Why Sugar And Fructose Are So Deadly with Dr. Richard Johnson

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HigherDOSE. Eighty-eight percent of people are metabolically
unhealthy, and since the 1920s we’ve shamed them into believing
it’s their fault—that they should just eat fewer calories and
exercise more.  But the real culprit is sugar and the
processed foods that contain it. The majority of foods on our
market shelves contain insane amounts of added sugar and
high-fructose corn syrup—ingredients that literally slow down our
metabolism and turn on our internal fat storage switch. That means
we have the power to turn that switch off by choosing to use food
as medicine. Today, I’m excited to talk to Dr. Richard Johnson
about how our biological fat storage process works and what we can
do to positively affect it.  Dr. Richard Johnson is a
Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado in Denver and
has been a practicing physician and clinical scientist for over 25
years. He is internationally recognized for his seminal work on the
role of sugar and its component fructose, in obesity and diabetes.
His work has also suggested a fundamental role for uric acid (which
is generated during fructose metabolism) in metabolic syndrome. He
previously authored The Sugar Fix with Timothy Gower in 2008, and
The Fat Switch in 2012. His new book, Nature Wants Us to Be Fat was
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details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber
version):  What makes sugar so bad? (5:50 / 2:44)  How
our body’s fat-storage switch works (7:25 / 4:06)  Why eating
certain foods makes us hungrier (15:07 / 11:58) Why eating sugar
slows down your metabolism (18:08 / 14:59)   Comparing
high-fructose corn syrup to table sugar (27:19 / 21:55) The
physiology of how fructose affects your body’s energy production
and weight gain (32:45 / 27:52)  The difference between eating
a high-carb and low-carb diet, even if calorie intake is the same
(42:30 / 36:46)  Why mitochondrial function is key to health
and longevity (53:35 / 49:27) / Supplementing with vitamin C (59:44
/ 55:51)   Is salt good or bad for us? (1:05:33 /
1:00:46) Get a copy of Dr. Johnson’s book, Nature Wants Us to Be
Fat: The Surprising Science Behind Why We Gain Weight and How We
Can Prevent—and Reverse—It, here.