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Starting off on the "Commonly Misunderstood Food" list at number 1 is common table sugar.

Discuss: bigrazz

"Sugar is without question one of the most dangerous substances on the food market today.

What we are talking about here is sucrose, the white crystalline sugar refined from cane or beet juice by stripping away all its vitamins, minerals, protein, fiber, water, and other synergists.

White sugar is an industrially processed chemical not found in nature, and it is not fit for human consumption.

Other sugars such as fructose (in fruit and honey), lactose (in milk), and maltose (in grains) are natural substances with nutritional value.

Raw sugar is a coarse, brown, sticky variety made by simply boiling down whole cane juice and it too is a wholesome food, but it is very difficult to find in the Western world.

The so called 'brown sugar' sold in supermarkets is nothing more than refined white sugar with some molasses spun back into it for color and flavor. It is not a 'health food'.

Sugar suppresses the immune system by causing the pancreas to secrete abnormally large quantities of insulin, which is required to break it down.

Insulin remains in circulation in the bloodstream long after sugar has been metabolized, and one of its main side effects is to suppress the release of growth hormone in the pituitary gland.

Growth hormone is a primary regulator of the immune system, so anyone who eats a lot of sugar every day is going to experience critical growth hormone deficiency and consequent immune deficiency caused by the constant presence of insulin in the bloodstream.

Furthermore, refined white sugar is treated as a toxic foreign agent by the immune system, owing to its unnatural chemical structure as well as the industrial contaminants it retains from the refining process.

Sugar thus triggers an unnecessary immune response while simultaneously suppressing immune function, thereby debilitating the immune system with a double edged sword.

Sugar is the chief culprit in many diseases and degenerative conditions.

It can easily cause diabetes and is a major factor in candidacies, both of which are epidemic in the industrialized Western world.

Since sugar is 'nutritionally naked', the body must 'borrow' the missing vitamins, minerals and other synergistic nutrients required to metabolize sugar from its own tissues.

Heavy sugar consumption therefore causes a constant siphoning of nutrients from the body. Recent evidence suggests that sugar causes dental problems not so much by contact with the teeth but rather by leaching the teeth of calcium from within.

Sugar also depletes the body of potassium and magnesium, which are required for proper cardiac function, and is therefore a major factor in heart disease.

The nutritional leaching caused by sugar can give rise to intense food cravings and eating binges, as the body seeks to replenish the nutrients 'stolen' from it by sugar.

Most people consume far more sugar than their bodies can possibly use for energy. When this happens, the liver converts the extra sugar into molecules called triglycerides and stores it as fat, or else produces cholesterol from the by-products of sugar and deposits it in veins and arteries. Sugar is thus a major factor in obesity and arteriosclerosis as well.

Sugar is an addictive substance. In Sugar Blues, William Dufty writes; 'The difference between sugar addiction and narcotic addiction is largely one of degree.'

Abruptly giving up sugar invariably brings on the sort of withdrawal symptoms associated with narcotic drugs- fatigue, lassitude, depression, moodiness, headaches, aching limbs.

Its addictive nature is also reflected in current per capita consumption in the USA- an average of 130 pounds of sugar per person per year, or about 1/3 pound daily. That qualifies as 'substance abuse'. Most people don't even realize how much sugar they're taking every day because much of it is hidden in other foods.

A 12-ounce can of a typical soft drink, for example, contains about nine teaspoons of refined white sugar.

Sugar consumption in the USA is so high that it has also caused a social problem through its deleterious effects on behaviour, especially in children, who are displaying increasingly severe behavioral disorders and learning disabilities.

In a recent study conducted by Dr. C. Keith Connors of the Children's Hospital in Washington, DC, a 'deadly' link was established between the consumption of sugar with carbohydrates (such as breakfast cereal, cake, and biscuits) and violent behaviour, hypertension, and learning impediments.

In other studies, chronic violence in prisons was remarkably reduced simply by eliminating refined sugar and starch from prison diets. Singapore in 1991 banned sugary soft drink sales from all schools and youth center's, citing the danger that sugar poses to the mental and physical health of children.

If you or your children have a sweet tooth, you can easily satisfy it by concocting treats with honey, molasses, and barley malt, which are not only sweet but also nutritious and therapeutically beneficial."

I would also like to point out that sugar addiction is a leading cause of mental health, IE crazy people, however I as of right now cannot find the source of said info.

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That is too long for me to read.

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That is too long for me to read.

My thoughts exactly

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Then I can't help you.

This is a site about Manga, no? Last time I checked it involved reading and based on my personal experance, quite a bit of it.

My guess would be you stopped reading at the 3rd sentence, assuming you started at all.

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so in short...Sugar messes up your body and may cause craziness...? confused
and it's also the reason i'm not.....growing taller...? cry
I don't like sugar no more....

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Then I can't help you.

This is a site about Manga, no? Last time I checked it involved reading and based on my personal experance, quite a bit of it.

My guess would be you stopped reading at the 3rd sentence, assuming you started at all.

But there are no pictures?

And I'm not a fan of Sucrose anyway, although I do consume it and use it for cooking. Why? Because it's cheap.

Also, what is the point of this thread? To display the evils of sugar?

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too much information..........brain hurting...............

btw, do you by any chance have an obsession with sugar ?? bigrazz

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Good thing my dad keep me away from sugar and sugary snacks because he said that I'll get diabetes from him and his mother.

Now the only thing I love that has sugar in it is gummy worms and sour patch candy .
Anything else I dislike especially chocolate, even dark chocolate which is good for your heart, but bitter as heck...


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Sugar can be unhealthy for my body? Noes Wai!

You're not spitting out any new information. I don't think there are many people unaware of how refined sugar can have a negative influence on health. So, unless you come to some sort of conclusion or discussion point, I don't care.

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Sugar can be unhealthy for my body? Noes Wai!

You're not spitting out any new information. I don't think there are many people unaware of how refined sugar can have a negative influence on health. So, unless you come to some sort of conclusion or discussion point, I don't care.

This.


Also: please provide something for people to add to the discussion of this thread. As it stands, there is really no where to go with it.

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so in short...Sugar messes up your body and may cause craziness...? confused



confused

Oh no, I am quite certain I would go crazy if I had no sugar. I start breaking down after three days of sugar abstinence.

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sugar doesn't give you cancer??
i thought everything gave you cancer now a days...

i remember the good old days when nothing, except for maybe nuclear radiation and cigarettes ,gave you cancer....

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sugar-fetishism it's bad for you're health but at least it's moral and the society won't condemned you for it (the dentist might but it's not like people care anyway).

I didn't read all the text (it's 2 a.m here and i can't read thing complicated like this when it's past noon) but i know what you mean, people must eat brown sugar because you won't die with it.

i personnaly don't like candy or thing with a really big amount of sugar in it so i don't have to worry about it.

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so in short...Sugar messes up your body and may cause craziness...? confused
and it's also the reason i'm not.....growing taller...? cry
I don't like sugar no more....

so thats why i am small and am slightly nuts!

i donno. sugar is in to much things nowadays and of course we know that too much is bad for you. so whats the point of this confused

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Oh yes most EVERYONE knows it bad.

But not why.

Or how much. I felt like trying to open some peoples mind. Its one thing to go table sugars bad meh i'll try not to eat it. And realizing that consumption of it can not only destroy your health but seriously effect quality of life. Which is really what its all about. Not oh everyone dies so eat whatever and treat yourself. No. Its about being healthy and free form dis-ease. Not having pain and the energy to get up and do what you want when you want.

Do you realize how arrogant it is to say
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You're not spitting out any new information. I don't think there are many people unaware of how refined sugar can have a negative influence on health. So, unless you come to some sort of conclusion or discussion point, I don't care.


No my friend sadly this is not the case. If only it were so. Your choice of words is the curx of the matter. "unaware". See theres a big diffrence between , yea refined sugar can have a negative influence on health, and being aware of the totality of the situation.

I don't recolect having spit out the info, new or not. Then again new can be based upon when one recieves the info no? So for some people it may well be news to them, eh?

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sugar is in to much things nowadays and of course we know that too much is bad for you. so whats the point of this


First any refined sugar is bad for you. Upon contact with your silva your body begins leaching minerals and vitamins from you body to balance the sugar.

Second one of my points is the one your making. WHY?? why if its so bad is in every #$@$ thing.

Third someone(s) is going to read this, who otherwise would not be exposed to this kind of persepective/information, and start off on a journey of knowledge and self discovery. In reality I posted this, from a certain context, for that person(s).

There are people out there who are trying to find out whats wrong with them, what there purpose is, why there broken. And maybe this will help them. Manga after all help me more than many people would likely beilieve.


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