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all right let’s talk about sugar versus wheat  which one is less healthy and that’s a difficult  

one because they’re very very close let’s start  with wheat what’s interesting about wheat is  

it has a gi glycemic index response of 72 okay  compared to sugar which has a glycemic index of 59  

so wheat is significantly higher on the glycemic  index now we’re going to get into why that is  

in a minute but what you have to realize is  the modern day wheat is very very different  

than it was years ago it’s been severely modified  to produce a different type of gluten which is  

the protein in grain and this type of gluten can  now increase the risk of getting celiac by four  

times now the main starch in modern day wheat is  something called amylopectin a so 75% of the starch  

is this compound now the problem with amylopectin  a is it triggers the small ldl the type of ldl  

that can create inflammation and even plaquing  this starch is highly digestible and it can break  

down very quick and spike your blood sugars  so this is why it’s very high in the glycemic  

index and yes it does contribute to diabetes  and heart disease and many other issues like  

a fatty liver it also has the potential to change  the bowel microbes to increase more fungus candida  

it can increase your risk of getting sibo small  intestinal bacteria overgrowth because fungus  

loves this type of starch now because wheat  has a combination of carbohydrate and protein  

it can really spike something called glycation  which is the process where you irreversibly  

damage certain proteins in the body now wheat  also is a grain that has phytates which block zinc  

calcium magnesium and also bind with iron now  if we switch gears to sugar and i’m talking  

about sucrose which is table sugar you have 50% of it being fructose and 50% of it being glucose  

now this is why it’s lower on the glycemic index  because fructose is very very different than  

glucose fructose is not taken up by all of your  cells like glucose fructose can only be dealt with  

by your liver and so it may not have an  immediate effect on your blood sugars  

but all this fructose being crammed down to  your liver if you have insulin resistance will  

start being converted over into fat it’s going to  start creating a fatty liver and so even though  

it’s slightly lower on the glycemic index it’s  even more damaging to your liver so table sugar  

can increase your risk of getting gout diabetes  heart disease a fatty liver and also because it’s  

refined depletes potassium calcium it competes  for vitamin c it depletes zinc and b vitamins  

especially vitamin b1 so the question is  which one is worse well they’re both bad  

but if i were to pick one that’s worse i  would say wheat is slightly worse because  

it has more phytates it creates more glycation  and because it has gluten where sucrose doesn’t  

it can really mess up and irritate the gi  system and create more inflammation all  

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