Dr. Ian Smith joins Opie, Chef Carl Ruiz and comedian Mark Normand. Carl casually destroys an insane amount of sugar on air — Reese’s, cookies, Hawaiian Punch, fruit snacks, and more — while the doctor breaks down exactly what it’s doing to his body.Carl explains his “live every day like you won the lottery” philosophy after watching his super-healthy dad get hit with early-onset Alzheimer’s at 62. The conversation gets real about sugar addiction, school lunches, food deserts, pre-diabetes, and how the food industry engineers the “bliss point” to keep you hooked.Topics covered:
- How much sugar the average American actually eats
- Why Carl refuses to “save for the future”
- Hidden sugar in “healthy” foods (yogurt, ketchup, vitamin water, etc.)
- School food industry corruption
- Sugar withdrawal horror stories
- Keto, artificial sweeteners, and realistic ways to cut back
Featuring: Dr. Ian Smith (author of Blast the Sugar Out), Carl Ruiz. If you’ve ever wondered why you can’t stop eating sugar… this is it. )Drop a like if Carl’s snack pile stressed you out
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