Bitter sweet is what this unnatural substance we call sugar is.

Sugar wreaks so much havoc it is amazing that it is still out in the market in such vast quantities and even more disturbing that it is in most children foods from cereal to ‘fruit’ juices.

The human body can not even break down the concentrated unnatural substance with the quantities the the average American consumes.

The potential nutrients sugar (from sugar cane or beets) has is stripped away during the industrial processes degrading it to pure sucrose. What sugar might have contained in vitamins, minerals, proteins, enzymes and other beneficial nutrients is now what the majority ingests today.

Back in the day, Greeks who had a word for everything did not even have a word for sugar!

Similarities of Sugar and Heroin

Did you know that sugar and heroin are processed and refined in a very similar manner?

Sugar and heroin are derived by a very comparable method of refinement.

In creating heroin, opium is first drawn from the poppy. Then the opium is processed into morphine. The chemists then went to work on morphine and further processed it into heroin. In this discovery they  proclaimed they had created a fantastic new pain-killer that was non-addictive.

Likewise,  sugar is first pressed as a juice from the beet or cane and broken down into molasses. Later, it is refined into brown sugar, and finally into strange white crystals C12H22O which are foreign to the human body.

Now combine all this info with a suckling sugar induced milk.  Mothers that consume sugar also pass it on in the milk for their newborn children.  That means that the addiction to sugar is set early on.  Sugar can become very addictive especially with it at our every whim.  Most people form a insatiable craving for sugar and few discover the plethora of more nutritious and deliciously sweet alternatives out there.

Sneaky Sugar!

Years before it devastates your pancreas, your adrenal glands, throwing the whole endocrine system out of whack, sugar/sucrose is steadily breaking down the life systems in your body before showing any symptoms.

Not only is the sugar alone sneaky in our body but the manufacturers of most grocery ‘foods’ are sneaky!  Their strategic insidiousness of sugar placement is outrageous.  They have injected into everything from Gatorade to health bars to cereals, most of which have up to 50% sugar! Foods that are supposed to be healthy for you like yogurt generally have loads of sugar as well as most Asian vegetarian dishes sometime up to 7 tablespoons!

Just about everything in the grocery store contains sugar!

The Dangers of Sugar

Sugar is more dangerous than all narcotics combined if used long term! The list is endless but here are a few more obvious ones:

• Leading cause of dental deterioration-cavities, bleeding gums, failure of bone structure, and loss of teeth.
• Main cause of diabetes, hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia
• Significant or contributory cause of heart disease, arteriosclerosis, mental illness, depression, senility, hypertension, cancer.
• Unbalances the endocrine system and crippling its fundamental glands: adrenal glands, pancreas and liver, causing the blood sugar level to vacillate widely.
• Contributes to diabetes
• Increases overgrowth of candida yeast organism
• Increases chronic fatigue
• Can trigger binge eating in those with bulimia
• Increases PMS symptoms
• Increases hyperactivity in about 50% of children
• Increases anxiety and irritability
• Can increase or intensify symptoms of anxiety and panic in susceptible women
• Obesity -makes it burdensome to release weight due to constantly high insulin levels, which causes the body to store excess carbs as fat.
• Calcium loss through the urine, which over the long term may contribute to osteoporosis
• Possible increase in joint, muscle or headaches soon after sugar intake
• Cancer cells are bountiful in insulin receptors in contrast to normal cells and crave more glucose for growth.
• High sugar intake is associated with increased cancer risk.
• If eaten without accompanying fiber it can lead to constipation and hemorrhoids
• Weakens the immune system

• Sugar can upset the body’s mineral balance.
• Sugar can contribute to hyperactivity, anxiety, depression, concentration difficulties, and crankiness in children.
• Sugar can produce a significant rise in triglycerides
• Sugar can cause drowsiness and decreased activity in children.
• Sugar can reduce helpful high density cholesterol (HDLs).
• Sugar can promote an elevation of harmful cholesterol (LDLs).
• Sugar can cause hypoglycemia.
• Sugar can cause kidney damage.
• Sugar can increase the risk of coronary heart disease
• Sugar may lead to chromium deficiency.
• Sugar can cause copper deficiency.
• Sugar interferes with absorption of calcium and magnesium.
• Sugar can increase fasting levels of blood glucose.
• Sugar can produce an acidic stomach.
• Sugar can raise adrenaline levels in children.
• Sugar can lead to periodontal disease
• Sugar can speed the aging process, causing wrinkles and grey hair.
• Sugar can increase total cholesterol.
• High intake of sugar increases the risk of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.
• Sugar can contribute to osteoporosis
• Sugar can cause a decrease in insulin sensitivity
• Sugar leads to decreased glucose tolerance.
• Sugar can cause cardiovascular disease
• Sugar can increase systolic blood pressure.
• Sugar causes food allergies
• Sugar can cause free radical formation formation in the bloodstream.
• Sugar can cause toxemia during pregnancy
• Sugar can contribute to eczema in children.
• Sugar can overstress the pancreas, causing damage.
• Sugar can cause atherosclerosis
• Sugar can compromise the lining of the capillaries.
• Sugar can cause liver cells to divide, increasing the size of the liver.
• Sugar can increase the amount of fat in the liver
• Sugar can increase kidney size and produce pathological changes in the kidney
• Sugar can increase the body’s fluid retention.
• Sugar can cause hormonal imbalance.
• Sugar can cause hypertension.
• Sugar can cause headaches, including migraines.
• Sugar can cause an increase in delta, alpha and theta brain waves, which can alter the mind’s ability to think clearly.
• Sugar can increase blood platelet adhesiveness which increases risk of blood clots and strokes
• Sugar can increase insulin response in those consuming high-sugar diets compared to low sugar diets.
• Sugar increases bacterial fermentation in the colon
• Simply put, sugar feeds cancer

Did you know?

In the past 20 years,  sugar consumption in the U.S. increased from 26 pounds to 135 lbs. of sugar per person per year! From 1887-1890 the average consumption was only 5 lbs. per person per year!Cancer and cardiovascular disease was practically unknown in the early 1900′s.