Wow, weekends really come and go too fast! I have so much I want to do, mainly in the kitchen, but also with my car and around the house. The biggest thing I want to do is just spend more time with Kelley; I keep thinking I can finish the kitchen stuff on time, but it always gets so late by the time I’m done.
Is a lot of it necessary? No, but I make myself feel like it is and then try to take on too much at once. Do you ever fill your head with a lot of “to-do’s” and try to accomplish all of them without finishing the others? It’s just a lot of unnecessary stress.
But, on a positive note, I made some tasty baked overnight oats soaked in Zevia that Kelley really liked. I love when I can make something my dear wife loves! I bought a new baking pan to make baked doughnuts, and had several good batches using Zevia and pumpkin puree for these too. I know, exciting, huh? I will post about these wonderful Zevia treats in the near future…..stay tuned!
Today, I want to share an eye opening and exhaustive list of 100+ ways sugar is affecting our health. This was an article posted several years ago, but the points remain mostly the same. Read through it and see if it helps sway your sweet tooth cravings if not just a little. Click here for the source link with citations.
1. Sugar can suppress your immune system
2. Sugar upsets the mineral relationships in the body
3. Sugar can cause juvenile delinquency in children
4. Sugar eaten during pregnancy and lactation can influence muscle force production in offspring, which can affect an individual’s ability to exercise
5. Sugar in soda, when consumed by children, results in the children drinking less milk
6. Sugar can elevate glucose and insulin responses and return them to fasting levels slower in oral contraceptive users
7. Sugar can increase reactive oxygen species (ROS), which can damage cells and tissues
8. Sugar can cause hyperactivity, anxiety, inability to concentrate and crankiness in children
9. Sugar can produce a significant rise in triglycerides
10. Sugar reduces the body’s ability to defend against bacterial infection
11. Sugar causes a decline in tissue elasticity and function – the more sugar you eat, the more elasticity and function you lose
12. Sugar reduces high-density lipoproteins (HDL)
13. Sugar can lead to chromium deficiency
14. Sugar can lead to ovarian cancer
15. Sugar can increase fasting levels of glucose
16. Sugar causes copper deficiency
17. Sugar interferes with the body’s absorption of calcium and magnesium
18. Sugar may make eyes more vulnerable to age-related macular degeneration
19. Sugar raises the level of neurotransmitters: dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine
20. Sugar can cause hypoglycemia
21. Sugar can lead to an acidic digestive tract
22. Sugar can cause a rapid rise of adrenaline levels in children
23. Sugar is frequently malabsorbed in patients with functional bowel disease
24. Sugar can cause premature aging
25. Sugar can lead to alcoholism
26. Sugar can cause tooth decay
27. Sugar can lead to obesity
28. Sugar increases the risk of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis
29. Sugar can cause gastric or duodenal ulcers
30. Sugar can cause arthritis
31. Sugar can cause learning disorders in school children
32. Sugar assists the uncontrolled growth of Candida Albicans (yeast infections)
33. Sugar can cause gallstones
34. Sugar can cause heart disease
35. Sugar can cause appendicitis
36. Sugar can cause hemorrhoids
37. Sugar can cause varicose veins
38. Sugar can lead to periodontal disease
39. Sugar can contribute to osteoporosis
40. Sugar contributes to saliva acidity
41. Sugar can cause a decrease in insulin sensitivity
42. Sugar can lower the amount of Vitamin E in the blood
43. Sugar can decrease the amount of growth hormones in the body
44. Sugar can increase cholesterol
45. Sugar increases advanced glycation end products (AGEs), which form when sugar binds non-enzymatically to protein
46. Sugar can interfere with the absorption of protein
47. Sugar causes food allergies
48. Sugar can contribute to diabetes
49. Sugar can cause toxemia during pregnancy
50. Sugar can lead to eczema in children
51. Sugar can cause cardiovascular disease
52. Sugar can impair the structure of DNA
53. Sugar can change the structure of protein
54. Sugar can make the skin wrinkle by changing the structure of collagen
55. Sugar can cause cataracts
56. Sugar can cause emphysema
57. Sugar can cause atherosclerosis
58. Sugar can promote an elevation of low-density lipoproteins (LDL)
59. Sugar can impair the physiological homeostasis of many systems in the body
60. Sugar lowers enzymes ability to function
61. Sugar intake is associated with the development of Parkinson’s disease
62. Sugar can increase the size of the liver by making the liver cells divide
63. Sugar can increase the amount of liver fat
64. Sugar can increase kidney size and produce pathological changes in the kidney
65. Sugar can damage the pancreas
66. Sugar can increase the body’s fluid retention
67. Sugar is the number one enemy of the bowel movement
68. Sugar can cause myopia (nearsightedness)
69. Sugar can compromise the lining of the capillaries
70. Sugar can make tendons more brittle
71. Sugar can cause headaches, including migraines
72. Sugar plays a role in pancreatic cancer in women
73. Sugar can adversely affect children’s grades in school
74. Sugar can cause depression
75. Sugar increases the risk of gastric cancer
76. Sugar can cause dyspepsia (indigestion)
77. Sugar can increase the risk of developing gout
78. Sugar can increase the levels of glucose in the blood much higher than complex carbohydrates in a glucose tolerance test can
79. Sugar reduces learning capacity
80. Sugar can cause two blood proteins – albumin and lipoproteins – to function less effectively, which may reduce the body’s ability to handle fat and cholesterol
81. Sugar can contribute to Alzheimer’s disease
82. Sugar can cause platelet adhesiveness, which causes blood clots
83. Sugar can cause hormonal imbalance – some hormones become underactive and others become overactive
84. Sugar can lead to the formation of kidney stones
85. Sugar can cause free radicals and oxidative stress
86. Sugar can lead to biliary tract cancer
87. Sugar increases the risk of pregnant adolescents delivering a small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infant
88. Sugar can lead to a substantial decrease the in the length of pregnancy among adolescents
89. Sugar slows food’s travel time through the gastrointestinal tract
90. Sugar increases the concentration of bile acids in stool and bacterial enzymes in the colon, which can modify bile to produce cancer-causing compounds and colon cancer
91. Sugar increases estradiol (the most potent form of naturally occurring estrogen) in men
92. Sugar combines with and destroys phosphatase, a digestive enzyme, which makes digestion more difficult
93. Sugar can be a risk factor for gallbladder cancer
94. Sugar is an addictive substance
95. Sugar can be intoxicating, similar to alcohol
96. Sugar can aggravate premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
97. Sugar can decrease emotional stability
98. Sugar promotes excessive food intake in obese people
99. Sugar can worsen the symptoms of children with attention deficit disorder (ADD)
100. Sugar can slow the ability of the adrenal glands to function
101. Sugar can cut off oxygen to the brain when given to people intravenously
102. Sugar is a risk factor for lung cancer
103. Sugar increases the risk of polio
104. Sugar can cause epileptic seizures
105. Sugar can increase systolic blood pressure (pressure when the heart is contracting)
106. Sugar can induce cell death
107. Sugar can increase the amount of food that you eat
108. Sugar can cause antisocial behavior in juvenile delinquents
109. Sugar can lead to prostate cancer
110. Sugar dehydrates newborns
111. Sugar can cause women to give birth to babies with low birth weight
112. Sugar is associated with a worse outcome of schizophrenia
113. Sugar can raise homocysteine levels in the bloodstream
114. Sugar increases the risk of breast cancer
115. Sugar is a risk factor in small intestine cancer
116. Sugar can cause laryngeal cancer
117. Sugar induces salt and water retention
118. Sugar can contribute to mild memory loss
119. Sugar water, when given to children shortly after birth, results in those children preferring sugar water to regular water throughout childhood
120. Sugar causes constipation
121. Sugar can cause brain decay in pre-diabetic and diabetic women
122. Sugar can increase the risk of stomach cancer
123. Sugar can cause metabolic syndrome
124. Sugar increases neural tube defects in embryos when it is consumed by pregnant women
125. Sugar can cause asthma
126. Sugar increases the chances of getting irritable bowl syndrome
127. Sugar can affect central reward systems
128. Sugar can cause cancer of the rectum
129. Sugar can cause endometrial cancer
130. Sugar can cause renal (kidney) cell cancer
131. Sugar can cause liver tumors
132. Sugar can increase inflammatory markers in the bloodstreams of overweight people
133. Sugar plays a role in the cause and the continuation of acne
134. Sugar can ruin the sex life of both men and women by turning off the gene that controls the sex hormones
135. Sugar can cause fatigue, moodiness, nervousness, and depression
136. Sugar can make many essential nutrients less available to cells
137. Sugar can increase uric acid in blood
138. Sugar can lead to higher C-peptide concentrations
139. Sugar causes inflammation
140. Sugar can cause diverticulitis, a small bulging sac pushing outward from the colon wall that is inflamed
141. Sugar can decrease testosterone production
142. Sugar impairs spatial memory
143. Sugar can cause cataracts
That’s a lot to read through, but I think you get the point….sugar is not good. Sure, it tastes good, and yes, I have foods with sugar just like the next guy; just keep things moderate and maintain a healthy lifestyle. I make sugar a treat and not something heavily consumed each dayPlus, I derive satisfaction from whole foods like veggies either raw or steamed, so I don’t feel like I’m holding myself back or anything.
I heard a mom talking about how her child learned about healthy food in school and he came home saying he has to throw away all of his foods with trans fats and other unhealthy ingredients. “Good, awesome, great!” you say? The freakin’ mom was complaining and talking about how she tried justifying the foods to her kid. Come on! Please support a healthy life for yourself and your young ones.
If you have a kid, do you help teach good nutrition or care only about convenience? I don’t like telling others how to raise their kids, but I urge everyone to educate themselves on this important subject…..it’s your life, after all!
Is a lot of it necessary? No, but I make myself feel like it is and then try to take on too much at once. Do you ever fill your head with a lot of “to-do’s” and try to accomplish all of them without finishing the others? It’s just a lot of unnecessary stress.
But, on a positive note, I made some tasty baked overnight oats soaked in Zevia that Kelley really liked. I love when I can make something my dear wife loves! I bought a new baking pan to make baked doughnuts, and had several good batches using Zevia and pumpkin puree for these too. I know, exciting, huh? I will post about these wonderful Zevia treats in the near future…..stay tuned!
Today, I want to share an eye opening and exhaustive list of 100+ ways sugar is affecting our health. This was an article posted several years ago, but the points remain mostly the same. Read through it and see if it helps sway your sweet tooth cravings if not just a little. Click here for the source link with citations.
1. Sugar can suppress your immune system
2. Sugar upsets the mineral relationships in the body
3. Sugar can cause juvenile delinquency in children
4. Sugar eaten during pregnancy and lactation can influence muscle force production in offspring, which can affect an individual’s ability to exercise
5. Sugar in soda, when consumed by children, results in the children drinking less milk
6. Sugar can elevate glucose and insulin responses and return them to fasting levels slower in oral contraceptive users
7. Sugar can increase reactive oxygen species (ROS), which can damage cells and tissues
8. Sugar can cause hyperactivity, anxiety, inability to concentrate and crankiness in children
9. Sugar can produce a significant rise in triglycerides
10. Sugar reduces the body’s ability to defend against bacterial infection
11. Sugar causes a decline in tissue elasticity and function – the more sugar you eat, the more elasticity and function you lose
12. Sugar reduces high-density lipoproteins (HDL)
13. Sugar can lead to chromium deficiency
14. Sugar can lead to ovarian cancer
15. Sugar can increase fasting levels of glucose
16. Sugar causes copper deficiency
17. Sugar interferes with the body’s absorption of calcium and magnesium
18. Sugar may make eyes more vulnerable to age-related macular degeneration
19. Sugar raises the level of neurotransmitters: dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine
20. Sugar can cause hypoglycemia
21. Sugar can lead to an acidic digestive tract
22. Sugar can cause a rapid rise of adrenaline levels in children
23. Sugar is frequently malabsorbed in patients with functional bowel disease
24. Sugar can cause premature aging
25. Sugar can lead to alcoholism
26. Sugar can cause tooth decay
27. Sugar can lead to obesity
28. Sugar increases the risk of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis
29. Sugar can cause gastric or duodenal ulcers
30. Sugar can cause arthritis
31. Sugar can cause learning disorders in school children
32. Sugar assists the uncontrolled growth of Candida Albicans (yeast infections)
33. Sugar can cause gallstones
34. Sugar can cause heart disease
35. Sugar can cause appendicitis
36. Sugar can cause hemorrhoids
37. Sugar can cause varicose veins
38. Sugar can lead to periodontal disease
39. Sugar can contribute to osteoporosis
40. Sugar contributes to saliva acidity
41. Sugar can cause a decrease in insulin sensitivity
42. Sugar can lower the amount of Vitamin E in the blood
43. Sugar can decrease the amount of growth hormones in the body
44. Sugar can increase cholesterol
45. Sugar increases advanced glycation end products (AGEs), which form when sugar binds non-enzymatically to protein
46. Sugar can interfere with the absorption of protein
47. Sugar causes food allergies
48. Sugar can contribute to diabetes
49. Sugar can cause toxemia during pregnancy
50. Sugar can lead to eczema in children
51. Sugar can cause cardiovascular disease
52. Sugar can impair the structure of DNA
53. Sugar can change the structure of protein
54. Sugar can make the skin wrinkle by changing the structure of collagen
55. Sugar can cause cataracts
56. Sugar can cause emphysema
57. Sugar can cause atherosclerosis
58. Sugar can promote an elevation of low-density lipoproteins (LDL)
59. Sugar can impair the physiological homeostasis of many systems in the body
60. Sugar lowers enzymes ability to function
61. Sugar intake is associated with the development of Parkinson’s disease
62. Sugar can increase the size of the liver by making the liver cells divide
63. Sugar can increase the amount of liver fat
64. Sugar can increase kidney size and produce pathological changes in the kidney
65. Sugar can damage the pancreas
66. Sugar can increase the body’s fluid retention
67. Sugar is the number one enemy of the bowel movement
68. Sugar can cause myopia (nearsightedness)
69. Sugar can compromise the lining of the capillaries
70. Sugar can make tendons more brittle
71. Sugar can cause headaches, including migraines
72. Sugar plays a role in pancreatic cancer in women
73. Sugar can adversely affect children’s grades in school
74. Sugar can cause depression
75. Sugar increases the risk of gastric cancer
76. Sugar can cause dyspepsia (indigestion)
77. Sugar can increase the risk of developing gout
78. Sugar can increase the levels of glucose in the blood much higher than complex carbohydrates in a glucose tolerance test can
79. Sugar reduces learning capacity
80. Sugar can cause two blood proteins – albumin and lipoproteins – to function less effectively, which may reduce the body’s ability to handle fat and cholesterol
81. Sugar can contribute to Alzheimer’s disease
82. Sugar can cause platelet adhesiveness, which causes blood clots
83. Sugar can cause hormonal imbalance – some hormones become underactive and others become overactive
84. Sugar can lead to the formation of kidney stones
85. Sugar can cause free radicals and oxidative stress
86. Sugar can lead to biliary tract cancer
87. Sugar increases the risk of pregnant adolescents delivering a small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infant
88. Sugar can lead to a substantial decrease the in the length of pregnancy among adolescents
89. Sugar slows food’s travel time through the gastrointestinal tract
90. Sugar increases the concentration of bile acids in stool and bacterial enzymes in the colon, which can modify bile to produce cancer-causing compounds and colon cancer
91. Sugar increases estradiol (the most potent form of naturally occurring estrogen) in men
92. Sugar combines with and destroys phosphatase, a digestive enzyme, which makes digestion more difficult
93. Sugar can be a risk factor for gallbladder cancer
94. Sugar is an addictive substance
95. Sugar can be intoxicating, similar to alcohol
96. Sugar can aggravate premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
97. Sugar can decrease emotional stability
98. Sugar promotes excessive food intake in obese people
99. Sugar can worsen the symptoms of children with attention deficit disorder (ADD)
100. Sugar can slow the ability of the adrenal glands to function
101. Sugar can cut off oxygen to the brain when given to people intravenously
102. Sugar is a risk factor for lung cancer
103. Sugar increases the risk of polio
104. Sugar can cause epileptic seizures
105. Sugar can increase systolic blood pressure (pressure when the heart is contracting)
106. Sugar can induce cell death
107. Sugar can increase the amount of food that you eat
108. Sugar can cause antisocial behavior in juvenile delinquents
109. Sugar can lead to prostate cancer
110. Sugar dehydrates newborns
111. Sugar can cause women to give birth to babies with low birth weight
112. Sugar is associated with a worse outcome of schizophrenia
113. Sugar can raise homocysteine levels in the bloodstream
114. Sugar increases the risk of breast cancer
115. Sugar is a risk factor in small intestine cancer
116. Sugar can cause laryngeal cancer
117. Sugar induces salt and water retention
118. Sugar can contribute to mild memory loss
119. Sugar water, when given to children shortly after birth, results in those children preferring sugar water to regular water throughout childhood
120. Sugar causes constipation
121. Sugar can cause brain decay in pre-diabetic and diabetic women
122. Sugar can increase the risk of stomach cancer
123. Sugar can cause metabolic syndrome
124. Sugar increases neural tube defects in embryos when it is consumed by pregnant women
125. Sugar can cause asthma
126. Sugar increases the chances of getting irritable bowl syndrome
127. Sugar can affect central reward systems
128. Sugar can cause cancer of the rectum
129. Sugar can cause endometrial cancer
130. Sugar can cause renal (kidney) cell cancer
131. Sugar can cause liver tumors
132. Sugar can increase inflammatory markers in the bloodstreams of overweight people
133. Sugar plays a role in the cause and the continuation of acne
134. Sugar can ruin the sex life of both men and women by turning off the gene that controls the sex hormones
135. Sugar can cause fatigue, moodiness, nervousness, and depression
136. Sugar can make many essential nutrients less available to cells
137. Sugar can increase uric acid in blood
138. Sugar can lead to higher C-peptide concentrations
139. Sugar causes inflammation
140. Sugar can cause diverticulitis, a small bulging sac pushing outward from the colon wall that is inflamed
141. Sugar can decrease testosterone production
142. Sugar impairs spatial memory
143. Sugar can cause cataracts
That’s a lot to read through, but I think you get the point….sugar is not good. Sure, it tastes good, and yes, I have foods with sugar just like the next guy; just keep things moderate and maintain a healthy lifestyle. I make sugar a treat and not something heavily consumed each dayPlus, I derive satisfaction from whole foods like veggies either raw or steamed, so I don’t feel like I’m holding myself back or anything.
I heard a mom talking about how her child learned about healthy food in school and he came home saying he has to throw away all of his foods with trans fats and other unhealthy ingredients. “Good, awesome, great!” you say? The freakin’ mom was complaining and talking about how she tried justifying the foods to her kid. Come on! Please support a healthy life for yourself and your young ones.
If you have a kid, do you help teach good nutrition or care only about convenience? I don’t like telling others how to raise their kids, but I urge everyone to educate themselves on this important subject…..it’s your life, after all!
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