| We all know that sugar is not really good for us. | | | | when excessive enough causes their eventual |
| But most of us ignore the extent of the damage | | | | stoppage. |
| caused by this attractive and tasty white poison. | | | | This excessive intake of sugar in modern society |
| Now is the time to find out. Your life may depend | | | | can be seen in the increasing incidence of such |
| on it.. | | | | degenerative diseases as heart disease. Two out |
| Most manufactured or processed food today | | | | of five people in the US are now suffering from |
| contains sucrose (disaccharide) or an artificial form | | | | heart disease. Refined sugar also directly affects |
| of sugar. Refined sugar is completely void of any | | | | our thinking abilities through the destruction of the |
| useful nutrient. Sucrose is labelled as a | | | | intestinal bacteria which are responsible for the |
| carbohydrate . This is highly convenient when | | | | creation of B-Vitamins necessary for the |
| manufacturers of certain food wish to hide the | | | | synthesis of glutamic acid which is directly involve |
| sugar content of some of their products. They | | | | in the mental activities carried on the brain. A lack |
| simply label it as containing carbohydrates . | | | | of this component can result in a lack of memory |
| When refined sugars enter the stomach, it causes | | | | and ability to think clearly. |
| what is known as a sugar reaction where the | | | | Constant sugar consumption has also been linked |
| stomach is paralysed. As little as a quarter | | | | to Parkinson and Alzheimers disease. Complete |
| teaspoon can cause this. Since refined sugar is | | | | removal from the diet has seen stunning |
| strongly alkaloid, the stomach will secrete an | | | | recoveries from cancer, diabetes and heart |
| unusually high amount of acid to make balance. If | | | | illnesses (Sweet and Dangerous by Yudkin J - |
| this process is repeated over a long period of | | | | Bantham book). |
| time, an ulceration of the walls of the stomach will | | | | Dr Joseph Mercola (mercola.com) wrote these |
| occur. | | | | comments on sugar: |
| Our blood normally maintains a weak alkaline | | | | Another reason to avoid sugar is to slow down |
| condition, and when strongly alkaline sugar is | | | | the ageing process. If you want to stay young it |
| introduced, the acid reaction takes place causing | | | | is very important to limit sugar to the smallest |
| the bloodstream to become over acidic. To | | | | amount possible. It is the most significant physical |
| compensate for this our internal supply of | | | | factor that accelerates ageing. It is a negative |
| minerals is mobilised so as to restore a normal | | | | fountain of youth. It does this by two |
| balance. The minerals in our daily food and | | | | mechanisms. The first is to actually attach itself to |
| reserves should be sufficient to cope with the | | | | proteins in the body forming a new sugar-protein |
| situation. However is we eat refined sugar daily, | | | | substance called advanced glycation end-products |
| this supply soon runs out and we must depend on | | | | (AGEs). The higher the AGE levels, the faster you |
| minerals stored deep within the body, particularly | | | | are ageing. As this study points out, sugar also |
| calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium in our | | | | increases free radicals in the body which also |
| bones and teeth. If this continues for a long | | | | accelerate the ageing process. |
| enough period, the depletion of calcium from the | | | | The 1931 Nobel laureate in medicine, German Otto |
| bones and teeth results in their eventual decay | | | | Warburg, Ph.D., discovered that glucose is used as |
| and general weakening and osteoporosis. | | | | a fuel by cancer. Do you really want to feed your |
| The body has various back up system when | | | | cancer cells? |
| minerals are in short supply and the blood is acidic. | | | | In his wonderful web site, Dr Joseph Mercola |
| One of them is called the Ammonia buffer . | | | | headed one of his on pages on health matters |
| The kidneys start producing Ammonia which is a | | | | 78 Ways Sugar Can Ruin Your Health . Some |
| strong alkali (PH 9.25). This balances the PH once | | | | of the problems mentioned are: |
| again. Unfortunately, if the intake of sugar carries | | | | Sugar can suppress the immune system, can |
| on, there will result a depletion of minerals from | | | | cause kidney damage, can promote an elevation |
| the bone and the teeth and the Ammonia | | | | of harmful cholesterol (LDLs), may lead to cancer |
| buffer will eventually damage the kidneys with | | | | of the breast, ovaries, prostate, and rectum. Can |
| too much ammonia and acid. | | | | cause colon cancer, with an increased risk in |
| Excess sugar is stored in various places within the | | | | women, can be a risk factor in gall bladder cancer, |
| body, first in the form of glycogen in the liver. | | | | can weaken eyesight, can speed the ageing |
| When the amount of glycogen exceeds the | | | | process, causing wrinkles and grey hair. Can cause |
| livers storage capacity of about 50g, it is then | | | | arthritis, can cause asthma, can lead to the |
| released into the bloodstream in the form of | | | | formation of gallstones, can lead to the formation |
| fatty acid, which is stored in the more inactive | | | | of kidney stones, can cause varicose veins, can |
| places of the body such as the buttocks, thighs | | | | contribute to osteoporosis, can contribute to |
| and mid section (cellulite). Then if the intake of | | | | diabetes, can contribute to eczema in children, can |
| refined sugar is continued, this fatty acid becomes | | | | cause atherosclerosis, can cause headaches, |
| attracted to the more active organs such as the | | | | including migraines. Can cause depression etc.. |
| heart and the kidneys, which gradually become | | | | Do you really want to damage your body this |
| encased in a layer of fat and mucus, which also | | | | much? or are you strong willed enough to give up |
| penetrate the inner tissues of these organs. This | | | | sugar? |
| of course weakens their normal function and | | | | |