Sweet Misery: Why we shouldn’t

eat sugar (especially fake sugars)

Dr. Patrick Garrett, DC, B.Sci, DCCN, DABFM, FAAFM

Concierge Natural Healthcare

301 North Main Suite 301

316-283-5708 office

316-212-5429 cell

doctorgarrett@yahoo.com

Clean Eating Challenge

Sugar destroys your

brain and your body

The history of the sugar epidemic

1700 – 4 pounds a year

.3 pounds a month

1800 – 18 pounds a year

1.5 pounds a month

1900 – 90 pounds a year

7.5 pounds a month

2000 – 130 pounds a year

10 pounds a month

2015 – 156 pounds a year

13 pounds a month

Worst offenders

33% - Sodas / soft drinks

16.1% - Sugars / candy

12.9% - Cake / cookies / pies

9.7% - Fruit -like drinks

8.6% - Dairy desserts / milk products

5.8% - Processed grain products

Sugar is more addicting than cocaine

Sugar versus cocaine

Sugar is a gate way drug

The pursuit of happiness ends in depression

Fake sugars are made from petroleum

Aspartame – 100 times sweeter than sugar

Acesulfame – 200 times sweeter than sugar

Saccharin (Sweet N Low) – 300 times sweeter than sugar

Sucralose (Splenda) – 600 times sweeter than sugar

Neotame – 8,000 times sweeter than sugar

Fake sugars change your tongue

Baseline for real

sugar / honey

Fake Sugars

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease &

Sugars

Agave

High Fructose Corn Syrup

Corn Syrup

Are there any good sugars?

Stick with the tried and true sweeteners

Naturally occurring sugar contained in real actual food

Honey

Organic Cane

Molasses

Real Maple Syrup

Thank you

Who is Dr. Garrett

Dr. Patrick Garrett

Chiropractic College / Medical School

12 Years of Functional Lifestyle Practice

Specializing in reversing acute & chronic

conditions naturally

Patients / clients all over the country & world

Clinical focus on reversing diabetes, asthma,

allergies, eczema, psoriasis, migraines and

epigenetic food therapy.

Physician

Postgraduate Educator

300 Hour / 2 Year Diplomate Functional Medicine

/ Clinical Nutrition Program in Denver, Colorado

National Speaker

Internal Disorders

Functional Medicine

Applied Nutrition & Clinical Chemistry

Clinical Nutrition

Functional Approaches to Reversing Diseases

National Speaker

Lifestyle Medicine ProgramCeliac Disease

Lifestyle Medicine – Metabolic Syndrome & Nutrition

Lifestyle Medicine – Stress Management

Lifestyle Medicine – Weight Management

Lifestyle Medicine – Prescribing Exercise

Lifestyle Medicine – Osteoporosis

Lifestyle Medicine – The Biology of Normal Sleep &

Consequences of Insufficient Sleep

Infertility & Endocrinology & More

Postdoctoral Education

Lifestyle Medicine ProgramLifestyle Practices for Weight Management & Health Promotion

Models of Behavior Modification

The Pressure System Model of Lifestyle Counseling in Primary Care

Rationale for Lifestyle & Weight Management Counseling

Weight Bias in Clinical Settings: Improving Health Care Delivery for

Obese Patients

Postdoctoral Education

Diplomate of the American Board of Functional Medicine

Board Certified in Integrative Medicine

Diplomate of the American College of Clinical Nutrition

Senior Fellow of the American Academy of Functional

Medicine

Diplomates & Certifications

Harvard Medical School Postgraduate Association– Member

American Academy of Integrative Medicine – Member

Physicians Committee on Responsible Medicine - Member

American Board of Functional Medicine - Past President

American Academy of Functional Medicine - Chairman of the Board of Directors

Green Med Info – Board Member

Bloodid - Medical Director

Leadership / Membership