Sugar kills more people every year than all drugs combined and yet we live today in a society where the highly addictive substance is commonly accepted and eaten in large quantities. The pharmaceutical drug negatively affects our physical, mental, and emotional health, is an addictive stimulant similar to cocaine, and is the culprit behind over 38 million deaths linked to sugar related disorders and diseases.
So, what is sugar? It's the highly refined, isolated, concentrated, chemically manipulated version of something, in this case, the sugarcane crop, found and grown in nature. It's a drug that has no nutritional value, is an addictive chemical, and is the number one calorie source in America. Cocaine is very similar to sugar in the fact that it is a whitened, extracted, highly refined substance drawn out of the plant kingdom (the coca leaf) that creates an imbalance in the body. Even with most major food companies fully aware of the harmful and damaging effects of sugar on and in the body, they continue to add more and more sugar in various forms including; sucrose, glucose, dextrose, and fructose to their products in order to give the …show more content…
Studies are showing the skyrocketing averages of American's daily sugar and fructose intake and revealing a whopping 70 to 80 grams a day! That's 65 more grams daily than considered safe in the 1900s! The faulty carbohydrate is on the ingredient label for almost every food product you can imagine and it's nearly impossible to avoid being that it is the multibillion dollar backbone of America's food commerce and economy. Unfortunately, some of the most malignant diseases and illnesses are the ruthless side effects of consuming refined
So, what is sugar? It's the highly refined, isolated, concentrated, chemically manipulated version of something, in this case, the sugarcane crop, found and grown in nature. It's a drug that has no nutritional value, is an addictive chemical, and is the number one calorie source in America. Cocaine is very similar to sugar in the fact that it is a whitened, extracted, highly refined substance drawn out of the plant kingdom (the coca leaf) that creates an imbalance in the body. Even with most major food companies fully aware of the harmful and damaging effects of sugar on and in the body, they continue to add more and more sugar in various forms including; sucrose, glucose, dextrose, and fructose to their products in order to give the …show more content…
Studies are showing the skyrocketing averages of American's daily sugar and fructose intake and revealing a whopping 70 to 80 grams a day! That's 65 more grams daily than considered safe in the 1900s! The faulty carbohydrate is on the ingredient label for almost every food product you can imagine and it's nearly impossible to avoid being that it is the multibillion dollar backbone of America's food commerce and economy. Unfortunately, some of the most malignant diseases and illnesses are the ruthless side effects of consuming refined