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EP30: The Sugar Experiment with Damon Gameau


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Life has its ups and downs and a way many of us try to alleviate the downs is through the incidental use of sugar. For some of us it might be a chocolate bar or for me it used to be ice cream – mmm, sweet delicious ice cream. But then I got smart and turned to healthier options like fruit juice, but uh oh, that has nearly thesame amount of sugar as a can of coca cola, over 6 teaspoons! Ok, what about a Yoghurt Sesame snap (I used to love those snacks)? No way - that has more sugar than a two serve of tim tams, over 4 teaspoons!! Now here’s one for you parents out there that I saw at my son’s daycare; Yoplait Petit squeezie for 6mths+ containing healthy calcium for bone growth. Shockingly it has over 2 teaspoons of added sugar. This is when I knew something needs to be done to educate us and that is exactly why I interviewed world renowned actor, director and self experimenter of the award winning documentary “That Sugar Film”, Damon Gameau. In this episode of TheEdTalks Damon sheds some light on the sticky world of sugar and how his self experimentation almost caused irreversible damage to his body and what we can do to try and reverse some of the seriously damaging and energy draining side effects of having excess refined sugar in our diets.

Tweet: Why one man punished his body with sugar @thatsugarfilm @damongameau explains in Ep30.

In this episode you’ll discover:
  • How the love for a partner can change your health destiny
  • How many equivalent teaspoons of sugar people are consuming per day - very alarmingly
  • How many teaspoons of added sugar is recommended for optimal health
  • Five key sugars found in nature
  • What is fructose and why it is so damaging to our bodies
  • Why regular consumption of fruit juice can cause serious health issues
  • A way to improve your life if you have Type 2 diabetes
  • If fatty liver disease can be reversed
  • How to reduce your sugar consumption
  • What are the best replacements fir refined sugar
  • How clever marketing is used to confuse us about sugar and health risks
  • 3 tips to Feel Energized Again and be healthy and happy
  • Items mentioned in this episode include:
    Please note that some of the links below are affiliate links which help me pay the bills for The Ed Talks at no extra cost to you.
    • World Health Organisation recommendations for sugar consumption
    • 23 studies showing health benefits of a low carbohydrate diet
    • Added Sugars Add to Your Risk of Dying from Heart Disease
    • How Sugar Affects Your Brain
    • Fructose Restriction for 10 Days Reduces Liver Fat (Jean-Marc Schwarz, PhD)
    • John Yudkin
    • The End Of Overeating by David Kessler (Amazon link)
    • Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss (Amazon link)
    • Good Calories Bad Calories & Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It by Gary Taubes (Amazon link)
    • Eat Real Food & Sweet Poison by David Gillespie (Amazon link)
    • That Sugar Book by Damon Gameau (Amazon link)
    • Authority Nutrition Website
    • Diet Doctor Website
    • Professor Tim Noakes Website
    • That Sugar Film School Action Kit
    • That Sugar App - Free Download
    • The Mai Wiru Project - The first Indigenous policy of its kind dealing in Food Security
    • That Sugar Film WebsiteFacebookTwitterInstagram
    • Audible Free Trial for TheEdTalks listeners!
    • Quote of the day:

      The ground work of all happiness is good health - Leigh Hunt.

      Music:

      Intro song “1975” by Josh Kirsch
      Outro song “The Sugar Blues” by Eddie Donato

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