On sugar, synthetic sugars, and metabolic derangement
Posted On October 17, 2014
I just presented yesterday for a large company’s health fair, and during both of my presentations the same question came up.
What about sugar?
After all, we know Americans eat about 140 POUNDS of sugar per person per year. I don’t eat a lot myself, so some of you are eating mine!
But given this sugar glut, shouldn’t we stop eating it and have zero calorie, artificial sweeteners instead?
The short answer is no.
The longer answer is nooooooo.
Synthetic sweeteners can cause what one group of researchers called “metabolic derangement“. Nice. Plus, consuming them isn’t associated with weight loss!
The important thing to keep in mind is that 75% of that 140 lbs of sugar you’re eating every year comes from processed food products and others things that are not food at all.
So if you just eat food, you won’t have to worry about that teaspoon of sugar in your coffee because you will already be on the most natural sugar free diet there is!
The other major benefit of a real food, really-low-in-sugar diet is that you won’t have to feel like you’ve got to turn to artificial sweeteners and become metabolically deranged for your efforts.
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