30 Reasons Why Sugar is Ruining Your Health

I often talk about the dangers of sugar and how we should remove sugar from our diet. I am currently reading an interesting book called The Candida Cure by Ann Boroch and she lists fifty-nine reasons why sugar ruins your health.  Most of us know that sugar is not good for us. It increases fasting levels of glucose and insulin and it contributes to obesity and diabetes. After reading the thirty reasons that are mentioned below,  you will want to get this inflammatory substance out of your diet forever.

Why Sugar Ruins Your Health 

1. Sugar can suppress the immune system.
2. Sugar upsets the minerals in your body.
3. Sugar may cause hyperacidity, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and crankiness in children.
4. Sugar produces a significant rise in triglycerides.
5. Sugar reduces high-density lipoproteins (HDL) – your “good cholesterol”.
6. Sugar can promote an elevation of low-density lipoproteins (LDL) – “bad cholesterol”.
7. Sugar can increase total cholesterol.
8. Sugar leads to chromium deficiency.
9. Sugar interferes with absorption of calcium and magnesium.
10.  Sugar causes signs of premature aging.
11. High intake of sugar increases the risk of Crohn’s Disease and ulcerative colitis.
12. Sugar can lead to arthritis.
13. Sugar can contribute to asthma.
14. Sugar can cause Candida albicans (yeast infection).
15. Sugar can lead to heart disease.
16. Sugar can cause appendicitis.
17. Sugar can lead to multiple sclerosis.
18. Sugar can cause hemorrhoids.
19. Sugar can contribute to varicose veins.
20. Sugar can contribute to osteoporosis.
21. Sugar can decrease growth hormones.
22. Sugar can lead to cancer of the breast, ovaries, intestines, prostate, or rectum.
23. Sugar can increase systolic blood pressure.
24. Sugar can cause migraines.
25. Sugar can interfere with the absorption of protein.
26. Sugar can contribute to eczema.
27. Sugar can impair the structure of DNA.
28. Sugar can cause free radicals in the bloodstream.
29. Sugar can lead to cataracts.
30. Sugar lowers the enzymes’ ability to function.

Boroch, A. (2009). The Candida Cure: Yeast, Fungus, & Your Health. Los Angeles: Quintessential Healing Publishing.