09/03/2026
In honour of back to school… we will be posting about sugar, processed foods and their impacts on you and your families health!
Did you know sugar is one of the most addicting substances in the world?
Sugar can suppress your immune system and impair your defenses against infectious disease.
Sugar upsets the mineral relationships in your body: causes chromium and copper deficiencies and interferes with absorption of calcium and magnesium.
Sugar can cause can cause a rapid rise of adrenaline, hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and crankiness in children.
Sugar can produce a significant rise in total cholesterol, triglycerides and bad cholesterol and a decrease in good cholesterol.
Sugar feeds c cells and has been connected with the development of c of the breast, ovaries, prostate, re**um, pancreas, biliary tract, lung, gallbladder and stomach.
Sugar can cause many problems with the gastrointestinal tract including: an acidic digestive tract, indigestion, malabsorption in patients with functional bowel disease, increased risk of Crohn’s disease, and ulcerative colitis.
Sugar greatly assists the uncontrolled growth of Candida Albicans (yeast infections).
Sugar can cause a decrease in your insulin sensitivity thereby causing an abnormally high insulin levels and eventually diabetes.
Sugar can contribute to eczema in children.
Sugar can impair the structure of your DNA.
Sugar can make your skin age by changing the structure of collagen.
Sugar can cause an increase in delta, alpha, and theta brain waves which can alter your mind’s ability to think clearly.
High sugar consumption of pregnant adolescents can lead to substantial decrease in gestation duration and is associated with a twofold increased risk for delivering a small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infants.
Sugar can worsen the symptoms of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Sugar is an addictive substance.
We have barely skimmed the surface of the effects of sugar on the body, there is SO MUCH MORE.
