Brandon Woolley of the Fire Within Podcast has created many seminars as a personal trainer and speaker. Today's episode is based on one of his more popular topics. Sugar.

Sugar is the most addictive substance on the planet. Sugar is so addictive that rats given a choice between sugar or cocaine will choose sugar. (and rats really like cocaine)

Types of sugar found on ingredient labels:
1. Agave Nectar
  2. Barley Malt
  3. Beet Sugar
  4. Brown Sugar
  5. Buttered Syrup
  6. Cane Crystals
  7. Cane Juice Crystals
  8. Cane Sugar
  9. Caramel
  10. Carob Syrup
11. Castor Sugar
  12. Confectioner's Sugar
  13. Corn Sweetener
  14. Corn Syrup
  15. Corn Syrup Solids
  16. Crystalline Fructose
  17. Date Sugar
  18. Demerara Sugar
  19. Dextran
  20. Dextrose
21. Diastatic Malt
  22. Diatase
  23. Ethyl Maltol
  24. Evaporated Cane Juice
  25. Fructose
  26. Fruit Juice
  27. Fruit Juice Concentrates
  28. Galactose
  29. Glucose
  30. Glucose Solids
31. Golden Sugar
  32. Golden Syrup
  33. Granulated Sugar
  34. Grape Sugar
  35. High-Fructose Corn Syrup
  36. Honey
  37. Icing Sugar
  38. Invert Sugar
  39. Lactose
  40. Malt Syrup
41. Maltodextrin
  42. Maltose
  43. Maple Syrup
  44. Molasses
  45. Muscovado Sugar
  46. Panocha
  47. Raw Sugar
  48. Refiner's Syrup
  49. Rice Syrup
  50. Sorbitol
51. Sorghum Syrup
  52. Sucrose
  53. Sugar
  54. Syrup
  55. Treacle
  56. Turbinado Sugar
  57. Yellow Sugar

To name a few.

Fruits used to be rare and seasonal, now they are available all year long from every corner of the globe. A good recommendation is to eat fruits that are in season.

Domestication and change of jobs resulted in a loss of brain volume in humans that equal the size of a tennis ball.

Fructose is the most efficient sugar at creating lipogenesis  

-double the amount of fat in the liver as table sugar 

-after it fills the liver, it spills into the bloodstream as triglycerides.

 -While fructose doesn’t immediately cause a rise in blood sugar, frequent consumption causes blood sugar to rise due to stress on the liver

-This impairs the ability of cells to suck up glucose from the blood. 

-This was a helpful adaptation during a famine. But not needed today. 

The process of making Foie Gras:  Similar to humans, ducks and geese are able to store massive amounts of fat in their liver which is what allows them to sustain such long flights Tubes are inserted into healthy geese and ducks force-feed them grain, usually corn, which is far more carbs than they would consume in a natural setting. Their livers can grow up to 10 times normal size-from fat, so severely enough to inhibit blood flow and increases abdominal pressure, hindering the animal from breathing and sometimes causing organs to rupture from the stress.

The process of making Foie Gras sounds inhumane but unfortunately, we are doing the same thing in our bodies when we consume the Standard American Diet (SAD). We are quite literally making human Foie Gras.

The best way to avoid it is to stick to whole, unprocessed foods.

It is a good idea to limit fruit, wheat, grain, and corn consumption.

Blueberries and other berries are the best choices for fruit and even prevent brain aging.

Foods that are so poor in nutrients and quality that extra vitamins must be put back in them, are not fit to eat.

Sugar, especially fructose are one of the main contributors to aging, Alzheimer's and dementia.

Lack of nutrients causes the body to stop long term repair such as DNA repair.