Anti-Cancer Lifestyle ...Death by Sugar

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Anti-Cancer Lifestyle ...Death by Sugar JoAnn Guest

May 19, 2006 15:58 PDT

 

Anti-Cancer Lifestyle ...

Death by Sugar

Excerpt from Death by Modern Medicine

by Dr. Carolyn Dean

 

 

Death by Sugar

Excerpt from Death by Modern Medicine by Dr. Carolyn Dean

pp. 256-258

 

The World Health Organization Speaks Out Against Sugar

 

I was joined in condemning a high-sugar diet on April 23, 2003, by

the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health

Organization (WHO) On that day, the FAO and WHO revealed an

independent expert report titled " Diet, Nutrition, and the

Prevention of Chronic Diseases. "

 

The report examines cardiovascular diseases, several forms of

cancer, diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, and dental disease as the

result of poor lifestyle and diet. The report acknowledges that the

burden of chronic diseases is rapidly increasing. Statistics from

2001 reveal that chronic disease contributed approximately 59

percent of the 56.5 million total reported deaths in the world and

46 percent of the global burden of disease.

 

The experts who wrote the report feel that a diet low in sugars,

salt, and saturated fats and high in vegetables and fruits, together

with regular physical activity, can have a major impact on combating

this high toll of death and disease. They focused special attention

on added sugars and determined that a healthy diet should contain no

more than 10 percent.

 

Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, director-general of WHO, said:

We have known for a long time that foods high in saturated fats,

sugars, and salt are unhealthy; that we are, globally, increasing

our intake of energy-dense, nutritionally poor food as our lives

become increasingly sedentary; and that these factors—together with

tobacco use—are the leading causes of the great surge we have seen

in the incidence of chronic diseases. What is new is that we are

laying down the foundation for a global policy response.

No other agency has set such a low limit for the intake of sugar. In

the United States, in spite of the fact that 60 percent of the

population is obese, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans only

advise that sugar should be used in moderation. Even worse, the

Institute of Medicine, part of the US National Academy of Sciences,

indulges Americans with a whopping 25 percent of their calories from

added sugar.

 

The major objection to any recommendations for reducing sugar comes

from the sugar industry. Presently they are in a huge debate with

WHO. The industry denies that sugar is the cause of any form of

chronic disease and says that the solution to obesity is—more

exercise. The US National Soft Drink Association's stated position

is that a 10 percent limit on sugar should not be included in the

WHO plan.

 

They publicly claim that the scientific literature does not show an

association between sugar intake and obesity. In a blatant attempt

to derail implementation of the Diet and Nutrition Report, the sugar

industry is lobbying the US government to withhold funding from the

UN and WHO if it goes ahead with its recommendations.

 

Excerpt from Death by Modern Medicine by Dr. Carolyn Dean

 

 

JoAnn Guest

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