Re: SUGAR-ITS EFFECTS ON THE BODY & MIND

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>SUGAR-ITS EFFECTS ON THE BODY & MIND  
>
>Of all the foods consumed today, refined sugar is considered to be one
>of the most harmful. ...In 1997 Americans devoured 7.3 billion pounds
>of candy. Americans spent an estimated $23.1 billion dollars on candy
>and gum. The average American consumed a record 27.3 pounds of candy
>and gum in the same year-the equivalent of about six regular sized
>chocolate bars a week-marking the fifth consecutive year of increased
>demand. (1)
>
>....Consumption of processed foods (which are laced with sugar) cost
>the American public more than $54 billion in dental bills each year,
>so the dental industry reaps huge profits from the programmed
>addiction of the public to sugar products. ...Today we have a nation
>that is addicted to sugar. In 1915, the national average of sugar
>consumption (per year) was around 15 to 20 pounds per person. Today
>the average person consumes his/her weight in sugar, plus over 20
>pounds of corn syrup.
>
>To add more horrors to these facts there are some people that use no
>sweets and some who use much less than the average figure, which means
>that there is a percentage of the population that consume a great deal
>more refined sugar than their body weight. The human body cannot
>tolerate this large amount of refined carbohydrates. The vital organs
>in the body are actually damaged by this gross intake of sugar.
>
>....Refined sugar contains no fiber, no minerals, no proteins, no fats,
>no enzymes, only empty calories. What happens when you eat a refined
>carbohydrate like sugar? Your body must borrow vital nutrients from
>healthy cells to metabolize the incomplete food. Calcium, sodium,
>potassium and magnesium are taken from various parts of the body to
>make use of the sugar. Many times, so much calcium is used to
>neutralize the effects of sugar that the bones become osteoporotic due
>to the withdrawn calcium.
>
>Likewise, the teeth are affected and they lose their components until
>decay occurs and hastens their loss. ...Refined sugar is void of all
>nutrients, consequently it causes the body to deplete its own stores
>of various vitamins, minerals and enzymes. If sugar consumption is
>continued, an over-acid condition results, and more minerals are
>needed from deep in the body to correct the imbalance. If the body is
>lacking the nutrients used to metabolize sugar, it will not be able to
>properly handle and rid itself of the poisonous residues.
>
>These wastes accumulate through the brain and nervous system, which
>speeds up cellular death. The bloodstream becomes over-loaded with
>waste products and symptoms of carbonic poisoning result.
>
>....Sugar also makes the blood very thick and sticky, inhibiting much
>of the blood flow into the minute capillaries that supply our gums and
>teeth with vital nutrients. Therefore, we wind up with diseased gums
>and starving teeth. America and England, the two largest sugar
>consumers, have horrendous dental problems.
>
>....In 1948, a $57,000 ten-year study was awarded to Harvard University
>by the Sugar Research Foundation to find out how sugar causes cavities
>in teeth and how to prevent it. In 1958, Time magazine reported the
>findings, which were reported in the Dental Association Journal. They
>discovered there was no way to prevent the problem and their funding
>immediately disappeared.
>
>...."The most significant human study was done in Sweden, reported in
>1954, and known as the Vipeholm Dental Caries Study. More than 400
>adult mental patients were placed on controlled diets and observed for
>five years. The subjects were divided into various groups. Some ate
>complex and simple carbohydrates at mealtimes only, while other
>supplemented mealtime food with between-meal-snacks, sweetened with
>sucrose, chocolate, caramel, or toffee.
>
>Among the conclusions drawn from the study, was that sucrose
>consumption could increase caries activity. The risk increased if the
>sucrose was consumed in a sticky form that adhered to the tooth's
>surfaces. The greatest damage was inflicted by foods with high
>concentrations of sucrose, in sticky form, eaten between meals, even
>if contact with the tooth's surfaces was brief. Caries, due to the
>intake of foods with high sucrose levels, could be decreased when such
>offending foods were eliminated from the diet.
>
>But individual differences existed, and in some cases, caries
>continued to appear despite avoidance of refined sugar or maximum
>restriction of natural sugars and total dietary carbohydrates." (2)
>
>....Diabetes is another commonly known disease caused by sugar as well
>as a high fat diet. Diabetes is caused by the failure of the pancreas
>to produce adequate insulin when the blood sugar rises. A concentrated
>amount of sugar introduced into the system sends the body into shock
>from the rapid rise in the blood sugar level. The pancreas eventually
>wears out from overwork and diabetes then rears its ugly head.
>
>....Hypoglycemia occurs when the pancreas overreacts to the large
>amount of sugar in the blood and releases too much insulin leaving one
>with the "tired" feeling as the blood sugar level becomes lower than
>it should be.
>
>"A recent article in the British Medical Journal, entitled The Sweet
>Road to Gallstones, reported that refined sugar may be one of the
>major dietary risk factors in gallstone disease. Gallstones are
>composed of fats and calcium. Sugar can upset all of the minerals, and
>one of the minerals, calcium, can become toxic or nonfunctioning,
>depositing itself anywhere in the body, including the gallbladder.
>
>...."One out of ten Americans has gallstones. This risk increases to
>one out of every five after age forty. Gallstones may go unnoticed or
>may cause pain-wrenching pain. Other symptoms might include bloating,
>belching, and intolerance to foods." (3) ...Another serious problem
>with sugar that is now coming to the forefront is the various levels
>of mental problems. Our brains are very sensitive and react to quick
>chemical changes within the body. As sugar is consumed, our cells are
>robbed of their B vitamin, which destroys them, and insulin production
>is inhibited. Low insulin production means a high sugar (glucose)
>level in the bloodstream, which can lead to a confused mental state or
>unsound mind, and has also been linked with juvenile criminal
>behavior. Dr. Alexander G. Schauss, brings this solemn fact out in his
>book, Diet, Crime and Delinquency. Many mental ward and prison inmates
>are "sugarholics" and erratic emotional outbreaks often follow a sugar
>binge.
>
>REFINED SUGAR-A DRUG? 
>
>....Refined sugar, by some, is called a drug, because in the refining
>process everything of food value has been removed except the
>carbohydrates-pure calories, without vitamins, minerals, proteins,
>fats, enzymes or any of the other elements that make up food. Many
>nutrition experts say that white sugar is extremely harmful, possibly
>as harmful as a drug, especially in the quantities consumed by the
>present-day American.
>
>....Dr. David Reuben, author of Everything You Always Wanted to Know
>About Nutrition says, "…white refined sugar-is not a food. It is a
>pure chemical extracted from plant sources, purer in fact than
>cocaine, which it resembles in many ways. Its true name is sucrose and
>its chemical formula is C12H22O11.
>
>It has 12 carbon atoms, 22 hydrogen atoms, 11 oxygen atoms, and
>absolutely nothing else to offer." ...The chemical formula for cocaine
>is C17H21NO4. Sugar's formula again is C12H22O11. For all practical
>purposes, the difference is that sugar is missing the "N", or nitrogen
>atom. ...Refining means to make "pure" by a process of extraction or
>separation. Sugars are refined by taking a natural food, which
>contains a high percentage of sugar, and then removing all elements of
>that food until only the sugar remains. ...While sugar is commonly
>made from sugar cane or sugar beets.
>
>Through heating and mechanical and chemical processing, all vitamins,
>minerals, proteins, fats, enzymes and indeed every nutrient is removed
>until only the sugar remains. Sugar cane and sugar beets are first
>harvested and then chopped into small pieces, squeezing out the juice,
>which is then mixed with water. This liquid is then heated, and lime
>is added. Moisture is boiled away, and the remaining fluid is pumped
>into vacuum pans to concentrate the juice. By this time, the liquid is
>starting to crystallize, and is ready to be placed into a centrifuge
>machine where any remaining residues (like molasses) are spun away.
>The crystals are then dissolved by heating to the boiling point and
>passed through charcoal filters.
>
>After the crystals condense, they are bleached snow-white usually by
>the use of pork or cattle bones. ...During the refining process, 64
>food elements are destroyed. All the potassium, magnesium, calcium,
>iron, manganese, phosphate, and sulfate are removed. The A, D, and B,
>vitamins are destroyed. Amino acids, vital enzymes, unsaturated fats,
>and all fiber are gone. To a lesser or greater degree, all refined
>sweeteners such as corn syrup, maple syrup, etc., undergo similar
>destructive processes. Molasses is the chemical and deranged nutrients
>that is a byproduct of sugar manufacture. ...Sugar manufacturers are
>aggressive in defending their product and have a strong political
>lobby which allows them to continue selling a deadly food item that by
>all reason should not be allowed in the American diet. ...If you have
>any doubts as to the detriments of sugar (sucrose), try leaving it out
>of your diet for several weeks and see if it makes a difference! You
>may also notice you have acquired an addiction and experience some
>withdrawal symptoms. ...Studies show that "sugar" is just as
>habit-forming as any narcotic; and its use, misuse, and abuse is our
>nation's number one disaster.
>
>It is no wonder when we consider all the products we consume daily
>which are loaded with sugar! The average healthy digestive system can
>digest and eliminate from two to four teaspoons of sugar daily,
>usually without noticeable problems, (that is if damage is not already
>present). One 12 oz. Cola contains 11 teaspoons of sugar, and that's
>aside from the caffeine. It's the sugar that gives you quick energy,
>but only for a brief time due to the rise of the blood sugar level.
>But the body quickly releases a rush of insulin, which rapidly lowers
>the blood sugar and causes a significant drop in energy and endurance.
>It is easy to see why America's health is in serious trouble.
>
>EFFECT OF SUGAR ON NEUROLOGICAL PROCESSES ...One of the keys to
>orderly brain function is glutamic acid, and this compound is found in
>many vegetables. When sugar is consumed, the bacteria in the
>intestines, which manufacture B vitamin complexes, begin to die-these
>bacteria normally thrive in a symbiotic relationship with the human
>body. When the B vitamin complex level declines, the glutamic acid
>(normally transformed into "go" "no-go" directive neural enzymes by
>the B vitamins) is not processed and sleepiness occurs, as well as a
>decreased ability for short-term memory function and numerical
>calculative abilities. The removal of B vitamins when foods are
>"processed" makes the situation even more tenuous.
>
>WHAT ABOUT GUM CHEWING? ...Besides the sugar in gum being damaging to
>the teeth there is another harmful problem to consider and that is:
>"teeth and jaws weren't designed for more than a few minutes of solid
>chewing per day-far less than the two hours clocked in daily by
>hardcore gum chewers. All this chewing results in inordinate wear on
>the jawbone, gum tissue and lower molars, and can change the alignment
>of the jaws" says Michael Elsohn, D.D.S., in the Medical Tribune.
>
>ENDNOTES: (1) U.S. Commerce Department figures compiled for the
>National Confectioners Association (NCA) and the Chocolate
>Manufacturers Association. (Reuters, 8/21/98) (2) Beatrice Trum
>Humter, The Sugar Trap & How to Avoid It, (Houghton Mifflin Co.,
>1982), p.15. (3) Nancy Appleton, Ph.D., Lick The Sugar Habit, (Warner
>Books, N.Y., 1985) pp. 73,74. .



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