If you have read my books you would know i think the over consumption of sugar is just as harmful as smoking ( if not more so) see Danielsdiet. wisdomforhealth What is the proper role of sugar in our society? It used to be a condiment; now it’s a big part of our staple diet. Mounting evidence clearly shows that refined sugar is a primary factor causing not just obesity, but also chronic disease. According to Dr. Robert Lustig, Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco (USCF), sugar acts as a chronic, dose-dependent liver toxin (poison) when consumed in excess. Historically, sugar was used as a condiment. As early as 1200 BC, India developed a process to extract cane juice, called khanda, which is where we got the word “candy” from. It was for nobility and it was hard to come by, until about year 1700, when the pot still allowed for mass production of refined sugar. It was still extraordinarily expensive until the middle of 18th -19th century, Dr. Lustig says. At that point, we started seeing it appearing in various venues. We started seeing the growth of American sugar industry in Louisiana, Texas, and Hawaii. Thats when we started seeing chronic metabolic disease. The bottom line is that sugar used to be something we added to coffee and tea. We had full control over the amount we ate. Today, we consume about 20 times more sugar than our ancestors did, and we have very little control over the amount since it’s become a diet staple. It’s now found in virtually every processed food you can think of. On average, sugar makes up 15 percent of total calories consumed (about 19.5 teaspoons per day), and your liver, which processes sugar, simply cannot handle that kind of load. When you overload your liver in this way, you inevitably end up with chronic metabolic disease.
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 04:25:30 +0000
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