Sugar Is Causing The Obesity Epidemic?

[@Raymal100]

Pringle land, Pringle wife, and Pringle-human hybrid children were my biggest takeaways from this video. Thanks Dr. Mike.

[@RenaissancePeriodization]

You wanna know something funny? We recorded this vid long enough ago that I have no idea what you're talking about, but I 100% file that under "dumb shit I would definitely say." LOLL - Dr. Mike

[@nonoffensiveperson9877]

A family you can pop out a can? Sounds amazing!

[@polloduh]

Enjoy this Pringles commercial kzbin.info/www/bejne/janXdmuuiryogM0

[@BrandonSchwartz1]

Dr. Mike wanted to literally just crush it in the bedroom

[@raezor82]

Marital status: Pringle

[@jessexaivier5375]

Dr Mike is low key such as comedian, I've never laughed so much while learning, thank you so much Dr Mike.

[@LASupreme1k]

facts 😂😂😂

[@heliowolf5042]

I think the prevalence of fried foods is also worth calling out specifically. If you live a lifestyle where you eat out for most of your meals it's hard to keep the calories from skyrocketing since everything is covered in oil.

[@RenaissancePeriodization]

For sure. You can always ask for grilled, but I tell you what, that just doesn't taste as good! - Dr. Mike

[@nimazsheik5152]

Would you kindly let me know of any alternatives, in my country everything is fried. Currently I eat grilled chicken, eggs, rice, oats, veggies (beans, carrot) almost everyday. Anything else and its too expensive, here even fucking vegetables is expensive now :/

[@chuckobannon2975]

@@nimazsheik5152 find cheaper lean meat and find cheaper veggies try to figure out how to cook them to taste awesome with some seasoning and low cal sauces

[@ghostflame9211]

@@nimazsheik5152 if you can, air fry is better than nothing. you use way less oil than anything deep fried. pan fry isnt so bad imo; some oils are good for you like olive and avocado.

[@JohanFitFoodie]

Definitely, this is true in lots of Chinese cuisine too 😢 Tasty but not healthy nor great to stick to your diet 😥

[@SilverSlugs16]

Concise, barely over 10 minutes, respectful, acknowledging grains of truth and the understandable fallacy. Breaks down the myth, funny, and gives best practices. This should be bare minimum required viewing for…probably everyone tbh

[@steadystackin7250]

Hey Dr. Mike Ever since I found you I've been binge watching your videos. My entire perspective in training has changed because of you. Focusing more on technique and mind muscle connection and less on increasing the weight has made a world of difference for my results. Thank you for all you do for the fitness community!

[@SLouiss]

I’m definitely labeling of calling cakes, cookies, and other sweets “carbs” while there’s typically a lot of fat and sugar combined into high calorie, not very filling foods.

[@dandastardly2792]

Guitly too

[@odin4life]

You’re mixing terms. There are 3 macronutrients: protein, carb, or fat. Sugar is a carb. A cookie has some protein, a lot of fat, and mostly carbs. If you miss-categorize food, then you're probably eating too much of one of the macros.

[@Kuro.95]

You are right: This is so fun! Learning is fun, especially with a professor like you. Thank you so much for all of your content Dr. Mike!

[@RenaissancePeriodization]

Oh stop! Thank you so much! Trying my best! - Dr. Mike

[@BluegillGreg]

I remember my first exposure to Pringles: At the inaugural races at the Trexlertown Velodrome back on October 12, 1975. My friend Andy had brought along a can. I do think the durability of that memory is evidence of Pringles’ hyperpalatability. They were indeed a hit with our entire group of teenaged cyclists.

[@RenaissancePeriodization]

They are SO GOOD. For a time they were making fat free pringles. I consider this time the peak of human civilization haha. - Dr. Mike

[@BluegillGreg]

@@RenaissancePeriodization : )

[@bill_monty]

I was still eating pop tarts on the regular at my leanest with chiseled abs and veins basically everywhere, I promise sugar alone is not that evil lmao

[@bonkersdonkers7381]

That’s why i don’t give diet advice. People ask me how I get shredded and they can’t believe that I eat whatever I want, just less of it. Buy a food scale for gods sake, it’s not hard.

[@blue_samurai_zero]

For this to mean much, "it depends" on other things, such as activity levels, how one's metabolism was shaped before ages 12/16/18/26, , what "on the regular" specifically means (every meal?, two tarts per a day?, a couple times per week?), and most importantly, what else someone eats for fiber, protein, and even more non-fibery sugar in the same regular timing. Sugar alone is the problem only when it's alone. *When did everyone forget the word "regularly"?

[@bill_monty]

@@bonkersdonkers7381 It does get hard for those with larger appetites (and especially if you're for real lean, not I can see my abs a little lean lol), but yea I definitely refuse to give specific advise on food because I can't relate to having a real appetite lol

[@bill_monty]

@@blue_samurai_zero I choose to use "on the regular" rather than "regularly" because I'm not writing in an academic journal here lmao. Also, on the regular means for me means it's at least a few times a week. Was also drinking beer daily, but I did also have pretty good protein, fiber, and fat so I still did well covering my bases.

[@Saphire_Throated_Carpenter_Ant]

Same and I eat about 6200 calories of Skittles as my cheat on Weekends (two family size bags)

[@_d0ser]

I think the general idea is, not that sugar is the direct cause, but that because it has essentially no satiation factor to it, it's that much easier to overeat. If you cut out sugar, you're really just cutting out unnecessary carbs, part of the time, but still getting the same fullness and thus cutting overall calories.

[@OnlineWithMikko]

Well this one is easy: One apple 100 grams has 52,1 Calories, again it can be a bit vary but not much. Donuts 100 grams depending on what donuts you eat but roughly it has: 378 Calories. And let's assume that one donut is 33 grams. And in package you have 12 donuts. You are going to eat it. Don't lie. You are. You have just ate 396 grams (0.8 pounds) of donuts. So you have just ate 1 497 Calories. So how many apple do you need to eat in order to gain 1 497 Calories? You need to eat 28,7 apples. Let's round that to 29 apples. And each apple weights in this math 100 grams. So you need to eat 2,9 kg (6.3 pounds) of apples to gain same amount of Calories that you got from 12 donuts. There no force in earth that allows you to eat 6 pounds of apples. So there. This is the reason for obesity.

[@red2theelectricboogaloo961]

@@OnlineWithMikko yeah the calories. basically what this video said.

[@LazyboyRecliner]

​@@OnlineWithMikkojust say caloric density

[@rickterrance4981]

Not only that but it's extremely calorie dense plus overeating sugar screws up your insulin sensitivity and makes gaining fat easier.

[@MrBottlecapBill]

@@rickterrance4981 Yes, diabetes is off the charts for this simple reason. Your organs have jobs to do, jobs based on millions of years of evolution in which a diet of 50% simple sugars never existed in large quantities and when it did, fibre was there to stem the flow. Now.........not so much. This causes issues for a lot of people. Especially as you age and those organs that stopped growing when you were 18-20 are now maintaining a larger more unhealthy body while simultaneously working at reduced capacity due to age. A diet high in simple sugars and low in fibre is a time bomb waiting to go off. I'm not saying you can't enjoy them I'm just saying make sure you "eat your dinner before you have dessert" so to speak.

[@wolfenhauz]

What most people call high sugar foods or high carb food are by calorie more fat than carb. Upon discovering this it was like a revelation. Started being able to have some mindfully consumed sugar and used it to fuel workouts and add some spice to life without going overboard on the fat calories in baked goods, chips, etc. Sometimes a gummy worm pre workout just hits.

[@sambland3903]

Honestly, what a blessing we have discovering this bloke. A literal wealth of knowledge and I pretty sure he's a super straight.

[@GuitarLegendvideos]

7:44 Pure Gold hahaha The Pringle Story - By Mike Isratel, Published 2022

[@spencerschubert5001]

“Peaches come in a can. They were out there by a man…”

[@ekt7794]

In a factory dowwwntooowwwwnnnn

[@johnnyryerson3661]

If I had my little way I'd each peaches everyday

[@Lektuerekurs]

millions of peaches?...

[@EditorOrion]

One of my most well respected “influencers” wants to make babies with a can of pringles. And that’s ok.

[@williamduke1756]

Interestingly, within the developed world, obesity is actually tied to poverty. That's because in many Western countries, healthy food is considerably more expensive than highly-processed junk food. So the relationship between economic status and obesity is actually inversed if you exclude developing countries.

[@jester12341]

I keep seeing this everywhere, I don't think it's that healthy food is expensive, but unhealthy food is cheap and ubiquitous, and doesn't require much preperation.

[@user-cy9vd7rl4h]

This is BS. Vegetables, fruit, eggs, and chicken are cheap. You can easily eat 4 meals of those things for the cost of one combo Big Mac.

[@thebcwonder4850]

I think it’s more because America is a very anti-pedestrian environment, so pursuing an active lifestyle requires resources and time that poor people don’t have. If you’re working 3 jobs to pay the bills, where are you gonna fit in an organized resistance training routine?

[@freedomfitnessequipment]

I love this series Dr. Mike, keep these up please!!!!!

[@Magnulus76]

Alot of chips and snack foods have added glutamates, that partly contributes to the Pringle effect. Part of the problem is the standard American diet is based around refined grains and fat. Baked goods, for instance, can be a real fat bomb. People think of sugar when they think of things like cookies or donuts, but actually alot of the calories come from fat.

[@chrisogrady28]

I eat loads of sugar, and 4000-6000Kcal a day, but I stay around 10% BF as I'm a gym class instructor, and run/cycle everywhere. Sugar doesn't make you fat, being a lazy fuck does

[@missktexplik580]

"This was the worst decision of my life." I laughed so hard at that one ! Thx

[@atlancap5223]

Dr. Mike, what do you make of the claims around seed oils, sugars, and processed carbs in regards to the excess inflammation and subsequent disease they cause? I think a lot of the anti-carb argument stems from this line of thinking and I’d be interested in your take on it.

[@steviacandyman7892]

The anti-carb arguments are only in regard to how insulin is a fat storing hormone and since many people are obese or overweight, reducing intake of carbohydrates whether from fasting or a low carb diet can improve the markers of those who suffer from these metabolic diseases.

[@justinfoster1040]

@@alfonsodlt8850 can not recommend not listing to this guy more. He makes poorly supported claims and any time someone comes back with similar or more strongly supported claims he chalks it up to “well that can’t show causation” because technically most research in health/nutrition can only show association not causation. This is like saying “you can’t prove with 100% certainty that I am absolutely wrong therefore our claims carry equal weight”.

[@rubenluna2495]

Phd Layne Norton has a video about your questions.

[@ParkerBG]

Dude I am crackin up at that intro 🤣 “what a stewwwpid transition that was”

[@todzilla09]

My number one take away is there isn't an obesity epidemic. What we have is a large population of people that do not understand caloric intake or simply doesn't care what they stuff their faces with. Maybe it should be called an ignorance epidemic...

[@domepiece11]

Glycemic index matters!!! Your body responds with insulin differently to a sweet potato than jolly ranchers. And that impacts fat storage and your A1C, LDL, triglycerides, etc.

[@atharsia]

It's all about overcomplicating things to sell more books, seminars and get more subscriptions. Fad-diet promoters rely on maximal claims to push their products/programs, by-passing the need for a more critical overlook on the underlying causes of obesity, which are, for the most part, subjective (i.e. social and emotional, nothing you can generalize on), but have, in most cases, one thing in common: excess calories consumed and poor macronutrients composition.

[@RenaissancePeriodization]

Great points man. I would take a stab at a simplification that I think cover MUCH (though not all) of the variance: people love to eat junk food because it tastes good, and when their culture doesn't taboo it, they do it a lot and get fatter! - Dr. Mike

[@uncertaintytoworldpeace3650]

@@RenaissancePeriodization but we have multiple holidays where we force junk candy & cookies & cake down kids throats

[@marianschoeller8764]

It just makes me physically cringe when people demonize any aspect in life and blame their shortcomings on it. This food group made me fat or that one. As if anything in life is black or white and isnt a matter of summing up the pros vs cons.

[@connorquinn700]

The super tasty junk food hypothesis makes quite a bit of sense. So easy to pound down loads of fast food and its tragically a lot cheaper then "real" food in a lot of cases. Back in the old times it was only the very wealthy who could gorge on sweets and high caloric tasty food as sugar used to be a luxury, stuff like cream and probably most fats where expensive. This rules out loads of deserts, deep frying before veg oil cant have been that common.

[@AndusDominae]

I find it very difficult to believe sugar consumption has gone down quite so drastically. Maybe proportionally, like... If I eat twice as much fruit but three times as many steaks that're each a bit bigger and drink ten times as much pop but a reduced sugar label. It absolutely is an addiction mechanism with hyperdelicious foods in a lot of people, in the literal sense. Now, you can eat a dozen snickers and a McDonald's without getting a neurological rewiring, and so can a lot of people, especially the harder core gymgoers. I can't. I rarely buy fast food, but I had a McDonald's last week because I had 20mins to eat before a 3hrs seminar late at night having had no breakfast or anything that day, and I've been craving fast food all day everyday since. I don't even like McDonald's! Fascinating show (though obviously can't be taken in isolation as concrete evidence), there's these twin Drs (Van Tulleken brothers) in the UK who do experiments on themselves for our entertainment. There was a one off, where just the one twin changed his diet to the junk, frozen, oven ready, crap that a lot of poorer households here eat... and I think in one month his brain scans looked like he'd taken up crack. The Twinstitute is one of their series, where they get 30 pairs of twins to also do experiments on. We should probably look into our media ethics laws. 🤔

[@danielkenny7684]

Okay but within developed countries where fast food businesses are most profitable, the poorer you are the more often you buy and consume junk food and the less you exercise. People in lower income brackets also report having less time and energy for meal preparation and leisure activity. It's not just that humans are inherently shortsighted and lazy and so as soon as they can they just eat junk - people want to be healthy!

[@RenoMay]

Hey guys good morning, Time to eat your 11 slices of bread!

[@tesamckean2100]

Love you so much Dr. Mike! Your sense of humour and quick wit combined with useful information makes you my favourite doctor lol. You’re pretty cute too. Thanks for educating and entertaining us. Much respect.

[@JohnSmith-eo2yx]

Mike is so goddamn charismatic man. It’s pretty incredible. Glad youtube is a thing and he’s not just lecturing students and writing papers

[@reidcenter4915]

"It's 2021!" - Dr. Mike, 2022.

[@haydeezenuts]

I am a fan of canned peaches but that’s why I go no sugar added with way less calories than even light syrup. Price does go up going sugar free but it’s worth it. Very filling also.

[@ilu1994]

I hate demonizing carbs or fat. Carbs can be sweet potatoes or white sugar, fats can be avocados or bacon. Both groups are necessary for optimal health and performance, both contain sub-groups that are really not good for you. And consumption of no calorie inherently increases body fat without over consumption.

[@nyguy5370]

Obesity is the result of too many calories consumed, too few calories expended, and a lack of desire to reduce the ratio of calories consumed to calories expended.

[@Skinkie22]

Thanks for this video! It is interesting that people still compare most data to 1990 aslong as it fits their narative. I am curious however on the effects of sugar on insuline resistance. Could you do a video about that?

[@zezeti2246]

I think its a per person thing,when someone asks how to cut weight I always say cut out the processed carbs that you tend to binge on,me personally,I cut out completely sweets and bread when I want to lean down,I don't count calories at all and still lose 0.5-1kgs per week

[@swimchic1239]

Hi Dr. Mike. Would you be able to do a video on dairy and how it is actually good for you and ANABOLIC! Thanks :)) My coworkers need to be enlightened.

[@thecount1001]

i'm glad i'm not alone in finding potato chips to be the most magnetic, desirable, powerful foods on the planet. i hate them for it.

[@nathanferron1613]

Are they still calling buff bros obese? Bunch of guys I served with that were shorter than me, way more built were deemed obese by the standards. Is this still the case or have they changed the whole BMI things they used to do? Great content have learned a lot from you and just found your channel, Thanks!

[@jeffabfall6429]

Mike talked a lot about obesity , but not diabetes, which has continued its upward trajectory. Seed and vegetable oils + refined sugars of all kinds + refined grains = metabolic dysfunction. It ain't just calories in, calories out. And saturated fat is a healthy fat.

[@BasedAsher]

Another problem with obesity is I can get 4 sausage biscuits for 4$ from McDonald’s and next thing I know is I’ve eat close to 2k calories for breakfast. Compare that to healthy grilled chicken sandwich which can cost 5$ for just one sandwich

[@grimhellraven1557]

Great vid ! As usual informative and over the top entertaining!

[@cdrunner7876]

Sugar and salt is addicting to us and the convenience of pulling up somewhere for food that's cheaply made and full of salt sugar and fats I cant blame someone for being obese. I only take issue when people ask for advice on losing weight but don't show that they are willing to do it.

[@ImOnUToob]

Ending the Pringle story with “but I only got one fucking chip” was PERFECT

[@bobjohnson8447]

is it the ONLY reason? no. is it contributing (arguably in a large way) to the excess calorie intake? yes. Recently a judge in Ireland ruled to classify subways bread as confectionary because of the how much sugar was in it.

[@shantox100]

6:22 I lol'd so hard..."If you eat those shits"

[@greekmethemuscle5768]

love your quality vids mike. Espesially the periodization vids are insanely helpfull.

[@Normie_Normalson]

i really doubt sugar consumption is going down, considering it's the first or second ingredient on almost every processed item. also all carbs breakdown into sugar. the GI scale is 1980s bro science.

[@Moshealthtips]

your doubts arent facts. sugar has been demonized since the 90s and people are consuming less of it but getting fatter because of increased caloreis from fat.

[@Normie_Normalson]

@@Moshealthtips completely the opposite is true. meat and fat are demonized, while carbs (aka sugars) are promoted as healthy. and again, just look at the ingredient list of any processed item. sugar will be one of the top 3 ingredients almost every time, even on 'savory' items.

[@james3876]

The speed of breakdown is important. Eating alot of sugar and other quick release energy foods without the muscle mass to efficiently absorb that energy is pretty hard on the blood vessels and pancreas. Doing this increases the risk of diabetes.

[@Moshealthtips]

@@Normie_Normalson nothing you said disproves the decreased ingestion of sugar. sugar in sift drinks have been demonized for 20 years so people are consuming less soft drinks which was a major contributor to their sugar consumption. theyre getting fat because of calories. high sugar groups all over the world arent fat like americans\most westerners

[@Normie_Normalson]

@@james3876 yes that's the theory, behind the GI scale, and it makes logical sense, but turns out it's just wrong. there is no clinical difference in insulin spikes between simple and complex carbs.

[@stevehoggarth2431]

Foods are designed to be hyper palatable. Keep treats out of sight or don’t buy them. Create obstacles to over eating. Smaller plates, lots of water, heavy deadlift before eating… you get the idea.

[@travisireland8591]

Why 'heavy deadlift before eating'?

[@haydenbing5832]

All I heard was sugar is the key to bulking successfully

[@NickD25]

I would be interested in hearing about leptin and grehlin. For example, why is leptin not working properly when you're fat? It should tell you that you're full. I've looked everywhere on KZbin and besides the usual suspects (The chiropractors giving nutritional advice) I've yet to find a real science base channel doing it...

[@Ketobodybuilderajb]

What do you think I'm gonna say? 😆 Great stuff as usual, Mike

[@GamerKiwi]

One big part of the obesity epidemic is that despite it being an issue of wealthy nations, within those nations it disproportionately affects the poor (at least here in the US) Partially because of food deserts (you might have a 7/11 and a McDonald's within walking distance but not a grocery store in some places) and partially because food can be 2 of cheap, quick, or healthy, but not all 3, and the first 2 are the resources poor people lack most.

[@grandarchon6969]

Read (or probably just KZbin) Dr. Thomas Sowell on the subject for why grocery stores are more expensive in poor parts of town. It's primarily the insurance, property, crime, and tax policies of those jurisdictions that cause businesses to act those way. Food deserts is a narrative lefties were persuaded of, but nobody ever thought through the subject to determine if it was true.

[@SpodyOdy]

So when you say you have been Dr. Mike Isretel 11:09 what are you now? 🤔🤔🤔

[@KuhKronus]

Healthy foods that fall under the “pringles” effect (for me, maybe you): (Low processed/low additives of course) Nuts, yogurt, roasted potatoes, also rice I always make sure to portion these things.

[@suntzu7727]

"The year is 2021" Someone should free the good doctor from the time capsule he's imprisoned in!

[@therehastobesomethingmoore]

61, Vegan for over 6 years, semi-jacked and improving….live in the mountains of Nicaragua, so we don’t have a lot of processed crap. And I love eating a boat load of good carbs, doing the Mentzer 60% carbs 25% protein 15% good fats And I often eat the whole watermelon !

[@cleanestedits1]

I've been binge watching most of your videos this week lol. You make phenomenal content. I don't know if you've made a video on this, but is it possible to do strength training just for legs and hypertrophy training just for upper body?

[@isavalla1935]

Anything is possible. But maybe the strength training especially for legs will cause a good amount of systemic fatigue, and thus you won’t be able to train upper body as hard. I personally do this and I’m willing to make that trade off cuz it’s fun

[@doesntmatter397]

Mike and James answered this one of their weekly seminars from what I remember, they said it’s perfectly ok!

[@RenaissancePeriodization]

Yes it totally is! - Dr. Mike

[@domepiece11]

Say no to chicken legs. Say yes to thunder thighs and junk in the trunk.

[@cromdevotee449]

The obesity epidemic is an inactivity epidemic. When your country is wealthy, more people tend to (but not always, see some EU countries) work sedentery jobs for long hours (because they get paid more but cost of living is also high). This leads to a relience on time-efficient highly-processed foods, that leave the body under-recovered and over-fatigued despite the high calories, with no energy (physical or mental) to invest in active forms of recreation (like sport or lifting). This has a snowball effect, creating more and more inertia that prevents engagement in any form of activity that requires delayed gratification, because it feels like time is being wasted.

[@Magnulus76]

In the US, people often live a car-dependent lifestyle and walk less, that's a big reason there's more obesity in the US. In the most car-dependent, indoor living societies in the world, like the Gulf States, obesity is insane.

[@HkFinn83]

‘People don’t follow the advice anyway’ is too literal a way to see things. The idea that high carb consumption was not something to worry about while high fat consumption was, was highly prevalent and still is among a large segment of the population. This was advice given to and taken by ordinary people who are largely sedentary. Not world class cyclists or marathon runners. That’s a different argument.

[@HkFinn83]

@@RC-rk2xs You’re responding to something I didn’t say. The idea that essentially unlimited carbohydrate consumption is ok, and that fat is the problem, is the idea that made it to the public and an idea that many people still hold onto. This is a harmful idea and is in fact the true impact of the food pyramid and the concomitant advice there surrounding. This attacking points that nobody is making (who has EVER said that people carefully and literally followed the food pyramid and had negative results?) is the result of a weak argument and a lack of confidence in your position. Not totally sure what you mean by red herring here, it doesn’t really make sense and I’m trying to be generous, but the attacking points nobody is making is called ‘straw man’ if you want to use cod logical terms.

[@Magnulus76]

BTW, I was a vegan back then in the late 90's. Yeah, I was lean, too, by American standards (obesity runs in my family, but I managed to dodge that bullet). I had a normal BMI, though I wasn't particularly athletic, more of a slim skinny fat, probably twenty percent body fat. There was no good Vegan "cheeses" back then or anything like that. You had to eat stuff like beans, broccoli, and tofu. My favorite place to go was a Chinese place and get Buddha's Delight or some Chop Suey. You couldn't even get kale or anything like that in groceries. If you went to Subway, you could basically only get a salad on a sandwich. Burger King did have a killer veggie burger, though, much healthier than Impossible Burger. I didn't eat alot of sugar, but I did use alot of molasses. Now I eat a Whole Foods, Plant Based diet... alot healthier. There are alot of Vegan options now in terms of food ,but most of them are only somewhat better for you than meat or dairy. I don't regularly eat Impossible Burgers or anything like that, as they will raise your cholesterol. And I don't really like the taste that much anyways.

[@johnodonoghue651]

The USDA Food Pyramid was the basis for school lunch programs. It had a big impact.

[@jackt9857]

“If you eat those sh*ts” 😂😭😂

[@rathelmmc3194]

I have mad respect for the food industry. I was looking at a candy bar and it was 56 grams with 26 grams of sugar. I could not figure out how they were able to get that much sugar in the product without you just biting into sugar grains. What an impressive process.

[@petor95]

Is there any research on sugar impacting performance? (vs non rapidly digesting carbs within a calorie matched context... Ideally with carbs also matched) I ask as I've not yet found conclusive evidence but definitely see the negative impact on my performance and heart rate variability ( despite total calories and carbohydrates being ~equivalent)

[@Metalxl0ver]

Hi Mike or someone in the comments, you might have explained this in another video, but I couldn't find it. Does a higher sugar intake increase risk to type 2 diabetes, for highly active people that have a good bodyfat percentage?

[@RenaissancePeriodization]

The preponderance of the evidence is mostly "if it does, it's too small an effect to detect." - Dr. Mike

[@Metalxl0ver]

@@RenaissancePeriodization Thanks a lot for your response!

[@tonikpun9955]

Well, that was very thought provoking because when people grow financially richer, they not only can afford more food, but also a well thought-out ones; meaning, people have had concerns about the consumption of sugar and carbohydrates for quite sometime now, but why is it that the obesity epidemic is far from over yet? Well, my best assumption is that, it might actually just boil down to 'energy balance' after all, which is the ratio of calories you consume throughout the day to calories you burn off, so regardless of how healthy you eat, if you cannot put your fork down, then weight gain is inevitable.

[@richardmiddleton7770]

There's many other factors causing the rise in obesity. Off the top of my head, less manual jobs, less jobs in general meaning people having to travel further to work therefore not walking or cycling to work plus 'stuck in traffic' stress plus making the working day longer (more stress), MORE STRESS, lack of sleep (see stress!), drinking more (see stress!), nutrient density of food is getting less as our soil is depleted from constant farming so everyone is constantly hungry on top of being tired and stressed which makes us even hungrier! If you DON'T want to be overweight these days you simply have to be constantly hungry and crave food AND exercise regularly which people tend to overdo so again, stress and more stress!

[@NicolasHutcheson]

I think we’re all laughing so hard because we’re so relieved that someone who knows what he’s talking about is confirming what we know to be common sense! There’s so many smart dummies out there that we’re almost tempted to believe them! Thanks Dr. Mike for calling out all the bs. and keeping us level headed!

[@bennybudapest3142]

That chart seems more than a bit suspect. It’s a straight unending line upwards for obesity, but once 2000 hits it’s a jagged, realistic line? You’re telling me for 20 years it was a perfect rise in obesity?

[@JD-mz1rl]

1:50 -- who I ever know who followed the food pyramid? Me, as a kid growing up in the 90s. Literally became morbidly obese, and didn't lose that (along with over 70 lbs) until my late 20s when I cut out the grains and prioritized protein. I literally would eat a lot of low fat, low sugar foods like cheerios, rice krispies (the plain kind with only a smidgen of table sugar) as main breakfast. Lots of pasta. Chicken was an afterthought -- but the skin was always peeled off because "fat" was bad. And that would have been 100% the food pyramid's construction.

[@JD-mz1rl]

Here's the fallacy of your "chart" -- it's two disparate aggregate analyses, so the trendlines can't be assumed to be linked, _even_ if there was a casual link between the two factors on an individual level. In other words, assume that there _is_ a causal link between sugar intake and obesity. This chart with its break in the 2000s downloads for sugar could still happen. Why? Because the level of obesity is not measured, just whether the individual is obese or not. In other words, it's possible for the average weight of US population to decrease while the obesity rate increases, because it is possible for the extreme group of obese individuals to actually lose weight while remaining obese. Is this what's happening? There's no doubt that at the end of the day, it's total calorie consumption that determines weight. However, it is also undeniable that a high carb, low protein diet will cause overfeeding in the vast majority of individuals

[@JD-mz1rl]

I agree with your point 3 of "Best Practices" The problem I have is you suggesting the food pyramid was not influential, and that if it was correctly followed, there wouldn't have been a problem. The #1 food on the food pyramid was PROCESSED food (grains). That was always a disaster, and it's still the #1 ingredient of processed foods today. Overly processed foods are definitely the #1 problem, even though in a vacuum they cannot be said to be the "only" factor

[@Mr4NiceOne]

6:32 someone please loop this so I can use it as an ringtone whenever any of my relatives call

[@drakorez]

More people need to know this stuff.

[@Erick726]

Keep your calories in check. It's a great message. My issue is the "people are richer" statement. That's untrue. The people who eat the most junk are lower on the socioeconomic ladder. There has been a flip in the cost of groceries over the past 40 years. High calorie junk food is cheaper than whole foods and making your own meal. For the price of an apple you can get a can of Pringles.

[@BorisK296]

Marrying a Pringles chip is the best thing I've heard Dr. Mike say since he wanted to be baked into a pizza

[@connormcleod7338]

I believe professor Mark Haub proved to everyone that eating massive amounts of sugar has no effect on obesity if calories are in check. When I ate like he did on that diet with no calorie restrictions I got very fat lol

[@Guitarfit]

It’s funny that this video has come out at this time as I am eating basically what I want at the moment and still trying to workout, I have noticed a bit of fat gain so started recording my calorie intake only and seen I was over eating, I am now looking to reduce my food intake but not what I eat, the only negative that I have seen apart from the obvious weight gain is that I am more tired on a daily basis and I am getting headaches. I like the video for what it is but I would advise people to be cautious of hidden side effects of sugar and fats so the I suppose the take away from this is always think about everything in moderation.

[@jackedsouls]

The average American eats wayyyyy more than a 2k cal diet, it's funny the daily value %s on nutrition labels are based around this.

[@vittocrazi]

They are based on a 70kg male

[@rad608]

Wow totally disagree! Sugar consumption may have gone down because they stopped calling it sugar. They just found other names for it. Robert Lustig, look him up

[@tonybernard4444]

I'm a fan of the theory that sugar is addictive and desensitizing, and you need to re-learn what things taste like without all the added sweeteners. So if you can't taste how wonderful peaches are unless they're packed in syrup, you eat way too much crap and need to eat actual food to allow your taste buds to return to normal sensitivity. I submit to the CICO theory, even if it's an impossible equation to solve with specific numbers. But does glycemic index mean anything anymore? I'm guessing that jerking your insulin around doesn't itself cause fat, but rather the resulting blood sugar crash causes uncontrolled eating, leading to excess calories.

[@Roboticpycotic]

There are many many different interconnected factors as with anything. People love to try to oversimplifiy things

[@xIronwafflexx]

The only thing I disagree with, is that people are richer. The most impoverished in the US tend to be obese. The reason for this, is because things like pasta, candy, soda, chips, cakes, cookies, etc, are waaaaay more affordable than that of good whole foods like fruits, vegetables, lean protein, etc. Just think, one of the most affordable cold cuts, is bologna. A couple of slices of that, a slice of cheese, slap that on some cheap white bread with some mayo, and boom! You have a damn near 500 calorie sandwich. And idk about you, but I can't just eat one little ass sandwich and be satisfied. So to clarify my statement. It's not that people are richer. It's that calorie dense foods that tend to have high fat and sugar content are much more affordable than lower calorie dense whole foods. And ofcourse I am speaking of developed nations. Places that are largely undeveloped tend to have much less access to food in general.

[@RenaissancePeriodization]

That does appear to be the case at face value, but I don't think it is. People who truly went all out to economize on food costs would buy things like rice in bulk, canned veggies, oils, and perhaps some fatty meats. Not exactly the tastiest things in the world. Junk food is cheap compared to more expensive healthy food, but not compared to the basics, and almost no one over-eats the basics. Here's a interesting direct piece of literature on poverty and obesity: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/8/1/e019862 - Dr. Mike

[@xIronwafflexx]

@@RenaissancePeriodization I'm assuming this is heavily dependent on area. I grew up in rural IL, and all we had money for was, rice, pasta, potatoes, and canned goods. Beef, chicken and pork were rare. The majority of my chicken consumption, when we had it, was leg quarters and chicken patties. Basically the only time we had hamburger or even chicken breast, was when my mother was fortunate enough to catch it on sale. A meal of pasta or rice, was pretty much a nightly thing. Breakfast would typically be a cereal with some toast and that hard ass usda food pantry butter that spread about as well as a brick on pavement. I grew up in the 90s and early 2000s, so maybe I'm just out of date on this, but calorie dense staple foods, like that of those you mentioned, are still very difficult to feel full from, and if you have a large appetite, will most definitely lead to a higher than normal chance of obesity. Also, when it comes to sweets, snacks and cakes. Sometimes that's your only chance for escape. When you get that dopamine rush, you forget for a second, the situation you live in. As a kid, personally, it made me feel less poor when we had the occasional sweets. Maybe some people lean on that heavily, but that 100% speculation on my part. Either way, I value you taking the time to reply. I've always respected the hell out of you.

[@mageyeah7763]

@@RenaissancePeriodization a reasonable explanation would be that wealthy people both can afford better healthcare and have more options for enjoyment. On one side you have a doctor that pays more attention, and gives you access various weight control solutions that are less available without money. On the other you have other cool stuff to do besides eating junk food. As you said, junk food is really enjoyable. Poor people can't afford cool cars, Disney world, or whatever, but they can afford Pringles.

[@Roboticpycotic]

Doesn't processed sugar cause dopamine spike and crashes?

[@Bearme73]

The public school systems followed the food pyramid guidelines which provides a substantial amount of the children's nutrition with includes breakfast and lunch. Not sure if the government food guidelines are a red herring. Also, many of the food products and behavior changed. My mother switched to margarine and non-fat milk as an example.

[@thedeadman8361]

"it's all about calories at the end of the day.." That statement isn't entirely true. It's all about calories if your goal is to lose/gain weight. It's definitely not all about calories if your goal is to make money out of naive people who don't know any better.

[@Ryan_DeWitt]

CICO holds people more directly accountable for their weigh issues more than anything else. Hence people try to pretend it doesn't exist.

[@brianlauren5618]

@@Ryan_DeWitt this isn't true. healthy keto is far stricter. whereas CICO provides a low burden of discipline by virtue of allowing lower quality foods and cooking methods along with an inattention towards metabolic health and instead oversimplifying complex Physiology. CICO does account for the fact that different calories are metabolized differently and have a different impact on metabolism and Physiology overall. CICO is basically the path of least resistance and is promoted by the food and diet industry because they want to convince you to buy their low quality products purely on the basis that they're low calorie. unsurprisingly, the diet and nutrition industry is partnered with major corporate food companies. the people promoting the consumption of whole grains and other carbs are funded by the producers of whole grains and high carb foods.

[@Fucklifedeadshit]

@@brianlauren5618 cool let’s all go keto hur

[@thebcwonder4850]

@@brianlauren5618 Big Food also sells keto options

[@brianlauren5618]

@@thebcwonder4850 Big food does not sell healthy keto they sell dirty keto

[@dantean]

Is he saying consumption of CARBOHYDRATES has been on the decline since 1980 or strictly sugar in the sense of UNREFINED sugar? That wasn't clear since he DID state at the beginning that the food pyramid recommended a lot of carbs and NOT sugar, so he loses clarity once the chart appears on the screen. Besides that, the carbs=bad arguments I'm familiar with have been more along the lines of a comparison of satiety between carbs and either fats or protein--not that carbs OR even refined sugar causes obesity in small amounts. I GUESS there may be people making that argument, but it's a straw man because it's inherently idiotic for very reason given here that it's calories, not the specific macro(s). Does ANYONE really think there's anyone who'll live on, say, keto or carnivore and think "One tootsie roll and it's all over--I'll be back over 300lbs (at 5'1)!"? Finally, it seems to me I'd always read that meat consumption's gone DOWN while carb consumption gone up over the period in question, and unless that's wrong it's yet another straw man to say "No one followed the food pyramid to the letter." Of course not, but, again, if we've been eating more carbs and less meat and we're getting fatter it doesn't say much positive about the food pyramid, irrespective of whether anyone (or MOST people) follow it to a tee.

[@dantean]

@@albertcamus5970 Excellent, thank you, though from the style and tone I would have thought this written by Gabriel Marcel, instead. Not that that's important. Again, thank you.

[@christophergalvan1001]

it's not an addiction mechanism? cause that's a whole lot what it sounds like

[@finyeah]

You idiot. I’m watching this at 7pm in Australia. 🤣 Honestly, thank you for every video you do. They are so incredibly informative. And your sense of humor and sarcasm is fucking brilliant. Thanks brother. 💪🏼😁

[@Moshealthtips]

sugar has been demonized since the 90s and people are consuming less of it but getting fatter because of increased calories from fat. people will keep fighting this no matter the evidence. its the calories, the calories the calories

[@HeraBek]

I believe plastic in the food supply does still correlate, but maybe that's just because highly caloric, convenient food often come in convenient plastic packaging.

[@951grappler]

Moderation. In all aspects of your life.

[@brianjarman4131]

Thanks Dr Mike now I'm having donuts for dinner and I'm not going to feel bad about it

[@mvemjsunp8]

What is your take on claims that sugar can contribute to type II diabetes?

[@naturalkoncept1077]

Hey Dr. Mike, love the channel! Can you do a video on the pros and cons of CrossFit? Thanks

[@NativeNordmann]

Well i gotta say that too much carbs argument holds up, if you are highly physically active carbs are important and tho you are right most people ignored the low fat advice well then you have diet suited for farmworkers for people who dosn’t do any physical activities.. obviously you get fat. A relativly low carb diet consisting mostly of soup, would suit a office workers lifestyle perfectly. So the advice should have been tailored to different lifestyles, which wouldn’t be hard to do. Just mention if you don’t do a lot of physical activety you won’t need as many carbs and should eat more soup.

[@wheelhouse15]

I always get a kick out of those who claim that low fat diets are the problem since low carb has been the dominant model for diets for over 20 years now.

[@johnsoliz153]

I bet this video is saying that sugar isn't that bad. But honestly it is, people drinking soda aren't just drinking one soda in a calorie deficit. They're basically drug addicts.

[@rickysmith6041]

if you look at the graph, while obesity went up, the rate of the increase in obesity did go down with sugar. It clearly shows it does have an effect but not a large enough portion to be visible which is how I view it. Eating too many/burning too few calories is the cause, and sugar is just a carb that it often found in high calorie dense/highly palatable. It certainly doesn't have a magical effect that makes people fat, and it's just an unhealthy carb it's all about how many calories you are consuming/burning obviously

[@djredhareaus38]

I just started carnivore diet and I feel great not depressed and have lost some weight

[@Magic_beans_]

Awesome, glad you found something you like.

[@philipkim9779]

Thank you Dr. Mike!!!!!!

[@tonybaggett1984]

Amazing fact. The richer a country gets the more food is available. People love food and if it's delicious food they will eat it. You could take a third world country and if delicious food is readily available they'll get fat. Why? Food is good and most people are naturally gluttons. Not specifically one thing like sugar makes a country fat.

[@strikefirststrikehard780]

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