| Sugar may be a deadly metabolic poison. An | | | | causing food allergies and related diseases. |
| average American consumes 130 pounds of sugar | | | | |
| a year. It provides empty calories with no | | | | 5. Diabetes-Chronic high intake of sugar |
| vitamins, minerals or nutrients. The body | | | | imbalances the blood sugar level causing |
| loses its fine tuned balance, leading to | | | | diabetes. |
| impaired digestion and damaging enzyme | | | | |
| levels. This causes hormonal imbalances, | | | | 6. Arthritis-Food allergies caused by sugar |
| weakens the immune system, and leads to a | | | | result in formation of immune complexes. |
| biochemical chaos in the body. Since all the | | | | Immune complexes and excessive calcium |
| body systems are interdependent, if one | | | | accumulate in the joints and damage them |
| system functions abnormally, the rest of the | | | | gradually. |
| systems too go haywire, which leads to a | | | | |
| plethora of diseases. | | | | 7. Advanced Glycation Endproducts (AGEs) |
| | | | Excessive blood sugar reacts with proteins in |
| How Sugar Affects Health | | | | the body to form AGEs, which acts like a glue |
| | | | that binds tissues. This causes |
| 1. Mineral Relationships - Essential minerals | | | | arteriosclerosis, where fat sticks to blood |
| stored in the body tissue are depleted to | | | | vessel walls, leading to heart diseases, high |
| metabolize sugar. This reduces the | | | | blood pressure, cataracts, and arthritis. |
| availability of digestive enzymes, causing | | | | |
| poor food digestion and a host of associated | | | | 8. Hypoglycemia-The body secretes insulin to |
| problems. | | | | lower elevated blood sugar levels. The |
| | | | insulin levels continue at a higher level for |
| 2. Food Allergies-Undigested food enters the | | | | longer periods and soon lower blood sugar |
| blood stream, where the immune system | | | | levels to below normal, causing hypoglycemia. |
| perceives it as an enemy and forms antibodies | | | | This affects energy levels adversely. |
| against it. This leads to food allergies and | | | | |
| associated problems like joint pains, | | | | 9. Acidosis-Sugar changes body's normal pH |
| headaches, depression, anxiety, anger, | | | | levels disrupting the enzyme activity and |
| hyperactivity, fatigue, dizziness, and tissue | | | | normal body functions. |
| and organ swelling All these symptoms are | | | | |
| treated with toxic prescription drugs, merely | | | | 10. Imbalances-Sugar metabolization results |
| heaping more harm on the body. | | | | in nutrient fluctuation thus disrupting the |
| | | | body balance and causing many types of |
| 3. Osteoporosis-Sugar increases calcium loss | | | | diseases. |
| by urine. In order to maintain normal blood | | | | |
| calcium, this calcium is pulled in from the | | | | Avoid consuming sugar as it gets converted |
| bones. Calcium loss from bones leads towards | | | | into saturated fats, accumulating in the |
| osteoporosis and weakens the skeletal system. | | | | arteries and other organs and leading to |
| | | | long-term damage. Eat natural foods like |
| 4. Immunity-Sugar damages the function of | | | | fresh fruits and vegetables to ingest sugar |
| immune cells, resulting in immune suppression | | | | in a healthy and natural form. |