In the US? Watch WHILE THE REST OF US DIE here: bit.ly/3Mj8vBF

It’s annoying hearing people justify bad food by saying “I’m here for a good time, not a long time” But once they start developing health issues, their time changes real quick.

I stopped drinking sodas back in 2013. A month ago I decided to cut all juices & alcohol and drink water only. Two of the best decisions I ever made.

Once I started cooking all my food and only eating real food excess fat has just melted off. I basically don't have to do anything to maintain a proper body composition.

Fast food isn't a cheaper option anymore anyway

If the big sugar companies are doing that image what big pharmaceutical companies and government agencies are lying to you about lol

The worst is foods marketed as "low fat" that have significantly higher sugar levels. I even see "fat free" on labels for candy.

All that sugar keeping you big as hell

One day after considering my diet choices while looking at my body. I thought of what I REALLY wanted. I've tried to lose weight for so long. But that time, it clicked. It's sugar! I told my girlfriend and I held my lumps aggressively. I told her a couple of times: "it's the sugar!!" Few months pass, very little physical activity. I eat fatty foods like a pig. I'm down 40 lbs. Many symptoms of adhd just started to become less pronounced. And I have so much energy.

Don’t eat fast food and don’t drink soda. You’ll be good

I've cut out almost all sugar and I started at 245 and without exercise I'm now 163

It's almost like corporations are financially incentivized to retain recurring customers...shocker.

This is the vice I signed up to ❤

Even facing Chapter 11 bankruptcy, vice still churns out these quality documentaries

This is the kind of content I would love to watch in my 10th grade health class

I'm from Europe and we are shocked about the stuff the US people eat, and how uneducated they are when it comes to food. The prime example is Bread, why does the US Bread contain sugar? The same accounts for ready meals, or semi ready meals like pre made sauces. We don't need experts in Europe to tell us how bad sugar is, everyone knows it and we grow up with it and learn to check packages for sugar content and how to calculate it.

One time i had a friend staying with me in the US from Copenhagen, Denmark (Europe) and after going to the grocery store a few times to stock up for a couple days he said something like “Man how come in America you have to pay more for less ingredients?” ….. that was a good 4-5 years ago and i think about it every time im in a grocery store😔💯

This needs to be a series

Great video but found it hard to concentrate with the background music

EVERY item I look at in stores seems to have HFCS in it. It's bizarre sometimes, too. PEANUTS?!? Like... why. WHY. What's the purpose of *that*?! Are you crazy? I'm lucky I don't have a peanut allergy in the first place. I don't want to see much else other than "peanuts, oil, sea salt" or whatever. Also, I've seen sugars (or HFCS) in mustard, ketchup, SOUPS (wtf?!), and even potato, rice, or corn chips. Again, seriously, ARE YOU CRAZY?

As long as there is ultra processed foods and people to consume it, there will be an entire sector of the health care system dedicated to treating people who are sick because of the ultra processed foods. Without the foods, the added sugar and the health care sector to treat these people, our economy would be turned upside down and that's why no one does a damn thing about it. So disgusting.

That's why when I'm feeling lazy, I just cook eggs. Way better than any ultra-processed foods.

Fascinating insights! This historical perspective really underscores the importance of transparent labeling and consumer education to combat industry manipulation. Awareness is key to making healthier dietary choices. 👍

What an awesome video! It gave me goosebumps 🤯🤯🤯😭😭 thank you for the numbers at the end, so, so eye-opening

The funny part is all of VICE’s doners and major share holders are the ceos and coos of these companies they reporting on 😂😂

I just had this conversation with my friend. I gave up fountain soda, and the fast food is trash, so I have that up as well. I've lost so much weight.

Make it your personal revolutionary act to avoid consuming sugar or sodas. Drink only water. Eat food as close to its original state as possible.

Superb content! I would be very grateful if you could add some bibliography about the topic to the description of the video or in the comments box. I find it very important to be aware of this industry.

If I remember correctly Phillip Morris owns Kraft, Nabisco, and Miller. That would make so much sense

Thank you More awareness to all

Ive lost most of my teeth and i blame Soda, and specifically: Mtn Dew.

As someone who doesn’t drink soda, it’s hard for me to understand why so many people like it so much, leave alone being addicted to it.

It sounds like they hired the guy from Cops for the voiceover

And then people wonder why we distrust experts/scientists. Everyone has a price.

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Please more in this.

Good video keep making things like this Vice ♥️

Wow a Vice video worth a damn!!

Whole foods cooked at home will get the job done every time. We just need to get back to basics. Skip the boxed, packaged, and fast foods and you will see your health improve. It's not that hard.

Thank you Vice! Great information, I definitely did not know the facts about dietary fats

Thank you sm for bringing this to attention ❤

I dont view any food as "bad". Any food is ok in moderation. Its just that in today's time most peoples entire diet consist of these foods. If you ate real whole foods a majority of the time but had some mcdonalds or a soda every now and then it would make no changes to your health. Its when ppl drink soda and eat mcdonalds day in day out that makes it horrible.

narration and dreadful music sounds like AI prompt “Video on FDA sugar conspiracy use Ganglang format”

Good to see VICE doing the work it used to do, which many aren't courageous enough to do.

is kinda rare now days to find products with real sugar everything is sweetened with high fructose corn syrup.... "HFCS is cheaper and sweeter than sugar, and is absorbed into the body more quickly. The FDA has approved HFCS as a safe ingredient in foods and beverages, in part because of its similarity to sucrose. However, eating too much HFCS can lead to obesity, Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and insulin resistance. Some studies suggest that fructose is more damaging to health than glucose because the digestive tract doesn't absorb it as well as other sugars."

I stopped drinking soda when I was 18, but I know there's a lot of sugar in other foods I eat.

Kids im 30 I just started eating only grains ,fish and geen vegetables. Its a lil bit taste for a low amount of money. Plus it has everything your body needs except water and oxigen

I cut out refined sugar almost two months ago. I’m so happy now! There’s a HUGE difference between refined sugar and natural sugar in fruits. My teeth are totally different! It has been hard, because they put sugar in EVERYTHING, but I just make everything myself now. It’s amazing!

Yeah i know BECAUSE IT IS IN EVERYTHING

Carbonated water w lime is the new soda

This drives me up a wall, our society is so corrupt

Very interesting

I quit drinking 15 years ago. Quitting sugar is harder.

I was watching this while eating sour patch candies lol

This is all just so true as someone who is literally addicted to SODA I definitely feel sick to my stomach..... I was given soda when I was about 3 years old I was truly hooked from the. I have tried before to go without soda when I was in my teenage years & I'll tell you right now how SICK I would get ..... I pretty much have had a soda every single day of my life since I was a kid.....& Mind you I was a VERY athletic kid growing up I ran track placed 1st in all my meets & I was never bigger than 125 through my whole life until about 5 years ago .....Now that I'm in my 30s struggling with my health & now my weight went all the way up in the 200lbs soooooooo many health problems now soooooo many..... Now I have to drink a soda before I go to work cause if I don't by the time I'm halfway through my shift I start getting really nauseous & anxious, irritable & ESPECIALLY the HEADACHES mann they get SOOOOO bad they turn into migraines..... Even when I get home finally drink some soda it slowly starts to go away & it's actually pathetic really cause as much as I would love to stop or cut back on sodas there's always that voice & me that tells me "no you don't you'll get sick" & nobody should have to feel like that because of SODA & trust me I've tried alternative drinks nothing helps it hard to be a dark soda either Pepsi or coke that's it I don't really care for any other soda I don't even like light sodas ..🤷🏻‍♀️ people try telling me "oh you need caffeine drink some coffee or something"🤦🏻‍♀️ it's 1000000% NOT the same nothing else with help until I finally drink a soda 😔 It's all confusing & irritating & I can't stand it anymore I don't want to be like this at all & I have definitely been working on it little by little I don't want to live a short life because I have become addicted to sodas ..... I definitely don't want to feel that way anymore whatsoever

finally, a vice video about vice

Thank you Vice, for showing the truth.

I couldn’t find any sliced bread that doesn’t contain sugar

I've got 4.5 years eating clean whole foods. The only junk I consume is coffee creamers from International Delight with sugar. No Junk food at all. Now give me 25 jumping jacks for the healthy like I just gave you.

I knew about this. But thanks Vice

need a new level like levels of process and distinguished from refund and natural sugar and what health impact levels are.

Read a book called sugar blues. I’ve not consumed any sugar cane since 2015. I’ve never felt so great!! Sugar is like cocaine or heroine put all 3 side by side, they are natural, same possess and all 3 are highly addictive- don’t be a slave to sugar!!!

Nutrition labels do list sugars that are not naturally occurring, it’s listed as “added sugar”

Amazing mathmatical demonstration at the end, very informative video! This is something we need to all agree on and once we do, we'll start to live longer and more healthy lives.

What are the names of the doctors who are speaking in this video?

bussin

Its all about making money! MONEY MONEY MONEY!!

A great documentary. But I just finished a snickers and a mountain dew, I'm struggling to keep my eyes open💤💤💤

When the public is ignorant, the public gets manipulated easily. Do your own research. Keep an open mind. Hear all sides. Don't follow recklessly. And listen to your body and instincts. Oftentimes, they are correct.

Soda is disgusting.

Blatant evil. I lost almost 200pounds cutting out processed garbage. Saved my life.

Here in the U.K our government minister in charge of the nations health care is married to the chairman on British Sugar, the countrys biggest sugar producer. The hustle goes on and on.

fiat foods. fix the money, fix the world.

Welcome To Capitalism Baby Only chance we have as a species is if aliens come down and wake us up.

Ive been struggling with a soda addiction Thanks for this Ill wean off this month

This is good.

I wonder what’s in our water

Is vice using an AI voice?! Hell naw!

Quitting sugar is super easy. Step #1: replace all sugar containing foods with "artificial-sweetners" alternatives. Step #2: replace "artificial-sweetners" alternatives with healthy options. Its easy because artificial sweetners are not addicting. All people in my family quit sugar easily using steps above.

All better like this video for awareness.

Dont forget about seed oils

This is an old doc

I completely quit soda cold turkey and lost 20 pounds in 3 months. No other changes. This is a no brainer

Lets be clear....tax on sugar-y sodas is still bad regardless the backing of "big sugar".

I stopped eating food and drinking. Sleeping too. It’s been 3 weeks 💪👊

Everybody meet me at the White House @ 5 in the morning, and unite, we will ride at Dawn 🏇🌅 and put America in its place, love you guys 🫡🫶🏻

Yes. True. I have to stay away from sweets. I am an addict. 😢

I get a craving for coca cola and a 12 oz fixes that craving. But the craving returns soon, like in 5-24 hours. If I take vitamin C, the craving for cola goes away & doesn't come back. Is that what you have found also ?

Weird. It's the people who choose to pick up the food, put it in the cart, place on the conveyor belt, watch it being scan and then choose to pay for the sugar. Where does personal responsibility fit in?

Any time I see a documentary with Dr Lustig in it I have to watch. He's knowledgeable, and presents the facts in a no nonsense format. This guy must piss off the sugar industry so bad..lol. Thanks for all you do, hopefully one day people will wake up.

Restaurants in Argentina aren’t allowed to use salt for cooking anymore and that resulted in much lower cases of hypertension at hospitals!😊

The best thing that can happen is, fast food joints pay employees higher wages which in turn makes fast food more expensive to buy. Back in the day i might have visited a hamburger joint once a month maybe. All meals were prepared and eaten at home.

I stopped drinking soda, and thus changed my entire life, and lost over 80lbs. Lifestyle being the step #1. I however support artificial sweeteners and now use “zero sugar” soda as an alternative for a sweet treat. Something people also should be aware of is the amount of carbs loaded into cheap, readily available processed frozen garbage

Can you make this kind of video for the Climate Crisis? This is happening in there too, there have been numerous documented cases of politicians, scientists, and think tanks receiving funding to downplay the human impact on climate change. This practice is similar to the historical tactics used by the tobacco and sugar industries to influence public opinion and policy. Major fossil fuel companies, such as ExxonMobil, have been documented funding research and organisations that promote climate change skepticism. Heartland Institute and the Competitive Enterprise Institute have received funding from fossil fuel interests to produce reports, host conferences, and engage in media campaigns that question climate science and oppose climate regulations. American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), ExxonMobil Documents theist goes on...

I’m only 21 and was born with pretty crappy genes, both my mom and grandma have dentures, and I had to get all my teeth surgically removed at 17-18. Teeth just fell apart over the years. Can’t afford dentures so I’ve lived the past like 5 years without any teeth at all.

i dont care, Fanta and mirinda can keep me hooked however long they want....

Serious topic, but the message is muddied by the decision to film like a TLC crime murder, the loud music and displaying a stock video every 10 seconds. FTR: I don’t know anything about filming.

Once i saw my glucose hit 109, I unhooked my self, no more sugar industry for me

Trying to break my Sprite habit. I tried Jamaica for the first time a week ago. It's the most refreshing drink (aside from water) that I've ever had. I finally found a replacement.

Can’t blame companies 🤷. Eat less sugar or do more exercise. Eat what u want