OT: 76 ways sugar can harm your health

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Counting the Many Ways Sugar Harms Your Health

Contributed by Appleton, PhD

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.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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