That Sugar Film Page #2

are going to be going

in very much the wrong direction,

and I'm very glad to hear

that you're gonna be having

some medical supervision,

'cause I think you're gonna need it.

Anyone in the family have diabetes?

- No.

- OK.

- Not that I know of.

- Not that you know of? Good.

And heart disease?

No. All pretty thin

and wiry Irish or French folk.

We're going to look at how the

blood sugar changes, obviously.

We've got blood tests that can

look at the effect of the heart.

But, even more than that,

we're looking for the changes

that might occur in the liver

and its production of fat.

I'd like to go to 1932, please.

Done.

Coming.

Let's just see how tall you are.

So you've got a really normal,

healthy blood pressure...

121 over 79.

Your heart rate's pretty good

at 75, so that's pretty good.

Alrighty, so, we'll just have

a listen to your heart,

see what it sounds like.

You know what it's saying, Damon.

Don't do this crazy thing?

Exactly. That's exactly

what I heard it saying.

There are some tests that we're doing

just to make sure

that you're not doing

anything too stupid here.

Usually I'm telling people not

to eat all this sort of stuff,

so...

I personally think you're

insane for doing it at all.

But... No, no, no, honestly.

I think it's dangerous.

But I guess on the plus side,

everybody else is already doing it.

So, this is where my

health stands pre-experiment.

My total calorie intake is

approximately 2,300 a day.

With 50% coming from good

fats like avocado and nuts,

26% from protein such as eggs,

meat or fish,

and 24% from carbohydrates

like fresh vegetables.

And of course there is no refined sugar.

I currently weigh 76kg

with a waist circumference of 84cm.

My blood tests showed

a very healthy liver,

a very low level of triglyceride,

which is fat in the bloodstream,

and, thankfully, no sign of

insulin resistance or diabetes.

Overall, I rated slightly healthier

than the average Western male of my age.

The next step in the experiment

was to do a shop.

To calculate my 40 teaspoons,

I need to keep in mind that one teaspoon

equals roughly four grams of sugar.

But I also need a lesson

in the different types of sugar.

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls,

it's time to meet the sugar family.

When we eat certain foods,

they adhere to a rule.

They break down to glucose

which our body uses for fuel.

Breads, pasta, vegies and grain

all turn to glucose

to be used by our brain.

Ooh!

But also our cells and our organs, too.

So without any glucose

there would be no you.

Lactose is next,

and she's as smooth as silk.

She's the first sugar mammals have...

it's in their mother's milk.

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