I have tons of family members with diabetes, so have had ALOT of debates about sugar or just nutrition in general. 1 of my fave stories to tell people is about my ex & his sugar obsession...he very nicely offered to make me a bowl of cereal before we had gotten married. Well there was so much sugar in the bowl that when I stuck the spoon into the bowl & let go of it...the spoon stuck into the sugar and stood straight up by itself in the middle of the bowl. (Even now...while I'm working with a bunch of foreign exchange students, I crack up laughing as I tell them about my cereal & how the spoon stood up...so yup guess that story will be going around the world now) Over the years while watching my ex-husband make coffee, I would comment on the amount of sugar sitting at the bottom of his cup (he put so much in that it all couldn't dissolve). So eventually he got defensive the minute he would turn the coffeepot on in the mornings cuz he was anticipating another arguement. A couple years ago a Dr got concerned about my ex's blood sugar (diabetes also runs in his family) but do ya think that curbed his sugar cravings.....hell no! he still has coffee & regular soda as he always did. Ya would think dieing in a hospital & having the docs bring him back to life this year, woulda smartened him up...but some people are beyond help. *************************************************************** so I found the stuff below online while researching diabetes I can quit eating sugar anytime I want." Really? Prove it! See if you can go sugar-free for just ten days. That's a real eye-opener for most people, because even if they have the determination to attempt such an experiment, most soon find themselves crawling back to the pantry, desperately seeking a soda beverage loaded with high-fructose corn syrup (liquid sugar) to end their withdrawal symptoms. The truth is, most American consumers are so addicted to sugar that they will deny their addictions in the same way that a crack or heroin addict might. And yet, when it comes down to it, sugar controls their behavior. If they don't have their sugar in the morning (in their coffee, pancakes and cereals), sugar at lunch (in the salad dressing, pasta sauce, soda and restaurant food) and sugar at dinner (there's sugar in pizza, ketchup and BBQ sauce, plus virtually all restaurant foods), then they suffer serious withdrawal symptoms and go crazy with moodiness and irritability. They start blaming everyone around them for silly things, and they may even become sweaty and light-headed. Curious, isn't it? That's what happens when you take a substance out of nature and refine it to maximize its chemical surface area and biological activity. Cocaine is a drug that's refined from coca leaves. Opium is a drug that's refined from poppies. And sugar is a drug that's refined from sugarcane. And while we have a "war on drugs" against cocaine and heroin, our taxpayer dollars actually subsidize the sugar industry, making refined white sugar cheap and widely available to the entire population so that everyone can be equally hooked. Refined white sugar is a pleasure drug. If you don't believe me, just put a spoonful on your tongue and observe the instantaneous effects. You'll experience a warming, comfortable feeling that makes you feel safe and happy. They're not called "comfort foods" by accident. Sugar is, essentially, a legalized recreational drug that's socially acceptable to consume. And yet, just like other drugs, it destroys a person's health over time, rotting out their teeth, disrupting normal brain function, promoting heart disease and directly causing diabetes and obesity. The argument that "street drugs are outlawed because they're dangerous to a person's health" falls flat on its face when you consider what sugar does to the human body. It's a lot more dangerous than marijuana, for example, and yet marijuana is illegal to possess or consume. Isn't it curious how, in modern society, we fight a war against certain drugs (like cocaine), yet subsidize others? (Like sugar.) The difference, of course, is that the sugar industry has a powerful political lobby and is universally abused by virtually the entire population. Drugs that are abused by only a few (such as heroin) get outlawed, while drugs that are abused by everyone (such as caffeine and sugar) receive legal immunity. It's mob rule. And the mob is addicted to sugar.
you would think he would wise up by now but i guess not.........wow thanks for info that a really good read about sugar
Sugar is but one of the poisons present in our manufactured food supply... it's a biggie though. What squawkers7 posted is true and weigh it against this skeptically apologist truism concerning any business INCLUDING the food industry: its ONE AND ONLY purpose for existence is to make a pile of money for its ownership and/or stockholders. Federal and State regulations spell out how close a given business can come to stealing and still be legal. In addition, the FDA specifies exactly how close food manufacturers can come to poisoning and still remain legal. For the purpose of enhancing business, the food giants add chemicals (including sugar) to their products to achieve the following: 1- to enhance the flavor. 2- to enhance the color/appearance. and 3- to maximize shelf life. The fact that sugar behaves like an addictive drug is just gravy. Folks owe it to themselves to be label readers and with the internet as a ready and convenient source of information they need to educate themselves on exactly what each chemical listed on ingredients lists is and the potential repercussions on one's health.
I know a guy exactly like your ex, squawkers! One of my good friends is engaged to a guy who is so addicted to sugar and probably consumes 8 times the normal amount of most people. He's slim and muscular, and fairly young so he assumes he's invincible, but no one really is. He drinks sugary juice, soda, coffee loaded with sugar, chocolate truffles every single day. I worry about my best friend, actually, because he drinks nothing but soda, and the average can of soda has 13 teaspoons of sugar! EEK!
Yall might wanna check out the book "Sugar Blues" by William Duff. Also search Raw For 30 Days on youtube...healing diabetes.
