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What Happens If You Stop Eating Sugar for 14 Days – Dr. Berg On Quitting Sugar Cravings - YouTube
Channel: Dr. Eric Berg DC
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- So the question is what would
actually happen to your body
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if you really gave up sugar,
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I mean completely, for two weeks?
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Let's take a look at that.
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Number one, you are gonna
lose your appetite to sugar.
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Why?
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Because every time you consume sugar,
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a hormone comes in there and
pushes your blood sugars down,
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causing a low blood sugar situation,
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hypoglycemia, to some degree
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and that is gonna cause
you to crave sugar.
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So by getting rid of sugar,
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you get rid of the craving for sugar.
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Number two, you're gonna be less hungry.
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Until you do this, you
won't really fully know,
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but I'm telling you,
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it's the sugar that keeps
you hungry all the time.
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When you give up the sugar,
you become a lot less hungry.
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Why?
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Because you stabilize your blood sugars
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and now your cells can be actually fed
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because when you're living on sugar,
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because sugar is toxic to the body,
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the body starts rejecting it.
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That's called insulin resistance.
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So the body is blocking insulin
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because that controls sugar
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and what your body is really trying to do
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is limit the amount of
sugar inside the cells.
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So the body doesn't
consider it a good thing.
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It's a bad thing.
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So when you give it up,
this thing could reverse.
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And not only can you now
absorb proper amounts of fuel.
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You'll absorb nutrients a lot better too
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because insulin resistance also
blocks nutrients, minerals,
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vitamins, and that's one of
the functions of insulin.
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All right, number three.
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You can have less fatigue
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especially after eating a meal.
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When you're eating sugar
on a regular basis,
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usually you're gonna
be tired after you eat
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and that is a blood sugar thing.
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But you're gonna find
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that you're no longer gonna
be that tired after you eat.
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It just means that now you're
no longer having higher sugar,
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which basically makes the brain tired.
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It's normal sugar, and now
your brain can be awake.
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All right, number four,
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you're gonna lose excessive water and fat.
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For the first week you're
gonna dump a lot of water
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and some fat but after that,
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it's gonna be more and more fat.
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You're gonna be surprised how
much fluid you were retaining.
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Some people within one week can lose
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about 13 pounds of fluid.
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They're holding that fluid around
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and that can't be that
healthy for the heart.
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Of course, you're gonna
see your clothes loosening,
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especially on the midsection.
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Your gut, your waste is
one of the best indicators
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to tell if you're doing too much sugar.
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If you reduce the sugar,
the stomach shrinks.
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If you eat the sugar, your
stomach will expand, okay?
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Number five, enhanced mood.
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So if you were grouchy before,
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you're now gonna be a lot
calmer, less stressed,
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and you're gonna be actually
nice to be around, okay?
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That's good.
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Also your cognitive function will improve.
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So you're gonna feel more focused.
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You can have more concentration.
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You'll be less ADD,
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more attention to focus on your projects.
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Okay, number six, your skin
is gonna look much better.
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You're gonna have less acne.
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Your skin's gonna glow.
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And that's just a
reflection of what happens.
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When you consume sugar,
your insulin goes up
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and also the hormone androgens,
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and we're talking about females,
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androgen will go up and
that's gonna create acne.
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In a male body,
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the increased insulin
will lower testosterone.
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So you're gonna have other problems
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that are associated with low testosterone.
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All right, number seven,
you have less stiffness.
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So you're gonna have less inflammation.
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You're gonna have less pain.
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So what's happening is all
we're doing is we're converting
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your fuel from sugar to fat.
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It takes three days, okay,
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of cutting down the
carbohydrates and the sugar.
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You may have a worsening of
the symptoms for three days.
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Okay?
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Guys, anyone can actually
handle three days.
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And if you took some B
vitamins from nutritional yeast
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and some potassium, you probably
won't have any symptoms.
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So it's gonna be relatively easy.
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At the cellular level,
you're building new enzymes
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to run your body off fat fuel.
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Okay, that's what's happening here.
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You have a little machines
that are literally
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changing over to a different fuel source.
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That's what's happening
over these two weeks.
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You're getting decrease
inflammation in your arteries, okay?
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That's what's happening
when you get off sugar.
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Less inflammation.
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It's gonna help you in the long run,
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prevent a clot or plaquing
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and help reduce the risk of
a stroke and a heart attack.
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Also you'll start growing brain cells.
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Why?
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Because when you reduce sugar,
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then you run your body
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in a different source
of fuel, called ketones,
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and ketones support the
growth of nerve cells.
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All right, next one, the liver.
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You're gonna start dumping
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some of this fat that's been
accumulating in your liver
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and you're gonna use that as fuel.
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So you're on your way to
cleaning out the liver
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so it's no longer fatty.
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By the way, as a side note,
if you have a large belly,
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chances are you have a fatty liver, okay?
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So by doing this, you will
reduce the fat inside your liver.
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And lastly, you're gonna
have better kidney function.
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Take a look at a diabetic.
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The kidney is the target for problems.
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When you actually cut
down the amount of sugar,
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reduce the carb, you gonna
improve kidney function greatly.
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All right guys, there you have it.
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You may want to try this.
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The proof's in the pudding.
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Maybe I should talk about pudding,
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but this is the icing on the cake.
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Now maybe I shouldn't
even talk about that.
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All right, thanks for watching.
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