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144
Reasons Why Sugar Is Ruining Your Health
Compiled by Nancy Appleton, Ph.D.
1.
Sugar can suppress the immune system.
2.
Sugar
upsets the mineral relationships in the body.
3.
Sugar
can cause hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty
concentrating, and crankiness in children.
4.
Sugar
can produce a significant rise in triglycerides.
5.
Sugar
contributes to the reduction in defense against
bacterial infection (infectious diseases).
6.
Sugar
causes a loss of tissue elasticity and function, the
more sugar you eat the more elasticity and function
you loose.
7.
Sugar
reduces high-density lipoproteins.
8.
Sugar
leads to chromium deficiency.
9.
Sugar
leads to cancer of the ovaries.
10.
Sugar
can increase fasting levels of glucose.
11.
Sugar
causes copper deficiency.
12.
Sugar
interferes with absorption of calcium and magnesium.
13.
Sugar
may make eyes more vulnerable to age-related macular
degeneration.
14.
Sugar
raises the level of neurotransmitters: dopamine,
serotonin, and norepinephrine.
15.
Sugar
can cause hypoglycemia.
16.
Sugar
can produce an acidic digestive tract.
17.
Sugar
can cause a rapid rise of adrenaline levels in
children.
18.
Sugar
malabsorption is frequent in patients with functional
bowel disease.
19.
Sugar
can cause premature aging.
20.
Sugar
can lead to alcoholism.
21.
Sugar
can cause tooth decay.
22.
Sugar
contributes to obesity
23.
High
intake of sugar increases the risk of Crohn's disease,
and ulcerative colitis.
24.
Sugar
can cause changes frequently found in person with
gastric or duodenal ulcers.
25.
Sugar
can cause arthritis.
26.
Sugar
can cause asthma.
27.
Sugar
greatly assists the uncontrolled growth of Candida
Albicans (yeast infections).
28.
Sugar
can cause gallstones.
29.
Sugar
can cause heart disease.
30.
Sugar
can cause appendicitis.
31.
Sugar
can cause hemorrhoids.
32.
Sugar
can cause varicose veins.
33.
Sugar
can elevate glucose and insulin responses in oral
contraceptive users.
34.
Sugar
can lead to periodontal disease.
35.
Sugar
can contribute to osteoporosis.
36.
Sugar
contributes to saliva acidity.
37.
Sugar
can cause a decrease in insulin sensitivity.
38.
Sugar
can lower the amount of Vitamin E (alpha-Tocopherol)
in the blood.
39.
Sugar
can decrease growth hormone.
40.
Sugar
can increase cholesterol.
41.
Sugar
can increase the systolic blood pressure.
42.
High
sugar intake increases advanced glycation end products
(AGEs)(Sugar bound non-enzymatically to protein)
43.
Sugar
can interfere with the absorption of protein.
44.
Sugar
causes food allergies.
45.
Sugar
can contribute to diabetes.
46.
Sugar
can cause toxemia during pregnancy.
47.
Sugar
can contribute to eczema in children.
48.
Sugar
can cause cardiovascular disease.
49.
Sugar
can impair the structure of DNA
50.
Sugar
can change the structure of protein.
51.
Sugar
can make our skin age by changing the structure of
collagen.
52.
Sugar
can cause cataracts.
53.
Sugar
can cause emphysema.
54.
Sugar
can cause atherosclerosis.
55.
Sugar
can promote an elevation of low-density lipoproteins (LDL).
56.
High
sugar intake can impair the physiological homeostasis
of many systems in the body.
57.
Sugar
lowers the enzymes ability to function.
58.
Sugar
intake is higher in people with Parkinson’s disease.
59.
Sugar
can increase the size of the liver by making the liver
cells divide.
60.
Sugar
can increase the amount of liver fat.
61.
Sugar
can increase kidney size and produce pathological
changes in the kidney.
62.
Sugar
can damage the pancreas.
63.
Sugar
can increase the body's fluid retention.
64.
Sugar
is enemy #1 of the bowel movement.
65.
Sugar
can cause myopia (nearsightedness).
66.
Sugar
can compromise the lining of the capillaries.
67.
Sugar
can make the tendons more brittle.
68.
Sugar
can cause headaches, including migraine.
69.
Sugar
plays a role in pancreatic cancer in women.
70.
Sugar
can adversely affect school children's grades and
cause learning disorders.
71.
Sugar
can cause depression.
72.
Sugar
increases the risk of gastric cancer.
73.
Sugar
and cause dyspepsia (indigestion).
74.
Sugar
can increase your risk of getting gout.
75.
Sugar
can increase the levels of glucose in an oral glucose
tolerance test over the ingestion of complex
carbohydrates.
76.
Sugar
can increase the insulin responses in humans consuming
high-sugar diets compared to low-sugar diets.
77.
A
diet high in refined sugar reduces learning capacity.
78.
Sugar
can cause less effective functioning of two blood
proteins, albumin, and lipoproteins, which may reduce
the body's ability to handle fat and cholesterol.
79.
Sugar
can contribute to Alzheimers disease.
80.
Sugar
can cause platelet adhesiveness.
81.
Sugar
can cause hormonal imbalance; some hormones become
under active and others become overactive.
82.
Sugar
can lead to the formation of kidney stones.
83.
Diets
high in sugar can cause free radicals and oxidative
stress.
84.
High
sugar diet can lead to biliary tract cancer.
85.
High
sugar consumption of pregnant adolescents is
associated with a twofold-increased risk for
delivering a small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infant.
86.
High
sugar consumption can lead to substantial decrease in
gestation duration among adolescents.
87.
Sugar
slows food's travel time through the gastrointestinal
tract.
88.
Sugar
increases the concentration of bile acids in stools
and bacterial enzymes in the colon. This can modify
bile to produce cancer-causing compounds and colon
cancer.
89.
Sugar
increases estradiol (the most potent form of naturally
occurring estrogen) in men.
90.
Sugar
combines with and destroys phosphatase, an enzyme,
which makes the process of digestion more difficult.
91.
Sugar
can be a risk factor of gallbladder cancer.
92.
Sugar
is an addictive substance.
93.
Sugar
can be intoxicating, similar to alcohol.
94.
Sugar
can exacerbate PMS.
95.
Sugar
given to premature babies can affect the amount of
carbon dioxide they produce.
96.
Decrease
in sugar intake can increase emotional stability.
97.
The
rapid absorption of sugar promotes excessive food
intake in obese subjects.
98.
Sugar
can worsen the symptoms of children with attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
99.
Sugar
adversely affects urinary electrolyte composition.
100.
Sugar
can slow down the ability of the adrenal glands to
function.
101.
I.Vs
(intravenous feedings) of sugar water can cut off
oxygen to the brain.
102.
High
sucrose intake could be an important risk factor in
lung cancer.
103.
Sugar
increases the risk of polio.
104.
High
sugar intake can cause epileptic seizures.
105.
Sugar
causes high blood pressure in obese people.
106.
In
Intensive Care Units, limiting sugar saves lives.
107.
Sugar
may induce cell death.
108.
Sugar
can increase the amount of food that you eat.
109.
In
juvenile rehabilitation camps, when children were put
on a low sugar diet, there was a 44% drop in
antisocial behavior.
110.
Sugar
can lead to prostrate cancer.
111.
Sugar
dehydrates newborns.
112.
Sugar
can cause low birth weight babies.
113.
Greater
consumption of refined sugar is associated with a
worse outcome of schizophrenia
114.
Sugar
can raise homocysteine levels in the blood stream.
115.
Sweet
food items increase the risk of breast cancer.
116.
Sugar
is a risk factor in cancer of the small intestine.
117.
Sugar
may cause laryngeal cancer.
118.
Sugar
induces salt and water retention.
119.
Sugar
may contribute to mild memory loss.
120.
The
more sodas a 10-year-old child consumes, the less
milk.
121.
Sugar
can increase the total amount of food consumed.
122.
Exposing
a newborn to sugar results in a heightened preference
for sucrose relative to water at 6 months and 2 years
of age.
123.
Sugar
causes constipation.
124.
Sugar
causes varicose veins.
125.
Sugar
can cause brain decay in prediabetic and diabetic
women.
126.
Sugar
can increase the risk of stomach cancer.
127.
Sugar
can cause metabolic syndrome.
128.
Sugar
ingestion by pregnant women increases neural tube
defects in embryos.
129.
Sugar
can be a factor in asthma.
130.
The
higher the sugar consumption the more chances of
getting irritable bowel syndrome.
131.
Sugar
can affect the brains ability to deal with rewards and
consequences.
132.
Sugar
can cause cancer of the rectum.
133.
Sugar
can cause endometrial cancer.
134.
Sugar
can cause renal (kidney) cell carcinoma.
135.
Sugar
can cause liver tumors.
136.
Sugar
can increase inflammatory markers in the blood stream
of overweight people.
137.
Sugar
can lower Vitamin E levels in the blood stream.
138.
Sugar
can increase your appetite for all food.
139.
Sugar
plays a role in the etiology and the continuation of
acne.
140.
Too
much sugar can kill your sex life.
141.
Sugar
saps school performance in children.
142.
Sugar
can cause fatigue, moodiness, nervousness and
depression.
143.
Sugar
is common choice of obese individuals.
144.
A
linear decrease in the intake of many essential
nutrients is associated with increasing total sugar
intake.
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