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This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox and InsideTracker. As hunter-gatherers, we ate the equivalent of only 20 teaspoons of sugar a year. Today, we eat over 150 pounds per year per person, or half a pound per day. The average school kid eats 34 teaspoons of sugar a day. Ma ...  Show more

It tastes pretty sweet and looks a lot like sugar, but is it good for you? 

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Today, we’re going to talk about the carbohydrate that’s more dangerous than sugar: maltodextrin.

Of all the ultra-processed food ingredients, I consider this one the worst.

Maltodextrin is GMO, refined, and highly processed. It can lead ...