Heres the not-so-sweet truth. We are killings ourselves by consuming truckloads of hidden sugar. Sugar is the New Fat: Despite 40 years of Americans being brainwashed into thinking that fat is bad, it turns out its sugar, not fat, that makes you sick and overweight. The facts are in, the science is beyond question. Sugar in all its forms is the root cause of our obesity epidemic and most of the chronic disease sucking the life out of our citizens and our economy — and, increasingly, the rest of the world. You name it, its caused by sugar: heart disease, cancer, dementia, type 2 diabetes, depression, and even acne, infertility and impotence. The average American consumes about 152 pounds of sugar a year. Thats roughly 22 teaspoons every day for every person in America. And our kids consume about 34 teaspoons every day — thats more than two 20-ounce sodas — making nearly one in four teenagers pre-diabetic or diabetic. Flour is even worse than sugar. We consume about 146 pounds of flour a year. Think about it. Thats about one pound of sugar and flour combined every day for every man, woman and child in America. And flour raises blood sugar even more than table sugar. Even whole-wheat flour.
Posted on: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 23:28:53 +0000
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