Counting the Many Ways Sugar Harms Your Health

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Counting the Many Ways Sugar Harms Your Health

Contributed by Nancy Appleton, PhD

Author of the book Lick The Sugar Habit

 

http://www.mercola.com/2005/may/4/sugar_dangers.htm

 

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.1,2

 

2. Sugar upsets the mineral relationships in your body: causes

chromium and copper deficiencies and interferes with absorption of

calcium and magnesium. 3,4,5,6

 

3. Sugar can cause can cause a rapid rise of adrenaline,

hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and crankiness in

children.7,8

 

4. Sugar can produce a significant rise in total cholesterol,

triglycerides and bad cholesterol and a decrease in good

cholesterol.9,10,11,12

 

5. Sugar causes a loss of tissue elasticity and function.13

 

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.14,15,16,17,18,19,20

 

7. Sugar can increase fasting levels of glucose and can cause

reactive hypoglycemia.21,22

 

8. Sugar can weaken eyesight.23

 

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.24,25,26,27,28

 

10. Sugar can cause premature aging.29

 

11. Sugar can lead to alcoholism.30

 

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

periodontal disease.31,32,33

 

13. Sugar contributes to obesity.34

 

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

multiple sclerosis.35,36,37

 

15. Sugar greatly assists the uncontrolled growth of Candida Albicans

(yeast infections).38

 

16. Sugar can cause gallstones.39

 

17. Sugar can cause appendicitis.40

 

18. Sugar can cause hemorrhoids.41

 

19. Sugar can cause varicose veins.42

 

20. Sugar can elevate glucose and insulin responses in oral

contraceptive users.43

 

21. Sugar can contribute to osteoporosis.44

 

22. Sugar can cause a decrease in your insulin sensitivity thereby

causing an abnormally high insulin levels and eventually

diabetes.45,46,47

 

23. Sugar can lower your Vitamin E levels.48

 

24. Sugar can increase your systolic blood pressure.49

 

25. Sugar can cause drowsiness and decreased activity in children.50

 

26. High sugar intake increases advanced glycation end products

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

the body).51

 

27. Sugar can interfere with your absorption of protein.52

 

28. Sugar causes food allergies.53

 

29. Sugar can cause toxemia during pregnancy.54

 

30. Sugar can contribute to eczema in children.55

 

31. Sugar can cause atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease.56,57

 

32. Sugar can impair the structure of your DNA.58

 

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

alteration of the way the proteins act in your body.59,60

 

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

collagen.61

 

35. Sugar can cause cataracts and nearsightedness.62,63

 

36. Sugar can cause emphysema.64

 

37. High sugar intake can impair the physiological homeostasis of

many systems in your body.65

 

38. Sugar lowers the ability of enzymes to function.66

 

39. Sugar intake is higher in people with Parkinson's disease.67

 

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

cells divide and it can increase the amount of liver fat.68,69

 

41. Sugar can increase kidney size and produce pathological changes

in the kidney such as the formation of kidney stones.70,71

 

42. Sugar can damage your pancreas.72

 

43. Sugar can increase your body's fluid retention.73

 

44. Sugar is enemy #1 of your bowel movement.74

 

45. Sugar can compromise the lining of your capillaries.75

 

46. Sugar can make your tendons more brittle.76

 

47. Sugar can cause headaches, including migraines.77

 

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

children's grades and cause learning disorders.78,79

 

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

waves which can alter your mind's ability to think clearly.80

 

50. Sugar can cause depression.81

 

51. Sugar can increase your risk of gout.82

 

52. Sugar can increase your risk of Alzheimer's disease.83

 

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

in men, exacerbating PMS, and decreasing growth hormone.84,85,86,87

 

54. Sugar can lead to dizziness.88

 

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

stress.89

 

56. High sucrose diets of subjects with peripheral vascular disease

significantly increases platelet adhesion.90

 

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.91,92

 

58. Sugar is an addictive substance.93

 

59. Sugar can be intoxicating, similar to alcohol.94

 

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

dioxide they produce.95

 

61. Decrease in sugar intake can increase emotional stability.96

 

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

bloodstream than it does starch.97

 

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

obese subjects.98

 

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

hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).99

 

65. Sugar adversely affects urinary electrolyte composition.100

 

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

function.101

 

67. Sugar has the potential of inducing abnormal metabolic processes

in a normal healthy individual and to promote chronic degenerative

diseases.102

 

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

to your brain.103

 

69. Sugar increases your risk of polio.104

 

70. High sugar intake can cause epileptic seizures.105

 

71. Sugar causes high blood pressure in obese people.106

 

72. In intensive care units: Limiting sugar saves lives.107

 

73. Sugar may induce cell death.108

 

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

sugar diet, there was a 44 percent drop in antisocial behavior.109

 

75. Sugar dehydrates newborns.110

 

76. Sugar can cause gum disease.111

 

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