Dr. David Perlmutter

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Well, that act the same as sugar in the body. Let me just take that back a little bit. And one of the surprising things that I found that really plays such a central role in blood glucose regulation is a different sugar called fructose. You know, the amount of fructose we are consuming now is, I think, breathtaking, seeing that table sugar is 50% glucose and 50% fructose.

Well, that act the same as sugar in the body. Let me just take that back a little bit. And one of the surprising things that I found that really plays such a central role in blood glucose regulation is a different sugar called fructose. You know, the amount of fructose we are consuming now is, I think, breathtaking, seeing that table sugar is 50% glucose and 50% fructose.

Well, that act the same as sugar in the body. Let me just take that back a little bit. And one of the surprising things that I found that really plays such a central role in blood glucose regulation is a different sugar called fructose. You know, the amount of fructose we are consuming now is, I think, breathtaking, seeing that table sugar is 50% glucose and 50% fructose.

That's what sucrose or table sugar is. But now we're seeing our foods peppered, wrong term, sweetened with what is called high fructose corn syrup, which might be 52% fructose, but in reality, maybe as high as 90% fructose.

That's what sucrose or table sugar is. But now we're seeing our foods peppered, wrong term, sweetened with what is called high fructose corn syrup, which might be 52% fructose, but in reality, maybe as high as 90% fructose.

That's what sucrose or table sugar is. But now we're seeing our foods peppered, wrong term, sweetened with what is called high fructose corn syrup, which might be 52% fructose, but in reality, maybe as high as 90% fructose.

Now, the messaging on fructose over the years was, hey, that's a better choice than eating glucose because fructose, unlike glucose, does not elicit this insulin response that we just spoke about. And while that may be true in the short term, we know that ultimately through its unique metabolism that fructose is extremely threatening to

Now, the messaging on fructose over the years was, hey, that's a better choice than eating glucose because fructose, unlike glucose, does not elicit this insulin response that we just spoke about. And while that may be true in the short term, we know that ultimately through its unique metabolism that fructose is extremely threatening to

Now, the messaging on fructose over the years was, hey, that's a better choice than eating glucose because fructose, unlike glucose, does not elicit this insulin response that we just spoke about. And while that may be true in the short term, we know that ultimately through its unique metabolism that fructose is extremely threatening to

to the way that insulin works in the body and ultimately leads to elevation of our blood sugar, elevation of our blood pressure, dysregulation of our lipids, increased risk of obesity, increased risk of other metabolic issues. So we've been told that fructose is a safer sugar. Even the American Diabetes Association did until quite recently recommended fructose

to the way that insulin works in the body and ultimately leads to elevation of our blood sugar, elevation of our blood pressure, dysregulation of our lipids, increased risk of obesity, increased risk of other metabolic issues. So we've been told that fructose is a safer sugar. Even the American Diabetes Association did until quite recently recommended fructose

to the way that insulin works in the body and ultimately leads to elevation of our blood sugar, elevation of our blood pressure, dysregulation of our lipids, increased risk of obesity, increased risk of other metabolic issues. So we've been told that fructose is a safer sugar. Even the American Diabetes Association did until quite recently recommended fructose

as an alternative to glucose or highly refined carbohydrates in general. So I think we now understand, and we'll get to this later, that through its production of something called uric acid, that fructose is a powerful threat for our metabolism, therefore elevation of blood sugar, and then this increased risk of insulin resistance that we talked about just a moment ago. But you know,

as an alternative to glucose or highly refined carbohydrates in general. So I think we now understand, and we'll get to this later, that through its production of something called uric acid, that fructose is a powerful threat for our metabolism, therefore elevation of blood sugar, and then this increased risk of insulin resistance that we talked about just a moment ago. But you know,

as an alternative to glucose or highly refined carbohydrates in general. So I think we now understand, and we'll get to this later, that through its production of something called uric acid, that fructose is a powerful threat for our metabolism, therefore elevation of blood sugar, and then this increased risk of insulin resistance that we talked about just a moment ago. But you know,

I think that we could take this conversation to a lot of places. We can take it to the gut bacteria because we know that the signals sent out by our gut bacteria have a huge role to play in regulating our metabolism. There is well-described changes that can occur in the gut bacteria that pave the way for insulin resistance. And in fact, we know that

I think that we could take this conversation to a lot of places. We can take it to the gut bacteria because we know that the signals sent out by our gut bacteria have a huge role to play in regulating our metabolism. There is well-described changes that can occur in the gut bacteria that pave the way for insulin resistance. And in fact, we know that

I think that we could take this conversation to a lot of places. We can take it to the gut bacteria because we know that the signals sent out by our gut bacteria have a huge role to play in regulating our metabolism. There is well-described changes that can occur in the gut bacteria that pave the way for insulin resistance. And in fact, we know that

that is a direct response to the various foods that we eat. But I think interestingly, we can look at how these changes in our gut bacteria brought on by, for example, consumption of fructose and therefore leading to higher levels of insulin and blood sugar may have been in our hunter-gatherer days quite adaptive. Because think about it, when did we eat fructose? When did we have fruit sugar?