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“New audio podcast on refined sugar! Learn how refined sugar has been shown to impair the brain's ability to repair itself after traumatic brain injury, how it causes brain inflammation and memory problems, how it accelerates aging, how it affects hormones, how cutting it out can have profound effects on metabolism in just 1 week, and more!”

“Consumption of refined sugar dampened the reward associated with opioids (in mice) and may promote consumption of higher quantities. Oxycodone is also highly addictive. The U.S. National Survey on Drug Use and Health revealed that approximately 27.9 million people aged 12 or older used oxycodone products.”

“Binge sucrose consumption also changes the structure of a certain type of neuron called medium spiny neurons in the nucleus accumbens shell, which plays an important role in motivation and goal-directed behaviors such as food and reward seeking.”

“The study included 9,000 mother-child pairs and corrected for numerous potential confounders in their analyses including background maternal characteristics, social factors and other aspects of maternal diet, including foods and nutrients that have been previously linked to childhood asthma and allergy.”

“Evidence suggests that carriers of the Met allele (Met/Met or Val/Met genotype) have reduced hippocampal function, poor episodic memory, and decreased exercise-induced secretion of BDNF.”

“High refined sugar intake linked to a 23% higher risk of mental disorders independent of health behaviors, socio-demographic and diet-related factors, adiposity and other diseases. It was found that men and women with mental disorders were not more likely to consume more sugar suggesting the evidence that mental health is adversely affected by a high sugar intake is strengthened.”

“For instance, while the U.S. has high obesity rates, its rates of type 2 diabetes remain modest compared to countries like Singapore, India, and many Middle Eastern nations—populations that, on average, tend to have "fatter fat cells" and therefore develop metabolic complications at lower body mass indices (BMIs).”

“Increased consumption of dietary fiber, such as vegetables and fruits was associated with decreased risk, suggesting that dietary interventions could serve as treatments for depression.”

“This may be further evidence that it is the processed foods and refined sugar that can make saturated fat dangerous but in the absence of that junk food saturated fat is not bad (however, other genetic factors can also be important here). Many of the studies out there do not differentiate between a person eating a low refined-carb/high-saturated fat diet and the standard American diet.”

“A diet low in refined sugar improved fat and inflammation in the livers of boys with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. They reduced their fatty liver disease from 25% to 17% while the boys with their standard diet had a reduction from 21% to 20%.”