Worse than Sugar

Ultra-processed food contains toxic food additives and hidden sugar in the form of ultra-processed starch. Find out about the hidden dangers of starch, the ingredient that’s worse than sugar!

0:00 Introduction: Is starch bad for you?
1:26 Cornstarch and synthetic starch
2:03 The hidden dangers of starch
4:20 Hidden sugar
4:47 The health risks of starch
6:20 Why is corn starch added to food?

Today, we’re going to talk about the hidden dangers of starch. Some ultra-processed foods may not have sugar but are packed with synthetic starch. Many synthetic starches can potentially affect your blood sugar even more than sugar.

When you repeatedly raise your blood sugar, you will eventually develop insulin resistance. Over time, your fat cells can no longer store fat, and energy is stored inside the organs or as visceral fat. Ultimately, you lose the ability to control your blood sugar levels and can develop diabetes.

Starches are hidden sugar! Even products labeled sugar-free contain starches that can cause more damage than sugar.

Synthetic starches do not contain protein, fat, or fiber, all of which help buffer blood sugar spikes. Consuming starches can also deplete your body of essential nutrients such as vitamin D. This can cause significant inflammation, decreasing vitamin D’s ability to work in your cells.

Vitamin B1 is vital for your body to burn carbohydrates. Synthetic starches deplete vitamin B1 and zinc, leaving you tired and unable to create energy in the body.

Synthetic starches feed the pathogenic microbes in your gut. They can also contribute to small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO).

Modified corn starch is added to food as a thickener or carrier of flavors. Maltodextrin is typically added to food as a filler. It’s also sometimes added to protein powders as an energy source. This is incredibly damaging to your cells and mitochondria.

Dr. Eric Berg DC Bio:
Dr. Berg, age 59, is a chiropractor who specializes in Healthy Ketosis & Intermittent Fasting. He is the author of the best-selling book The Healthy Keto Plan, and is the Director of Dr. Berg Nutritionals. He no longer practices, but focuses on health education through social media.

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Dr. Eric Berg received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1988. His use of “doctor” or “Dr.” in relation to himself solely refers to that degree. Dr. Berg is a licensed chiropractor in Virginia, California, and Louisiana, but he no longer practices chiropractic in any state and does not see patients, so he can focus on educating people as a full-time activity, yet he maintains an active license. This video is for general informational purposes only. It should not be used to self-diagnose, and it is not a substitute for a medical exam, cure, treatment, diagnosis, prescription, or recommendation. It does not create a doctor-patient relationship between Dr. Berg and you. You should not make any change in your health regimen or diet before first consulting a physician and obtaining a medical exam, diagnosis, and recommendation. Always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

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Thanks for watching! I hope this increases your awareness about food ingredients to avoid and the hidden dangers of starch. I’ll see you in the next video.

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85 Comments

  1. @erlindamiranda1057 on November 4, 2024 at 2:04 pm

    Thank you Doc. Eric . God bless!

  2. @David_Arteman on November 4, 2024 at 2:11 pm

    Welcome to the US Food Industry.

    • @vibekes2416 on November 4, 2024 at 2:21 pm

      It’s not just in the USA 😮

    • @Cinnamonrollseveryday on November 4, 2024 at 2:28 pm

      And the fattest country on earth 🤢

    • @Coolidge2329 on November 4, 2024 at 2:45 pm

      Defund FDA

    • @Ryan-u5f on November 4, 2024 at 3:13 pm

      ​@@Coolidge2329Im with you!

    • @Cinnamonrollseveryday on November 4, 2024 at 3:45 pm

      @@vibekes2416 where else ??

  3. @healthdailylife on November 4, 2024 at 2:15 pm

    I never realized that ultra-processed starches, like those in corn starch and maltodextrin, could be more harmful than sugar, even hidden in “sugar-free” foods. It’s shocking to learn how these fillers impact our blood sugar and gut health. Thanks for sharing this insight!

    • @lizmonteiro3904 on November 4, 2024 at 2:20 pm

      Maltodextrin in alot of “medicine” to.

    • @kabelophoshoko7856 on November 4, 2024 at 2:35 pm

      And it’s in baby milk powder

    • @carolmiglionico3870 on November 4, 2024 at 2:53 pm

      ​@@lizmonteiro3904and vitamins

    • @ksw501 on November 4, 2024 at 2:59 pm

      @@lizmonteiro3904just heard it’s in LMNT, what a disappointment

    • @gtrell1991 on November 4, 2024 at 2:59 pm

      Jesus Christ is God and loves you dearly! Romans 10:9 states “If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved”.

  4. @nevastrong2850 on November 4, 2024 at 2:27 pm

    Started wearing a CGM last week. Went to run errands & felt a little hungry. I grabbed a handful of Kettle potato chips & a handful of this spicy nut crunch mix from a party the night before. My blood glucose shot up from 80 to 165! Such a huge spike…& within an hour I was back below 100. The ingredient list on the crunchy nut snack was HALF the container! Words I couldn’t pronounce nor spell. I tossed it immediately. Thank you Dr. Berg! 👏🏻 👏🏻

    • @iss8504 on November 4, 2024 at 2:53 pm

      If your glucose went back down within an hour, you’re pretty healthy. For me, homemade tomato soup with no added sugar shoots up my glucose to 165 and it stays up there for hours. I cannot afford to do any of these carbs

    • @jesseka77 on November 4, 2024 at 3:04 pm

      I also just started wearing a cgm. Seeing how fast things raise my blood sugar has me scared to eat anything. It is nice to see what’s doing what to my body in “real time”. Things I didn’t think were too bad are actually horrible for blood sugar.

    • @chrisedler6758 on November 4, 2024 at 6:21 pm

      Your best bet is to do your best to only eat real food as much as possible. A whole food without refined carbs was a game changer for me. Reversed my T2 diabetes 10 years ago. Stay away from food in boxes and cans when possible. That is the key…shop the outside perimeter of grocery stores. Real meat, real fruit, real veggies, etc.

    • @meloniestewart2940 on November 4, 2024 at 7:41 pm

      When I was a kid through, sheer necessity we lived a completely, organic lifestyle off the land only, once ever hearing of anyone having had cancer. Everyone in the community supported, helped, bartered, shared and cared about each other where authentic & strong friendships & relationships were formed. The downfall was allowing oneself to be swayed, keeping a tv, giving away one’s powa and listening to those that did not have any1 other than their own best interests at heart – all of which created division. Rather, like today actually 🙏🏼💕🙏🏼

    • @experimenthealthyketo83 on November 4, 2024 at 9:12 pm

      @@meloniestewart2940what country is this? I want to go there lol

  5. @anthonyc362 on November 4, 2024 at 2:32 pm

    And this poison is loaded into baby formula, along with seed oils. Please do a video on baby formula and non alcoholic fatty liver in babies along with the other problems. Maybe talk about when this change happened and compare to how it changed humans. Please also list alternatives for parents.

    • @dkliberty6797 on November 4, 2024 at 3:43 pm

      Absolutely! I used formula for my older 2 children because i didn’t know what was in it, but with my younger 3, I used goats milk and rice cereal with vitamin drops once a day. They are all very healthy and happy!

    • @paulrichter2886 on November 4, 2024 at 5:28 pm

      My premature baby born at 27 weeks was supplemented FMS formula with breastmilk. The first ingredient is maltodextrin! I was furious.

    • @ShaferHart on November 4, 2024 at 7:20 pm

      ​@@dkliberty6797unfortunately goat milk is UHT

    • @experimenthealthyketo83 on November 4, 2024 at 9:06 pm

      He made at least one video on baby formula. And a few videos on what babies should eat.

    • @Army4Runner on November 5, 2024 at 1:52 am

      Didn’t even consider baby formula…🤦🏼‍♂️. What a terrible food industry we have.

  6. @a.williams.scorpiogirl on November 4, 2024 at 2:52 pm

    Thank you, Dr Berg! Appreciate all your work 💯

  7. @baneverything5580 on November 4, 2024 at 2:55 pm

    I planted a big variety of leafy greens, carrots, beets, radishes, and rutabagas in my fall/winter garden and I have 4 dwarf everbearing mulberry trees & 8 fig trees in the ground and a huge blackberry patch. I planted so many so there will be plenty for the wild birds too. I`ve harvested a lot of dried field peas for winter and I`m gonna try to grow ground cherries inside this winter.

    • @nonmups9973 on November 24, 2024 at 9:38 pm

      Are you retired

    • @baneverything5580 on November 24, 2024 at 9:52 pm

      @@nonmups9973 A car wreck messed me up with a brain injury, nerve damage, heart damage and spinal injuries and I`m on S.S.

    • @nonmups9973 on November 24, 2024 at 10:25 pm

      @baneverything5580  sorry to hear that. Sounds like it was a bad one.

  8. @johnkelley6278 on November 4, 2024 at 2:57 pm

    After many years I have realized that Sugar is giving me lots of pain in my joints. When I stop the sugar I feel much better after about a week or so .If I have any sugar after laying off of it my joints kill me once again! I have learned this from this channel!

    • @sallylawson6742 on November 4, 2024 at 3:12 pm

      Me too.

    • @ginadean5696 on November 4, 2024 at 3:22 pm

      Same

    • @Drberg on November 4, 2024 at 3:32 pm

      Very well done on your results! Keep up the good work!

    • @JamminClemmons on November 4, 2024 at 7:14 pm

      Three years ago, I completely reversed 3 ailments by going keto.
      My neighbor is a beekeeper and he gave us a quart sized jar of honey (me, knowing it’s 100% unadulterated).
      What’s your opinion with having 1 teaspoon in my coffee on a Saturday morning?

    • @someoonesomewhere7694 on November 4, 2024 at 8:33 pm

      Heated honey becomes poison.

  9. @Psalm91-1 on November 4, 2024 at 3:10 pm

    Make America healthy again

    • @ursulasmith6402 on November 4, 2024 at 6:26 pm

      Adopt European union rules for food production, problem solved .

    • @JamesSmith-yb2vi on November 4, 2024 at 7:09 pm

      O no, just trust CDC, FDA and Fauxi and Billy Smilly Gates. They will save us with vaxens all the time, even from diabetes.

    • @ShaferHart on November 4, 2024 at 7:17 pm

      ​@@ursulasmith6402nope, no “problem solved”. Europe allows a bunch of garbage too as do most other countries with better “health outcomes” than the US. It’d be a good start but far from being a “problem solved”.

    • @meatwad3000 on November 4, 2024 at 9:48 pm

      Rfk jr will fix these bogus govt agencies

    • @rawcredentials on November 4, 2024 at 11:21 pm

      ^^

  10. @brooksreed9609 on November 4, 2024 at 3:45 pm

    Although in small amounts, it pisses me off when reputable supplement companies use maltodextrin in their capsules

    • @Evie0526 on November 4, 2024 at 6:15 pm

      Came here to say this! I stopped taking certain supplements because they had maltodextrin in them. No bueno.

    • @Candy_labra1111 on November 4, 2024 at 7:19 pm

      How do you know?

    • @Evie0526 on November 4, 2024 at 7:21 pm

      @@Candy_labra1111 the ingredients are listed on the back of the bottle.

    • @experimenthealthyketo83 on November 4, 2024 at 9:15 pm

      @@Candy_labra1111one can also test this with a few drops of iodine. Dr Berg made a few videos on this, including this last days.

    • @Candy_labra1111 on November 5, 2024 at 12:44 am

      @ not in Australia

  11. @Rose-jr4tx on November 4, 2024 at 3:55 pm

    This Doctor needs to be cloned and put into every medical school to re-educate doctors with correct information about health.
    He is brilliant, and a gem of a person to anyone with common sense about how to improve their health in a sustained way. I just love learning from his simple to understand videos.. I respect this man immensely. 🙏🙏🤷

    • @Drberg on November 4, 2024 at 4:13 pm

      Really appreciate your kind message. Very glad the information is helpful. Thanks for your support!

    • @earlgrey691 on November 4, 2024 at 7:39 pm

      Definitely a contender for a major role if RFK,jnr gets the health project up and running.

    • @Mexicangirl2411 on November 4, 2024 at 7:58 pm

      I ❤ watching Dr Berg, he is ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT and I TOTALLY agree with you I wish we could clone him for teaching other medical doctors throughout the world. Thank-you so very much Dr Berg for taking the time anddoing the trouble to educate those who want to understand more. I am undergoing cancer treatment, and can you believe it my integrative doctor perscribed some food supplement, they added maltodextrin in the pills to make these pills into nice shapes. 🙃🤔

    • @elainearuo4415 on November 5, 2024 at 12:49 pm

      😅 I like the ‘cloning this doctor….’!!!

    • @callepantera on November 9, 2024 at 3:40 am

      Yeah, big pharma is not gonna like that idea.

  12. @BiblicalHealthAcademy on November 4, 2024 at 4:08 pm

    We really need to get back in the kitchen to prep our own meals from scratch — the kitchen is our “healing” center.

    • @ZsaZsaRodeo on November 4, 2024 at 5:22 pm

      AMEN

    • @Ntseim on November 4, 2024 at 5:41 pm

      People can’t afford to “get back in the kitchen”. That’s the problem. We don’t have the luxury of time anymore, which has been stolen from us by suppressed wages and corporate greed. Look up “social determinants of health”.

      We don’t need to make videos demonizing starch and sugar in ultraprocessed foods. Just promote a balanced diet of nutrient dense foods, and consuming the appropriate kcal and protein for your body size and lifestyle.

    • @ShaferHart on November 4, 2024 at 7:18 pm

      ​​@@Ntseim”demonizing” lol. He shared the information that no one else has given you. It’s up to you to justify it to yourself how you’re going to keep consuming it. his “job” is to tell us how it is/can be bad for us.

    • @bigcsbigbrother3685 on November 4, 2024 at 7:35 pm

      ​@@Ntseimeven when we had the time to be in the kitchen, in the 90’s for example, we were grossly misled. The food pyramid shunned the good fats, and promoted things like cereal as the flagship for great health. If someone doesnt explain exactly *how* a balanced meal/diet is supposed to look, we’ll no doubt end up following what these greedy heartless companies want us to eat. Like you said, no one has the time, so the creator of this video is doing phenomenal work putting it out there for us.

    • @merylbarnes2770 on November 4, 2024 at 8:44 pm

      We do the best we can. All meals are cooked at home. We can’t afford grass fed beef or organic chicken. We’re trying our best to stay as well as we can.

  13. @BSBS-gk4iy on November 4, 2024 at 4:38 pm

    Stop eating 1.Sugar 2.Starch 3.Seed oil – instead start eating 1. Protein 2. Fat 3. Fiber

    • @truthonly7699 on November 4, 2024 at 7:14 pm

      no need for fiber

    • @alastor1052 on November 4, 2024 at 7:59 pm

      I started eating protein, fat and fiber about 5 months ago. Managed to get some mean gains and lost a good amount of fat in the process :).

    • @Pointerfinger_1 on November 4, 2024 at 10:09 pm

      @@truthonly7699 everyone is different. When I started eating fiber, my entire body changed, I felt so much better and more able to process everything else. I will never take fiber out of my diet again. I am 5 foot six, average weight 113 which is healthy for me and I’m 62 years old.

    • @romanr9977 on November 4, 2024 at 10:12 pm

      @@truthonly7699 yes you do, it cleans out your colon, gets things moving and prevents a host of illnesses.

    • @programmingbasicsbykalata7617 on November 4, 2024 at 10:47 pm

      First eat the fiber, next the protein and fat (Y) <3

  14. @freddyam7533 on November 4, 2024 at 5:14 pm

    Its sad how these companies can get away with being so nontransparent. Great video Berg!

  15. @dee-zr9jh on November 4, 2024 at 6:31 pm

    It’s shameful.the garbage we’re being fed by corporate food suppliers…scary, actually.

    • @iRossco on November 5, 2024 at 12:43 am

      I wonder what they & their families actually eat? Imagine knowing this & your kids are defiantly eating whatever they want. 😂

  16. @K-xb2qz on November 4, 2024 at 6:46 pm

    My meals are breakfast: Steel cut oatmeal, walnuts, natural peanut butter that I grind up from real peanuts. No oil, or added sugar or salt. A few cut up dates and bananas. Lunch: Bowl of quinoa, black beans, sweet potatoes, brussel sprouts, avocado and a grilled salmon or chicken. That’s it. Twice a day. Forget that food they make in factories. If I can’t see whatchu put in it, I don’t want it. No chips, cookies, little Debbie, twix Snickers, butterfinger. Etc. I ate enough of that junk in my 47 year’s. I’m on a different path now. Health wise. I’m trying to be like those older guys I use to see in the 70s and 80s still jogging around in downtown Austin. Thanks Doc. I appreciate the video. ❤

    • @janetfenwick4976 on November 4, 2024 at 11:24 pm

      What is steel cut oatmeal?

    • @artcook1976 on November 5, 2024 at 1:19 am

      Be sure not to eat farm raised salmon it is the most toxin fish protein on earth

    • @artcook1976 on November 5, 2024 at 1:20 am

      ​@@janetfenwick4976cut in chunks not rolled

    • @pspenard on November 5, 2024 at 2:34 am

      Not bad, but you need red meat to get the beneficial amino acids that isn’t in fish and chicken. I’d also would give up the oatmeal and eat eggs.

    • @artcook1976 on November 5, 2024 at 3:06 am

      @pspenard  correct

  17. @bhami on November 4, 2024 at 7:20 pm

    Thank you for clarifying that you are talking about ultra-processed, refined, synthetic starch. The late, great Dr. McDougall entitled his last major book “The Starch Solution”, but he was talking about natural foods such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, and oats.

  18. @Isabelle.g6 on November 4, 2024 at 9:11 pm

    Thank you Doc. Whatever FDA says I try to avoid it. I found myself in this rabbit hole of so many industry lies when I read “The 23 Former Doctor Truths”. Its no wonder why Doctor left her career.

    • @itzakpoelzig330 on November 5, 2024 at 12:01 am

      That book was banned by Amazon. Which makes me think there must be some pretty hot stuff in it!

    • @Akshyy13 on November 5, 2024 at 11:50 am

      @@itzakpoelzig330what the matter?

    • @Palmetto-J on November 7, 2024 at 12:06 am

      Can you tell me where you got the book from?

    • @DoctorHealth8 on November 16, 2024 at 2:00 am

      Thank for sharing

  19. @WarriorDerek909 on November 6, 2024 at 2:42 pm

    thank you. it seems like you need to be your own doctor these days. for everyone reading this i recommend the book the hidden herbs by anette ray

    • @DoctorHealth8 on November 16, 2024 at 2:01 am

      thanks for the information.

  20. @kaylacurtis111 on November 28, 2024 at 3:07 pm

    Anything the FDA recommends, I now do the opposite. Health and Beauty Mastery by Julian Bannett is a must-read if you want to uncover the shocking realities of the health industry. It opened my eyes, and I’ve completely changed my lifestyle since!

    • @moments1590 on November 28, 2024 at 6:10 pm

      where can i get a copy?

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