>> A HEALTH ALERT.
TAKE IT EASY ON THE SWEET STUFF.
TASTES GOOD BUT SOMETIMES YOU
CAN INDULGE TOO MUCH.
BEWARE BECAUSE THERE ARE EIGHT
THINGS SUGAR CAN DO TO YOUR
BODY.
IT CAN MAKE YOUR BRAIN SUFFER
AND IT MAKES YOU WANT TO EAT
MORE.
IT KA MAKE YOUR SKINNAGE FASTER
AS THE SUGAR WILL BE STORED AS
FAT YOUR CELLS WILL PAY A STEEP
PRICE AND HE'LL GET HOOKED.
STRESS EATING AND WILL MAKE YOU
CRASH AFTERWARDS.
JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THE
EFFECTS AND HOW TO AVOID THEM.
WE HAVE A DOCK TER HERE FROM THE
MAYO CLINIC.
I WAS SAYING, OK.
IF THERE'S AN OPTIMAL TIME TO
EAT IT, IS THERE OR IS THERE NO
GOOD TIME?
>> IT'S NOT SO MUCH AN OPTIMAL
TIME.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THE FORM OF
SUGAR YOU EAT.
MOST OF US ARE USED TO EATING
SUGAR IN PROCESSED FOOD.
THERE'S A LOT OF SUGAR THAT'S
HIDDEN.
AND SO WHEN YOU EAT THE SUGAR
USUALLY WE EAT MORE THAN WE
REALLY NEED.
SO OUR LIVER, AFTER IT USES UP
ALL THE ENERGY IT NEEDS FOR OUR
REGULAR CELL FUNCTION, THEN IT'S
STORED AS FAT.
SO ESPECIALLY ABDOMINAL OR BELLY
FAT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE CONCERNS.
IF YOU EAT, FOR EXAM EXAMPLE,
THE FRUIT.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE SAME TYPE
OF SUGAR YOU HAVE FIBER IN
FRUIT.
SO THE WAY THE SUGAR IS HANDLED
YOU DON'T GET THE SPIKE OF
SUGAR.
SO IT'S SLOWLY PROCESSED IN YOUR
BODY.
SO YOU CAN EAT MORE FRUIT.
WHAT YOU WANT TO TRY TO AVOID IS
HAVING IN CONCENTRATED FORMS FOR
EXAMPLE PROCESSED FOODS AND
SODAS.
>> ONE OF THE COST TYPES OF
SUGAR WOULD BE HARD CANDY,
RIGHT?
>> RIGHT.
AGAIN,S THAT ANOTHER VERY CONS
STRAIGHT -- CONCENTRATED FORM OF
SUGAR.
IT'S MP BETTER TO GET IT IN THE
FORM OF NATURAL KINDS OF
SWEETENERS FOR EXAMPLE FRUIT.
>> WHAT ABOUT JUICES?
THIS IS WHAT SOMETIMES WILL
SURPRISE YOU IF.
LIEU TELECONFERENCE BACK OF THE
ORANGE JUICE AND A SODA IT'S
LIKE I MIGHT AS WELL DRINK THE
SODA WITH THE SUGAR.
>> RIGHT.
>> HOW SHOULD PEOPLE LOOK OUT
FOR THAT?
THERE ARE JUICES OUT THERE THAT
ARE VERY HIGH IN SUGAR.
>> AGAIN, FRUIT JUICE IS A
CONCENTRATED FORM OF SUGAR.
IT DOESN'T HAVE THE FIBER LIKE
REGULAR FRUIT.
IT'S MUCH BETTER TO HAVE FRUIT
RATHER THAN JUICES.
BECAUSE TH FIBER SLO DOWN
TH ABSORBING OF SUGAR.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE CONCENTRATED
AMOUNTS OF SUGAR, IT STIMULATES
THE REWARD CENTERS OF BRAIN AND
THE BRAIN WANTS MORE.
>> THAT'S WHY IT'S ADDICTIVE,
RIGHT?
>> AND OVER TIME YOU NEED MORE
AND MORE TO GET THE SAME EFFECT.
SO CUTTING DOWN THE AMOUNT OF
CONCENTRATED SUGAR, PROCESSED
SUGARS INCLUDING IN FRUIT JUICES
IS THE HEALTHIEST WAY TO GO.
>> ONE THING I DIDN'T KNOW WHEN
I WAS READING THE LIST, MAKING
YOU AGE, YOUR SKIN.
HOW DOES IT AFFECT YOUR SKIN?
>> SUGAR AFFECTS THE WAY THAT
NERVES WORK AND THE WAY THE
COLLAGEN IS LAID DOWN IN
HEALING.
ALL OF THOSE PROCESSES ARE
SLOWED DOWN.
YOU CAN GET A BRAIN FOG.
CAN YOU GET PREMATURE AGING
DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT YOU EAT.
IT AFFECTS A LOT OF CELL
FUNCTIONS WE'RE NOT EVEN AWARE
OF.
>> SCARY.
AND THEN ANOTHER -- WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT STRESS.
SOME OF US OUT THERE STRESS EAT.
>> RIGHT.
>> THEN IS CAUSES MORE STRESS
BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE EATING THE
SUGAR.
IT DOESN'T MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD.
IT'S A TERROR HIGH.
>> YEAH.
SUGAR WILL TEMPORARILY DECREASE
THE CORTISOL.
BUT IT'S ONLY FOR A SHORT PERIOD
OF TIME.
BECAUSE YOU GET THAT SPIKE AND
THEN A LOWER LEVEL.
SO OVER TIME, YOU GET THE SORT
OF UP AND DOWN KINDS OF LEVELS
OF YOUR STRESS HORE HONES.
IT'S -- HORMONES.
IT'S BETTER TO DO THINGS LIKE
EXERCISE WHICH WILL DECREASE THE
STRESS HORMONE.
BUT BECAUSE IT CAN TRANSIENTLY
DECREASE THE STRESS LEVELS, YOU
NEED MORE AND MORE TO GET THE
SAME EFFECT.
>> I'LL ADMIT I HAVE A PROBLEM.
IT'S ADDICTIVE AND I'M TRYING TO
DO BETTER.
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