Why Sugar is Ruining Your Health  

146 Reasons Why Sugar Is Ruining Your Health By Nancy Appleton, Ph.D. www.nancyappleton.com Author of LICK THE SUGAR HABIT and LICK THE SUGAR HABIT SUGAR COUNTER. SUGAR CAN: 1. suppress the immune system. 2. upset mineral relationships in the body. 3. cause hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and crankiness in children. 4. produce a significant rise in triglycerides. 5. contribute to the reduction in defense against bacterial infection (infectious diseases). 6. cause a loss of tissue elasticity and function, the more sugar you eat the more elasticity and function you loose. 7. reduces high density lipoproteins. 8. leads to chromium deficiency. 9 leads to cancer of the ovaries. 10. increase fasting levels of glucose. 11. cause copper deficiency. 12. interfere with absorption of calcium and magnesium. 13. weaken eyesight. 14. raises the level of neurotransmitters: dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine. 15. cause hypoglycemia. 16. produce an acidic digestive tract. 17. cause a rapid rise of adrenaline levels in children. 18. malabsorption is frequent in patients with functional bowel disease. 19. cause premature aging. 20. lead to alcoholism. 21. cause tooth decay. 22. contribute to obesity 23. increase the risk of Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis. 24. cause changes frequently found in person with gastric or duodenal ulcers. 25. cause arthritis. 26. cause asthma. 27. greatly assists the uncontrolled growth of Candida Albicans (yeast infections). 28. cause gallstones. 29. cause heart disease. 30. cause appendicitis. 31. cause multiple sclerosis. 32. cause hemorrhoids. 33. cause varicose veins. 34. elevate glucose and insulin responses in oral contraceptive users. 35. lead to periodontal disease. 36. contribute to osteoporosis. 37. contributes to saliva acidity. 38. cause a decrease in insulin sensitivity. 39. lower the amount of Vitamin E (alpha-Tocopherol in the blood. 40. decrease growth hormone. 41. increase cholesterol. 42. increase the systolic blood pressure. 43. cause drowsiness and decreased activity in children. 44. increases advanced glycation end products (AGEs) (Sugar bound non-enzymatically to protein) 45. interfere with the absorption of protein. 46. causes food allergies. 47. contribute to diabetes. 48. cause toxemia during pregnancy. 49. contribute to eczema in children. 50. cause cardiovascular disease. 51. impair the structure of DNA 52. change the structure of protein. 53. make our skin age by changing the structure of collagen. 54. cause cataracts. 55. cause emphysema. 56. cause atherosclerosis. 57. promote an elevation of low density lipoproteins (LDL). 58. impair the physiological homeostasis of many systems in the body. 59. lower the enzymes ability to function. 60. Sugar intake is higher in people with Parkinson's disease. 61. cause a permanent altering the way the proteins act in the body. 62. increase the size of the liver by making the liver cells divide. 63. increase the amount of liver fat. 64. increase kidney size and produce pathological changes in the kidney. 65. damage the pancreas. 66. increase the body's fluid retention. 67. Sugar is enemy #1 of the bowel movement. 68. cause myopia (nearsightedness). 69. compromise the lining of the capillaries. 70. make the tendons more brittle. 71. cause headaches, including migraine. 72. play a role in pancreatic cancer in women. 73. adversely affect school children's grades and cause learning disorders... 74. cause an increase in delta, alpha, and theta brain waves. 75. cause depression. 76. increase the risk of gastric cancer. 77. cause dyspepsia (indigestion). 78. increase your risk of getting gout. 79. increase the levels of glucose in an oral glucose tolerance test over the ingestion of complex carbohydrates. 80. increase the insulin responses in humans consuming high-sugar diets compared to low sugar diets. 81. reduce learning capacity. 82. cause less effective functioning of two blood proteins, albumin, and lipoproteins, which may reduce the body's ability to handle fat and cholesterol. 83. contribute to Alzheimer's disease. 84. cause platelet adhesiveness. 85. cause hormonal imbalance; some hormones become under active and others become overactive. 86. lead to the formation of kidney stones. 87. lead to the hypothalamus to become highly sensitive to a large variety of stimuli. 88. lead to dizziness. 89. cause free radicals and oxidative stress. 90. High sucrose diets of subjects with peripheral vascular disease significantly increases platelet adhesion. 91. lead to biliary tract cancer. 92. feed cancer. 93. High sugar consumption of pregnant adolescents is associated with a twofold increased risk for delivering a small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infant. 94. lead to substantial decrease in gestation duration among adolescents. 95. slows food's travel time through the gastrointestinal tract. 96. increase 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. 97. increase estradiol (the most potent form of naturally occurring estrogen) in men. 98. combine and destroy phosphatase, an enzyme, which makes the process of digestion more difficult. 99. be a risk factor of gallbladder cancer. 100. be an addictive substance. 101. be intoxicating, similar to alcohol. 102. exacerbate PMS. 103. when given to premature babies can affect the amount of carbon dioxide they produce. 104. Decrease in sugar intake can increase emotional stability. 105. The body changes sugar into 2 to 5 times more fat in the bloodstream than it does starch. 106. The rapid absorption of sugar promotes excessive food intake in obese subjects. 107. worsen the symptoms of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). 108. adversely affect urinary electrolyte composition. 109. slow down the ability of the adrenal glands to function. 110. induce abnormal metabolic processes in a normal healthy individual and promote chronic degenerative diseases. 111. I.Vs (intravenous feedings) can cut off oxygen to the brain. 112. High sucrose intake could be an important risk factor in lung cancer. 113. increase the risk of polio. 114. cause epileptic seizures. 115. high blood pressure in obese people. 116. In Intensive Care Units, limiting sugar saves lives. 117. induce cell death. 118. increase the amount of food that you eat. 119. In juvenile rehabilitation camps, when children were put on a low sugar diet, there was a 44% drop in antisocial behavior. 120. lead to prostrate cancer. 121. dehydrates newborns. 122. increase the estradiol in young men. 123. cause low birth weight babies. 124. Greater consumption of refined sugar is associated with a worse outcome of schizophrenia 125. raise homocysteine levels in the blood stream. 126. increase the risk of breast cancer. 127. Sugar is a risk factor in cancer of the small intestine. 128. cause laryngeal cancer. 129. induce salt and water retention. 130. contribute to mild memory loss. 131. As sugar increases in the diet of 10 years olds, there is a linear decrease in the intake of many essential nutrients. 132. increase the total amount of food consumed. 133. Exposing a newborn to sugar results in a heightened preference for sucrose relative to water at 6 months and 2 years of age. 134. cause constipation. 135. cause varicous veins. 136. cause brain decay in prediabetic and diabetic women. 137. increase the risk of stomach cancer. 138. cause metabolic syndrome. 139. Sugar ingestion by pregnant women increases neural tube defects in embryos. 140. be a factor in asthma. 141. The higher the sugar consumption the more chances of getting irritable bowel syndrome. 142. affect central reward systems. 143. cause cancer of the rectum. 144. cause endometrial cancer. 145. cause renal (kidney) cell carcinoma. 146. cause liver tumors. With all the above in formation what should we do to improve our health? Sugar is every where but we need to read all labels and try our best to eat as little sugar as possible. Do not turn to chemical sweeteners as they are toxic and in the case of aspartame it will cause you to gain weight. Nancy Appleton P.O. Box 3083 Santa Monica CA 90403 Dr Bob www.drbobthehealthbuilder.com www.wealthyhealthywise.net

About the Author

Dr Bob the Health Builder

Robert D Bard, OD, FAAO

I attended West Virginia University and graduated from Pennsylvania College of Optometry with a Bachelor of Science degree and a Doctor of Optometry degree.

As a health professional I was always interested in disease prevention but found the medical model - drug companies and doctors - unacceptable. The medical model towards disease is that they want us - the people - to contract disease and t