February 6, 2012

What Kind of Sugar Addict Are You?

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by Shelby Molchan | The Standard American Diet (SAD), high in refined sugar and void of nutritional value, has lead to epidemic proportions of sugar addicts; along with a litany of corresponding health issues. Likened to a heroine addiction, sugar has become the drug of choice for the American population and it is available everywhere! According to the USDA the consumption of refined sugar in the standard American diet has increased by over 30% since 1983. The average person in America … [Read more...]

Sugar Feeds Cancer?

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By Ainsley Laing | Is there a link between sugar consumption and cancer? Seventy years ago, Otto Warburg won a Nobel Prize for his discovery of glucose as the fuel that grows cancer cells. In other words, sugar feeds cancer. Ok, this makes sense. All of our body’s tissues use glucose for fuel. A few new studies have followed along these lines and have associated sugar consumption with several types of cancer: A study done on women in Mexico linked high carbohydrate diets with breast … [Read more...]

Alcohol And Its Connection With Sugar

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Written by Raine Saunders | What would you say if someone told you that alcoholism has its roots in sugar addiction? Problems with over-consumption of alcohol often begin with eating habits as children. Since all alcoholic drinks contain sugar, it is a wonder that this association is often overlooked. A 12-ounce beer has about 13 grams of carbohydrates in it. So if you have five beers over the course of one evening, that’s 65 grams of carbohydrates in four to five hours (or less, depending … [Read more...]

Memory Loss and Obesity – The Sugar Connection

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Whether in the mainstream news or as a topic for some comedian’s joke, these days we hear a lot about the massive numbers of overweight people in the U. S. We also hear about the tragedy of memory loss, particularly in the aging population. Is there a connection between these two events? As it turns out, there is. The connection comes from how our bodies deal with sugar. When we don’t process sugars efficiently, our bodies create a kind of sticky substance within and between our cells. … [Read more...]

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