Watch the documentary That Sugar Film at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fsAPoEAVpc
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I have a friend who has seen this documentary, and he didn't change his diet (kebabs, burgers, pizza's and so on), but he stoped to drink sweet drinks and eat cookies, chocolate etc.. and like in few months he lost around 40 pound.
Maybe it's time to consider leaving sugar behind, especially when you want to loose weight.
My first feeling was mainly confusion, because I couldn’t believe that there are people in the world that could claim, that this kind of diet is “healthy”. In fact we all know it is not healthy to have cereals for breakfast, to drink juice every single time we feel thirsty and to consume sugar in every single meal. So that was sick, when I realised that it is actually something challenging for some people – I thought “God, some people REALLY eat so much sugar”. I know it was an experiment, but all this food was supposed to be ‘diet food’ and look how much sugar it has in it… And some people may think they are dieting, because they don’t eat a single chocolate bar, donut, coca-cola can or whatever, but they still consume so much sugar, even while eating a chicken :D
I personally for over 2 years am trying to make my diet better, and I think with quite good results. I am very conscious of what I am eating, what process food is, how to read ingredients, what macro means and so on. Since one year I am trying to reduce amount of sugar I am eating. And I have to say that it’s EXTREMELY hard (that’s why I understand that it might be a problem to stop eating it :) ). After one year I finally see results, for last month I really stopped eating any “bad” sugar in any food (and it’s almost everywhere, even like in soya milk? ) . Only sugar I consume comes from fruits (or dried fruits - but watch out, there can be additional sugar too) and very rarely from xylitol, honey or maple syrup. Without it, it would be really impossible to do :)
The main thing is to stop eating all the processed food that is available in supermarket and just start cooking at home… There are so many “dieting” people, who only keep buying “diet” food in supermarkets and drink juice instead of coca-cola, what doesn’t really make it any better, and they are stuck.The men after his experiment cooked almost everything by himself, he wasn’t buying ready-to-eat meals.
It was very surprising that a guy after 2 months gained 8,5kg while eating the same amount of calories.. I would never suspect that! It shows how much the source of calories matter...
BTW I loved the dentist van hahaha
My conclusion is that normal food containing sugar is even worse than junk food containing fats. Sugar makes us fat so quickly and even each of us should examine our fridges and think again about daily diet.
What I don't really understand is the 40 teaspoons of sugar a day. If I'm correct they did mean sugar itself, not carbohydrates altogether. That's about 800 calories in pure sugar - considering that every gram of protein gives another 4 calories and a gram o fat another 9 calories I'd say it's not the sugar itself that makes people fat but just absorbing more energy that they burn.
Anyway if we want to eliminate processed sugar from our diet we would pretty much have to prepare everything ourselves. Which is not even that bad for people who like cooking.
Something I have to agree with though, and I noticed it myself, is that indeed low fat products are sweeter. Disgustingly sweet I might even say. About a week ago maybe I grabbed a low fat yogurt just because it fell in my hands. I expected some nice fruity taste but what I got was only sugar (or sweetener, I don't know) and disappointment.
And one thing I think needs to be clarified - it's not sugar that spikes blood sugar levels, it's a factor called glycemic index and for example beer has really high glycemic index - 110, pure sugar on the other hand has a glycemic index of 70 which is still high but lower than beer ;)
While I knew that sugar isn't very healthy, what the film showed was frankly quite scary. You expect junk food to be this bad, but Damon made a point of eating only what's claimed to be low-fat, 'healthy' food you can get everywhere. That's the most frightening part; we have to try very hard to avoid highly-processed food, full of sugar or other unhealthy substances. You basically need to read the label on anything you buy and be able to understand it, which is obviously not made easy. It's the case with many industries, such as pharmaceutical; the big concerns have a lot of power over us by keeping us ignorant. Ignorance is bliss, goes the saying, and doesn't that sound awfully like the 'bliss point' they mention in the documentary?
Nevertheless, as Damon said at the end: every day we'll get new, often contradictory information. Many times, the researches presented to us would be funded by companies interested in profit, not our health, as proven by the documentary. That's why we have to remember not to take everything we see or read for granted, like Aleksandra said. Balance is the key.
I like how it tries to be more flashy and engaging than other movies from this "genre". It takes itself less seriously than let's say Supersize me. Giving all the experts and doctors superhero names was a fun idea. I think it also was a great idea to mix the "home video" parts with stuff like Stephen Fry rhyming about fructose. However I think at some points they overdid it with the comedy.
Overall I think the movie does a pretty good job at "shocking" or just informing the viewer about how much hidden sugar they eat all the time. It makes you think.
Junk food and fizzy drinks are high in calories and it's easy to consume them mindlessly. It's way harder to feel full after a small candy bar which contains the same amount of calories that a full plate of veggies does. One liter of coke contains astonishing 400 calories. The man in "The sugar film" counted that he consumed roughly the same amount of calories but he also felt tired all the time and didn't move as much as before. I feel like people these days are always looking for some new amazing and fast diets instead of just eating less. Obesity is becoming a serious issue all over the world and I think fast food and sugar full snacks are too "established" in today's society at least for now and people won't stop eating processed foods from day to day. So maybe we should focus on the amount of the food that we eat as well.
A comparison of what 200 calories look like in different foods
Of course all food companies make it harder and harder, natural taste of food is not enough for people and to conquer with competition companies have to distinguish with amazing taste, that will be much better than in other products. And here comes sugar as super hero with all preservatives, dyes and flavour enhancers. I can’t image how in future products in shops will look like. I guess there will be nothing healthy there and we will eat pills like in the Jetsons sitcom.
BUT recently I have changed one of my habits. I used to drink traditional boxed juice in the morning, but right now i only do drink my own mad juice thanks to a sweet (haha) machine I have in my house. I make juices from bananas, carrots, pears, apples, oranges, grapefruit, raspberries and a lot more. I defenitely recommend y'all trying that out. It is really delicious, really really sweet and pretty healthy i guess. It is like eating fruit in fluid and you can take it in a bottle with you anywhere.