You may be familiar with John Oliver from his previous contributions to The Daily Show. He’s since moved on to host his weekly news and commentary show on HBO: “Last Week Tonight.” In time for Halloween, he covered the subject of sugar.
From a science perspective, there’s nothing new in his coverage. But the fact that he’s bringing to the public eye the gross over-consumption of sugar in our diet and the concomitant health issues…well this suggests a growing cultural awareness of the problem we’re all facing. That this is now the subject of public discourse and not just the domain of research science and health practitioners…well that’s a sweet development indeed.
Sugar is like cocaine. No limits on anti-sugar propaganda.
I think the general idea that sugar is bad is out there. Jimmy more posted about his encounter in a grocery store line where the clerk told him to “live a little” and eat some sugar.
Perhaps we are in the justification of a “vice” phase.
I think people forget the form of sugar in nature. I have a little video I posted about sugar. I recorded it just about a week ago and it will show you that sugar is clearly not made for human consumption. I am following a ketogenic diet and I am on month 2.
Here is a link to my sugar video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sg9u9KddxM
and these are links to my 2 youtube channels, one in English and one in Spanish.
English: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdQTqRM3P05qPNGQAkNzrxg/videos
Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Z6HNSziqpZWoe99k0qoGQ/videos
Thank you!
Laila
I donated a kidney. Is this safe for a person with one kidney?
Is this diet safe for a person who donated one kidney?
Hi Linda!
I think that’s a question best suited for a conversation between you and your physician. While I’m not aware of any indication that a ketogenic diet is harmful to kidneys (or any other organ), I’d want to run this past my healthcare provider if it were me.
-Michael