Now it appears the rest of the world is beginning to catch on, as Dimitri Hagnéré writes in an article on SFBay.ca. It's time for sugar to be regulated like alcohol or tobacco. Hell, it even has the same addictive qualities!
In my own experience, I've needed no more evidence than the proof my body has given me. These days, if I cheat and eat something with sugar -- and I'm talking a granola bar, maybe, not even one of the big bad wolves like candy -- I often end up with a big canker sore in my mouth for the next week.
My advice? Give up processed sugar entirely in favor of natural sweeteners like honey and agave nectar. It's one of the best decisions you could possibly make for your health. If you're not ready to make that complete transition, at least give up the soda, the candy, and the cookies. They provide absolutely zero nutritional value, and what's worse, they're slowly making you sick. The good news is that the less unnatural, sugary crap you consume, the more delicious nature's sweet stuff -- fruit, honey, etc. -- will taste.
Ok so what about the natural sugar cane from the fields? Same thing there or different? I thought that was healthy, well from what my abuelo told me in mexico.
ReplyDeleteSugar gets manipulated when it gets used in commercial food production. Also, there's way too much of it in people's diets. Finally, most of the sweeteners in food are not, in fact, pure cane sugar -- they're crappier ingredients like high-fructose corn syrup, which is known to contain mercury.
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