How much are we consuming? You won't believe it!!
Get this....100 years ago, the average yearly of simple sugars was only about 4 lbs per person. Today, the average American consumes 150 to 170 lbs of sugar per year. Not a hard statistic to deny since about 60% of the US population is now overweight or obese.
Sugar's 'evil effects'
Processed sugar is not only a drug, it's a poison. According to Dr William Coda Martin, sugar is a poison because it has been depleted of it's life forces, vitamins and minerals. Only pure refined carbohydrates are left. Incomplete carb metabolism results. Abnormal sugars accumulate in the red blood cells and this interferes with the respiration of our cells. In time, some of these cells will die and this is the beginning of degenerative disease. Daily intake of sugar produces a continuously over-acid condition. Consequently, minerals including calcium are required from body tissue such as bones and teeth to buffer this acidic environment. So much so that decay and weakening begins affecting every organ in the body. The liver will expand and excess glycogen is returned to the blood as fatty acids. These fatty acids are then taken to every part of the body and stored as fat in the belly, thighs, buttocks and breasts. When these areas are filled with fat, active organs such as the heart and kidneys are affected and their tissues degenerate and turn to fat.
Riding A Roller Coaster
When you ingest processed sugar without adequate levels of quality fats, proteins, vitamins and enzymes your blood sugar levels become elevated. Insulin is released to reduce those levels. Then you have a blood sugar crash or hypoglycemic state. Powerful stress hormones like cortisol are released and most people respond by drinking coffee or soda or eating sweets. After a while you can become insulin resistant and accumulate fat around your middle or become syndrome X or the first major step toward becoming diabetic. The up and down overworks the adrenal glands that soon are exhausted manifesting conditions such as allergies, alcoholism, obesity, depression and behavioral problems. The following diseases or side effects skyrockets:
Kidney/liver disease; ADD/ADHD; Overgrowth of Candida, yeast, and fungi; Cancer; Osteoporosis; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Colon Cancer and Neurological Disorders/assoc. Pain.
What you need to do!
READ LABELS!! Food manufacturers know there's an increased awareness with regard to the negative health effects of sugar. To throw you off, they use big words to hide total sugar content. So that they don't list sugar as the first and second ingredient they'll use words like sucrose, maltose, dextrose, fructose, galactose, xylose and the like. Seeing "-ose" on the end of the word is the giveaway. Avoid all sweet drinks, including juices that are not freshly juiced! The words "from concentrate" really means from syrup.
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