76 Ways Sugar Can Ruin Your Health

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76 Ways Sugar Can Ruin Your Health

 

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Contributed by Nancy Appleton, Ph.D

Author of the book _Lick The Sugar Habit_

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In addition to throwing off the body's homeostasis, excess sugar may result

in a number of other significant consequences. The following is a listing of

some of sugar's metabolic consequences from a variety of medical journals and

other scientific publications.

 

1. Sugar can suppress your immune system and impair your defenses

against infectious disease.1,2

2. Sugar upsets the mineral relationships in your body: causes chromium

and copper deficiencies and interferes with absorption of calcium and

magnesium. 3,4,5,6

3. Sugar can cause can cause a rapid rise of adrenaline, hyperactivity,

anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and crankiness in children.7,8

4. Sugar can produce a significant rise in total cholesterol,

triglycerides and bad cholesterol and a decrease in good cholesterol.9,10,11,12

5. Sugar causes a loss of tissue elasticity and function.13

6. Sugar feeds cancer cells and has been connected with the development

of cancer of the breast, ovaries, prostate, rectum, pancreas, biliary tract,

lung, gallbladder and stomach.14,15,16,17,18,19,20

7. Sugar can increase fasting levels of glucose and can cause reactive

hypoglycemia.21,22

8. Sugar can weaken eyesight.23

9. Sugar can cause many problems with the gastrointestinal tract

including: an acidic digestive tract, indigestion, malabsorption in patients

with

functional bowel disease, increased risk of Crohn's disease, and ulcerative

colitis.24,25,26,27,28

10. Sugar can cause premature aging.29

11. Sugar can lead to alcoholism.30

12. Sugar can cause your saliva to become acidic, tooth decay, and

periodontal disease.31,32,33

13. Sugar contributes to obesity.34

14. Sugar can cause autoimmune diseases such as: arthritis, asthma,

multiple sclerosis.35,36,37

15. Sugar greatly assists the uncontrolled growth of Candida Albicans

(yeast infections)38

16. Sugar can cause gallstones.39

17. Sugar can cause appendicitis.40

18. Sugar can cause hemorrhoids.41

19. Sugar can cause varicose veins.42

20. Sugar can elevate glucose and insulin responses in oral

contraceptive users.43

21. Sugar can contribute to osteoporosis.44

22. Sugar can cause a decrease in your insulin sensitivity thereby

causing an abnormally high insulin levels and eventually diabetes.45,46,47

23. Sugar can lower your Vitamin E levels.48

24. Sugar can increase your systolic blood pressure.49

25. Sugar can cause drowsiness and decreased activity in children.50

26. High sugar intake increases advanced glycation end products

(AGEs)(Sugar molecules attaching to and thereby damaging proteins in the

body).51

27. Sugar can interfere with your absorption of protein.52

28. Sugar causes food allergies.53

29. Sugar can cause toxemia during pregnancy.54

30. Sugar can contribute to eczema in children.55

31. Sugar can cause atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease.56,57

32. Sugar can impair the structure of your DNA.58

33. Sugar can change the structure of protein and cause a permanent

alteration of the way the proteins act in your body.59,60

34. Sugar can make your skin age by changing the structure of

collagen.61

35. Sugar can cause cataracts and nearsightedness.62,63

36. Sugar can cause emphysema.64

37. High sugar intake can impair the physiological homeostasis of many

systems in your body.65

38. Sugar lowers the ability of enzymes to function.66

39. Sugar intake is higher in people with Parkinson's disease.67

40. Sugar can increase the size of your liver by making your liver cells

divide and it can increase the amount of liver fat.68,69

41. Sugar can increase kidney size and produce pathological changes in

the kidney such as the formation of kidney stones.70,71

42. Sugar can damage your pancreas.72

43. Sugar can increase your body's fluid retention.73

44. Sugar is enemy #1 of your bowel movement.74

45. Sugar can compromise the lining of your capillaries.75

46. Sugar can make your tendons more brittle.76

47. Sugar can cause headaches, including migraines.77

48. Sugar can reduce the learning capacity, adversely affect school

children's grades and cause learning disorders.78,79

49. Sugar can cause an increase in delta, alpha, and theta brain waves

which can alter your mind's ability to think clearly.80

50. Sugar can cause depression.81

51. Sugar can increase your risk of gout.82

52. Sugar can increase your risk of Alzheimer's disease.83

53. Sugar can cause hormonal imbalances such as: increasing estrogen in

men, exacerbating PMS, and decreasing growth hormone.84,85,86,87

54. Sugar can lead to dizziness.88

55. Diets high in sugar will increase free radicals and oxidative

stress.89

56. High sucrose diets of subjects with peripheral vascular disease

significantly increases platelet adhesion.90

57. High sugar consumption of pregnant adolescents can lead to

substantial decrease in gestation duration and is associated with a twofold

increased

risk for delivering a small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infant.91,92

58. Sugar is an addictive substance.93

59. Sugar can be intoxicating, similar to alcohol.94

60. Sugar given to premature babies can affect the amount of carbon

dioxide they produce.95

61. Decrease in sugar intake can increase emotional stability.96

62. Your body changes sugar into 2 to 5 times more fat in the

bloodstream than it does starch.97

63. The rapid absorption of sugar promotes excessive food intake in

obese subjects.98

64. Sugar can worsen the symptoms of children with attention deficit

hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).99

65. Sugar adversely affects urinary electrolyte composition.100

66. Sugar can slow down the ability of your adrenal glands to

function.101

67. Sugar has the potential of inducing abnormal metabolic processes in

a normal healthy individual and to promote chronic degenerative diseases.102

68. I.V.s (intravenous feedings) of sugar water can cut off oxygen to

your brain.103

69. Sugar increases your risk of polio.104

70. High sugar intake can cause epileptic seizures.105

71. Sugar causes high blood pressure in obese people.106

72. In intensive care units: Limiting sugar saves lives.107

73. Sugar may induce cell death.108

74. In juvenile rehabilitation camps, when children were put on a low

sugar diet, there was a 44 percent drop in antisocial behavior.109

75. Sugar dehydrates newborns.110

76. Sugar can cause gum disease.111

 

 

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