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Don't Fall for This Health Myth!

3 Nov 2025 · 0 min

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This content was created by Lewis Howes. This content was uploaded by Lewis Howes. This is a YouTube video titled "Don't Fall for This Health Myth!" featuring a conversation between Lewis Howes and another speaker discussing misconceptions about health and food trends, specifically the myth surrounding high fructose corn syrup and its impact on health.

What is a big myth that you're seeing that a lot of people get behind as a health or food trend lately? Or it seems like there's a lot of attention where you're just seeing, like, nah, there's not real data or science backing this.
Well, there's so many. Louis.
Sure. What are a few? Dad, what are a few?
One would be having to do with sugar. So the difference in cane sugar and high fructose corn syrup. Right. This idea that high fructose corn syrup is kind of poisoning us. And this is one of the things that I try to do is help people to understand, like, first of all, what the science actually says about this, and second of all, like, what? What, What? The actual reason for high fructose corn syrup being so prevalent in our food is so that we can, like, direct our energy to changing the food system. The idea that high fructose corn syrup is uniquely harmful to us is just not it. It just is not validated in the research.