The Surprising Reason People are Overweight, with Dr. Robert Lustig

This episode of The Brain Warrior's Way Podcast features information, tips, and how-to's on sugar, nutrition, and neurotransmitters. ‪@RobertLustigMD‬ is a pediatric endocrinologist and author of such books as "Fat Chance" and "The Hacking of the American Mind."
The Surprising Reason People are Overweight, with Dr. Robert Lustig
In Robert Lustig’s early work as a pediatric endocrinologist, he began studying the effect certain molecules had on the body’s organs. What he found was a stunning connection between fructose and liver function, which helps explain the reason for today’s obesity epidemic. In the first episode of a series with the author of “Fat Chance,” Dr. Daniel Amen and Lustig discuss how and why fructose is making people fat.
Sugar: The Bitter Truth, with Dr. Robert Lustig
Back in 1955, President Eisenhower suffered a heart attack, prompting a nationwide inquiry as to what was causing cardiovascular disease. The two camps of thinking centered around either fat or sugar as the culprit. Fat won out and was subsequently demonized. In this episode of The Brain Warrior’s Way Podcast, author Robert Lustig and Dr. Daniel Amen explain why this was the wrong decision and the eventual fallout that resulted from this misconception.
Why Fruit Juice is Bad for You, with Dr. Robert Lustig
Fruit juice has long been considered a healthier alternative to soft drinks like Pepsi and Sprite, but unfortunately, this is far from accurate. In this episode of The Brain Warrior’s Way Podcast, Dr. Daniel Amen is again joined by “Fat Chance” author Robert Lustig for a discussion on why fruit is good for your body while fruit juice is not, and why we need to shift our focus to protecting the liver and feeding the gut.
The Important Difference Between Pleasure and Happiness, with Dr. Robert Lustig
Many of the neurological issues prevalent in our society are the result of a conscious effort of the food industry to confuse and conflate the differences between pleasure and happiness. So what exactly does this mean? In the last episode of the series “The Hacking of the American Mind” author Robert Lustig, Dr. Amen, and Lustig describe how the crucial differences between dopamine and serotonin are disrupting our health.
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[@christinecarson3330]

My mother went into a nursing facility after falling from osteoporosis. They fed her canned soup, white bread- grilled cheese sandwiches, ice cream and cookies and anti- depressants. My mom has vascular dementia and I'm sure the nurses eat donuts and coffee. How sad. And then they ridicule me for not giving her what she wants.

[@snarecat3441]

They are clueless.

[@tomiasthexder7673]

Sugar, the bitter truth should be taught in schools. It is life changing.

[@RecordEaze]

"The More Pleasure You Seek, The More Unhappy You Get!" Best quote against addiction and additive substances and behavior!!! 39.50

[@reginaa6911]

I saw Dr. Lustig's lecture about sugar just a year ago, and as it was said - it DID change my life profoundly. So much as for a year I didn't have a single sip of orange juice, completely went off table sugar since April 2019 and dramatically reduced sweet treats. Best push anyone could give me in my life. Thank you and wish more people learn about it.

[@remie2718]

Thanks for sharing your experience. Did you have to give up fruits too?

[@reginaa6911]

@@remie2718 Not really. I never was a big fruit eater anyway, but I do indulge occasionally if I crave something, mangoes, bananas, apples, etc. I don't restrict myself. But what I did reduce almost to a zero is fruit smoothies. I used to do those often, but I had some serious thoughts to reconsider that... Why drink the fruit when we can eat them ☺

[@darthvader5300]

In 3rd Asian world countries in the rural-traditional-poor sections and in rural Mediterranean poor section of these countries, women of all ages do not get dementia or ALZHEIMER because they only use ORGANIC coconut oil made on the same day in the traditional way or a few days ago up to within a week and the only use ORGANIC olive oil made on the same day in the traditional way or a few days ago up to within a week. Nothing added and it is not adulterated and are REAL FOODS OR NATURAL FOODS. Sugar? It is only consumed as a once a week or as a week end treat IN A VERY SMALL AMOIUNT and that's that. But in the highly urbanized and modernized sections-areas of the same country(ies) the story is way opposite to that of the healthier and safer rural traditional poorer areas that cannot afford the luxuries of sugary foods or junk foods or fast foods or commercial foods or so-called health foods which are HIGHLY OVER-PROCESSED FOODS and are not natural organic unadulterated foods which are all the opposite of REAL FOODS OR NATURAL FOODS. However, even in some poor rural traditional areas and sections in the same countries there are entrepreneurs who are setting up stores selling HIGHLY OVER-PROCESSED "UNNATURAL FOODS" that the healthy dietary traditional ORGANIC REAL FOODS are in danger of being ignored because of DECEPTIVE ADVERTISEMENTS by these rotten Big Food Corporations who does not care about people's health and only care about their money!

[@proudchristian77]

Honey is sweet 🍯 & good 4 you ! Not like sugar !

[@zimjun7]

@@proudchristian77 yeah......I DO have some unfiltered honey gathered by bees here in Maine---where I live.

[@secnarfyerom]

Dr. Lustig is able to make complex biochemistry understandable. I appreciate his ability to translate science into layman's terms.

[@darthvader5300]

In 3rd Asian world countries in the rural-traditional-poor sections and in rural Mediterranean poor section of these countries, women of all ages do not get dementia or ALZHEIMER because they only use ORGANIC coconut oil made on the same day in the traditional way or a few days ago up to within a week and the only use ORGANIC olive oil made on the same day in the traditional way or a few days ago up to within a week. Nothing added and it is not adulterated and are REAL FOODS OR NATURAL FOODS. Sugar? It is only consumed as a once a week or as a week end treat IN A VERY SMALL AMOIUNT and that's that. But in the highly urbanized and modernized sections-areas of the same country(ies) the story is way opposite to that of the healthier and safer rural traditional poorer areas that cannot afford the luxuries of sugary foods or junk foods or fast foods or commercial foods or so-called health foods which are HIGHLY OVER-PROCESSED FOODS and are not natural organic unadulterated foods which are all the opposite of REAL FOODS OR NATURAL FOODS. However, even in some poor rural traditional areas and sections in the same countries there are entrepreneurs who are setting up stores selling HIGHLY OVER-PROCESSED "UNNATURAL FOODS" that the healthy dietary traditional ORGANIC REAL FOODS are in danger of being ignored because of DECEPTIVE ADVERTISEMENTS by these rotten Big Food Corporations who does not care about people's health and only care about their money!

[@GiGi-lg1dl]

Gentleman, I found this video being sent Dr. Amen’s 83,000 brain scans in my psych class...I’m doing a self-study on how my diet affects my anxiety trying to keep up with the course plus full-time work...I’ve lost 11 lbs in 5 days just ditching my daily iced coffees! THANK YOU! The combination of Dr. Amen’s obesity scan and Dr. Lustig’s leptin/fructose description was the Ah-ha moment for me! You both need super man capes. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU - the fat is scared off me 💜 and my brain finally doesn’t hurt straining to understand my schoolwork 🧠

[@Gina-bt7qk]

Congratulations!

[@AnnaMaledonPictureBookAuthor]

Awesome stuff!

[@marilynmcgowan3205]

Amazing

[@Minnie11chula]

This is amazing. Two of the brightest, most passionate, compassionate doctors.

[@johnbecich9540]

Dr. Rober Lustig is a national ... make that an international... treasure. I appreciate his rigorous scientific justifications to his provocative accusations. Moreover, his explanations of "addiction" should educate even the most skeptical scientific minds. I can only feel regret for those who prioritize hocus pocus over experimentally-validated science. Thank you Dr. Lustig for elaborating (elsewhere) on the various degrees (comparative values) of "proof"; on the importance of finding "causation."

[@RachelleAyalaWriter]

Wow! Having Dr. Amen AND Dr. Lustig together is the best. I learned so much about brains, dopamine, well as the metabolic issues, and how sugar, insulin, etc. affects the brain as well as the rest of the body. Please do another interview with Dr. Lustig. You two are the all-star team! I've read all of Dr. Lustig's books and am going through your books too.

[@solstice1681]

Doctor Lustig is a genius and a life saver!!!!!! I have watched his lectures and read Hacking of the American mind, I can't wait to read Fat Chance!

[@darthvader5300]

In 3rd Asian world countries in the rural-traditional-poor sections and in rural Mediterranean poor section of these countries, women of all ages do not get dementia or ALZHEIMER because they only use ORGANIC coconut oil made on the same day in the traditional way or a few days ago up to within a week and the only use ORGANIC olive oil made on the same day in the traditional way or a few days ago up to within a week. Nothing added and it is not adulterated and are REAL FOODS OR NATURAL FOODS. Sugar? It is only consumed as a once a week or as a week end treat IN A VERY SMALL AMOIUNT and that's that. But in the highly urbanized and modernized sections-areas of the same country(ies) the story is way opposite to that of the healthier and safer rural traditional poorer areas that cannot afford the luxuries of sugary foods or junk foods or fast foods or commercial foods or so-called health foods which are HIGHLY OVER-PROCESSED FOODS and are not natural organic unadulterated foods which are all the opposite of REAL FOODS OR NATURAL FOODS. However, even in some poor rural traditional areas and sections in the same countries there are entrepreneurs who are setting up stores selling HIGHLY OVER-PROCESSED "UNNATURAL FOODS" that the healthy dietary traditional ORGANIC REAL FOODS are in danger of being ignored because of DECEPTIVE ADVERTISEMENTS by these rotten Big Food Corporations who does not care about people's health and only care about their money!

[@rub1tan679]

Dr Lustig is a BOSS 😎

[@corpuscallosum4677]

" The" Boss in healing. Love, love, love him!! Heard he also just got a law degree so he can fight the evil food conglomerate!! Some humans just got the " right stuff". Compassionate and wise savior!!

[@jonp3890]

Hell, yeah, he is.

[@twowayyo11]

He's the best!

[@jacirasousa3425]

Dr. Robert Lustig is fantastic!

[@robinengland5799]

Dr Lustig has changed my life, probably saved it! Thanks for having him on!

[@yf7236]

I am Japanese. I feel it is not easy for American people to eat real food cheaply and easily. For example, in Japan we can get grilled-fish and vegetable lunch everywhere from 3 to 5 dollars. They are located next to Macdonald and Burger king ! We have a lot of choices. Aso size of ice creams and snacks are much smaller than Americans. Now in Japan, low-carbo diet is spotlighted. Because rice and bread also increase blood sugar level and cause diabetes and etc. I think Dr Lustig is talking mainly only about sugar because that is the first thing American people should realize, and rice and pasta and bread should coming next. Since eating carbohydrates makes Japanese people get diabetes even without being obease.

[@stevecampbell5079]

I lived in Japan for a few years and I loved being able to buy healthy cooked food everywhere even though I could see the widespread growth of all of the fast food chains [and they all seem to be full]. 日本 が 懐かしい

[@tohopes]

At McDonald's or any other burger place you can eat healthy by ordering a burger without the bun and skipping the fries.. but most people don't think to do that. It's a matter of people's expectations. And people could easily fill their cup with Diet Coke rather than with Coca Cola, but they just don't have the awareness of how harmful sugar can be.

[@yf7236]

@@stevecampbell5079 I feel Japanese people are getting fatter too, people younger than 50's grew up with fast foods and cakes. But still we eat tofu, grilled fish, and drink miso soup, green tea and chinese tea. Also, superior delivery system in Japan support healthy life too. I always buy 'Naturally grown vegises and meat' from special farmers almost every week.

[@yf7236]

@@tohopes That's right. People don't have to choose sodas. But I think habit and environment is also important. For example when you go to a Japanese food diner or fast food, you get green tea for free and nobody order soda or any kind of drinks. Because they don't match with food and extra cost...people even think about that. It is a bit sad to eat burgers without buns, fries, sodas.... especially being surrounded by people eating those and that smell ! Also, those burger meat has little nutritions, so doesn't make sense. In Japan, you can eat 'grilled (real)chicken lunch' with $5.

[@tohopes]

@@yf7236 I have never found it sad to eat a burger without a bun, and I consider a beef patty with cheese to be more nutritious than grilled chicken. But I guess that goes again to personal preferences and expectations. If younger people continue to choose fast food over the grilled fish that you like so much, then the grilled fish places will go out of business. Why did McDonald's catch on in Japan in the first place?

[@Kismetsdream]

Love this. Eat real food. Food label equals warning label. If a food label has more than five ingredients leave it at the store!

[@patriciagriffin1505]

The problem is people have to b convinced this is true an our food industry tries to hide all this about the sugat in the US

[@joywalsh6012]

Best Advice ever!

[@kimberlycooper4170]

Or in the case of the baking aisle, all the ingredients list requires is one ingredient: granulated sugar, confectioners sugar, brown sugar, flour, corn meal, etc.

[@jeffmorabito10]

Good thing to go by

[@campbellhouse6569]

I always compared product brands to find the one with the least sugar and sodium. It's crazy how much salt they put in all our canned and packaged foods.

[@jennygibbons1258]

What an excellent explanation of how whole fruit is totally different from juice or even smoothies. The last part about dopamine hits and addiction, addresses the Machiavellian intent behind social media and so much more in society🤔Thanks 🙏🏽

[@noelmills7316]

My favorite doctors meet and are trying to help people improve their lives by sharing knowledge.

[@heathbradshaw284]

As always.. fantastic to listen to Dr Lustig👍

[@leer9874]

The longer the shelf life the shorter your life

[@AnnaMaledonPictureBookAuthor]

So so so true!

[@SUNROSE7878]

Truth!

[@danielpincus221]

For scholarly purposes, the KZbin publishing date is not enough. It would be better to add the date of the interview.

[@jeffmorabito10]

When is the date of the interview thanks

[@jmer9126]

Lots of vegetables taste sweet if you’re off sugar.

[@irishcountrygirl78]

Absolutely. I couldn't believe how they all burst with flavours when l knocked sugar on the head.

[@MrBetweenbars]

This is so true. The reason why fresh fruit and vegetables taste so bad these days is because our senses are dulled by processed food and especially sugar. Off the sugar and suddenly vegetables are sweet. Berries taste like sugar bombs. And there's the smells as well, like the smell of a freshly peeled banana.

[@SUNROSE7878]

So true. It is like the sugar, MSG, and chemically mastered flavor enhancers that put your taste buds in a coma. Remove those sledge hammers to the tongue you can really taste the veggies and other real food for their true favors and natural sweetness which are dwarfted by these chemicals and processes. Stay sugar/processed food free. All the best 😊💕

[@thebuttonsblog]

I could listen to Dr Lustig all day. Great interview.

[@debrahurtado5491]

Stopped sugar years ago, don't drink milk or juice, don't drink alcohol, and don't smoke, have been on KETO since 2018 and now fasting and doing OMAD, walking again - 30 - 60 mins, 3-5 times per week... Am now considering ELIMINATING EVEN STEVIA AND MONK FRUIT because my waist size just won't reduce. I may need to continue fasting five days at a time JUST to see som results!!

[@MJSTAMAND]

Try. The no reading diet. If you have to read the ingredients don't buy it or eat it.

[@jmb-cm7mr]

Ha Ha thats pretty funny

[@ludovicosforza9576]

Yes! Very effective, and eat only when you are hungry :) Dropped 25 pounds in 3 months

[@johnnycmajor]

@@ludovicosforza9576 I stopped eating altogether, I use to weight 180 lbs now I'm down to six lbs.

[@gigid9606]

@@ludovicosforza9576 that is the hard part because we all have schedules for meals, work, sleep, etc. and if you skip a meal and hungry an hour later, you cant just stop your life and make a healthy meal. Please advise!

[@villevalste1888]

@@gigid9606 Try drinking a glass of water when you feel hungry, because odds are, if you've eaten properly not too long ago (say

[@PatriciaThee]

Thank you both DR Amen and Dr Robert Lustig.Thank you for your great services.

[@goldarua3802]

Absolutely loving these interviews with Dr Lustig. Let the truth explode throughout the earth.!!!

[@robinlillian9471]

High fructose corn syrup has more fructose than glucose, is in practically everything, and is responsible for at least 40-60% of the epidemic of "irritable bowel syndrome". People with fructose malabsorption have trouble absorbing fructose in the absence of glucose. They get stomach pain, gas, and diarrhea from straight fructose. Agave is 90% fructose, and is even worse. Chronic diarrhea dehydrates you and leads to malnutrition, because you can't absorb nutrients when food goes in and out of you so fast.

[@jesusnameaboveallnames7369]

11.10.2023 I've never seen a person sit & listen so intently, without interrupting a guest as this doctor [Doc Amen], on the left. 👊

[@andreapoirier5033]

Dr.Robert Lustig is so handsome!!!

[@AnnaMaledonPictureBookAuthor]

He is. He reminds me of my dad so much. He was super smart too. And good looking.

[@truthwarrior2149]

If you were a man and dr. Lustig was a woman and you said how beautiful she was, what kind of comments do you think you would read in the comment section? You have the freedom to say reasonable things that men do not have anymore. I cannot and I will not ever compliment a woman on her looks, her dress or her makeup. I treat all women like robot men. There's a huge price to pay if I don't do that. It must be nice to have freedom to just say what's on your mind without worrying that the twitterverse is going to crash your website and give you so many false bad reviews that your business will never recover.

[@NuclearCarnivore]

Whatever you say Stinkfinger

[@risingconjunctvenus6568]

Are you interested in his 8 inches

[@truthwarrior2149]

@M.G Bamenbarce is there any doubt? You do not have to think long about all the things that a woman could say and get away with that if a man said it would result in his Social destruction. Not only do they have more freedom of speech they also have more freedom of action. If a woman gets on dr. Phil and say she slapped her boyfriend across the face for cheating everybody would applaud her. If a man said the same thing he would be kicked off the show

[@jmer9126]

Thanks for the podcast. Both of you are men of great accomplishment, but more importantly, of integrity and heart. Your information is useful for everyone. May I suggest with caring concern for you (and all of us) some self care around forward head/ kyphosis? It’s everywhere now that everyone is looking at devices a lot.

[@lolitamorris2943]

This should be a fantastic video for soon to be parents and all people!

[@dhanisk]

Two movies to watch (11:30 min) 1. Sugarcoated 2. Fed up Both documentaries are supposedly on Netflix

[@tacmason]

you gents are what care giving professionals should be-limit the suffering, improve the Living !

[@tofelipwithlove1150]

I love this. I wish both of you could talk more and produce more videos. You're both so full of knowledge. I need this and more of this.

[@cognitivedissonance9190]

Amen! to this Podcast! Highly recommended watch.

[@wlewis717]

Love that "read the warning label"!!

[@jmer9126]

Octreotide has been shown to slow growth in neuroendocrine cancers as well.

[@KenyasDecorCorner]

Absolutely fascinating information!💡Thank you! I will be watching the Netflix documentaries with my husband today!💡

[@knitwits1903]

I like experimenting to see what works and what doesn’t so I’ve tested a lot of diets. My brain works the best on intermittent fasting and very low carb. I read once that in the 1950’s people were eating an average of 10 lbs of sugar a year, now its up to 165 lbs of sugar a year so its no surprise that heart disease and diabetes and other sugar related diseases have sky rocketed. Sugar causes inflammation for me. I have arthritis in my lower back and I have zero problems with it when I’m eating low carb. If I eat sugar it starts bothering me fast. Instant inflammation. I also read that heroin lights up one area of the brain where as sugar lights up the whole brain (the pleasure centres) so you can see why its so addicting. It’s so important to educate yourself and advocate for your health. Unfortunately a lot of people don’t take much of an interest in their health though until they lose it.

[@Milkman4279]

@2:30 Is when the dude on the left stops talking.

[@Sabrinalives]

I love these 2 men doing podcasts together ❤

[@TheMJT515]

Dr. Lustigs lectures are amazing.

[@elsagonzalez8007]

Thku Doctors for all your knowledge and for sharing it with us. Gbu

[@plumeria8357]

Great video. Thank you. Would you please speak more on sugar reducing brain volume.

[@kenmarriott5772]

Eating itself can be addictive. The body is designed for OMAD or longer. I see the value in preparing your own meals or being selective in using the fast food convenience. Convenience doesn't have to be a bad thing. It depends how you use it. Most people are stuck seeking pleasure rather than happiness.

[@TheElma77]

I can’t find either of the documentaries on Netflix today.

[@V.Hansen.]

1 pleasure is short lived- happiness is long term 2 pleasure is visceral in the body- happiness is ethereal above the neck 3 pleasure is taking- happiness is giving 4 pleasure is selfish - happiness is social 5 pleasure can be achieved with substances happiness cannot 6 addictions possible with pleasure- no addiction to happiness 7 pleasure is dopamine happiness is serotonin

[@jinetteally3896]

When I was a young mother I took some long distant holistic nutritional classes with a college in the U.S. and I was lucky to learn about the dangers of sugar and processed refined foods, so I made just about all our meals from scratch. My uncle was a hunter and fisherman. So my freezer was full of moose, deer, and fish he shared with us. Those days are long gone, but sometimes I'm lucky and my brother and sister share when they are lucky enough to get their hands on some moose. I have not purchased store processed meats in decades. There have been lots of time I didn't follow "real" eating, but I always returned to it. I am so grateful for Dr. Amen and Dr. Lustig for their amazing work and sharing their knowledge with the world. You both radiate life and love! Thank you so much.

[@rochettewithers1005]

“Fix the hardware before you fix the software.” Right on, doctor, right on 🙌🏻 …and thank you both for your major contributions to the health care field!

[@PennyBluebottle]

You know, I am listening to this and my jaw is dropping and dropping and dropping ...😮

[@twowayyo11]

Lustig changed my life! Cut the sugar and wow.. what a difference

[@defons1234]

What a wealth of information by two great minds thank you

[@marilynanderson1141]

Really good clear information changing my diet is changing my life day by day.

[@myrtavega9161]

Wow, fantastic information. Thank you very much

[@ijeomai8406]

So educative. Thank you!

[@bellahaas8393]

Excellent duet; thank you for sharing the wisdom🙏👍🙏🖐

[@_Per_Aspera_Ad_Astra_]

at least one who knows, great researcher. Great edu-info clip -- thank you for the upload. 73, JR2FJI

[@SUNROSE7878]

The sugar and processed food crap is ADDICTIVE!!! End of story!!

[@bobcocampo]

Hope our Nutrition Guidelines will be revised to follow Dr Lustig's Recommendations. As of now Philippines is following SAD

[@nellysuyo3850]

Dr Amen, I have followed you for some time and you are a true hero for going forward with your message about good nutrition to have a better brain. I take care of toddlers and I wonder if you could let me know what are healthy snacks, apart of fruit, to make or buy for them? Thanks in advance! 😊

[@Michael_00001]

Sees a video of Dr. Justig Thumbs up in the first 5 seconds

[@ceciliapimentel1233]

Impressive! Eye opening conversation!

[@tiramisu5901]

It’s HARD to break up with sugar!

[@whatisawinchina3996]

sugar coded, fed up. thanks i am gonna watch these two movies

[@universeusa]

Top notch doctors! Thanks!

[@reachrenhere]

My 24 year old daughterersaid to me recently, why do people feed their kids dessert for breakfast?

[@gladissemensato2061]

Great. Thanks from Brasil. A overloaded sugar country.

[@alexi2460]

Dr Amen is the best, now Dr Rob, so exciting

[@rustycovey4607]

The mind, its all about the mind. Imagine, had these kids who were being controlled by their brain had a drive that moved them to do things. We know many cases where people have done things by getting their mind to think in a certain way. Take a bank robber. Just yesterday, I was asked, What did you do to lose over 70 pounds. First, you have to know what you're eating and the effects it has on you. But, that isn't enough, you have to get control of your mind. Once, I got my mind from wandering off, I could keep it from moving me to eat things that wasn't producing the results I wanted, second, once, I got the results, I now, had a brain trained to give me the right thoughts so I would eat the right things and still be able to eat cake and ice cream at my 13 grandchildren's birthday parties, and my 3 kids birthday parties and so on. When, I am inspired to do something, I act on an impulse and if, anyone is watching, I get a feed back, like, I wouldn't ever expect to see someone your age doing that. I'm 58 and slinging myself over fences with ease. Are balancing myself of a platform 45 feet in the air. I know from my childhood experiences that as long as I don't think about what I'm about to do, I can perform what was visualized by my brain. Imagine, 27 thoughts in a day and doing 27 things in a day. To lose weight, the mind needs to be silent 90% of the time.

[@stevecampbell5079]

fantastic interview, I've been following these topics for a while now and came across Dr Lustig month ago - wow; I listened to the piece from 26:00 for a few times giving the explanation of the soluble / insoluble fibre. I blend celery spinach broccoli and other veg but I make it coarse - I can certainly feel the positive differences; now wondering how much of the fibre I am destroying through the blending ???

[@thalesnemo2841]

@Stephen C Campbell There are no essential carbohydrates needed in human diet. This includes fiber too. It is another modern myth which is factually wrong that fiber is needed in any amount in the human diet !

[@gabrielame1858]

I feel lucky watching you both. Thank You!

[@stevennoren8922]

Love the message

[@kleineroteHex]

ha, now I know why my hunch of smoothie and juicing craze not being healthy is right!

[@secnarfyerom]

Best to drink your smoothie six ounces at a time. Since it is "pre-chewed" it goes into the bloodstream faster than eating the whole fruit or vegetable. The pulverization of the foods make them high glycemic. Yet in small doses they are just fine. And I found that making smoothies preserves the fiber while juicing removes it. Take care.

[@kleineroteHex]

@@secnarfyerom thanks, but I seldom smoothie and juice on occasion, when I have reason.

[@AnnaMaledonPictureBookAuthor]

Not for me either. My sugar levels would go up like crazy and soon after drop very low and I would feel bad and I would have to eat again. I don't do well on high carb/sugar diets. I need fats and protein to feel well.

[@maricamaas5555]

Juicing can be employed as a healing modality. When taken in place of regular meals, it provides the digestive system with rest, so the body can concentrate on healing/repair and detoxification. It is for example part on Gerson Therapy, and was employed by Dentist Kelly during healing of his advanced pancreatic cancer. According to his method MD Nicholas Gonzales later helped many to heal cancer and other health problems. With juicing they incorporated individualised supplementation, digestive enzymes - also between meals - and Coffee Enemas(to assist liver to detoxify).

[@robinlillian9471]

I had no idea Snackwells were still around. It tried them in the 1980s, and they tasted terrible. They melt into nothing in your mouth like dissolving cardboard. Yuck.

[@EvilMonkey7818]

They became really big in the 1990s. Foods that take out the fat and add in sugar are still all over the grocery stores though.

[@efrainrosso6557]

SnackYuck is the new name.

[@wk1810]

They also cause explosive diarrhea!

[@hanniballecter3293]

Brilliant informative thank you

[@georgelubach2710]

I watch this video and I get advertisements for Pepsi, oh the irony....

[@mazza712]

Please explain I followed keto diet FOR 12 months , no sugar no fruit except berries strict keto , never lost any weight, went onto ozampic for 4 months , never lost any weight! Last 8 months strict diet vegetables mainly soups , no sugar no carbs except in vegetable, developed SIBO and gained weight . Exercised daily , went onto antibiotics for SIBO , plus food elimination. Now diarrhoea ceased and slowly reintroduce foods via FOB map. Still unable to lose weight .fasting 16 hours daily . My daily diet : berry smoothie , vegetable soup 300mls about 2 pm nothing after 3pm .protein is 2 eggs or small amount lean meat….I’ve given up losing weight

[@sheilasmith1109]

The dopamine explanation tells us why some people can eat an entire cake or pie or package of cookies at one sitting!

[@angelicas.keyser1711]

Two doctors I love! 🤎

[@yazminmojica4458]

👏👏👏👏 Thank you, loved it 🍀

[@Melodie007]

Two of my favorite guys

[@kamkim7815]

Thank you so much!!!

[@user-qu2xy8uw8c]

Great talk

[@chrisjarman7513]

I loved how us normal folk are like who could argue David lustwug and amen was correcting him here and there loved this and will be sharing it promptly abundance of information by two leaders of f he field love it

[@tomburroughes9834]

So it is not just Gary Taubes making these points.

[@donnaallgaier-lamberti3933]

We need to do MORE regarding children's and teenagers who eat the school lunch...Pizza? Inflammatory dairy, carbs that turn into sugar processed meat and little to no vegetables? I mean really....

[@craiglawrance5342]

Fed Up & Sugar Coated are both worth your time.

[@vaheedaki3755]

Wonderful

[@teardrop720]

Can you make several short videos of the content starting from 39:44 on the difference between pleasure and happiness? I think many people dont understand that difference

[@jaybyrddoggie]

I was a fruitarian for 2 and 1/2 years. I ate nothing but all kinds of fruit and two avocados a day for fat. (Avocados are also considered to be fruit.) I lost 65 pounds eating all the fruit I could stuff in my mouth. Fruit contains generous amounts of fructose. I felt great with all the vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals I was receiving. I consumed no commercial sugar or salt I laugh out loud every time I hear people caution against fruit. Eating fruit is the only successful weight loss situation I have ever experienced.

[@frequentlycynical642]

A lot of your weight loss was lean body mass. The only way to avoid that is to get adequate high quality, i.e., protein. A quick but pretty close guide to what you need, minimum, is to take your ideal weight in pounds, divide by two, ergo, grams of animal protein a day. Again, minimum. You ever see what long time frutarians look like? Emaciated, see above. And after enough years, gum disease and cavities and worse. Fruit has some vitamins but many are lacking. B12, D, K2, and others. Eat what we evolved to eat: meat. You can't fool mother nature.................for long.

[@artemishunter8993]

Glad it worked. I'm T2D so cant eat fruit except berries about 100g a week. Good you live it a time were fruit is available 365 days a year.

[@sportysbusiness]

Glad it worked for you. For me, it destroyed my teeth.

[@thalesnemo2841]

@Jay John Coutts I’m free of grains , potatoes and fruits and that works for me ! Go carnivore! Meatrx.com

[@undergrace1808]

Frequently Cynical I will have to disagree. A whole foods plant based diet is the only diet that stops and could reverses heart disease that's why Bill Clinton was put in their diet! Notice he was not put on ANY OTHER DIET after his quadruple bypass surgery. Yes, that's telling you something ....about the k-2, d-3 and b-12 concerns. Well, k-1 converts to k-2, d-3 from the sun and mushrooms and b-12 the same way the animals get it, they are supplemented! Lol, a lot of ppl don't know this..and u get no cholesterol, no hormones (mammalian growth hormones are in flesh, dairy and eggs), and no toxins in a whole foods plant based diet...

[@thermobaricflatulence523]

The author seems to forget an important distinction in the opposing nature of pleasure and happiness. Pleasure is obtained in a *lazy* fashion. And pleasure has enticing and tempting qualities that are directly woven into the (immediate) motivational fabric of the psyche. Happiness doesn't offer any reward upfront, except for perhaps the vague memory of having experienced it before. It's achieved mainly through activity and creativity which is why it's initially so unappealing to seek out. It takes effort and costs time to develop happiness and contentment. No wonder people line up in droves at McDonalds. It's the principal of least resistance. Despite the widespread knowledge that it's the world's most egregious conveyor belt plebkiller on the planet. Well I learned something new today, apparently smoothies aren't optimal for your liver flux either. The blades of the food processor will cut the insoluble fibres (cellulose, chitins, fructans) to smitherines. In such a destructive way that it inhibits the functionality of the fibre lattice to buffer the uptake of fructose. I guess from now on, I'll just throw the veggies in the blender and I'll add the (manually sliced) fruit later? Thanks for a great inspiring talk! I would've loved it if both gentlemen would've elaborated on the actual benefits of a healthy gut biome. Maybe next time.

[@billytheweasel]

Dopamine and serotonin: I think of dopamine as the reward neurotransmitter. Receptors can get saturated. And I think of serotonin as the contentment neurotransmitter. Receptors don't get saturated. Dopamine reward is addictive and temporary, where serotonin is not addictive and is sustainable. Am I correct? I've long asserted that dopamine is predominantly behind the behavioral "ism" and "-aholic" suffixes.

[@maricamaas5555]

Yes, as Natasha C. McBride points out: Healing the gut is most crucial in order to have healthy secretion of neuro-transmitters - mainly managed by gut microbes. According to research, true happiness/contentment is rooted in freedom to pursue meaningful work and experiencing true loving connection with others. Find this lecture by Henry Cloud, helpful to explain the latter: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2nEeadqZ7h_pdE

[@SUNROSE7878]

Take the love, leave the sugar out!! I worked in a preschool and when a child's in school birthday celebration came it was sugar hell! Ice cream, inches thick frosted cake, Hawaiian Punch and a candy treat bag to take home!!! OMG!! Can you say bouncing off the wall. It was horrible. Think of it as addictive heroin. The school finally cut out those parties. They made a crown for the child, sang Happy birthday and gave the child special things to do with and for the teacher for the day. Thank goodness.

[@paulkliu]

I started keto then keto/carnivore about Oct of last year, got bodyfat % to 12%, can play tennis and bball all day without feeling tired. I am 50 now and outplaying kids half my age. Next goal is to be able to dunk the basketball again and I am 5-9". Ribeyes, organ meats and salmon are my staple foods and I feel superhuman. Please read Paul Saladino's Carnivore Code. It will help you reach your full human self!!

[@paulkliu]

@Sandy Shines I started off with reducing anything processed, got rid of all vegetable oils. Still have the occasional "party food" such as birthday cake, but now I make 90% of the foods we eat. It's easy when our staple food is beef, lamb, venison, seafood....some poultry. It's not as hard as people think and I really enjoy being in the kitchen now with the family together. Even got my 6 year old to read nutrition labels.

[@lindamcneil711]

It is so important for us to realize that grains rapidly breakdown to sucrose and fructose.it spikes the insulin much like plain sugar.

[@robinlillian9471]

Grains do NOT contain fructose. Fructose does NOT spike insulin directly. It can only be processed in the liver. Too much fructose makes you insulin resistant, and that really does spike insulin directly after you eat any carbs that aren't fructose. Grains do have FRUCTANS, which the human body mostly can not digest, but which feed bacteria in your digestive system, and can be a problem for some people. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fructolysis robertlustig.com/fructose2/ Fructan intolerance: www.tuftsmedicalcenter.org/-/media/Brochures/TuftsMC/Patient%20Care%20Services/Departments%20and%20Services/Allergy/Chinese/Fructan%20Intolerance.ashx

[@robinlillian9471]

Linda McNeil: What really is "so important" is not to spread misinformation, which is what you are doing.

[@thalesnemo2841]

@Robin Lillian ALL GRAINS ARE EVIL!

[@kenmarriott5772]

All marketing by the cereal industry. Have bacon and eggs if you choose to have breakfast. Or better yet, skip breakfast and lunch and have a nice dinner.

[@thalesnemo2841]

@Robin Lillian All grains are evil!

[@jmer9126]

Too much serotonin is terribly painful. Ask anyone with carcinoid syndrome.

[@TheJeanette53]

I’m am just recovering from an aneurysm.. Doctors said there was nothing I could have done to avoid what happened, ie collapsed suddenly without any warning. Is that true Dr Amen? I am healthy in all other ways, good diet, don’t smoke or drink or take any kinds of tablets.

[@campbellhouse6569]

What about flavored sparkling water?

[@jamicarpenter8760]

Now Dr. Lustig....we can make almond flour cupcakes w/ cream cheese frosting...sweetened with stevia! We don't have to give up everything, just NO SUGAR or any other white poison. Love you guys...keep up the amazing work!!

[@sportysbusiness]

Oh dear, sweeteners are not good either as they trick the body into thinking it's getting energy which it then craves for. Just teach your tastebuds to taste your food in it's natural state.

[@sammyo2583]

Sportys Business you don’t eat cakes every day of the week. It’s for special occasions. And I do the same as Jami. It’s amazing that the French, eat a Mediterranean diet, and they include pastries, and wine, yet 3.6% of their population have Diabetes compared to 10% in the US.

[@nikolapesic7986]

Great song ❤❤❤

[@user-hp9eg3gf6s]

it's true sinse i stooped most added sugar fruit olong tea (with no sugar) ane even water taste sweeter

[@chonle9931]

20:45 should add Girl Scout cookies!

[@irishcountrygirl78]

Girl scouts, like little drug pushers for big industry, without even knowing it 🤣