Dr. Mark Hyman

So I was tired that day, I think.

And I just scarfed the whole thing down in the afternoon.

I was hungry.

I was seeing patients.

And my stomach blew up like a balloon.

Like I literally...

my gut bacteria did not like it so i would not really consume these at all um they can cause diarrhea bloating gas all kinds of digestive issues they mess with your gut for us so uh there's something a little bit better uh like erythritol but still be very very careful with these don't don't think you have a free pass um and it can ferment it can cause all kinds of issues so so don't

don't, don't take it, especially if you have gut issues.

Now, um, some natural sweeteners are a little bit better than others.

So I'm not, I mean, listen, we all like sweet stuff, but kind of my view is if you're going to have something sweet, just have it, you know, uh, you know, you, you, you have like, you know, uh, like a large, like, uh, like, uh,

sort of sugary kind of coffee drink in the morning, you know, that can have more sugar than a soda.

That can have like eight or nine teaspoons of sugar or more in that.

Now you wouldn't put eight or nine teaspoons of sugar in your coffee, right?

So if you take like a teaspoon of sugar and you put it in your coffee,

that's probably a lot better than trying to do all these other things and, and, and being really aware.

So I would say, you know, not more than five teaspoons a day that, but that can be even too much for, for some of us.

Um, most adults consume 22 teaspoons a day, kids about 34 teaspoons, um, artificial sweeteners, as we said, uh, not good sugar alcohols, not good.

So, um,

Dr. Hyman, you're killing me.

What am I gonna do?