Dr. Richard Johnson

You know, omega-3 fats, saturated fat, you have to be a little careful with. But, you know, there's a lot of monounsaturated fats, olive oil-based diets, Mediterranean diets. These are really basically healthy ways to go.

You know, omega-3 fats, saturated fat, you have to be a little careful with. But, you know, there's a lot of monounsaturated fats, olive oil-based diets, Mediterranean diets. These are really basically healthy ways to go.

You know, omega-3 fats, saturated fat, you have to be a little careful with. But, you know, there's a lot of monounsaturated fats, olive oil-based diets, Mediterranean diets. These are really basically healthy ways to go.

Well, there are some problems with sugar substitutes, but in general... The first good thing is most sugar substitutes do not activate this biologic switch. They do stimulate a pleasure response in the brain, what we call a dopamine response. So they do encourage you to eat sweet foods. So if you're trying to

Well, there are some problems with sugar substitutes, but in general... The first good thing is most sugar substitutes do not activate this biologic switch. They do stimulate a pleasure response in the brain, what we call a dopamine response. So they do encourage you to eat sweet foods. So if you're trying to

Well, there are some problems with sugar substitutes, but in general... The first good thing is most sugar substitutes do not activate this biologic switch. They do stimulate a pleasure response in the brain, what we call a dopamine response. So they do encourage you to eat sweet foods. So if you're trying to

stop eating sweet foods, drinking soft drinks, diet soft drinks is still going to encourage you to like sweet foods. And so it doesn't get rid of the craving. Most of them do not activate the switch. There's a few significant exceptions. Like there's one artificial sweetener called sorbitol. It's often put in like sugar-free syrups. That one still activates the switch, unfortunately.

stop eating sweet foods, drinking soft drinks, diet soft drinks is still going to encourage you to like sweet foods. And so it doesn't get rid of the craving. Most of them do not activate the switch. There's a few significant exceptions. Like there's one artificial sweetener called sorbitol. It's often put in like sugar-free syrups. That one still activates the switch, unfortunately.

stop eating sweet foods, drinking soft drinks, diet soft drinks is still going to encourage you to like sweet foods. And so it doesn't get rid of the craving. Most of them do not activate the switch. There's a few significant exceptions. Like there's one artificial sweetener called sorbitol. It's often put in like sugar-free syrups. That one still activates the switch, unfortunately.

So that's really not a good choice. And then there are also other issues with artificial sweeteners that are quite bothersome. For example, aspartame.

So that's really not a good choice. And then there are also other issues with artificial sweeteners that are quite bothersome. For example, aspartame.

So that's really not a good choice. And then there are also other issues with artificial sweeteners that are quite bothersome. For example, aspartame.

um has been reported to you know affect memory and um you know there's some papers suggesting that if you give large doses to animals that they have trouble going through a maze so i'm not a big fan of aspartame um and you know so things like stevia which is a natural artificial sweetener uh splenda sucralose there isn't too much negative about that but you know they are

um has been reported to you know affect memory and um you know there's some papers suggesting that if you give large doses to animals that they have trouble going through a maze so i'm not a big fan of aspartame um and you know so things like stevia which is a natural artificial sweetener uh splenda sucralose there isn't too much negative about that but you know they are

um has been reported to you know affect memory and um you know there's some papers suggesting that if you give large doses to animals that they have trouble going through a maze so i'm not a big fan of aspartame um and you know so things like stevia which is a natural artificial sweetener uh splenda sucralose there isn't too much negative about that but you know they are

Yes. So it turns out the switch is a dimmer switch. What it means that if you take two teaspoons of sugar, you're going to activate the switch, but only mildly. Whereas if you drink a soft drink, you're going to where it's like nine teaspoons, you're going to activate the switch big time. And when you do, you drop that energy and it only will last for a few hours, okay?

Yes. So it turns out the switch is a dimmer switch. What it means that if you take two teaspoons of sugar, you're going to activate the switch, but only mildly. Whereas if you drink a soft drink, you're going to where it's like nine teaspoons, you're going to activate the switch big time. And when you do, you drop that energy and it only will last for a few hours, okay?

Yes. So it turns out the switch is a dimmer switch. What it means that if you take two teaspoons of sugar, you're going to activate the switch, but only mildly. Whereas if you drink a soft drink, you're going to where it's like nine teaspoons, you're going to activate the switch big time. And when you do, you drop that energy and it only will last for a few hours, okay?

And then it will recover and everything kind of goes back, but you've now stored that extra fat, right? So initially it's sort of a short-term effect, but we're eating sugar in almost every meal. You know, it's like in 70% of processed foods. So we're activating the switch a lot, a lot. And some of us are almost staying like in an activated state.

And then it will recover and everything kind of goes back, but you've now stored that extra fat, right? So initially it's sort of a short-term effect, but we're eating sugar in almost every meal. You know, it's like in 70% of processed foods. So we're activating the switch a lot, a lot. And some of us are almost staying like in an activated state.