The TRUTH About Sugar and Your Metabolism | With Mike Mucciolo

FP HBS Mike Mucciolo takes us through a "First Principles" lesson on the mechanics of sugar and metabolism. Part 1 0:00 - Intro 0:30 - Disclaimer 0:40 - Sugar, ToW 1:30 - Required Reading 2:00 - ToW, First Principles Thinking 2:40 - Processed Foods and Metabolic Disease 3:30 - Inverse Relationship Between Obesity & Metabolic Disease 3:47 - What is sugar? It’s a carb! 4:46 - Overconsumption leads to weight gain 5:18 - Glucose; The Body’s Primary Fuel Source 6:10 - Blood Sugar 7:15 - The Glycemic Index 8:00 - Grains can be high on the GI 8:33 - Sugar is high mid, considering GL 9:25 - Many fruits are lower glycemic 10:15 - Glucose, Blood Sugar, Fat, and Metabolic Disease 11:22 - FP Grain Article Reference 11:50 - Simple Carbs over Complex Carbs 12:05 - What is a simple vs complex carb 13:28 - Insulin, Blood Sugar, & Glucose 14:00 - Starches 15:18 - Sapiens Part 2 16:08 - Glycemic Index In context 17:16 - Balanced Blood Sugar & Fitness Propaganda 17:50 - Blood Sugar & Hormone Health 18:40 - Why Fitness Propaganda is Misleading 19:52 - Blood Sugar & Exercise 20:50 - Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers 22:00 - Sugar, Metabolism, & Biology 23:09 - Metabolism as a Temperature Regulator 24:48 - Your Thyroid, Hormonal Health, and Stress 27:00 - Making Your Body a Furnace 27:38 - Thyroid & Immune System Health 29:20 - Published Research on Public Health 31:56 - The Faults of Published Research 32:50 - Why Most Published Research Is False Part 3 34:36 - PUFA’s 35:27 - Ray Peat 36:34 - Beware of Credentialism 37:25 - PUFA’s & Metabolic Health 37:50 - LA Vet’s Hospital Study 40:22 - Mitochondrial Dysfunction & Sugar 41:31 - Fructose 42:30 - Confounding Variables of the demonization of Fructose 46:12 - Possible Thermogenic Effects of Sugar 47:47 - First Principles of Metabolic Health 48:02 - Outro Have you ever been told to avoid sugar? How did you feel? If you consider the pro-metabolic properties of glucose, that may not be such a smart decision... FP 10 WEEK ONLINE COURSE: http://www.functionalpatterns.com/10-... FUNCTIONAL TRAINING SYSTEM: https://functionalpatterns.com/collec... THE POWER OF POSTURE- http://www.functionalpatterns.com/pro... HUMAN FOUNDATIONS: https://functionalpatterns.com/collec... Instagram:   / functionalpatterns   Facebook Page:   / 127542133986059   Official Website- http://www.functionalpatterns.com © 2016 by Functional Patterns. All rights reserved.