We all know sugar isn’t great for our health. But is all sugar created equal? In this eye-opening podcast, we speak with the team from RxSugar. Their company creates and promotes a healthy sugar called allulose. Yes, a healthy sugar!

Dr. Rick Johnson is a leading researcher on the hidden dangers of sugar. He discusses the impact of how sugar and fructose can hijack your cravings, fuel inflammation, and contribute to chronic disease. We also meet former Google Exec Neil Gyte. His personal journey toward metabolic health found him crossing paths with the science team at RxSugar. Neil joined their company and now continues his mission to make 1 billion people world-wide metabolically healthy while promoting the benefits of allulose. Listen in and enjoy this fascinating conversation!

Today on The Lab Report:

• 5:10 Meet Dr. Richard Johnson and Neil Gyte
• 7:00 Fructose, appetite, and leptin resistance
• 14:25 Sugar industry and sub-optimal clinical trials
• 22:15 Fructose, carbs and the polyol pathway, uric acid levels
• 29:40 Neil’s a-ha moments toward metabolic health
• 34:00 Joining RxSugar -Allulose as a game-changer
• 41:40 Other artificial sweeteners
• 46:40 Allulose and the ketogenic diet
• 49:30 1BMH and diet/lifestyle factors
• 54:25 1BMH vision and the Loch Lomond swim
• 59:35 Where you can learn more!
• 1:02.10 The Fireball  

Additional Resources:

RxSugar.com  **PROMO CODE 1BMH for 20% Discount!*** (expires in June)

YouTube Videos

• Dr. Nicholas Norwitz: Allulose: Healthiest Sugar in the World & GLP-1 
• Thomas DeLauer: The Only Sweetener that Literally Shrinks Belly Fat

Published Papers:

• Alluose RCT, glucose and insulin - Journal of Functional Foods
• Allulose and Weight Loss - Nutrients
• Allulose and GLP-1 release - Nature
• The Metabolic and Endocrine Effects of a 12-week Allulose-Rich Diet - Nutrients
• Brain activity and sugar - Nutr Neuroscience
• Sweet Taste Receptor Activation  (and related article)
• Allulose & Intestines
• Allulose, Fructose, Glucose and the Small Intestine - Nutrients
• Alluose & Tight Junction Regulation - Journal of Functional Foods
• ​​Microbiome
• Allulose and the gut Microbiota 
• Allulose and High Fat Diets - Microbiome - Nutrients  
• Fructose & Metabolic Syndrome
• Fructose & Metabolic Syndrome - Cell Metabolism
• Fructose, Intracellular Pathway - J Biol

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