For many, many years society was led to believe that fat was the cause of all of our heart issues and that eating too much of it would make us fat and unhealthy. Fast forward many decades later and it turns out that fat plays a smaller role in heart disease than we thought and that the real culprit behind our weight-gaining society is sugar. Sugar has a consumer product has only been around for a few hundred years. In the beginning sugar was pretty scarce so only the rich could gain access to it. It wasn’t until the late 1800s and early 1900s that sugar became abundantly available for the world to consume. It was also at this time that the then slow but steady rise in obesity and diabetes began. That is until the advent of sugary drinks and an abundance of ultraprocessed Frankenfoods entered the market. Then obesity and diabetes began a much more rapid ascend. While sugar is the ONLY culprit in the story of obesity, it is most certainly one of the major ones, if not THE major one. Which is why, in this series, we start a conversation about the effects that sugar have on the body. In this episode of the Sugar Effect (part #1) we discuss… · How much added sugar is recommended in the diet and how much we ACTUALLY eat· How ALL carbs are broken down into sugar in the body· The difference between glucose and fructose digestion· The quickest way to store fat (if that’s your goal)· So much more… Be sure to connect with Thriveology and Good Wolf Radio: Thriveology: http://bit.ly/3TILsVR Good Wolf Radio: http://bit.ly/42I0lMf Instagram: https://bit.ly/3K6XGVl Facebook: https://bit.ly/3LKDpGh
