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28 Ways Sugar Can Ruin Your Health
Nancy Appleton, Ph.D Author of
the book Lick The Sugar Habit
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 can cause
can cause a rapid rise of adrenaline, hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty concentrating,
and crankiness in children. 3. 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. 4. Sugar can increase
fasting levels of glucose and can cause reactive hypoglycemia. 5. Sugar can weaken eyesight. 6. 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. 7. Sugar can cause premature aging. 8. Sugar can cause
your saliva to become acidic, tooth decay, and periodontal disease. 9. Sugar contributes to obesity. 10. Sugar can cause autoimmune diseases such as: arthritis, asthma, multiple sclerosis. 11. Sugar can contribute to osteoporosis. 12. Sugar can cause
a decrease in your insulin sensitivity thereby causing an abnormally high insulin levels and eventually diabetes. 13. Sugar can cause drowsiness and decreased activity in children. 15. Sugar causes food allergies. 16. Sugar can cause
atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. 17. Sugar can impair the structure of your DNA. 18. Sugar can change
the structure of protein and cause a permanent alteration of the way the proteins act in your body. 19. Sugar can make
your skin age by changing the structure of collagen. 20. High sugar intake
can impair the physiological homeostasis of many systems in your body. 21. Sugar can cause headaches, including migraines. 22. Sugar can reduce the learning capacity, adversely affect school children's grades and cause learning disorders. 23. Sugar can cause
an increase in delta, alpha, and theta brain waves which can alter your mind's ability
to think clearly. 24. Sugar can cause depression. 25. Sugar can cause
hormonal imbalances such as: increasing estrogen in men, exacerbating PMS, and decreasing growth hormones. 26. Decrease in sugar intake can increase emotional stability. 27. Your body changes
sugar into 2 to 5 times more fat in the bloodstream than it does starch. 28. Sugar can worsen the symptoms of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). |
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