Let’s talk about the S word…SUGAR!
 

Before I go on...I encourage you to watch this 15min clip.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7403942n

What are your thoughts?

So as we have learnt sugar is causing a public health crisis.  Diseases we see in 60 year olds we are seeing in 10 year olds.

Obesity

Type 2 diabetes

Hypertension

Heart disease

Just to name a few.

Sugar is the only highly addictive drug that is feed to babies. By the time any of us are conscious of sugar, we are already well and truly addicted. Our brains have been hard-wired to seek out sugar as surely as the cocaine addict is wired to seek out stuff to sniff.

The average age group that is reading my blogs I am guessing are any where from 20-40.  In our teens and early 20’s a lot of us don’t pay much attention to your diets, loading up on sugars and not thinking about the repercussions as we age.  Girls..sugar affects the reproductive system! Blokes…sugar has been linked to male infertility.

Sugar makes you look old and encourages premature aging.  Essentially what happens is that sugar attaches itself to any protein in the body and produces harmful molecules called ‘advanced glycation end products’. These reduce the effectiveness of elastin and collagen, proteins in the skin that help maintain its youthful appearance.  A high-sugar diet reduces the quality of the collagen in the skin, too. There are different types of collagen, known as I, II and III, and for healthy looking-skin you need the correct blend of all of these.

As mentioned in the YouTube clip, sugar is in EVERYTHING and we don’t realize it! Anything that is processed has sugar in it, you think your supermarket cereal is healthy, read the label again. We are brain washed by advertising and so confused!

WHO KNEW?
Sugar contributes to 35 million deaths a year worldwide, say researchers from the University of California.

 

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2125217/How-giving-sugar-20-years-looks.html#ixzz26PrrRSP8
http://sweetpoison.com.au/?page_id=196