"Consuming anything in excessive quantities can be considered a poison. It is not the pure cane sugar which is in question but the high fructose corn syrup that has been added to our food since the late 60s. Before government official allowed this addition to pure cane sugar, the only fructose in our diet derived from fruits and honey.
This study does not address the moral toxicity of the sugar industry and how it corrupts the politicians favored with subsidies as government officials subsidizes the obesity pandemic. The study was put together by scientists at UCSF and funded by the National Institute of Health… as the article clearly states. As common practice, their findings attack the results instead of the problem"
Those who think the worst part of consuming sugar is its empty calories, need to think again.
Sugar is the root of the worst health crisis in the civilized world, say researchers from the University of California-San Francisco and should be handled as a controlled substance, much like alcohol and tobacco. Sugar is fueling a global obesity pandemic, contributing to 35 million deaths annually worldwide from non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer, said the researchers whose report was published in Nature. Three out of every four health-care dollars are spent treating these diseases and their associated disabilities.
The pervasiveness of sugar in the Western diet coupled with its toxicity makes it the primary culprit in the world’s biggest health crisis, according to the team which included physicians trained in endocrinology as well as, sociologists and public health professionals. The research was supported by the National Institutes of Health. Worldwide consumption of sugar has tripled during the past 50 years and is a key driver behind the obesity epidemic, according to the study. At the levels Americans consume, sugar changes metabolism, raises blood pressure, critically alters the signaling of hormones and causes significant damage to the liver. It also explains the rise in metabolic syndrome, a precursor to heart disease and cancer which affects 40 percent of adults.
“As long as the public thinks that sugar is just empty calories, we have no chance in solving this,” said Dr. Robert Lustig, co-author of the study and professor in the division of endocrinology at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital.
“There are good calories and bad calories, just as there are good fats and bad fats, good amino acids and bad amino acids, good carbohydrates and bad carbohydrates,” Lustig said. “But sugar is toxic beyond its calories.” Turning the problem around will require a lot of public education as well as, environmental and community-wide solutions similar to what has occurred with alcohol and tobacco, said Claire Brindis, study co-author and director of UCSF’s Institute for Health Policy Studies.
“We’re not talking prohibition,” said Laura Schmidt, another co-author and UCSF professor of health policy, but rather ways to make sugary foods less convenient and foods that aren’t loaded with sugar, easier and cheaper to get.
This study does not address the moral toxicity of the sugar industry and how it corrupts the politicians favored with subsidies as government officials subsidizes the obesity pandemic. The study was put together by scientists at UCSF and funded by the National Institute of Health… as the article clearly states. As common practice, their findings attack the results instead of the problem"
Those who think the worst part of consuming sugar is its empty calories, need to think again.
Sugar is the root of the worst health crisis in the civilized world, say researchers from the University of California-San Francisco and should be handled as a controlled substance, much like alcohol and tobacco. Sugar is fueling a global obesity pandemic, contributing to 35 million deaths annually worldwide from non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer, said the researchers whose report was published in Nature. Three out of every four health-care dollars are spent treating these diseases and their associated disabilities.
The pervasiveness of sugar in the Western diet coupled with its toxicity makes it the primary culprit in the world’s biggest health crisis, according to the team which included physicians trained in endocrinology as well as, sociologists and public health professionals. The research was supported by the National Institutes of Health. Worldwide consumption of sugar has tripled during the past 50 years and is a key driver behind the obesity epidemic, according to the study. At the levels Americans consume, sugar changes metabolism, raises blood pressure, critically alters the signaling of hormones and causes significant damage to the liver. It also explains the rise in metabolic syndrome, a precursor to heart disease and cancer which affects 40 percent of adults.
“As long as the public thinks that sugar is just empty calories, we have no chance in solving this,” said Dr. Robert Lustig, co-author of the study and professor in the division of endocrinology at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital.
“There are good calories and bad calories, just as there are good fats and bad fats, good amino acids and bad amino acids, good carbohydrates and bad carbohydrates,” Lustig said. “But sugar is toxic beyond its calories.” Turning the problem around will require a lot of public education as well as, environmental and community-wide solutions similar to what has occurred with alcohol and tobacco, said Claire Brindis, study co-author and director of UCSF’s Institute for Health Policy Studies.
“We’re not talking prohibition,” said Laura Schmidt, another co-author and UCSF professor of health policy, but rather ways to make sugary foods less convenient and foods that aren’t loaded with sugar, easier and cheaper to get.
