Dr. Richard Johnson

So if you're on a low carb diet, you're not going to make very much fructose. That's why low carb diets are so fantastic because not only are they reducing sugar intake, but they're reducing carb intake that will reduce the amount of fructose you make. But salt is a very powerful way of converting glucose to fructose.

And that's why French fries, for example, cause so much obesity and are so bad because you've got the carbs, you've got that starch, the potato, And then you got to coat it with salt, make it taste really good. And that salt activates the conversion of the carb to fructose, the glucose to fructose. And then you coat it with the fat. And now you've got the fat.

And that's why French fries, for example, cause so much obesity and are so bad because you've got the carbs, you've got that starch, the potato, And then you got to coat it with salt, make it taste really good. And that salt activates the conversion of the carb to fructose, the glucose to fructose. And then you coat it with the fat. And now you've got the fat.

And that's why French fries, for example, cause so much obesity and are so bad because you've got the carbs, you've got that starch, the potato, And then you got to coat it with salt, make it taste really good. And that salt activates the conversion of the carb to fructose, the glucose to fructose. And then you coat it with the fat. And now you've got the fat.

Yeah, you got the trifecta.

Yeah, you got the trifecta.

Yeah, you got the trifecta.

Yeah. I still eat cake on my birthday. I'll eat salt. I'll have salty food occasionally. It's not that we want to eliminate these foods in any way, but what we want to do is to be aware that they can convert to fructose. And if we're doing a lot of it, we're going to generate a lot of fructose in our body and we're going to eat a lot of fructose if we eat sugary foods.

Yeah. I still eat cake on my birthday. I'll eat salt. I'll have salty food occasionally. It's not that we want to eliminate these foods in any way, but what we want to do is to be aware that they can convert to fructose. And if we're doing a lot of it, we're going to generate a lot of fructose in our body and we're going to eat a lot of fructose if we eat sugary foods.

Yeah. I still eat cake on my birthday. I'll eat salt. I'll have salty food occasionally. It's not that we want to eliminate these foods in any way, but what we want to do is to be aware that they can convert to fructose. And if we're doing a lot of it, we're going to generate a lot of fructose in our body and we're going to eat a lot of fructose if we eat sugary foods.

So we want to cut it back, we want to reduce it. If you can get rid of it, soft drinks, that's a good move.

So we want to cut it back, we want to reduce it. If you can get rid of it, soft drinks, that's a good move.

So we want to cut it back, we want to reduce it. If you can get rid of it, soft drinks, that's a good move.

Yes, right.

Yes, right.

Yes, right.

That's right. And natural fruit turns out to be much healthier than we think. If you're a bear and you're eating 10,000 grapes, you're going to get fat if you eat 10,000 grapes. But when you eat a natural fruit, it's only three or four grams of fructose typically in a fruit. And my friend Josh Rabinovich showed that the intestine inactivates about three to four grams of fructose.

That's right. And natural fruit turns out to be much healthier than we think. If you're a bear and you're eating 10,000 grapes, you're going to get fat if you eat 10,000 grapes. But when you eat a natural fruit, it's only three or four grams of fructose typically in a fruit. And my friend Josh Rabinovich showed that the intestine inactivates about three to four grams of fructose.

That's right. And natural fruit turns out to be much healthier than we think. If you're a bear and you're eating 10,000 grapes, you're going to get fat if you eat 10,000 grapes. But when you eat a natural fruit, it's only three or four grams of fructose typically in a fruit. And my friend Josh Rabinovich showed that the intestine inactivates about three to four grams of fructose.

So you can eat a natural fruit and you won't get any fructose to your liver, you know, because it's all removed by the intestine. And it's really in the liver where it controls this metabolic syndrome. And so if you just eat occasional fruit, you're going to get all the good things in the fruit. Phytonutrients. Yeah, vitamin C. Fiber. Potassium, fiber, and all these things are good.