Eric Bakker, the naturopath here.
Thanks for coming back.
We're going to talk about sugar, the sweet topic everyone likes.
If you think back, sugar used to be a very, very expensive commodity.
A long time ago, we're talking maybe the 1600s, or between the 15 and 1600s particularly,
sugar was like gold dust, like it was so expensive, people didn't really consume sugar, only royalty,
only wealthy people.
And, of course, as trade increased, you know, things changed slowly over time, but what
really changed the sugar industry, a big shake up was probably in the late 1950s, early '60s,
when they could finally learn really how to get corn and corn syrup and starchy foods
like that and then split them up, break them, and then extract fructose and glucose and
sugars out of these thick kind of syrups.
Many researchers also point out the obesity crisis, you know, literally is in line with
the high fructose corn syrup production.
And in the United States, like obesity's out of control.
70% of the population now are overweight or obese and it won't be long before 100% of
the population are that way.
So, I just had a very interesting study up on high fructose corn syrup, looking at the
manufacturers.
And Cargill I think is the biggest manufacturer of this stuff.
It goes into cereals, it goes into soda drinks, it goes into candy bars, snack bars, protein
bars, just about everything.
Other studies I read say that between 50 to 70% of all foods now available in supermarkets
contain high fructose corn syrup.
This stuff's crap, it's total crap.
It's really bad.
When I was a kid and used to buy chewing gum, it had cane sugar in it.
Not it's got high fructose corn syrup in it.
So I really don't like high fructose corn syrup.
What the liver does with the fructose is it splits it, it breaks it up, and one component
becomes a triglyceride, which clogs up your arteries.
So it pushes you into a stroke or into a cardiovascular, you know, heart potential.
So, it's not really something you want to be consuming constantly.
Okay, there are so many studies now that show soft drinks with high fructose corn syrup
now are linked to obesity.
Over 80 studies that I've looked at.
I looked at a meta analysis, which is a study conducted regarding a whole bunch of studies
and there's overwhelming proof that people who drink one to two soda drinks per day will
just pile on the weight over time.
So, if you're watching this and you've got a weight issue and you're drinking a soda
drink every day, honestly you need beating over the head with a soft object like a pillow.
Just pum, pum, pum.
I'll do it.
I mean someone needs to beat you into submission.
I mean, this is not really good stuff to constantly drink.
You'll end up with diabetes, stroke, heart disease, goodness knows what.
So, sugar is addictable.
It's a highly addictive substance.
And once you get used to sugar, particularly at a young age, and you get used to eating
it time and time again, it gets harder and harder to break that cycle.
Okay?
I've never been a big sugar addict.
I've always been a fruit addict, but more recently a berry addict.
I've got into the berries.
They contain sugars, but not really like oranges and other really high sweet fruits like watermelons,
for example.
There are different forms of sugar you can get.
So don't always confuse them.
If we get cane, sugar cane, crush it to get the juice out of that, as opposed to white
table sugar, you can't compare both substances.
One's healthy, one's not healthy.
So, this is where a lot of eating disorders from people come from, unfortunately.
I just read some studies on, you know, analysis on eating disorders and many young girls,
unfortunately, they look at food and say, "It's got sugar in it, I can't touch it."
So then they start analyzing every kind of label and, you know, everything that they
eat.
And they come to the point where they realize that most foods have got sugar in them, so
they avoid these kinds of foods.
And they start having a one-sided diet, often like a strong high fat vegan diet or diets
like that.
And they end up getting gut issues, they end up getting psychological issues, and those
things tend to become ingrained over the years, and then the person ends up in their 30s,
40s, and 50s with a longterm eating problem.
Which basically psychologically scarred, all because they were focused and anally concerned
about sugar or fat when they were young.
This is not really a good thing to do.
So, be weary of sugar.
You shouldn't take it out of your diet, but you should really try and follow the line
where sugar in your diet should not be seen as a good thing to have.
Okay?
Natural sugars, some people still point the finger at fruit and say, "But hang on, hasn't
it got fructose in it?
Isn't it bad?
Why are we eating fruit with fructose in it when you're telling us that high fructose
corn syrup is bad stuff?"
Well, there's a big difference between high fructose corn syrup and something growing
on a tree, isn't there?
There's a big difference if you think about it.
Nature doesn't rip people off, science rips people off.
And it does so very carefully by manipulating diet or information, often for financial gains
for large companies.
It may sound harsh saying that, but some of the discussions I've had with food psychologists
really make the hair on my neck stand up.
I'll tell you guys that story one day, that was quite a remarkable story regarding potato
chips and food psychology.
But yeah, just watch out because big food companies out there are really obviously pushing
and promoting this stuff hard core, just like the tobacco companies did.
But if you follow the line of eating natural foods, preparing foods yourself at home, trying
to only buy toilet paper from the supermarket, you know, and even then be careful because
they could put sugar in toilet paper, I've been told.
So, yeah, common sense, and that's what this channel's all about, it's common sense.
Remember the phrase, if you really like something or if someone says, "I love the taste of that,"
it usually means it's got a lot of sugar in it.
All right?
I've never heard someone say, "I love the taste of that," and it's sour or bitter.
It's always the sweet stuff.
So when a relative or friend says, "Oo, I love the taste of that!"
Grab it and then have a look at what level the word sugar comes into it.
Okay, but they'll often, they'll call it cane sugar or they'll call it some fancy name.
But you'll often find that the foods that people love the most have got sugar as one
of the top ingredients.
Those people need moving again into berries or, you know, sweet treats that are natural,
that don't contain manmade or artificial kind of sugars in them.
In time, high fructose corn syrup will one day be seen for as the poison that it really
is.
It should not be used for human consumption, in my opinion.
But that's my take on it, okay?
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