Sugar is Toxic? How Sugar Effects the Human Body.

PCOS and our sugar intake are tightly interwoven.  Sugars are refined concentrated carbohydrates.  And in its pure form sugar causes women with PCOS to initiate a insulin reaction caused by our insulin resistance.  This reaction is one of the causes of weight gain in PCOS and also the feeling of fatigue among others.


These are two excerpts from the news show, “60 Minutes.” Each are well worth watching and a good reason to reassess your relationship with sugar and your families relationship with sugar.

To paraphrase, in the natural world no food with fructose is poisonous. Fruits were good for a basic human being to eat and the only source of sugar they could find outside of honey for thousands of years.

But back then sugar was not injected into our meats, sauces, yogurts, and so forth. For example, McDonalds Hamburgers contains corn syrup sweetener in the meat portion. And so called healthy foods like flavored yogurts, vitamin waters, and energy bars contain sugar and corn syrups.

Thus body-wise and insulin-wise the video suggests there is no difference between corn syrup and cane sugar when it comes to insulin reactions. As well the brain responds to extra sweetness by releasing dopamine (a happy neuro-chemical) when you eat sugar.  And like a drug, if you eat sugars, you develop a sensitivity and you need more and more to feel satisfied.

As part of the Insulite program I am eating a low-glycemic diet to address the insulin resistance and hypoglycemia that has troubled me since childhood. 


Every day is a challenge. And even though I mess up sometimes, I find it takes me about two weeks of reducing/fasting from processed sugar items to get my body to stop craving processed sugars and back to loving plain low-carb fruits like blueberries at face value. It is a tough road but a rewarding one nonetheless.

Take five minutes and enjoy these videos. Though they tend toward being dramatic, there is some good quality data in there to glean out and inform your nutritional choices.

"Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports on new research showing that beyond weight gain, sugar can take a serious toll on your health, worsening conditions ranging from heart disease to cancer.”

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7403942n&tag=contentBody;storyMediaBox

"We at Overtime couldn't believe our ears when we heard this report. We knew sugar was bad, but a "toxin"? We give our kids that stuff! We weren't quite sure how to apply the new science in the 60 Minutes report to the challenges of everyday family life, so we sat down with Dr. Sanjay Gupta for some practical advice. Both a doctor and a father of three, Dr. Gupta offers his take on how a typical American family should think about the sugar in their diet."

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504803_162-57407203-10391709/sugar-and-kids-the-toxic-truth/?tag=segementExtraScroller;housing

-Amy

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