76 Ways Sugar Can Ruin Your Health

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76 Ways Sugar Can Ruin Your Health

(Courtesy: Newsletter of Akhil Autism Foundation)

 

(Addiction to sugar is a common symptom in autistic children)

 

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.

2.     

Sugar upsets the mineral relationships in your body: causes chromium

and copper deficiencies and interferes with absorption of calcium and

magnesium.

3.      Sugar can cause can cause a rapid rise of

adrenaline, hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and

crankiness in children.

4.      Sugar can produce a significant rise

in total cholesterol, triglycerides and bad cholesterol and a decrease

in good cholesterol.

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

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. 7.      Sugar can increase fasting

levels of glucose and can cause reactive hypoglycemia.

8.      Sugar can weaken eyesight.

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.

10.  Sugar can cause premature aging.

11.  Sugar can lead to alcoholism.

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

disease

13.  Sugar contributes to obesity.

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

sclerosis.

15.  Sugar greatly assists the uncontrolled growth of Candida Albicans (yeast

infections)

16.  Sugar can cause gallstones.

17.  Sugar can cause appendicitis.

18.  Sugar can cause hemorrhoids.

19.  Sugar can cause varicose veins.

20.  Sugar can elevate glucose and insulin responses in oral contraceptive

users.

21.  Sugar can contribute to osteoporosis.

22. 

Sugar can cause a decrease in your insulin sensitivity thereby causing

an abnormally high insulin levels and eventually diabetes.

23.  Sugar can lower your Vitamin E levels.

24.  Sugar can increase your systolic blood pressure.

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

26. 

High sugar intake increases advanced glycation end products

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

the body).

27.  Sugar can interfere with your absorption of protein.

28.  Sugar causes food allergies.

29.  Sugar can cause toxemia during pregnancy.

30.  Sugar can contribute to eczema in children.

31.  Sugar can cause atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease.

32.  Sugar can impair the structure of your DNA.

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

of the way the proteins act in your body.

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

35.  Sugar can cause cataracts and nearsightedness.

36.  Sugar can cause emphysema.

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

in your body.

38.  Sugar lowers the ability of enzymes to function.

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

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

divide and it can increase the amount of liver fat.

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

kidney such as the formation of kidney stones.

42.  Sugar can damage your pancreas.

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

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

45.  Sugar can compromise the lining of your capillaries.

46.  Sugar can make your tendons more brittle.

47.  Sugar can cause headaches, including migraines.

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

grades and cause learning disorders.

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

can alter your mind's ability to think clearly.

50.  Sugar can cause depression.

51.  Sugar can increase your risk of gout.

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

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

exacerbating PMS, and decreasing growth hormone.

54.  Sugar can lead to dizziness.

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

56.  High sucrose diets of subjects with peripheral vascular disease

significantly increases platelet adhesion.

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.

58.  Sugar is an addictive substance.

59.  Sugar can be intoxicating, similar to alcohol.

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

they produce.

61.  Decrease in sugar intake can increase emotional stability.

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

it does starch.

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

subjects.

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

hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

65.  Sugar adversely affects urinary electrolyte composition.

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

67. 

Sugar has the potential of inducing abnormal metabolic processes in a

normal healthy individual and to promote chronic degenerative diseases.

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

brain.

69.  Sugar increases your risk of polio.

70.  High sugar intake can cause epileptic seizures.

71.  Sugar causes high blood pressure in obese people.

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

73.  Sugar may induce cell death.

74. 

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

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

75.  Sugar dehydrates newborns.

76.  Sugar can cause gum disease.

 

If you buy honey or maple syrup, make sure it's 100% pure. The cheaper versions

are often mixed with corn syrup.

 

Hippocrates once said “Give me a fever and I can cure the childâ€. By

understanding that a simple fever is a symptom rather than a condition orillness

in itself, you soon come to realise that it is an ally and notan enemy. Fevers

are the first sign that your child’s immune symptom isfunctioning as it

should. By increasing core body temperature, feversenable the immune system to

swing into action, indicating the body’sdefences are fighting an infection and

consequent temperaturefluctuations indicate how the body is coping. - Natural

Parenting.

 

 

 

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