Hey folks, Dr. Mike here for Renaissance Periodization. Sugar is bad for you. Wait, is it? Or is that, as Arnold would say, bullshit? Sugar isn't bad for you. Sugar is bad for you is bullshit. Let's take a look at why. So a couple of things, six to be specific.

Of course, you already know me. I have a numbered list. Few people who make the claim that sugar is bad can actually chemically define what sugar is. Profoundly few, a tiny fraction. So are they talking about monosaccharides? Are they talking about

disaccharides? I, I don't know. Most of them don't even know what that is. Are they talking about any of the following sugars that are very common: glucose, fructose, galactose, sucrose, lactose, maltose? With a vagus maltose?

Who knows? People who say sugar is bad for you almost always don't, which is a bad sign. How many people are against galactose? People will be like, "Fructose, man, fucks you up." "Glucose is bad for you, bro. Destroys your kidneys." Galactose is like

the name of her Overlord from space. Galactos skyscraper. [Music] This shit like that. Nobody knows what the fuck lactose is. Why not? It's a sugar. Shouldn't it kill us all? Also interesting, another problem. Almost all the people who say sugar is

bad for you... um, I take that back. Half is, the other half are insane keto outlets, low-carb insanity people. And this one half is, "Sugar is bad, but they still eat whole grains." Well, whole grains, the carbohydrate component is almost always eventually starch, and starch breaks down

in the blood into drum roll glucose the fastest digesting of all sugars the one that has the biggest effect on your insulin levels folks so then starch is also bad so then all grains are bad some people are on that wagon going straight to hell but a lot of people are like hold on I

don't even know what I know anymore right so maybe it's just some sugars maybe not all of them well fructose is definitely the most vilified but even that's not bad for you unless the quantities are massive and wildly unrealistic and that's like the

worst one so all of a sudden the worst one isn't that bad we have a problem maybe sugar isn't actually bad for you now why do people think sugar is bad for you I promise it's not for no reason right it's like someone who's afraid of

dogs often has like a decent not always often as a decent reason again man when I was six years old I wanted to befriend this poodle that lived across the street and it reached out my hand and he fucking nabbed me man he was like ah and

I was like ah and I cried a lot I fucking kid I I'm scared of dogs ever since bro like I feel you decent reason also um side note I hate poodles I Freedom what is the purpose of a poodle they're not cute don't start don't even

get in the comments with the shit they look ridiculous they bitch all the time there's nothing a poodle won't whine about and poodles hate me I've been over a few friends' houses they had poodles and they just sit in the corner hey look what the fuck

Is something wrong with you? You either fight me or not. They're weird, they're anxious, allegedly they're smart. What the fuck, my fuck, I didn't buy a computer about a fucking dog. I don't need to be smart, I'm smart. There's only

two smart people in my house. Gonna say one, but my wife's probably smarter than me. So like a dog, a bulldog's a fine dog. Bulldogs are better than poodles. That's the last thing about it I'll say. How's that for a tangent? Get at me in the

comments. Here's the thing, just like people who've been bitten by dogs have a sort of legit, understandable reason why they fear dogs, people have an understandable reason why they think sugar causes health problems, because a lot of the people they've seen in life

who eat a bunch of sweet treats tend to be overweight and unhealthy. And they've even had some instances in their life, perhaps maybe even currently, where they were or are eating lots of sweet treats and they're less healthy than they used to be and fatter than they used to be, and

they're like, 'duh, it's the sugar. It's totally believable.' However, almost always what people are doing is two things: one, the sugar just lets it, it's so tasty that it just lets them eat so many calories that they eat more calories than they burn. And that's the real thing that if

you do it over a long time and you don't train with weights, you end up getting overweight and metabolically unhealthy. If the extra calories from the sugar, it's not the sugar itself, right? It's like someone dies from being overworked in some kind of crazy, like

prison labor camp or something you're like what's the last thing he was doing like he was walking with like a pile of you know like tree branches they had him chop and he just died right there be like it's the walking that did it

walking kills like it's all the physical activity summed up minus no food minus no rest that's the imbalance there and it doesn't matter if he was walking or if he was sitting down or if even he's laying and fell asleep imagine like he

died in his sleep you're like sleep's a fucking silent killer bro like I don't think that's what it is so it's not the sugar itself that's getting you into deep shit it's the fact that sugar is so easy to eat if you eat a lot of it it

often gets you calories up so high that there's way more calories than you burn you accumulate fat accumulate fat accumulate fat that leads to metabolic regulation and all those other bad things and then poor health that's reason number one reason number two is when people say oh it's the sugar

that got me fat they usually think they mean sugar but a lot of times it's not just sugar name a sugary food that you love that you know is bad for your health and has potentially get you fat I promise you there's a very good chance

that the foods you name also have lots of fat in them like people will be like hey man you want a milkshake from McDonald's they're really good they got a new one out it's a cappuccino flavor they're like oh yeah man I can't have

sugar like all right on do you want like the 80 grams of fat in that thing still like oh well also fat so donuts chocolates cakes ice creams did I mention donuts they are all stuffed with sugar for sure but also a crapload of fat what is just

just sugar like pixie sticks uh Scott's a video guy what's that candy called Smarties or whatever the shit that lets you pretend you're eating like a dozen ecstasy pills at the same time but I always did with that candy when I was a kid it's hard to get fat off that

shit because that's pure sugar I mean there's only so many containers of Smarties you can eat until you're like man fuck this but you can eat a lot of ice cream the fat plus the sugar really makes it super tasty you super crave it

even more and then it's also super high calories because fat is a ton of calories which the fat plus the sugar that does most of the work so yeah sugar can be super tasty and make you go over calories just by itself but a lot of times fat really helps and

another way to sort of demonstrate that is like well fruit has tons of sugar and a lot of people highly erroneously are like well I don't eat fruit because of sugar show me somebody they got fat and unhealthy off of eating fruit can you

imagine you come into your doctor's office he like knows a bunch of fucking blood work and tests and shit like that and scans and he's like apples Jim apples are killing you you know what good just kidding your wife think about your wife it doesn't happen now donuts yeah Jim's

killing his, you know, I'm saying, relationship with his wife because of donuts, ice cream, sure, apples, come on now, just sugar by itself doesn't have a punch. Now speaking of punch, there are ways to manage this situation still have sugar but keep your risk for

getting overweight and unhealthy very low. One is generally avoid or minimize, don't avoid, minimize and intelligently arrange your consumption of highly processed, high calorie, high sugar and fat foods like, you know, ice cream is the shit and you should have it sometimes but if you're on like a fat loss phase to get

your weight down to a low level so you can maintain, have less ice cream or not a lot. Or if you're going to have ice cream, have a few pints on the weekends and on the week, just eat like normal, healthy people food instead of just

eating ice cream all the fucking time, you know, like adult shit. That's a good start. Another one, the punch reference coming back in a little late, fruit juices. Fruit juices are super tasty, but they jam a crapload of calories into a very easy to consume container and their

effect on your appetite after is minimal, so you can have like 150 calories of orange juice and be like, I can eat the same size meal that I would if I didn't have that 150 calories, which begs the question why the fuck are you doing that?

Well, if you don't have a problem with your weight or health, hey, sweet, drink all the orange juice you want. But if you do have trouble with your weight getting too high and your health getting too poor, take the orange juice and ditch it or have less than of it or have a low

calorie or calorie-free substitute tons of that stuff going around and while I'm on the subject Faygo and if you don't have Faygo soda I'm sorry for you in Michigan we have this thing called Faygo and it's called pop in Michigan

not soda I know it's a lot of Taken Faygo diet orange is like if gods were making the greatest foods ever and while they were chopping up these god-like fruits some of the juice leaked off the table of Mount Olympus and you you got some

that's what it would taste like orange juice I haven't even heard of it diet Faygo Orange nothing natural about it which is the best part but in any case Real Talk eat less junk food eat less sweet treats that make you super fat that have tons

of fats in them minimize your consumption of fruit juices if you have weight and health problems and then in that context of moderation there's no need to fear sugar at all there's nothing chemically about it that fucks your physiology that makes you super fat

it's just a matter of calorie intake a matter of satiety how hungry something makes you or how less hungry it makes you and a matter of junk foods and minimizing that hyper palatable food folks is sugar really bad that's bullshit and I'll see you next time with

Sugar Is Bad For You- BULLSH*T!

Renaissance Periodization

Dr. Mike challenges the common belief that sugar is inherently bad for health.

Many who claim sugar is harmful lack a precise chemical understanding of what constitutes "sugar".

The various types of sugars (glucose, fructose, etc.) are not uniformly addressed in the debate.

The lack of specific knowledge about different sugars among those who criticize them is highlighted.

Many critics of sugar also consume whole grains, which break down into glucose.

The speaker points out the inconsistency in criticizing sugar while consuming whole grains, which also turn into glucose.

Even fructose, often vilified, is only harmful in massive, unrealistic quantities.

The speaker explains why people associate sugar with health problems.

People associate sugar with poor health due to observing overweight individuals consuming many sweets.

The main issue is not sugar itself but the excessive calorie intake from sugary foods.

Many sugary foods also contain high levels of fat, contributing to weight gain.

Pure sugar, like in Smarties, is less likely to cause weight gain than foods combining sugar and fat.

The combination of fat and sugar increases palatability and calorie density.

The speaker uses fruit as an example to demonstrate that sugar alone doesn't lead to weight gain.

It's the combination of sugar and fat, along with excessive calorie intake, that is the real culprit.

The speaker suggests minimizing highly processed, high-calorie, high-sugar, and high-fat foods.

Moderation is key; enjoy treats occasionally but maintain a balanced diet.

Fruit juices are highlighted as a source of hidden calories that don't significantly impact satiety.

Individuals with weight or health concerns should limit fruit juice consumption.

The advice to reduce junk food, sweets, and fruit juices to manage weight and health is reiterated.

Sugar itself doesn't inherently cause harm; it's the excessive calorie intake and combination with fats that pose the risk.

The video concludes that the idea that sugar is inherently bad is false.