How healthy is our food nowadays?
As
modern society continues to find ways to make food production cheaper
and faster, the quality of our food also continues to decline.
There
is a very real reason why there are now advocacies against processed
food. It seems that food manufacturers have completely forgotten their
ethical obligation to consumer health by ignoring warnings from the
medical establishment about adding too much sugar and preservatives to
food.
What's happening to processed food?
These past few
years, consumer wellness organizations have monitored a steady climb in
the amount of additives that manufacturers add to common food items and
beverages like bread, soda and even yogurt.
That's why it's best
to keep away from any food or beverage that lasts more than a week in
the cupboard. Imagine what they put in food that can last for 2 years in
storage!
How much sugar are we really consuming?
The amount
of sugar present in our food nowadays is especially worrying because
current medical studies have uncovered some very real dangers of
regularly consuming table sugar.
Refined sugars and HFCS (high
fructose corn syrup) can be found in pancake mixes, chocolate, candies,
cured meats, potato snacks, cupcakes, marshmallows and almost any other
food or beverage that you can think of.
A single serving of
regular soda contains an average of 10 teaspoons of table sugar. If you
think that isn't much, try consuming 10 teaspoons of sugar at home. Do
you feel nauseated already? That's what soda companies have been using
to flavor sodas for more than four decades now.
Some forty years
ago, people thought that consuming table sugar only increased your
likelihood of developing bad teeth and diabetes.
Newer studies
have now linked sugar to numerous health conditions, including metabolic
syndrome and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
As a
natural health advocate advocate, I want to emphasize the importance of
having the latest information on the food that we eat to help people
make better food choices every day.
What are the real dangers of sugar?
Sugar is one of the deadliest additives in food today. Here's why:
Heart Threat
- Sugar has been shown to affect the involuntary muscle activity of the
heart. A molecule found in ordinary table sugar called G6P has a
negative impact on the heart tissue at the cellular level.
Excess
consumption of sugar and a sedentary lifestyle can increase a person's
risk of developing heart failure. Heart failure often claims people's
lives in less than a decade after diagnosis.
Belly Fat
- There has been an alarming rise in obesity rates in teenagers and
small children these past few decades. One of the major contributing
factors to this trend is an increase in the consumption of fructose.
Fructose is an inexpensive form of sugar used in soda, ice cream,
cookies and even bread products.
Fructose appears to boost the
growth of visceral fat or the fat found in our midsections. When a child
develops mature visceral fat early in life, he/she has a higher risk of
being obese in adulthood.
Deadly Appetite - Our
bodies are naturally equipped with mechanisms that tell us when to stop
eating. Studies show that sugar has found a way to suspend those natural
mechanisms. Consuming foods and beverages rich in sugar contributes to
the development of a condition called leptin resistance.
When a
person has leptin resistance, they don't feel full and satisfied with
moderate amounts of food, so they continue consuming excessive amounts
of food every time they eat.
Our bodies also have a tough time
detecting the presence of sugar in beverages. It's difficult for the
body to send a signal that you already consumed a lot of calories from
soda or juices because this substance just doesn't register the same way
as other types of food.
Toxic to the Liver -
Excessive consumption of table sugar and other variants like high
fructose corn syrup can disturb normal liver function, which can then
lead to liver disease. Medical researchers have discovered that fructose
and other sugars make use of the same metabolic channels that ethanol
uses, which makes it just as dangerous as alcohol.
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