124 Ways Sugan Can Destroy Your Health

The following is a listing of some of sugar's metabolic consequences from a variety of medical journals and other scientific publications.

1. Sugar can suppress the immune system
2. Sugar upsets the mineral relationships in the body
3. Sugar can cause hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and crankiness in children
4. Sugar can produce a significant rise in triglycerides
5. Sugar contributes to the reduction in defense against bacterial infection (infectious diseases)
6. Sugar causes a loss of tissue elasticity and function, the more sugar you eat the more elasticity and function you loose
7. Sugar reduces high density lipoproteins
8. Sugar leads to chromium deficiency
9. Sugar leads to cancer of the breast, ovaries, prostrate, and rectum
10. Sugar can increase fasting levels of glucose
11. Sugar causes copper deficiency
12. Sugar interferes with absorption of calcium and magnesium
13. Sugar can weaken eyesight
14. Sugar raises the level of a neurotransmitters: dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine
15. Sugar can cause hypoglycemia
16. Sugar can produce an acidic digestive tract
17. Sugar can cause a rapid rise of adrenaline levels in children
18. Sugar malabsorption is frequent in patients with functional bowel disease
19. Sugar can cause premature aging
20. Sugar can lead to alcoholism
21. Sugar can cause tooth decay
22. Sugar contributes to obesity
23. High intake of sugar increases the risk of Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis
24. Sugar can cause changes frequently found in person with gastric or duodenal ulcers
25. Sugar can cause arthritis
26. Sugar can cause asthma
27. Sugar greatly assists the uncontrolled growth of Candida Albicans (yeast infections)
28. Sugar can cause gallstones
29. Sugar can cause heart disease
30. Sugar can cause appendicitis
31. Sugar can cause multiple sclerosis
32. Sugar can cause hemorrhoids
33. Sugar can cause varicose veins
34. Sugar can elevate glucose and insulin responses in oral contraceptive users
35. Sugar can lead to periodontal disease
36. Sugar can contribute to osteoporosis
37. Sugar contributes to saliva acidity
38. Sugar can cause a decrease in insulin sensitivity
39. Sugar can lower the amount of Vitamin E in the blood
40. Sugar can decrease growth hormone
41. Sugar can increase cholesterol
42. Sugar can increase the systolic blood pressure
43. Sugar can cause drowsiness and decreased activity in children
44. High sugar intake increases advanced glycation end products (AGEs)(Sugar bound non- enzymatically to protein)
45. Sugar can interfere with the absorption of protein
46. Sugar causes food allergies
47. Sugar can contribute to diabetes
48. Sugar can cause toxemia during pregnancy
49. Sugar can contribute to eczema in children
50. Sugar can cause cardiovascular disease
51. Sugar can impair the structure of DNA
52. Sugar can change the structure of protein
53. Sugar can make our skin age by changing the structure of collagen
54. Sugar can cause cataracts
55. Sugar can cause emphysema
56. Sugar can cause atherosclerosis
57. Sugar can promote an elevation of low density lipoproteins (LDL)
58. High sugar intake can impair the physiological homeostasis of many systems in the body
59. Sugar lowers the enzymes ability to function
60. Sugar intake is higher in people with Parkinson's disease
61. Sugar can cause a permanent altering the way the proteins act in the body
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 enemy #1 of the bowel movement
68. Sugar can cause myopia (nearsightedness)
69. Sugar can compromise the lining of the capillaries
70. Sugar can make the tendons more brittle
71. Sugar can cause headaches, including migraine
72. Sugar plays a role in pancreatic cancer in women
73. Sugar can adversely affect school children's grades and cause learning disorders
74. Sugar can cause an increase in delta, alpha, and theta brain waves
75. Sugar can cause depression
76. Sugar increases the risk of gastric cancer
77. Sugar and cause dyspepsia (indigestion)
78. Sugar can increase your risk of getting gout
79. Sugar can increase the levels of glucose in an oral glucose tolerance test over the ingestion of complex carbohydrates
80. Sugar can increase the insulin responses in humans consuming high-sugar diets compared to low sugar diets
81. High refined sugar diet reduces learning capacity
82. Sugar can cause less effective functioning of two blood proteins, albumin, and lipoproteins, which may reduce the body's ability to handle fat and cholesterol
83. Sugar can contribute to Alzheimer's disease
84. Sugar can cause platelet adhesiveness
85. Sugar can cause hormonal imbalance; some hormones become underactive and others become overactive
86. Sugar can lead to the formation of kidney stones
87. Sugar can lead to the hypothalamus to become highly sensitive to a large variety of stimuli
88. Sugar can lead to dizziness
89. Diets high in sugar can cause free radicals and oxidative stress
90. High sucrose diets of subjects with peripheral vascular disease significantly increases platelet adhesion
91. High sugar diet can lead to biliary tract cancer
92. Sugar feeds cancer
93. High sugar consumption of pregnant adolescents is associated with a twofold increased risk for delivering a small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infant
94. High sugar consumption can lead to substantial decrease in gestation duration among adolescents
95. Sugar slows food's travel time through the gastrointestinal tract
96. Sugar increases the concentration of bile acids in stools and bacterial enzymes in the colon
97. Sugar increases estradiol (the most potent form of naturally occurring estrogen) in men
98. Sugar combines and destroys phosphatase, an enzyme, which makes the process of digestion more difficult
99. Sugar can be a risk factor of gallbladder cancer
100. Sugar is an addictive substance
101. Sugar can be intoxicating, similar to alcohol
102. Sugar can exacerbate PMS
103. Sugar given to premature babies can affect the amount of carbon dioxide they produce
104. Decrease in sugar intake can increase emotional stability
105. The body changes sugar into 2 to 5 times more fat in the bloodstream than it does starch
106. The rapid absorption of sugar promotes excessive food intake in obese subjects
107. Sugar can worsen the symptoms of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
108. Sugar adversely affects urinary electrolyte composition
109. Sugar can slow down the ability of the adrenal glands to function
110. Sugar has the potential of inducing abnormal metabolic processes in a normal healthy individual and to promote chronic degenerative diseases
111. I.Vs (intravenous feedings) of sugar water can cut off oxygen to the brain
112. High sucrose intake could be an important risk factor in lung cancer
113. Sugar increases the risk of polio
114. High sugar intake can cause epileptic seizures
115. Sugar causes high blood pressure in obese people
116. In Intensive Care Units: Limiting sugar saves lives
117. Sugar may induce cell death
118. Sugar may impair the physiological homeostasis of many systems in living organisms
119. In juvenile rehabilitation camps, when children were put on a low sugar diet, there was a 44% drop in antisocial behavior
120. Sugar can cause gastric cancer
121. Sugar dehydrates newborns
122. Sugar can cause gum disease
123. Sugar increases the estradiol in young men
124. Sugar can cause low birth weight babies

Childhood Diabetes

Diabetes in children

Reviewed by Dr Stephen Greene, consultant paediatrician, Professor Ian Campbell, consultant physician and Dr Soon Song, consultant physician

The last 30 years has seen a rise in childhood diabetes.

Type 1 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes in children: 90-95 per cent of under 16s with diabetes have this type.
It is caused by the inability of the pancreas to produce insulin.
Type 1 diabetes is classified as an autoimmune disease, meaning a condition in which the body's immune system 'attacks' one of the body's own tissues or organs.
In Type 1 diabetes it's the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas that are destroyed.

How common is it?

Childhood diabetes isn't common, but there are marked variations around the world:

• in England and Wales 17 children per 100,000 develop diabetes each year
• in Scotland the figure is 25 per 100,000
• in Finland it's 43 per 100,000
• in Japan it's 3 per 100,000.

The last 30 years has seen a threefold increase in the number of cases of childhood diabetes.
In Europe and America, Type 2 diabetes has been seen for the first time in young people. This is probably in part caused by the increasing trend towards obesity in our society.
But obesity doesn't explain the increase in the numbers of Type 1 diabetes in children - who make up the majority of new cases.

What causes childhood diabetes?

As with adults, the cause of childhood diabetes is not understood. It probably involves a combination of genes and environmental triggers.
The majority of children who develop Type 1 don't have a family history of diabetes.

What are the symptoms?

The main symptoms are the same as in adults. They tend to come on over a few weeks:

• thirst
• weight loss
• tiredness
• frequent urination.

Symptoms that are more typical for children include:

• tummy pains
• headaches
• behaviour problems.

Sometimes diabetic acidosis occurs before diabetes is diagnosed, although this happens less often in the UK due to better awareness of the symptoms to look out for.
Doctors should consider the possibility of diabetes in any child who has an otherwise unexplained history of illness or tummy pains for a few weeks.
If diabetes is diagnosed, your child should be referred to the regional specialist in childhood diabetes.

How is diabetes treated in children?

The specialised nature of managing childhood diabetes means that most children are cared for by the hospital rather than by their GP.
Most children with diabetes need insulin treatment. If this is the case, your child will need an individual insulin routine, which will be planned with the diabetes team.

• Most now use frequent daily dosage regimes of fast-acting insulin during the day and slow-acting insulin at night.
• Very small children normally don't need an injection at night, but will need one as they grow older.
• Increasing numbers of older children use continuous insulin pumps.

Often in the first year after diagnosis, your child may need only a small dose of insulin. This is referred to as 'the honeymoon period'.
As well as insulin treatment, good glucose control and avoidance of ‘hypos’ (low blood glucose attacks) is important. This is because many of the complications of diabetes increase with the length of time diabetes has been present.

What can parents do?

Living with diabetes can put families under considerable strain, so access to backup support is crucial. This may be from your GP, the hospital team or social services.
Understanding all the different aspects of diabetes and its treatment requires patience, but will benefit your child and family life.
The diabetes team at the hospital can help you with the list below.

• Learn how to administer insulin injections. Insulin is usually injected into the skin over the abdomen or the thighs.
• Know the symptoms of low blood glucose and diabetic acidosis and what to do about them.
• Make sure glucose is always available.
• Measure blood glucose levels and teach your child how to do this as soon as they are old enough.
• Teach your child how to self-administer insulin injections as soon as they are old enough - around the age of nine is typical.
• See the doctor on a regular basis, and particularly if your child becomes ill for any reason - treatment is likely to need adjusting.
• Inform the school and friends about the symptoms of low blood glucose and what to do about them.
• Contact your local diabetes association for help and support.

Diet

Diet guidelines

Current recommendations for children with diabetes:

• three main meals
• two to three snacks
• the whole family eats the same meals.

A trained dietician is usually one of the members of the hospital diabetes team.
It's important to give your child a healthy balanced diet that is high in fibre and carbohydrates.
A healthy diet is the same for everyone, whether or not they have diabetes.
How much your child should eat depends on age and weight. The dietician and parents should determine this together.
Sweets are no longer off limits because the 'diabetic diet' is now a relic of the past.
Once your child gets to know how her body responds to eating and taking insulin, sweets in moderation are possible - accompanied by the appropriate dose of insulin.

Physical activity

Physical activity is important for children with diabetes, who should try to exercise every day.
Physical activity lowers the blood sugar level, so if your child takes insulin, she may need to reduce the dose.
This is because a combination of too much insulin and exercise can lower the blood sugar level and lead to hypos. To counter this, your child should always carry sugar.
Physical activity also affects how much your child can eat. Before your child exercises or plays sport, give extra bread, juice or other carbohydrates.

In the long term

A child who develops diabetes will live with the condition longer than someone who develops diabetes in adulthood.
The longer diabetes is present, the higher the risk of long-term complications such as those affecting the eyes and kidneys.
These can start after puberty, but are usually a concern only in later life.
Regular checkups for late-stage complications begin around the age of nine. From then on, this checkup is done every year.

Facts on Foods That Diabetics Should Avoid

1. The Danger of Sugar

For a non-diabetic, consuming too much or too little sugar is naturally regulated by the pancreas, which releases insulin. The diabetic--with either Type 1 ("juvenile") or Type 2 ("adult onset") diabetes--has compromised insulin functioning, which places greater responsibility on him or her to regulate dietary intake. Consume a snack, meal or beverage with too much simple sugar content, and the endocrine system goes haywire.

2. Processed foods tend to be the worst choices

In general, processed foods lack the things that nature provides to slow the absorption of sugar. Remove the apple skin from an apple to get apple juice. Take away the germ and bran from wheat, and you have refined grains used in white bread. Extract the fructose syrup from whole corn, and you end up with HFCS, the high-fructose corn syrup found in thousands of products sold on grocery shelves, including everything form ketchup to colas to sweet cereals.

3. Read the label on processed foods

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and diabetes researchers have found that a single meal plan for diabetics is unworkable and unlikely to succeed. Instead, diabetics are advised to discern which foods will work best by reading the "nutrition facts" label on all packaged foods when making a purchase. The key points to look for are sugars/carbohydrate RDA values, ingredients themselves (if a sugar is listed early, it constitutes a higher percent of the overall content), and servings sizes. This latter consideration can be cross referenced with exchange lists commonly provided by doctors. Be vigilant in observing the servings sizes (e.g., 4 vs. 8 oz. servings).

4. Consider weight management or loss as a goal

If there is a conundrum of our times, it is how people can lose weight, and most (not all) diabetics are overweight. But a common characteristic of all diets that work is that overall caloric intake is restricted with a new regimen. And to good effect: It is not unusual for newly diagnosed diabetics to lose weight and experience improved insulin sensitivity as a result. A lower-calorie diet need not mean a sense of deprivation: Incorporating a healthy and moderate balance of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and lower-fat proteins make a new meal regimen more enjoyable.

5. The occasional slip does not spell total failure

Everyone talks about "falling off the wagon" when trying to manage a diet. But trainer Kim Lyons of television's "The Biggest Loser" told Prevention magazine that late-night binging and sabotage by friends and family quite often are the culprits. The show's medical adviser, Michael Dansinger, M.D., says that "one binge is unlikely to have any significant effect on body weight [but] 700 calories every Saturday would be responsible for 10 pounds of extra weight in the long-term." As for friends and family, Lyons urges you to enroll them in your goal, to somehow make it exciting for them.

Vegetarian Food for Diabetics

Does Eating Your Veggies Really Help?

Diabetic vegetarian cooking has drawn a lot of attention in recent years. Some claim a low fat, plant-based diet can work wonders for diabetes. Others wonder if a diet that doesn’t rely on animal products can provide all of the protein, iron and other nutrients needed for a healthy diet.

So, exactly what is the verdict on vegetarian food for diabetics?

Well, the American Dietetic Association itself has confirmed that a balanced vegetarian diet can meet all of a person’s nutrient needs. The key for vegetarian food for diabetics — just like with any other diet — is to include a variety of protein-rich legumes, fruits, vegetables, leafy greens, slowly-digested whole grain products, and nuts and seeds.

In fact, a balanced vegetarian diet can have a profound effect on diabetes. Vegetarian food may improve glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity, and help with management of type 2 diabetes. Diabetes vegetarian cooking may also offer some benefits over a nonvegetarian diet, including these:

Weight loss — A diet naturally low in fat can help with weight loss and/or management of a healthy weight. Significant weight loss can improve type 2 diabetes in people who are obese. Vegetarian food for diabetics, in general, don’t have the “empty calories” of the processed foods often found in less-healthy diets.

Insulin sensitivity — Some research indicates that a vegetarian diet makes your body more responsive to insulin — which is a very good thing if you have diabetes. In fact, in a 2006 study published in the journal Diabetes Care, 43 percent of people with type 2 diabetes who ate a low-fat vegan diet reduced their need for diabetes medications.

Reduction of risk factors — A vegetarian diet could also reduce your risk of diabetes-associated complications such as cardiovascular disease and kidney disease. But again, this depends on the specific food choices you make. For example, a strict vegan diet (no animal products of any kind) is cholesterol-free and generally low in saturated fat.

Glucose regulation — Vegetarian diets that include generous amounts of vegetables, fruits, whole grains and legumes are naturally high in fiber, which aids in regulating the absorption of glucose.

Which Diabetes Vegetarian Food Plan Is Best?

There's no single best diabetes vegetarian food plan. A vegan diet is the strictest of all vegetarian diets. Vegans eat no animal products, including dairy products and eggs. Other types of vegetarian diets may allow dairy products and eggs.
With a balanced diabetes vegetarian food plan, vegetarians can easily meet their nutrition needs by eating a varied diet.

Sources of protein: Of course, vegetarians who eat dairy products and eggs (lacto-ovo vegetarians) already have a good source of protein. With a more strict diabetes vegetarian food plan, you’ll need to turn to meatless products, such as tofu dogs, soy burgers, nut loaves or texturized vegetable protein. Other sources of protein include soy products, meat substitutes, legumes, lentils, nuts, seeds and whole grains.
Tip: You can replace cow's milk by drinking fortified soymilk, rice milk or almond milk.

Sources of iron: You don’t need meat in your diet to get this important nutrient. Try some dried fruits, baked potatoes, mushrooms, cashews, dried beans, spinach, and iron-fortified foods (such as cereals, instant oatmeal, and veggie "meats"). To ensure proper absorption of iron, eat foods rich in vitamin C at the same time you eat iron-containing foods.
Tip: Using iron cookware to prepare your meals also adds to iron intake.

Sources of calcium: Keep teeth and bones healthy by eating low-fat dairy foods and dark green vegetables, such as spinach, turnip and collard greens. Broccoli is another good source.
Tip: Calcium-fortified orange juice is a great way to start your day on a healthy note.

Sources of Vitamin B12: A strict vegan diet eliminates food sources of vitamin B-12, which comes primarily from animal products. Diabetic vegetarian cooking that includes dairy products or eggs provides adequate vitamin B12. Fortified foods, such as some brands of cereal, nutritional yeast or soymilk, are good alternatives.

No single food provides all of the nutrients you need. So the key to healthy diabetic vegetarian cooking is to enjoy a wide variety of foods. Talk to a dietitian before switching to diabetes vegetarian foods. A dietitian can help you create an eating plan that provides all the needed nutrients and the right number of calories to maintain a healthy weight

The Natural Diabetes Cure

Great Ebook on Curing Diabetes!!!!
http://www.youngagain.org/books/diabetes.pdf

About the Book:
We will treat all blood sugar conditions as basically the same in this book. Metabolic
Syndrome, type 1 or 2 diabetes, gestational, insulin resistance, hypoglycemia or any other glucose problem is cured by the same means - diet, proven supplements, natural hormones, exercise, not using prescription drugs, and avoiding bad habits. Unfortunately, fasting cannot be used generally until you are well, although calorie restriction should be.
As long as you have an intact pancreas you can cure yourself if you want to. Even those
people whose pancreas has irreversibly atrophied or been surgically removed can dramatically
improve their lives and their health and reduce their insulin requirements. There is massive research behind this book, but only a fraction of it is quoted. Everything in here is backed up by
voluminous published, international, clinical studies. Unfortunately, every year the researchers of the world more and more choose to study toxic allopathic drugs to treat blood sugar disorders
instead of whole foods, natural supplements, balancing the rest of the endocrine system, and exercise.
The answer is not separate from the problem; the answer is always within the problem
itself. Diabetes and other blood sugar disorders are caused by what we eat and the way the live.
You can therefore cure yourself by making healthier food choices and living better. Even those
who are genetically and racially predisposed to such conditions can cure themselves naturally.
Diabetics often become depressed due to the suffering, the constant glucose monitoring,
the incessant medication, the terrible side effects as they age, and knowing they will have a short
lifespan of increasingly poor quality. No attempt will be made to deal with this psychology. As
you cure yourself your psychological outlook will improve immensely. Medical professionals will tell you that diabetes and other blood sugar disorders are incurable, and there are no natural solutions. You should be able to heal yourself in one year if you are sincere. Diseases are easy to cure; patients aren’t.

DIABETES IN AFRICAN AMERICANS?

Today, diabetes mellitus is one of the most serious health challenges facing the more than 30 million African Americans. The following statistics illustrate the magnitude of this disease among African Americans.

• In 1993, 1.3 million African Americans were known to have diabetes. This is almost three times the number of African Americans who were diagnosed with diabetes in 1963. The actual number of African Americans who have diabetes is probably more than twice the number diagnosed because previous research indicates that for every African American diagnosed with diabetes there is at least one undiagnosed case.
• For every white American who gets diabetes, 1.6 African Americans get diabetes.
• One in four black women, 55 years of age or older, has diabetes. (Among African Americans, women are more likely to
• Twenty-five percent of blacks between the ages of 65 and 74 have diabetes.
• African Americans with diabetes are more likely to develop diabetes complications and experience greater disability from the complications than white Americans with diabetes.

How Many African Americans Have Diabetes?

National Health Interview Surveys (NHIS) conducted between 1963 and 1990 show that African Americans have a rising prevalence of diabetes. (Prevalence is the percentage of cases in a population.) Most African Americans with diabetes have Type 2, or noninsulin-dependent diabetes. Type 2 diabetes usually develops after age 40. However, in high-risk populations, susceptible people may develop it at a younger age. A small number of African Americans have Type I or insulin-dependent diabetes, which usually develops before age 20.

NHIS conducted from 1991 to 1992 indicate higher rates of diabetes among African Americans than among white Americans. At age 45 or older, the prevalence of diabetes is 1.4 to 2.3 times as frequent in blacks as in whites. The greatest difference seen in NHIS was among people aged 65 to 74. Figure 1 details these 1991-92 NHIS statistics. Statistics collected in 1993 indicate that in this age group, 17.4 percent of black Americans had diagnosed diabetes, compared to 9.5 percent of white Americans.

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DIABETES?

 Type 1 diabetes (formerly called juvenile diabetes) results when the body’s immune system attacks and destroys its own insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. People with type 1 diabetes must have insulin delivered by injection or a pump. Symptoms of type 1 diabetes – increased thirst and urination, constant hunger, weight loss, blurred vision, and extreme fatigue – usually develop over a short period of time. If type 1 diabetes is not diagnosed and treated, a person can lapse into a life-threatening coma.
 Type 1 diabetes accounts for 5 to 10 percent of all diagnosed cases of diabetes.

 Type 2 diabetes (formerly called adult-onset diabetes) occurs when the body does not make enough insulin or cannot use the insulin it makes effectively. This form of diabetes usually develops in adults over the age of 40 but is becoming more prevalent in younger age groups – including children and adolescents. The symptoms of type 2 diabetes – feeling tired or ill, unusual thirst, frequent urination (especially at night), weight loss, blurred vision, frequent infections, and slow-healing wounds – may develop gradually and may not be as noticeable as in type 1 diabetes. Some people have no symptoms.
 Type 2 diabetes accounts for about 90 to 95 percent of all diagnosed cases of diabetes.
 A person is more likely to develop type 2 diabetes if they:

• have a family history of diabetes
• are a member of an ethnic group like African Americans
• are overweight or obese
• are 45 year old or older
• had diabetes while pregnant (gestational diabetes)
• have high blood pressure
• have abnormal cholesterol (lipid) levels
• are not getting enough physical activity
• have polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
• have blood vessel problems affecting the heart, brain or legs
• have dark, thick and velvety patches of skin around the neck and armpits (This is called acanthosis nigricans, A-can-THO-sis NI-gri-cans.)

 Gestational diabetes develops during pregnancy. Women who have had gestational diabetes have a 40 to 60 percent chance of developing diabetes, mostly type 2, in the next five to 10 years.