Casey Means on Refined Added Sugar: warns against

Dr. Casey Means warns against refined added sugar, which she has called an “addictive, dangerous drug.” Means says refined added sugar is present in roughly 74% of the U.S. food system, and claims the body needs zero grams of it in a lifetime.

Means’s stated reasoning is that added sugar is the first leg of what she calls the “Unholy Trinity” — refined sugars, ultra-processed grains, and industrial seed oils — and that its near-ubiquity in processed food drives the metabolic dysfunction she identifies as the root of chronic disease. Her “zero grams in a lifetime” framing positions added sugar not as a moderation issue but as a substance to eliminate.

What Means says

• Means calls refined added sugar an “addictive, dangerous drug.”
• Means claims it is present in ~74% of the U.S. food system and that the body needs zero grams of it in a lifetime.

All health claims above are attributed to Means, drawn from her book Good Energy and published editorial reviews; they are not presented as established medical fact.

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