SUGAR... It's everywhere you look. More and more, I read articles about it and they all say the same thing: Sugar is poison. Are you sitting there thinking, "I don't consume much sugar!" THINK AGAIN. Here are some of the many names of sugar:
Agave Nectar, Barley Malt, Beet Sugar, Brown Sugar, Buttered Syrup, Cane juice crystals, Cane sugar, Caramel, Confectioner’s sugar, Carob syrup, Castor sugar, Corn Syrup, Crystalline Fructose, Date sugar, Demerara sugar, Dextran, Dextrose, Diastatic malt, Diatase, Ethyl maltol, Evaporated Cane Juice, Fructose, Fruit juice, Fruit juice concentrate, Galactose, Glucose, Glucose solids, Golden sugar, Golden syrup, Grape Sugar, HFCS, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Honey, Icing sugar, Invert sugar, Lactose, Maltodextrin, Maltose, Mannitol, Malt Syrup, Maple syrup, Molasses, Muscovado sugar, Organic Raw Sugar, Panocha, Raw sugar, Refiner’s Syrup, Rice syrup, Sorbitol, Sorghum syrup, Sucrose, Sugar, Syrup, Treacle, Turbinado Sugar, Yellow Sugar.
Now do I have your attention?
Why, you ask, are there so many names for sugar?? Because more and more manufacturers are adding sugar to their--already processed--foods, because sugar is addicting. The more you have, the more you want.
Sugar has no nutritional value.
Highly refined grains and hidden sugars can cause high glycemic blood sugar problems. These can found in: sodas, ketchup, cereals, fruit juice, jams, jellies, canned fruit, prepared foods, ice cream, cookies, candy, cakes, pies, pastries and most other desserts. Processed starches that behave like sugar in your body are white flour, white rice, pasta (unless the flour is listed as 100% whole wheat), enriched flour, tapioca, cornstarch and processed breakfast cereals.http://commonsensehealth.com/Diet-and-Nutrition/List_of_Sugar_Names_and_Sugar_Facts.shtml
Still not convinced? Sugar is one of the major causes of the increasing problems with obesity. Sugar can increase your cholesterol, feed cancer, interfere with the absorption of protein, decrease growth hormone, and can cause behavioral problems in children. Sugar also contributes to diabetes. Growing up, I thought that diabetes was hereditary, but it can actually occur because of a poor diet.
Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States... but you can help prevent type 2 diabetes by keeping a healthy body weight and an active lifestyle.
Still think you don't consume much sugar?
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. http://macrobiotics.co.uk/sugar.htm
Get up, and go take a look in your kitchen. Look at the ingredient labels on all the food in your cabinets, refrigerator and freezer.
Maybe it's time to start cleaning out your cabinets...
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