COUNTING THE MANY WAYS SUGAR HARMS YOUR HEALTH

We live in a world addicted to sugar, using it as a reward , as a gift, a staple but we need to know what the effect is, and the effect is not helping us. The addiction is no longer serving us as a planet. At least when we overdo it, I'm still not completely out of it but I have learned not to let in on the cravings, and pass this on to my daughter, because the effects can be very harmful,  and causes imbalance in our immune system.

Bottomline: A balanced diet is always key!

Counting the Many Ways Sugar Harms Your Health
Contributed by Nancy Appleton, PhD
Author of the book Lick The Sugar Habit

In addition to throwing off the body's homeostasis, excess sugar may result in a number of other significant consequences. The following is a listing of some of sugar's metabolic consequences from a variety of medical journals and other scientific publications.

• Sugar can suppress your immune system and impair your defenses against infectious disease. 
• Sugar upsets the mineral relationships in your body: causes chromium and copper deficiencies and interferes with absorption of calcium and magnesium.  
• Sugar can cause can cause a rapid rise of adrenaline, hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and crankiness in children. 
• Sugar can produce a significant rise in total cholesterol, triglycerides and bad cholesterol and a decrease in good cholesterol. 
• Sugar causes a loss of tissue elasticity and function. 
• Sugar feeds cancer cells and has been connected with the development of cancer of the breast, ovaries, prostate, rectum, pancreas, biliary tract, lung, gallbladder and stomach. 
• Sugar can increase fasting levels of glucose and can cause reactive hypoglycemia. 
• Sugar can weaken eyesight. 
• Sugar can cause many problems with the gastrointestinal tract including: an acidic digestive tract, indigestion, malabsorption in patients with functional bowel disease, increased risk of Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis. 
• Sugar can cause premature aging. 
• Sugar can lead to alcoholism. 
• Sugar can cause your saliva to become acidic, tooth decay, and periodontal disease. 
• Sugar contributes to obesity. 
• Sugar can cause autoimmune diseases such as: arthritis, asthma, multiple sclerosis. 
• Sugar greatly assists the uncontrolled growth of Candida Albicans (yeast infections). 
• Sugar can cause gallstones. 
• Sugar can cause appendicitis. 
• Sugar can cause hemorrhoids. 
• Sugar can cause varicose veins. 
• Sugar can elevate glucose and insulin responses in oral contraceptive users. 
• Sugar can contribute to osteoporosis. 
• Sugar can cause a decrease in your insulin sensitivity thereby causing an abnormally high insulin levels and eventually diabetes. 
• Sugar can lower your Vitamin E levels. 
• Sugar can increase your systolic blood pressure. 
• Sugar can cause drowsiness and decreased activity in children. 
• High sugar intake increases advanced glycation end products (AGEs)(Sugar molecules attaching to and thereby damaging proteins in the body). 
• Sugar can interfere with your absorption of protein. 
• Sugar causes food allergies. 
• Sugar can cause toxemia during pregnancy. 
• Sugar can contribute to eczema in children. 
• Sugar can cause atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease 
• Sugar can impair the structure of your DNA. 
• Sugar can change the structure of protein and cause a permanent alteration of the way the proteins act in your body. 
• Sugar can make your skin age by changing the structure of collagen. 
• Sugar can cause cataracts and nearsightedness 
• Sugar can cause emphysema. 
• High sugar intake can impair the physiological homeostasis of many systems in your body.65
• Sugar lowers the ability of enzymes to function. 
• Sugar intake is higher in people with Parkinson's disease. 
• Sugar can increase the size of your liver by making your liver cells divide and it can increase the amount of liver fat. 
• Sugar can increase kidney size and produce pathological changes in the kidney such as the formation of kidney stones. 
• Sugar can damage your pancreas. 
• Sugar can increase your body's fluid retention. 
• Sugar is enemy #1 of your bowel movement. 
• Sugar can compromise the lining of your capillaries. 
• Sugar can make your tendons more brittle. 
• Sugar can cause headaches, including migraines. 
• Sugar can reduce the learning capacity, adversely affect school children's grades and cause learning disorders. 
• Sugar can cause an increase in delta, alpha, and theta brain waves which can alter your mind's ability to think clearly. 
• Sugar can cause depression. 
• Sugar can increase your risk of gout. 
• Sugar can increase your risk of Alzheimer's disease. 
• Sugar can cause hormonal imbalances such as: increasing estrogen in men, exacerbating  , and decreasing growth hormone. 
• Sugar can lead to dizziness. 
• Diets high in sugar will increase free radicals and oxidative stress. 
• High sucrose diets of subjects with peripheral vascular disease significantly increases platelet adhesion. 
• High sugar consumption of pregnant adolescents can lead to substantial decrease in gestation duration and is associated with a twofold increased risk for delivering a small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infant. 
• Sugar is an addictive substance. 
• Sugar can be intoxicating, similar to alcohol. 
• Sugar given to premature babies can affect the amount of carbon dioxide they produce. 
• Decrease in sugar intake can increase emotional stability. 
• Your body changes sugar into 2 to 5 times more fat in the bloodstream than it does starch. 
• The rapid absorption of sugar promotes excessive food intake in obese subjects. 
• Sugar can worsen the symptoms of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). 
• Sugar adversely affects urinary electrolyte composition. 
• Sugar can slow down the ability of your adrenal glands to function. 
• Sugar has the potential of inducing abnormal metabolic processes in a normal healthy individual and to promote chronic degenerative diseases. 
• I.V.s (intravenous feedings) of sugar water can cut off oxygen to your brain. 
• Sugar increases your risk of polio. 
• High sugar intake can cause epileptic seizures. 
• Sugar causes high blood pressure in obese people. 
• In intensive care units: Limiting sugar saves lives. 
• Sugar may induce cell death. 
• In juvenile rehabilitation camps, when children were put on a low sugar diet, there was a  percent drop in antisocial behavior. 
• Sugar dehydrates newborns. 
• Sugar can cause gum disease 

Article Source:  mercola.com

Cancer fear over cola colourings: Call to ban ingredient used in Coke and Pepsi

By SEAN POULTER
Last updated at 9:57 AM on 17th February 2011

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A health risk? America's National Toxicology Program says both 2-MI and 4-MI found in Coke are animal carcinogens

An ingredient used in Coca-Cola and Pepsi is a cancer risk and should be banned, an influential lobby group has claimed.

The concerns relate to an artificial brown colouring agent that the researchers say could be causing thousands of cancers.

‘The caramel colouring used in Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and other foods is contaminated with two cancer-causing chemicals and should be banned,’ said the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), a health lobby group based in Washington, DC.

‘In contrast to the caramel one might make at home by melting sugar in a saucepan, the artificial brown colouring in colas and some other products is made by reacting sugars with ammonia and sulphites under high pressure and temperatures.

‘Chemical reactions result in the formation of two substances known as 2-MI and 4-MI which in government-conducted studies caused lung, liver, or thyroid cancer or leukaemia in laboratory mice or rats.’

America’s National Toxicology Program says that there is ‘clear evidence’ that both 2-MI and 4-MI are animal carcinogens, and therefore likely to pose a risk to humans.

Researchers at the University of California, Davis, found significant levels of 4-MI in five brands of cola. 

The executive director of the CSPI, Michael F Jacobson, has petitioned America’s food regulator, the Food & Drug Administration, to take action.He said: ‘Carcinogenic colourings have no place in the food supply, especially considering that their only function is a cosmetic one.’

Mr Jacobson said the name ‘caramel colouring’ does not accurately describe the additives, explaining: ‘It’s a concentrated dark brown mixture of chemicals that simply does not occur in nature.’

Popular drink: The Beatles drinking bottles of coca cola in Paris in 1964. Scientists say its 'caramel colour' is a mixture of chemicals that does not occur in nature

He added that while regular caramel could not be described as healthy, ‘at least it is not tainted with carcinogens’.

U.S. regulations distinguish between four types of caramel colouring, two of which are produced with ammonia and two without it. The CSPI wants the two made with ammonia to be banned and has received backing from five prominent cancer experts, including several who have worked at the National Toxicology Program.

The type used in colas and other dark soft drinks is known as Caramel IV, or ammonia sulphite process caramel. Caramel III, which is produced with ammonia but not sulphites, is sometimes used in beer, soy sauce, and other foods.

The CSPI admitted that any risk associated with consumption of the chemicals would be extremely small. It said the ten teaspoons of sugar found in a can of regular cola would be more of a health problem.

However, it argued the levels of 4-MI in the tested colas still may be causing thousands of cancers in the U.S. population alone.

Earlier this week, it was claimed that Coca-Cola’s secret recipe had been leaked. It was even suggested it might be possible to recreate the taste and look on the kitchen table.

The leak claims were denied by the company, where a spokesman said: ‘Many third parties have tried to crack our secret formula. Try as they might, they’ve been unsuccessful because there is only one “Real Thing”.’

Coca-Cola and Pepsi did not respond to a request for a response to the CSPI claims.

This morning Coca-Cola rejected the CSPI’s concerns.

A spokesman said: ‘Our beverages are completely safe. CSPI’s statement irresponsibly insinuates that the caramel used in our beverages is unsafe and
maliciously raises cancer concerns among consumers. 

'This does a disservice to the very public for which CSPI purports to serve.

‘Studies show that the caramel we use does not cause cancer.’

The company said its drinks do not contain 2-MEI. It said they do contain 4-MEI in trace amounts.

It said: ‘These extrapolations by CSPI to human health and cancer are totally unfounded.’

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1357787/Coca-cola-Pepsi-ingredient-cancer-risk-Call-ban-colouring-agent.html#ixzz1ELFxEeSy

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