Although I really cant preach about it. I'm a diabetic now, only a few months in of knowing, and I'm still struggling to find the balance.

    • @adamdownes4725
      @adamdownes4725 7 лет назад +30

      You're pointing to something very true... When we've worked hard or done things that are stressful our willpower is much lower than normal so we more easily succumb to the quick and easy. To combat this we should have healthy snacks that are ready at hand for those times like some almonds or cashews.

    • @e3-po405
      @e3-po405 7 лет назад +26

      They're exhausted because sugar make them feel exhausted!

    • @doggydog1817
      @doggydog1817 7 лет назад +11

      So true! It's a cycle!

  • @kaylenedawnbuteaufitnessbu2282
    @kaylenedawnbuteaufitnessbu2282 Год назад +7

    I'm almost finished with my graphic memoir, Mom Remembers Me, of how I used my health and fitness knowledge to stop my mother with mild dementia from forgetting me, and it worked. I tricked her off caffeine, then no prescription meds, forced her/tricked her/incentivized her to drink water, kept her away from high fructose corn syrup and other poison, because they made her mean and delusional, and kept her away from gluten.

  • @TheSmashingDoc1
    @TheSmashingDoc1 5 лет назад +8

    one time i wanted to eat no sugar and only healthy. from a big giant supermarket, there were only few products i could eat. thats eye opening. from thousands of products, only a few are normal healthy.

  • @dearman1954
    @dearman1954 6 лет назад +52

    Moral of the story is this. Become an educated, discerning food shopper. Read those labels. Sugar can go by other words like corn syrup. Even sugar can be extracted from plants like beets. Don't visit the mall food courts too often. Most of the processed foods is too high in fats, sugars and salts.

  • @user-rw4zy6ho9x
    @user-rw4zy6ho9x 3 года назад +8

    When she counted sugar amount for healthy meals day i was scared

  • @azzamjaber7014
    @azzamjaber7014 6 лет назад +1

    Brilliant lecture.. thanks a lot

  • @fayebooth1920
    @fayebooth1920 6 лет назад +3

    Eye opener, thank you!

  • @benzhao6321
    @benzhao6321 5 лет назад +5

    15:23 No.5 Remember you are in control of what you buy.

  • @FoodChangesLives
    @FoodChangesLives 3 года назад +7

    People just need to stay with whole foods!
    If it's not moldy/rotten in 2 weeks from laying out on the counter top - don't eat it!

  • @UnMinutoViajando
    @UnMinutoViajando 7 лет назад +55

    I did this diet once and stopped it when I noticed my bottle of vinegar had sugar.... It is so hard to follow a no sugar diet.... we are fucked up

    • @adamdownes4725
      @adamdownes4725 7 лет назад +34

      Don't stop just because it's hard.. Some of the hardest things to do in life are the most rewarding.

    • @karinlarsen4251
      @karinlarsen4251 6 лет назад +2

      You must've had salad dressing. Vinegar is pure - no sugar. Our bodies turn EVERYTHING to sugar, which is why we have a pancreas. It generates insulin to turn sugar into calories that our body uses to function.

    • @SpEaRtaKo_24
      @SpEaRtaKo_24 6 лет назад +3

      Its called Paleo, Ketogenic Diet☺☺☺😉
      Only hard in the beginning.

  • @KristenKing-
    @KristenKing- 6 лет назад +97

    This talk is great but your outfit is everything! 😱

    • @2lee885
      @2lee885 3 года назад

      Her body is goals😀🔥

  • @newlegac
    @newlegac 4 года назад +13

    MY TEACHER TOLD US TO WATCH THIS

    • @shumeister1059
      @shumeister1059 3 года назад

      That's an awesome teacher! I respect teachers that show their students how to think for themselves, and to explore real world stuff.

  • @bgregg55
    @bgregg55 5 лет назад +11

    The TED takeaway: Almost all of the processed food you're buying is laden with sugars & refined starches.

  • @beatsodds391
    @beatsodds391 5 лет назад

    Very Useful Info...Thanks for sharing...

  • @sparklebutt1119
    @sparklebutt1119 4 года назад

    Thanks for the subtitles. ❤️❤️

  • @susanjohnson7679
    @susanjohnson7679 5 лет назад +5

    Fantastic presentation!

  • @osamahkiwan85
    @osamahkiwan85 5 лет назад +6

    I'm used to listening to lectures with PowerPoint slides and yet I would say she delivered very well.

  • @prashant199219
    @prashant199219 5 лет назад +1

    This was very much informative!

  • @r3ki3g35
    @r3ki3g35 4 года назад

    Thank you ! Liked shared watched whole video thats all i could do to thank you♥️✔️

  • @patienceankrah4219
    @patienceankrah4219 5 лет назад +4

    The best presentation about sugar so far

  • @benramprashad
    @benramprashad 6 лет назад +7

    I love how this science is coming to light. Obesity related illness is a tragedy of our society. The speaker is also so cute dam

  • @juless3568
    @juless3568 3 года назад +2

    Calgary Avansino has given an first class lecture that is warning us to make changes to our lifestyles, so that we can keep the process food and sugar couple out of our dietary choices and preveny the signs and symptoms of unnecessary lifestyle illnesses or lifestyle diseases. If you don't want the younger generation in your home to eat processed or junk food, don't bring it home and don't eat it yourself. Healthy choices at home will encourage healthy choices outside of home.

  • @CalmingAnxiety
    @CalmingAnxiety Год назад

    I love how RUclips suddenly suggests a video like this for me. I went very low carbs last year aged 57 having become type 2 diabetic. Now totally reversed after a lifetime of sugar addiction.
    Lost 3 stone easily and have never felt better. Absolutely zero processed food, I cook and prep every day. Sharing this with my friends and family.

  • @mt-nv4jd
    @mt-nv4jd 2 года назад +4

    I asked my cardiologist how he stays slim and healthy. He said "cut out all added sugars, and keep moving."

  • @melissaad3631
    @melissaad3631 5 лет назад +10

    Thank you for posting this info. That visualization of 4 grams of sugar equals 1 teaspoon was very helpful.

  • @martinvictor5028
    @martinvictor5028 5 лет назад +2

    Very clear presentation. Remember 4 gms is 1 teaspoon. Well done.

  • @TheGoodfella2012
    @TheGoodfella2012 6 лет назад +1

    Wow. I thought I knew but this video showed me something I didn't. Thinking in terms of teaspoons does help.

  • @Neophema
    @Neophema 2 года назад +5

    Just made lasagna from scratch with sweet potatoes instead of pasta, and an avocado, olive and basil salad on the side. I feel so good after eating like this!

    • @asiansfw
      @asiansfw 2 года назад

      Nice work!

    • @Neophema
      @Neophema 2 года назад

      @@asiansfw Aw, thank you! :)

  • @siranul
    @siranul 3 года назад +6

    I wish we could get that list of the 100 names for sugar!

    • @damesaphira9790
      @damesaphira9790 3 года назад +2

      Just stop eating foods that require a list on the can or package. More than 3 ingredients and you know it is over processed.

    • @buckthomas1988
      @buckthomas1988 3 года назад +2

      Ask google

  • @marthawunnam2946
    @marthawunnam2946 Год назад +2

    Convenience cooking is the door through which sugar sneaks into our diet. The best way to cut down sugar is to learn how to cook food from scratch with homegrown or local farm produce.

  • @emma9sachi
    @emma9sachi 7 лет назад +1

    Thank you!

  • @stevev3664
    @stevev3664 Год назад +4

    I was eating Yorkie chocolate bars that had 27g of sugar. I started with one per day and soon progressed to 6 bars per day. That’s 162g of sugar per day just for the chocolate. It doesn’t include the other food I eat daily. This went on for about 2 weeks. Yikes! When I started to have trouble doing up my trousers I knew I had to stop. I have now stopped it and don’t eat any. It’s addictive. I know from experience.

  • @oriyus
    @oriyus 6 лет назад +35

    I know shes saying 7 teaspoons but it sounds like 70 spoons :D

  • @5thdimensionliving727
    @5thdimensionliving727 2 года назад

    Excellent talk 🙏🙏 thank you

  • @jaroslavvita
    @jaroslavvita 5 лет назад +1

    true...and nice voice

  • @tlindfld
    @tlindfld 5 лет назад +7

    I want that shirt lol. I gave up soda YEARS AGO!

  • @mandelharvey3429
    @mandelharvey3429 2 года назад +3

    I've recently gone carnivore to not eat sugar. Amazing how bad sugar can make me feel now. However remembering how I felt is pretty scary.

  • @tizifit
    @tizifit 4 года назад

    Great speech!!!

  • @ogheneminegolley4482
    @ogheneminegolley4482 Год назад +1

    Wow…this shocked me. It’s alarming how much sugar we can consume in a day. Thank you for sharing. I’m gonna make a lot of changes !

  • @cuisined
    @cuisined 5 лет назад +4

    I suggest that on every product that there's A sugar *form* in it, the manufacturer will be, by law have to have the substance name in parentheses like:
    Agave nectar
    (SUGAR)
    Barbados sugar
    Barley malt
    (SUGAR)
    Barley malt syrup
    (SUGAR)
    Beet sugar
    Brown sugar
    Buttered syrup
    (SUGAR)
    Cane juice
    (SUGAR)
    Cane juice crystals
    (SUGAR)
    Cane sugar
    (SUGAR)
    Caramel
    (SUGAR)
    Carob syrup
    (SUGAR)
    Castor sugar
    Coconut palm sugar
    Coconut sugar
    Confectioner's sugar
    Corn sweetener
    (SUGAR)
    Corn syrup
    (SUGAR)
    Corn syrup solids
    (SUGAR)
    Date sugar
    Dehydrated cane juice
    (SUGAR)
    Demerara sugar
    Dextrin
    (SUGAR)
    Dextrose
    (SUGAR)
    Evaporated cane juice
    (SUGAR)
    Free-flowing brown sugars
    Fructose
    (SUGAR)
    Fruit juice
    (SUGAR)
    Fruit juice concentrate
    (SUGAR)
    Glucose
    (SUGAR)
    Glucose solids
    (SUGAR)
    Golden sugar
    (SUGAR)
    Golden syrup
    (SUGAR)
    Grape sugar
    HFCS (High-Fructose Corn Syrup)
    (SUGAR)
    Honey
    (SUGAR)
    Icing sugar
    Invert sugar
    Malt syrup
    (SUGAR)
    Maltodextrin
    (SUGAR)
    Maltol
    (SUGAR)
    Maltose
    (SUGAR)
    Mannose
    (SUGAR)
    Maple syrup
    (SUGAR)
    Molasses
    (SUGAR)
    Muscovado
    (SUGAR)
    Palm sugar
    Panocha
    (SUGAR)
    Powdered sugar
    Raw sugar
    Refiner's syrup
    (SUGAR)
    Rice syrup
    (SUGAR)
    Saccharose
    (SUGAR)
    Sorghum Syrup
    Sucrose
    (SUGAR)
    Sugar (granulated)
    Sweet Sorghum
    (SUGAR)
    Syrup
    (SUGAR)
    Treacle
    (SUGAR)
    Turbinado sugar
    (SUGAR)
    Yellow sugar
    on every one >
    (SUGAR)
    SO SIMPLE TO IMPLEMENT SO SIMPLE TO UNDERSTAND.

    • @aspreedacore
      @aspreedacore 5 лет назад

      F!?% also when will RUclips allow favoriting comments? Also F!?-

  • @anyareacts6819
    @anyareacts6819 3 года назад +6

    Also sugar causes insomnia. Studies show that caffeine actually has no effect on sleep, but sugar is linked directly to insomnia!

    • @mt-nv4jd
      @mt-nv4jd 2 года назад +2

      There is a study to show whatever you want. Caffeine is absolutely a stimulant. Come on, man.

  • @suyung58
    @suyung58 3 года назад

    All makes sense this, will def share too.

  • @jes587690
    @jes587690 6 лет назад

    Great video!

  • @arowberry
    @arowberry 4 года назад +11

    I agree with the sugar epidemic hypothesis but I'm not completely sold that complex sugars found in fruit, nuts and vegetables needs to be accounted for. I'm trying to determine what I should eat based on this video and it seems like it is pretty much a raw meat and fish diet.

    • @PoodleParti
      @PoodleParti 4 года назад

      Fruit is bad except berries, nuts and veggies are good. Root veggies bad.

    • @SSS-zw4ck
      @SSS-zw4ck 3 года назад

      @@PoodleParti Why do u say root veggies are bad?

    • @timrochemont5334
      @timrochemont5334 2 года назад +1

      G-BOMBS - Joel Fuhrman

    • @annetteparker6973
      @annetteparker6973 Год назад +1

      All veggies are good for you. Variety will give you the nutrients you need.

  • @sadashivnaik2790
    @sadashivnaik2790 5 лет назад +32

    She doesn't eat sugar but still she looks sweet...I think thats the Mantra

  • @ptoo6348
    @ptoo6348 2 года назад +1

    This is life changing.

  • @crand20033
    @crand20033 2 года назад

    When I was in high school they used to encourage athletes in our sport teams to eat a candy bar before practice because it gave them so much energy.

  • @peppers1758
    @peppers1758 4 года назад +9

    I could easily eat a whole bag of jelly babies and then a Galaxy bar to chase it down. By the way, I like that she put the responsibility on the consumer at the end, I hate when the solution is: complain to the government

    • @Frosty-273
      @Frosty-273 2 года назад

      But these are the people so called in charge of the country so yeah by anyone's right go and stand scream shout at them for what they are causing to the world it needs to stop!

    • @thebodykeepsthescore2828
      @thebodykeepsthescore2828 Год назад

      @@Frosty-273 Your health is your responsibility! If "they" are causing harm to the country, you simply dont buy, thus taking away their ability to harm anybody. Take some responsibility, and stop looking to blame, just because you have no self control

    • @Frosty-273
      @Frosty-273 Год назад

      @@thebodykeepsthescore2828 I have taken responsibility thanks 😅 but I won't take responsibility for people that are harming or killing others because they make a profit. These companies and corperations know exactly what they are doing and its wrong they don't deserve the powers they have over any person in this world

  • @jdodge3418
    @jdodge3418 4 года назад +3

    I try my best to eat no sugar at all that doesnt come from fruit or dark chocolate but oh my GOSH you have to pay attention to even pasta sauce. I make my own bread and baked goods and search diligently for organic produce and its STILL tough!

  • @brandonlucas15
    @brandonlucas15 2 года назад

    Really great video!!!

  • @blessedandrich
    @blessedandrich 5 лет назад +2

    Definitely want this shirt!

  • @rebeccapolanco9332
    @rebeccapolanco9332 5 лет назад +9

    I love her! She’s the real deal

    • @crand20033
      @crand20033 2 года назад +1

      I love how skinny she is. Really beautiful lady.

    • @TucsonDude
      @TucsonDude Год назад

      @@crand20033 Not skinny. Lean & mean!

    • @crand20033
      @crand20033 Год назад

      @@TucsonDude I don't agree. She's a little too skinny. She has no curves so not very desirable to a man.

  • @LillyAnnHouston
    @LillyAnnHouston 6 лет назад +131

    Can't believe a child says "white bread" instead of just "bread".......and "white pasta", what child says that??? Ha! Sorry couldn't let it go.

    • @MikeKayK
      @MikeKayK 6 лет назад +19

      None. She made all of it up.

    • @AshtonColby
      @AshtonColby 6 лет назад +20

      She asked the kid if it was whole wheat. Duh.

    • @tlindfld
      @tlindfld 5 лет назад +1

      Yeah, I got that

    • @nemaguire
      @nemaguire 4 года назад +2

      I can’t let that go either!!

    • @jamalsinjab5137
      @jamalsinjab5137 4 года назад

      because that is all he eats every day .

  • @juanignaciox_
    @juanignaciox_ 4 года назад

    Absolutely spectacular.

  • @IVY_YESTERDAY1
    @IVY_YESTERDAY1 3 года назад +2

    The 8.5 teaspoons of sugar in the flavored water is egregious!

  • @ShiningLight411
    @ShiningLight411 4 года назад +4

    I want her shirt!

  • @abab7025
    @abab7025 3 года назад +12

    She forgot to talk about the 6 y/o she started with

    • @boboloko
      @boboloko 3 года назад +1

      All that sugar talk made her lose focus

    • @crownless5369
      @crownless5369 3 года назад +1

      she said it at the end “maybe that 6 year old boy won’t be another statistic”

    • @abab7025
      @abab7025 3 года назад

      @@crownless5369 oh yesss. You're right

  • @jennys6087
    @jennys6087 6 лет назад +1

    We as a people Lack Creative Cooking Skills, lack of Self love is becoming a Trend!!

  • @frans.nadeak
    @frans.nadeak Год назад +1

    Thanks Miss Avansino!
    Thanks TED!

  • @perfectlyimperfect4585
    @perfectlyimperfect4585 5 лет назад +9

    She should have ended with how much sugar the little boy was consuming😅

  • @blessedandrich
    @blessedandrich 5 лет назад +23

    Great demonstration. People don’t seem to get it unless you make it interesting and visual. Probably because their mind is so clouded because of sugar. :(

  • @Keepcalmcalvin
    @Keepcalmcalvin 5 лет назад

    Thank you

  • @waltergigandet6715
    @waltergigandet6715 Год назад

    Love her words, and she is the living example of no junk and no sugar….
    Shop around the outside of the grocery store.

  • @iloveamerica1966
    @iloveamerica1966 5 лет назад +3

    6:15 I wondered about the 20 tsp per week, I'd heard it was 20 tsp per DAY. Sure enough, she corrects to 20 tsp/ day at about 6:35.

  • @johnwillis2649
    @johnwillis2649 6 лет назад +14

    I think that if she had done the demonstration using illustrations on the screen, it would have been more effective.

    • @johnwillis2649
      @johnwillis2649 6 лет назад +1

      The table is too small for all of the stuff she has on it.

  • @crand20033
    @crand20033 Год назад +1

    The other problem is not with food. It's that we have cars that transport people and don't require any walking.

  • @zdenek3010
    @zdenek3010 4 года назад +2

    Healthy tip: If you do something and need snacking. Get piles of nuts and seeds (sunflower seeds are the most economical), If you're in the particular corner of the World you can substitute nuts and seeds with roasted insects. Those are the best snack foods ever and there is no blood sugar spike that could stop you from working or enjoying your doing nothing.