You Don't Think You're Addicted to Sugar? Try Fifty Dollars a Pound...

Back in 14th century London, sugar sold for two shillings a pound, about $50 in today’s money (and the average American eats 150 pounds; that’s $7 500 a year back then).

It was rare and precious, used sparingly to flavour medicines and the occasional sweet. Health issues linked with sugar were sparse as well. With the staggering increase of sugar consumption, incidence of serious disease has spiked. Allergies, obesity, heart disease, cancer, arthritis, diabetes, osteoporosis, PMS, Chron’s disease, herpes, impotence and yeast infections are all induced by sugar.

  Today, it’s cheap… and everywhere, kn almost everything we eat and drink. So much so that ‘sugar substitutes’ are available for those who are also aware that the body converts the carbohydrates into fat and layers it all around your waist, buttocks and, in a metaphorical sense, the brain – to keep learning and curiosity and…

Sugar addiction is a subtle and insidious dependency that creeps up completely unnoticed. Unknowingly consumed in processed food or a seemingly harmless meal out, sugar is everywhere. In fact, the average American ingests 150 pounds of refined sugar a year — the equivalent of five tons throughout a lifetime. Don’t be fooled. Simply because sugar is a widespread, accepted substance, doesn’t mean it is anymore innocuous than morphine or heroin. It is just as addictive, if not more so. But there is hope. With a few dietary and lifestyle changes, sugar dependency can be tamed and healthy well-being restored.
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womenshealthmag.com/nutrition/how-sugar-harms-you?page=2

http://www.vanderbilt.edu

http://www.rawdetox.org/rehab/white-sugar.html