SUGAR-IT'S EFFECTS ON THE BODY & MIND (WMD)

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SUGAR-IT'S EFFECTS ON THE BODY & MIND

 

Of all the foods consumed today, refined sugar is considered to be one of

the most harmful. ...In 1997 Americans devoured 7.3 billion pounds of candy.

Americans spent an estimated $23.1 billion dollars on candy and gum. The

average American consumed a record 27.3 pounds of candy and gum in the same

year-the equivalent of about six regular sized chocolate bars a week-marking

the fifth consecutive year of increased demand. (1)

 

....Consumption of processed foods (which are laced with sugar) cost the

American public more than $54 billion in dental bills each year, so the

dental industry reaps huge profits from the programmed addiction of the

public to sugar products. ...Today we have a nation that is addicted to

sugar. In 1915, the national average of sugar consumption (per year) was

around 15 to 20 pounds per person. Today the average person consumes his/her

weight in sugar, plus over 20 pounds of corn syrup. To add more horrors to

these facts there are some people that use no sweets and some who use much

less than the average figure, which means that there is a percentage of the

population that consume a great deal more refined sugar than their body

weight. The human body cannot tolerate this large amount of refined

carbohydrates. The vital organs in the body are actually damaged by this

gross intake of sugar.

 

....Refined sugar contains no fiber, no minerals, no proteins, no fats, no

enzymes, only empty calories. What happens when you eat a refined

carbohydrate like sugar? Your body must borrow vital nutrients from healthy

cells to metabolize the incomplete food. Calcium, sodium, potassium and

magnesium are taken from various parts of the body to make use of the sugar.

Many times, so much calcium is used to neutralize the effects of sugar that

the bones become osteoporotic due to the withdrawn calcium. Likewise, the

teeth are affected and they lose their components until decay occurs and

hastens their loss. ...Refined sugar is void of all nutrients, consequently

it causes the body to deplete its own stores of various vitamins, minerals

and enzymes. If sugar consumption is continued, an over-acid condition

results, and more minerals are needed from deep in the body to correct the

imbalance. If the body is lacking the nutrients used to metabolize sugar, it

will not be able to properly handle and rid itself of the poisonous

residues. These wastes accumulate through the brain and nervous system,

which speeds up cellular death. The bloodstream becomes over-loaded with

waste products and symptoms of carbonic poisoning result.

 

....Sugar also makes the blood very thick and sticky, inhibiting much of the

blood flow into the minute capillaries that supply our gums and teeth with

vital nutrients. Therefore, we wind up with diseased gums and starving

teeth. America and England, the two largest sugar consumers, have horrendous

dental problems.

 

....In 1948, a $57,000 ten-year study was awarded to Harvard University by

the Sugar Research Foundation to find out how sugar causes cavities in teeth

and how to prevent it. In 1958, Time magazine reported the findings, which

were reported in the Dental Association Journal. They discovered there was

no way to prevent the problem and their funding immediately disappeared.

 

.... " The most significant human study was done in Sweden, reported in 1954,

and known as the Vipeholm Dental Caries Study. More than 400 adult mental

patients were placed on controlled diets and observed for five years. The

subjects were divided into various groups. Some ate complex and simple

carbohydrates at mealtimes only, while other supplemented mealtime food with

between-meal-snacks, sweetened with sucrose, chocolate, caramel, or toffee.

Among the conclusions drawn from the study, was that sucrose consumption

could increase caries activity. The risk increased if the sucrose was

consumed in a sticky form that adhered to the tooth's surfaces. The greatest

damage was inflicted by foods with high concentrations of sucrose, in sticky

form, eaten between meals, even if contact with the tooth's surfaces was

brief. Caries, due to the intake of foods with high sucrose levels, could be

decreased when such offending foods were eliminated from the diet. But

individual differences existed, and in some cases, caries continued to

appear despite avoidance of refined sugar or maximum restriction of natural

sugars and total dietary carbohydrates. " (2)

 

....Diabetes is another commonly known disease caused by sugar as well as a

high fat diet. Diabetes is caused by the failure of the pancreas to produce

adequate insulin when the blood sugar rises. A concentrated amount of sugar

introduced into the system sends the body into shock from the rapid rise in

the blood sugar level. The pancreas eventually wears out from overwork and

diabetes then rears its ugly head.

 

....Hypoglycemia occurs when the pancreas overreacts to the large amount of

sugar in the blood and releases too much insulin leaving one with the

" tired " feeling as the blood sugar level becomes lower than it should be.

 

" A recent article in the British Medical Journal, entitled The Sweet Road to

Gallstones, reported that refined sugar may be one of the major dietary risk

factors in gallstone disease. Gallstones are composed of fats and calcium.

Sugar can upset all of the minerals, and one of the minerals, calcium, can

become toxic or nonfunctioning, depositing itself anywhere in the body,

including the gallbladder.

 

.... " One out of ten Americans has gallstones. This risk increases to one out

of every five after age forty. Gallstones may go unnoticed or may cause

pain-wrenching pain. Other symptoms might include bloating, belching, and

intolerance to foods. " (3) ...Another serious problem with sugar that is now

coming to the forefront is the various levels of mental problems. Our brains

are very sensitive and react to quick chemical changes within the body. As

sugar is consumed, our cells are robbed of their B vitamin, which destroys

them, and insulin production is inhibited. Low insulin production means a

high sugar (glucose) level in the bloodstream, which can lead to a confused

mental state or unsound mind, and has also been linked with juvenile

criminal behavior. Dr. Alexander G. Schauss, brings this solemn fact out in

his book, Diet, Crime and Delinquency. Many mental ward and prison inmates

are " sugarholics " and erratic emotional outbreaks often follow a sugar

binge.

 

REFINED SUGAR-A DRUG?

 

....Refined sugar, by some, is called a drug, because in the refining process

everything of food value has been removed except the carbohydrates-pure

calories, without vitamins, minerals, proteins, fats, enzymes or any of the

other elements that make up food. Many nutrition experts say that white

sugar is extremely harmful, possibly as harmful as a drug, especially in the

quantities consumed by the present-day American.

 

....Dr. David Reuben, author of Everything You Always Wanted to Know About

Nutrition says, " .white refined sugar-is not a food. It is a pure chemical

extracted from plant sources, purer in fact than cocaine, which it resembles

in many ways. Its true name is sucrose and its chemical formula is

C12H22O11. It has 12 carbon atoms, 22 hydrogen atoms, 11 oxygen atoms, and

absolutely nothing else to offer. " ...The chemical formula for cocaine is

C17H21NO4. Sugar's formula again is C12H22O11. For all practical purposes,

the difference is that sugar is missing the " N " , or nitrogen atom.

....Refining means to make " pure " by a process of extraction or separation.

Sugars are refined by taking a natural food, which contains a high

percentage of sugar, and then removing all elements of that food until only

the sugar remains. ...While sugar is commonly made from sugar cane or sugar

beets. Through heating and mechanical and chemical processing, all vitamins,

minerals, proteins, fats, enzymes and indeed every nutrient is removed until

only the sugar remains. Sugar cane and sugar beets are first harvested and

then chopped into small pieces, squeezing out the juice, which is then mixed

with water. This liquid is then heated, and lime is added. Moisture is

boiled away, and the remaining fluid is pumped into vacuum pans to

concentrate the juice. By this time, the liquid is starting to crystallize,

and is ready to be placed into a centrifuge machine where any remaining

residues (like molasses) are spun away. The crystals are then dissolved by

heating to the boiling point and passed through charcoal filters. After the

crystals condense, they are bleached snow-white usually by the use of pork

or cattle bones. ...During the refining process, 64 food elements are

destroyed. All the potassium, magnesium, calcium, iron, manganese,

phosphate, and sulfate are removed. The A, D, and B, vitamins are destroyed.

Amino acids, vital enzymes, unsaturated fats, and all fiber are gone. To a

lesser or greater degree, all refined sweeteners such as corn syrup, maple

syrup, etc., undergo similar destructive processes. Molasses is the chemical

and deranged nutrients that is a byproduct of sugar manufacture. ...Sugar

manufacturers are aggressive in defending their product and have a strong

political lobby which allows them to continue selling a deadly food item

that by all reason should not be allowed in the American diet. ...If you

have any doubts as to the detriments of sugar (sucrose), try leaving it out

of your diet for several weeks and see if it makes a difference! You may

also notice you have acquired an addiction and experience some withdrawal

symptoms. ...Studies show that " sugar " is just as habit-forming as any

narcotic; and its use, misuse, and abuse is our nation's number one

disaster. It is no wonder when we consider all the products we consume daily

which are loaded with sugar! The average healthy digestive system can digest

and eliminate from two to four teaspoons of sugar daily, usually without

noticeable problems, (that is if damage is not already present). One 12 oz.

Cola contains 11 teaspoons of sugar, and that's aside from the caffeine. It'

s the sugar that gives you quick energy, but only for a brief time due to

the rise of the blood sugar level. But the body quickly releases a rush of

insulin, which rapidly lowers the blood sugar and causes a significant drop

in energy and endurance. It is easy to see why America's health is in

serious trouble.

 

EFFECT OF SUGAR ON NEUROLOGICAL PROCESSES ...One of the keys to orderly

brain function is glutamic acid, and this compound is found in many

vegetables. When sugar is consumed, the bacteria in the intestines, which

manufacture B vitamin complexes, begin to die-these bacteria normally thrive

in a symbiotic relationship with the human body. When the B vitamin complex

level declines, the glutamic acid (normally transformed into " go " " no-go "

directive neural enzymes by the B vitamins) is not processed and sleepiness

occurs, as well as a decreased ability for short-term memory function and

numerical calculative abilities. The removal of B vitamins when foods are

" processed " makes the situation even more tenuous.

 

WHAT ABOUT GUM CHEWING? ...Besides the sugar in gum being damaging to the

teeth there is another harmful problem to consider and that is: " teeth and

jaws weren't designed for more than a few minutes of solid chewing per

day-far less than the two hours clocked in daily by hardcore gum chewers.

All this chewing results in inordinate wear on the jawbone, gum tissue and

lower molars, and can change the alignment of the jaws " says Michael Elsohn,

D.D.S., in the Medical Tribune.

 

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