Vegans, health and sugar

[eve]

Kiva Dancer, you're so much more diplomatic than I am, but what you say in a tactful way, is what I meant for someone who is serious. But I do believe that substituting sugary foods for sweet tasting other foods is hardly likely to work as well as completely giving up sugary foods.

Yes, feline01, I understand what addictions are; many years ago I was a heavy smoker who kept 'trying' to give it up. Eventually I stopped, but I also realise that we're all different. I used to love fat, and would always spread thick margarine plus peanut butter on my toast. Now the thought of eating margarine makes me want to gag.

[foxytina_69]

i think substituting sweet vegetables will make her want them more because they will be sweet, and once shes used to eating more vegetables, she will get a taste for less sweet vegetables. once i got a taste for vegetables, i would rather have them than fruit. but i used to choose fruit over vegetables.

[Geoff]

Like any other addiction, you can wean yourself off sugar with a bit of will power. I did it, so anyone can! There was a time when I couldn't pass a shop with a jam doughnut on display.
A little 3 legged dog was 'sent' to show me that I didn't need sugar. I was in a 'caff' in Swansea, sat down with my cuppa and started chatting to said canine when he jumped up on my lap. I went to put my usual 2tsp of sugar in my tea and found that it was on the next table so I had the choice of tipping the dog off or going without sugar. I chose the latter option. That was 30 years ago and I haven't used sugar in tea or coffee since.

[gertvegan]

The man from Silverspoon, he say "No fish oil or anything of animal origin is used anywhere within the factory process, including dairy products. Therefore all of the Silver Spoon range is suitable for vegetarians. Sugar beet are washed, sliced into strips and then extracted with hot water. The 'raw juice' is purified to remove all the 'non-sugars' , mainly using natural substances such as lime and carbon dioxide. The juice is then concentrated and crystallised to give the finished product. Sugar is not bleached.All Silver Spoon branded white sugars will be 100% of beet origin. All Silver Spoon brown sugars, i.e.: Golden Granulated, Demerara and soft browns and Black Treacle contain small amounts of cane molasses. Dark Chocolate Treat product is free of dairy products. The Milk Chocolate variety contains real milk chocolate crumb and therefore is not suitable for Vegans. The All in One Royal Icing also contains pasteurised egg albumin".

[Poison Ivy]

The mad from Silverspoon,".

Mad eh!! Would that be another side effect of too much sugar??

[gertvegan]

Billingtons website says "SUITABLE FOR VEGANS".

[indianvegan]

Sugar


Manish

[Korn]

146 Reasons Why Sugar Is Ruining Your Health

By Nancy Appleton, Ph.D.

www.nancyappleton.com

Author of LICK THE SUGAR HABIT and LICK THE SUGAR HABIT SUGAR COUNTER.

1. Sugar can suppress the immune system.
2. Sugar upsets the mineral relationships in the body.
3. Sugar can cause hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and crankiness in children.
4. Sugar can produce a significant rise in triglycerides.
5. Sugar contributes to the reduction in defense against bacterial infection (infectious diseases).
6. Sugar causes a loss of tissue elasticity and function, the more sugar you eat the more elasticity and function you loose.
7. Sugar reduces high density lipoproteins.
8. Sugar leads to chromium deficiency.
9 Sugar leads to cancer of the ovaries.
10. Sugar can increase fasting levels of glucose.
11. Sugar causes copper deficiency.
12. Sugar interferes with absorption of calcium and magnesium.
13. Sugar can weaken eyesight.
14. Sugar raises the level of a neurotransmitters: dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine.
15. Sugar can cause hypoglycemia.
16. Sugar can produce an acidic digestive tract.
17. Sugar can cause a rapid rise of adrenaline levels in children.
18. Sugar malabsorption is frequent in patients with functional bowel disease.
19. Sugar can cause premature aging.
20. Sugar can lead to alcoholism.
21. Sugar can cause tooth decay.
22. Sugar contributes to obesity
23. High intake of sugar increases the risk of Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis.
24. Sugar can cause changes frequently found in person with gastric or duodenal ulcers.
25. Sugar can cause arthritis.
26. Sugar can cause asthma.
27. Sugar greatly assists the uncontrolled growth of Candida Albicans (yeast infections).
28. Sugar can cause gallstones.
29. Sugar can cause heart disease.
30. Sugar can cause appendicitis.
31. Sugar can cause multiple sclerosis.
32. Sugar can cause hemorrhoids.
33. Sugar can cause varicose veins.
34. Sugar can elevate glucose and insulin responses in oral contraceptive users.
35. Sugar can lead to periodontal disease.
36. Sugar can contribute to osteoporosis.
37. Sugar contributes to saliva acidity.
38. Sugar can cause a decrease in insulin sensitivity.
39. Sugar can lower the amount of Vitamin E (alpha-Tocopherol in the blood.
40. Sugar can decrease growth hormone.
41. Sugar can increase cholesterol.
42. Sugar can increase the systolic blood pressure.
43. Sugar can cause drowsiness and decreased activity in children.
44. High sugar intake increases advanced glycation end products (AGEs)(Sugar bound non-enzymatically to protein)
45. Sugar can interfere with the absorption of protein.
46. Sugar causes food allergies.
47. Sugar can contribute to diabetes.
48. Sugar can cause toxemia during pregnancy.
49. Sugar can contribute to eczema in children.
50. Sugar can cause cardiovascular disease.
51. Sugar can impair the structure of DNA
52. Sugar can change the structure of protein.
53. Sugar can make our skin age by changing the structure of collagen.
54. Sugar can cause cataracts.
55. Sugar can cause emphysema.
56. Sugar can cause atherosclerosis.
57. Sugar can promote an elevation of low density lipoproteins (LDL).
58. High sugar intake can impair the physiological homeostasis of many systems in the body.
59. Sugar lowers the enzymes ability to function.
60. Sugar intake is higher in people with Parkinson’s disease.
61. Sugar can cause a permanent altering the way the proteins act in the body.
62. Sugar can increase the size of the liver by making the liver cells divide.
63. Sugar can increase the amount of liver fat.
64. Sugar can increase kidney size and produce pathological changes in the kidney.
65. Sugar can damage the pancreas.
66. Sugar can increase the body's fluid retention.
67. Sugar is enemy #1 of the bowel movement.
68. Sugar can cause myopia (nearsightedness).
69. Sugar can compromise the lining of the capillaries.
70. Sugar can make the tendons more brittle.
71. Sugar can cause headaches, including migraine.
72. Sugar plays a role in pancreatic cancer in women.
73. Sugar can adversely affect school children's grades and cause learning disorders..
74. Sugar can cause an increase in delta, alpha, and theta brain waves.
75. Sugar can cause depression.
76. Sugar increases the risk of gastric cancer.
77. Sugar and cause dyspepsia (indigestion).
78. Sugar can increase your risk of getting gout.
79. Sugar can increase the levels of glucose in an oral glucose tolerance test over the ingestion of complex carbohydrates.
80. Sugar can increase the insulin responses in humans consuming high-sugar diets compared to low sugar diets.
81 High refined sugar diet reduces learning capacity.
82. Sugar can cause less effective functioning of two blood proteins, albumin, and lipoproteins, which may reduce the body’s ability to handle fat and cholesterol.
83. Sugar can contribute to Alzheimer’s disease.
84. Sugar can cause platelet adhesiveness.
85. Sugar can cause hormonal imbalance; some hormones become underactive and others become overactive.
86. Sugar can lead to the formation of kidney stones.
87. Sugar can lead to the hypothalamus to become highly sensitive to a large variety of stimuli.
88. Sugar can lead to dizziness.
89. Diets high in sugar can cause free radicals and oxidative stress.
90. High sucrose diets of subjects with peripheral vascular disease significantly increases platelet adhesion.
91. High sugar diet can lead to biliary tract cancer.
92. Sugar feeds cancer.
93. High sugar consumption of pregnant adolescents is associated with a twofold increased risk for delivering a small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infant.
94. High sugar consumption can lead to substantial decrease in gestation duration among adolescents.
95. Sugar slows food's travel time through the gastrointestinal tract.
96. Sugar increases the concentration of bile acids in stools and bacterial enzymes in the colon. This can modify bile to produce cancer-causing compounds and colon cancer.
97. Sugar increases estradiol (the most potent form of naturally occurring estrogen) in men.
98. Sugar combines and destroys phosphatase, an enzyme, which makes the process of digestion more difficult.
99. Sugar can be a risk factor of gallbladder cancer.
100. Sugar is an addictive substance.
101. Sugar can be intoxicating, similar to alcohol.
102. Sugar can exacerbate PMS.
103. Sugar given to premature babies can affect the amount of carbon dioxide they produce.
104. Decrease in sugar intake can increase emotional stability.
105. The body changes sugar into 2 to 5 times more fat in the bloodstream than it does starch.
106. The rapid absorption of sugar promotes excessive food intake in obese subjects.
107. Sugar can worsen the symptoms of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
108. Sugar adversely affects urinary electrolyte composition.
109. Sugar can slow down the ability of the adrenal glands to function.
110. Sugar has the potential of inducing abnormal metabolic processes in a normal healthy individual and to promote chronic degenerative diseases.
111.. I.Vs (intravenous feedings) of sugar water can cut off oxygen to the brain.
112. High sucrose intake could be an important risk factor in lung cancer.
113. Sugar increases the risk of polio.
114. High sugar intake can cause epileptic seizures.
115. Sugar causes high blood pressure in obese people.
116. In Intensive Care Units, limiting sugar saves lives.
117. Sugar may induce cell death.
118. Sugar can increase the amount of food that you eat.
119. In juvenile rehabilitation camps, when children were put on a low sugar diet, there was a 44% drop in antisocial behavior.
120. Sugar can lead to prostrate cancer.
121. Sugar dehydrates newborns.
122. Sugar increases the estradiol in young men.
123. Sugar can cause low birth weight babies.
124. Greater consumption of refined sugar is associated with a worse outcome of schizophrenia
125. Sugar can raise homocysteine levels in the blood stream.
126. Sweet food items increase the risk of breast cancer.
127. Sugar is a risk factor in cancer of the small intestine.
128. Sugar may cause laryngeal cancer.
129. Sugar induces salt and water retention.
130. Sugar may contribute to mild memory loss.
131. As sugar increases in the diet of 10 years olds, there is a linear decrease in the intake of many essential nutrients.
132. Sugar can increase the total amount of food consumed.
133. Exposing a newborn to sugar results in a heightened preference for sucrose relative to water at 6 months and 2 years of age.
134. Sugar causes constipation.
135. Sugar causes varicous veins.
136. Sugar can cause brain decay in prediabetic and diabetic women.
137. Sugar can increase the risk of stomach cancer.
138. Sugar can cause metabolic syndrome.
139. Sugar ingestion by pregnant women increases neural tube defects in embryos.
140. Sugar can be a factor in asthma.
141. The higher the sugar consumption the more chances of getting irritable bowel syndrome.
142. Sugar could affect central reward systems.
143. Sugar can cause cancer of the rectum.
144. Sugar can cause endometrial cancer.
145. Sugar can cause renal (kidney) cell carcinoma.
146. Sugar can cause liver tumors.
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Nancy Appleton
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[littleTigercub]

Ha! I should print this out and make it my nighttime prayer! Or speak it on a cassette and listen to it while practising yoga!

Thank you for this!
littleTigercub

[PinkLogik]

Sugar can cause hormonal imbalance; some hormones become underactive and others become overactive.

Very true. It's all true. If only it wasn't in so many foods..... And why does it taste so damn nice??!!! Ack!

[miss_laura]

But I love sugar! And what's the alternative? Aspartame/saccharine, which have been shown to cause holes in the brains of lab rats?

Is this just referring to refined white sugar, or all sugars, e.g. raw cane sugar, maple syrup, fructose, glucose..?

[eve]

"sugar can cause ....." but how much sugar has these effects? For some consumers, there is sugar in everything - their cold or hot drinks, cakes, biscuits, and much more. But raw sugar in moderation, that is, not every day but occasionally in a hot drink, there is no problem. And as miss_laura asks, what is the alternative - aspartame/saccharine? They truly are poisonous.

[littleTigercub]

The thing is - can you have sugar in moderation?

I can`t. Once I have something high sugar i.e. choccy or cakes etc I cannot stop.

I used to take artificial sweeteners where I could but as the links to brain tumours etc become more and more apparent, I don`t trust that stuff either.

There is a sugar substitute called Xylitol, though. (Plums seem to be naturally high in it). This is supposed to be good for your teeth and have a low GI. We have heared about this on a seminar by Patrick Holford and bought a bag - unfortunately, it is expensive at £ 4.00 for 500g (just checked).

littleTigercub

[eve]

So you're addicted. Have you tried Stevia - it is a natural sweetener made from the leaf of a plant. It's a thousand times sweeter than sugar (I'm exaggerating), but you only need one little drop in a cup of tea.

[Imapeach]

Where do u get ur stevia from eve? a health food shop? I'm curious to try it.
Can you cook or bake with it? I'm a bake-a-holic

[littleTigercub]

I have tried stevia a long time ago - a colleague brought it in. I have never seen it for sale myself though.

littleTigercub

[Imapeach]

20. Sugar can lead to alcoholism.


Ok, whatinthewhat?

[Kim[ba]]

20. Sugar can lead to alcoholism.


Ok, whatinthewhat?

I can see that. Sugar creates a sort of "high" a rush of energy, and then it drops and you need more to get off again. It creates an addiction...so there are all these kids running around addicted to a white powdery substance. So yes, I can easily see that leading to other drugs. Depends on how we use sugar too. I use sugar, and eat candy occasionally, but I've seen kids that eat candy and soda all day every day, and it's sad to see them so "hooked" on something so unhealthy, and at such a young age...

[eve]

Imapeach: I bought it at a healthfood store. I never bake, because living alone it's a complete waste of energy to heat up a whole oven in order to bake some sweet potato (I'd rather steam them). I don't eat cakes/biscuits so never use stevia for those purposes. Actually I may throw out the stevia because I've used it so infrequently that it must surely have passed the use-by date.

[Korn]

20. Sugar can lead to alcoholism.


Ok, whatinthewhat?

Good question. I tried Google:

http://www.google.com/search?client=...UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

[Mystic]

Well then, I guess that even though I haven't had a drink in 4 years, I am at huge risk of becoming a drunk God I love sugar

[foxytina_69]

LOL banana.

so whats the best natural sweetener to use than? i use stevia,that may be too expensive to bake with. but for baking purposes i dont know what to use that isnt too expensive, or how to use something like maple syrup in place of sugar (ie. measurements)

[indianvegan]

Well, I guess that following are good vegan sweetners one can use :-

Evaporated Sugar Cane Juice( also called as Jaggery,Gur/Gud in India,usually available in solid lump or granuels form)

( It is versatile sweetner, you can use even in Soya Ice cream or whatever and it is commonly available)

Fruit juice
Riped Banana
Raisin
dry Fig
Dates
Agave nectar( It is plant based and absolutely Honey substitute too and available on veganessentials.com)

Palm Tree Jaggery

I hate artificial sweetners.


Manish Jain

[whats-her-name]

when i wasn't vegan, i used to eat *only* sweets. And the only problem for me is that a lot of sweets contains milk or eggs (in poland, at least). but i don't put sugar in tea, i just think it's disgusting. I can eat even a kilo of fruit a day <3
i'm addicted to sugar too

[berta_the_aspie]

I am totally addicted to sugar, I tried being without it and lasted one month. I finally succeded this and I have become a vegan, allthogh a vegan who sits and eats from the vegan chocolate spread jar... Yummie. But I guess its better to be an unhealthy vegan than a unhealthy vegetarian (as I was previously) But I eat more fruit and veggies now so..

Question: Why did the vegan choco bar not taste sweet at all? Must I try different brands of vegan choco or what?

[berta_the_aspie]

I am totally addicted to sugar, I tried being without it and lasted one month. I finally succeded this and I have become a vegan, allthogh a vegan who sits and eats from the vegan chocolate spread jar... Yummie. But I guess its better to be an unhealthy vegan than a unhealthy vegetarian (as I was previously) But I eat more fruit and veggies now so..

Question: Why did the vegan choco bar not taste sweet at all? Must I try different brands of vegan choco or what?

[Sweets]

i think i like my addiction to sugar

[speedylemons]

Does anyone know which sugars out of the following are derived from animals/animal products? I know a few on the list are but I'm not quite sure of most of them.


sucrose
sucralose
dextrose
maltodextrose
maltodextrine
glucose
maltose
fructose
lactose

Thank you very much for any help!

Ashley

[Barley]

Does anyone know which sugars out of the following are derived from animals/animal products? I know a few on the list are but I'm not quite sure of most of them.


sucrose
sucralose
dextrose
maltodextrose
maltodextrine
glucose
maltose
fructose
lactose

Thank you very much for any help!

Ashley

Hello Ashley

As far as I know only lactose on that list isn't vegan though some refined sugar is bleached over the bones of animals. Good luck

[speedylemons]

Artificial sweeteners are POISON!

Splenda is "sucralose". Sucralose is produced by chlorinating sugar. This involves chemically changing the structure of the sugar molecules by substituting three chlorine atoms for three hydroxyl groups. Being that the sugar used by the chemists who manufacture this toxin do not make use of organic sugar, it is processed through bone char, making it neither a vegan or even a vegetarian product. Additionally, it was tested on thousands of animals before it was put out on the market, since only a handful of human studies have actually been conducted in a short period of time, and the "heavies" who are the proponents of this toxin needed to have "proof" that it was not unhealthy.

Now, wanna know about Nutrasweet and Saccharin or any others?

I'm not sure where i've been, possibly living in a hole but GASP i must must must throw that splenda out of my kitchen! The only thing is ... what's the best "sugar" to put in coffee? the thing i liked about splenda was that it was cal free.. ive been trying to read up on stevia but im not really sure what it is yet. I'm in the U.S so if anyone wants to help me out with that I'd be verrry grateful. Coffee's really the only thing i ever need to add a sweetener to.

oh one more question.. has anyone here heard of "bee barf"? it's supposedly a honey that the manufacturers don't kill the bees when harvesting the honey.. are there vegans here who eat honey? what about yeast? sorry about this turning into a 98756 question post.



THANKS!

~ashley

[Litsea]

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146 Reasons Why Sugar Is Ruining Your Health

By Nancy Appleton, Ph.D.

www.nancyappleton.com

Author of LICK THE SUGAR HABIT and LICK THE SUGAR HABIT SUGAR COUNTER.

1. Sugar can suppress the immune system.

2. Sugar upsets the mineral relationships in the body.

3. Sugar can cause hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and crankiness in children.

4. Sugar can produce a significant rise in triglycerides.

5. Sugar contributes to the reduction in defense against bacterial infection (infectious diseases).

6. Sugar causes a loss of tissue elasticity and function, the more sugar you eat the more elasticity and function you loose.

7. Sugar reduces high density lipoproteins.

8. Sugar leads to chromium deficiency.

9 Sugar leads to cancer of the ovaries.

10. Sugar can increase fasting levels of glucose.

11. Sugar causes copper deficiency.

12. Sugar interferes with absorption of calcium and magnesium.

13. Sugar can weaken eyesight.

14. Sugar raises the level of a neurotransmitters: dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine.

15. Sugar can cause hypoglycemia.

16. Sugar can produce an acidic digestive tract.

17. Sugar can cause a rapid rise of adrenaline levels in children.

18. Sugar malabsorption is frequent in patients with functional bowel disease.

19. Sugar can cause premature aging.

20. Sugar can lead to alcoholism.

21. Sugar can cause tooth decay.

22. Sugar contributes to obesity

23. High intake of sugar increases the risk of Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis.

24. Sugar can cause changes frequently found in person with gastric or duodenal ulcers.

25. Sugar can cause arthritis.

26. Sugar can cause asthma.

27. Sugar greatly assists the uncontrolled growth of Candida Albicans (yeast infections).

28. Sugar can cause gallstones.

29. Sugar can cause heart disease.

30. Sugar can cause appendicitis.

31. Sugar can cause multiple sclerosis.

32. Sugar can cause hemorrhoids.

33. Sugar can cause varicose veins.

34. Sugar can elevate glucose and insulin responses in oral contraceptive users.

35. Sugar can lead to periodontal disease.

36. Sugar can contribute to osteoporosis.

37. Sugar contributes to saliva acidity.

38. Sugar can cause a decrease in insulin sensitivity.

39. Sugar can lower the amount of Vitamin E (alpha-Tocopherolin the blood.

40. Sugar can decrease growth hormone.

41. Sugar can increase cholesterol.

42. Sugar can increase the systolic blood pressure.

43. Sugar can cause drowsiness and decreased activity in children.

44. High sugar intake increases advanced glycation end products (AGEs)(Sugar bound non-enzymatically to protein)

45. Sugar can interfere with the absorption of protein.

46. Sugar causes food allergies.

47. Sugar can contribute to diabetes.

48. Sugar can cause toxemia during pregnancy.

49. Sugar can contribute to eczema in children.

50. Sugar can cause cardiovascular disease.

51. Sugar can impair the structure of DNA

52. Sugar can change the structure of protein.

53. Sugar can make our skin age by changing the structure of collagen.

54. Sugar can cause cataracts.

55. Sugar can cause emphysema.

56. Sugar can cause atherosclerosis.

57. Sugar can promote an elevation of low density lipoproteins (LDL).

58. High sugar intake can impair the physiological homeostasis of many systems in the body.

59. Sugar lowers the enzymes ability to function.

60. Sugar intake is higher in people with Parkinson’s disease.

61. Sugar can cause a permanent altering the way the proteins act in the body.

62. Sugar can increase the size of the liver by making the liver cells divide.

63. Sugar can increase the amount of liver fat.

64. Sugar can increase kidney size and produce pathological changes in the kidney.

65. Sugar can damage the pancreas.

66. Sugar can increase the body's fluid retention.

67. Sugar is enemy #1 of the bowel movement.

68. Sugar can cause myopia (nearsightedness).

69. Sugar can compromise the lining of the capillaries.

70. Sugar can make the tendons more brittle.

71. Sugar can cause headaches, including migraine.

72. Sugar plays a role in pancreatic cancer in women.

73. Sugar can adversely affect school children's grades and cause learning disorders..

74. Sugar can cause an increase in delta, alpha, and theta brain waves.

75. Sugar can cause depression.

76. Sugar increases the risk of gastric cancer.

77. Sugar and cause dyspepsia (indigestion).

78. Sugar can increase your risk of getting gout.

79. Sugar can increase the levels of glucose in an oral glucose tolerance test over the ingestion of complex carbohydrates.

80. Sugar can increase the insulin responses in humans consuming high-sugar diets compared to low sugar diets.

81 High refined sugar diet reduces learning capacity.

82. Sugar can cause less effective functioning of two blood proteins, albumin, and lipoproteins, which may reduce the body’s ability to handle fat and cholesterol.

83. Sugar can contribute to Alzheimer’s disease.

84. Sugar can cause platelet adhesiveness.

85. Sugar can cause hormonal imbalance; some hormones become underactive and others become overactive.

86. Sugar can lead to the formation of kidney stones.

87. Sugar can lead to the hypothalamus to become highly sensitive to a large variety of stimuli.

88. Sugar can lead to dizziness.

89. Diets high in sugar can cause free radicals and oxidative stress.

90. High sucrose diets of subjects with peripheral vascular disease significantly increases platelet adhesion.

91. High sugar diet can lead to biliary tract cancer.

92. Sugar feeds cancer.

93. High sugar consumption of pregnant adolescents is associated with a twofold increased risk for delivering a small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infant.

94. High sugar consumption can lead to substantial decrease in gestation duration among adolescents.

95. Sugar slows food's travel time through the gastrointestinal tract.

96. Sugar increases the concentration of bile acids in stools and bacterial enzymes in the colon. This can modify bile to produce cancer-causing compounds and colon cancer.

97. Sugar increases estradiol (the most potent form of naturally occurring estrogen) in men.

98. Sugar combines and destroys phosphatase, an enzyme, which makes the process of digestion more difficult.

99. Sugar can be a risk factor of gallbladder cancer.

100. Sugar is an addictive substance.

101. Sugar can be intoxicating, similar to alcohol.

102. Sugar can exacerbate PMS.

103. Sugar given to premature babies can affect the amount of carbon dioxide they produce.

104. Decrease in sugar intake can increase emotional stability.

105. The body changes sugar into 2 to 5 times more fat in the bloodstream than it does starch.

106. The rapid absorption of sugar promotes excessive food intake in obese subjects.

107. Sugar can worsen the symptoms of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

108. Sugar adversely affects urinary electrolyte composition.

109. Sugar can slow down the ability of the adrenal glands to function.

110. Sugar has the potential of inducing abnormal metabolic processes in a normal healthy individual and to promote chronic degenerative diseases.

111.. I.Vs (intravenous feedings) of sugar water can cut off oxygen to the brain.

112. High sucrose intake could be an important risk factor in lung cancer.

113. Sugar increases the risk of polio.

114. High sugar intake can cause epileptic seizures.

115. Sugar causes high blood pressure in obese people.

116. In Intensive Care Units, limiting sugar saves lives.

117. Sugar may induce cell death.

118. Sugar can increase the amount of food that you eat.

119. In juvenile rehabilitation camps, when children were put on a low sugar diet, there was a 44% drop in antisocial behavior.

120. Sugar can lead to prostrate cancer.

121. Sugar dehydrates newborns.

122. Sugar increases the estradiol in young men.

123. Sugar can cause low birth weight babies.

124. Greater consumption of refined sugar is associated with a worse outcome of schizophrenia

125. Sugar can raise homocysteine levels in the blood stream.

126. Sweet food items increase the risk of breast cancer.

127. Sugar is a risk factor in cancer of the small intestine.

128. Sugar may cause laryngeal cancer.

129. Sugar induces salt and water retention.

130. Sugar may contribute to mild memory loss.

131. As sugar increases in the diet of 10 years olds, there is a linear decrease in the intake of many essential nutrients.

132. Sugar can increase the total amount of food consumed.

133. Exposing a newborn to sugar results in a heightened preference for sucrose relative to water at 6 months and 2 years of age.

134. Sugar causes constipation.

135. Sugar causes varicous veins.

136. Sugar can cause brain decay in prediabetic and diabetic women.

137. Sugar can increase the risk of stomach cancer.

138. Sugar can cause metabolic syndrome.

139. Sugar ingestion by pregnant women increases neural tube defects in embryos.

140. Sugar can be a factor in asthma.

141. The higher the sugar consumption the more chances of getting irritable bowel syndrome.

142. Sugar could affect central reward systems.

143. Sugar can cause cancer of the rectum.

144. Sugar can cause endometrial cancer.

145. Sugar can cause renal (kidney) cell carcinoma.

146. Sugar can cause liver tumors.

[Korn]

You are now.

[Mr Flibble]

mmmm, sugar. Sweet and good for you

[FR]

F$@& That! It would severely suck to never eat anything with sugar in it.

[Pilaf]

Only sugar I get is from fruit, anyway. That's mostly referring to white sugar.

[tipsy]

i belive that sugar is ok for you if used in moderation.

its not good for you, but sugar is not the worst thing out there for your health.

[abrennan]

Sugar made from sugarbeet and sugarcane are toatlly unhealthy for you. You should read the book "the sugar blues" which details the effect that these kinds of sugars havbe on your body.

They are addictive and used by industry to attract you to crave and eat foods that you do not even know contain sugar.

If you think you don't eat much of these sugars you could be wrong. If you eat food that comes from packages or tins or that has been processed in any way you could be consuming a lot of sugar.

When I stopped eating sugar I discovered that I didn't get a cold when everyone else got it. I discovered that the severity of my eczema reduced.

I would say QUIT NOW before it's too late.

I have noticed that a lot of Vegans crave sweet things, I wonder why that is.

I agree that sugar is not the WORST thing for your health, but if you are participating in other unhealthy behavours then consumption of sugar compounds the effect on your body.

Have a nice day

Antony sweet
stralia mate

[On the Coast]

What about Vegan S'mores? They ca'nt be bad for you - .........

If they were, how can they make me feel soooooooo good -

[abrennan]

its so baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad its goooooooooooooooooood


you mean like that

[brazensapphire]

To attack your cravings on a different level, check out Doreen Virtue's "Constant Craving A-Z: A Simple Guide to Understanding and Healing Your Food Cravings" or "Losing Your Pounds of Pain". Even if you don't have some sort of struggle with food, I liked them for insight.
If you still want to go the physical route, you might enjoy Dr. Neal Barnard's "Breaking the Food Seduction: The Hidden Reasons Behind Food Cravings - And 7 Steps to End Them Naturally"
I benefited from each of these books in some way and highly recommend them all. Barnard's has some great recipes in the back also.

[Tigerlily]

Thanks.

I've come a long way since Feburary. I have cut down a lot but I still eat some things with sugar.

I'll see my library has those books.

[Flame7]

i belive that sugar is ok for you if used in moderation.

its not good for you, but sugar is not the worst thing out there for your health.

In small quantities it might not do too much harm but for some people its incredibly addictive. Ive been addicted to sugar since i was little. Im now 30 and suffering from a variety of symptoms which i believe are dervied from eating too much sugar. I developed gallstones, I have chronic fatigue, depression, anxiety, and hair loss. The majority of which is due to adrenal exhaustion, due in the most part to a diet too high in sugar and refined carbs. Personally, i think it is one of the worst things out there. Most people underestimate the effects.

xxFlame7

[abrennan]

Come on you fiends have a look down these links



http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/044...83155&v=glance

http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/sugarblues.html

http://www.twbookmark.com/books/63/0446343129/

http://www.healthyontario.com/PageFactory.aspx?PageID=452

[thecatspajamas1]

Ok, I know that white sugar isn't vegan because of the bone char. So I always buy sucanat for my baking and my tea.

But what about when a food has sugar ingredients? Do they always have bone char? For instance, most sweet, packaged foods contain "high fructose corn syrup" or "corn syrup". I always assumed that these were straight from the fruit/vegetable. But then someone mentioned to me lately that anything that has sugar in it isn't vegan. Now I'm a bit confused. Do ALL sugars have bone char... or just table sugar.

There are dessert breads in my college cafeteria that are labeled vegan, but if they have sugar in them, then they must not be vegan. Because I doubt my cafeteria even has heard of sucanat.

Any sugar experts here?

[Hemlock]

WHAT!!! I've bought white sugar in an emergency and I certainly didn't know it had bone char in it!!!!!!
I buy unprocessed if I have a choce but ff's,

[rujoon]

Ok, I know that white sugar isn't vegan because of the bone char. So I always buy sucanat for my baking and my tea.

But what about when a food has sugar ingredients? Do they always have bone char? For instance, most sweet, packaged foods contain "high fructose corn syrup" or "corn syrup". I always assumed that these were straight from the fruit/vegetable. But then someone mentioned to me lately that anything that has sugar in it isn't vegan. Now I'm a bit confused. Do ALL sugars have bone char... or just table sugar.

The bone char is used to process some sugar, not all sugar are processed with bone char. It also depends on how far u r willing to go. Some vegans may consider it ok.

Information on bone char
http://www.purifymind.com/SugarSweet.htm
http://www.sucrose.com/bonechar.html

[Pob]

WHAT!!! I've bought white sugar in an emergency and I certainly didn't know it had bone char in it!!!!!!
I buy unprocessed if I have a choce but ff's,

You're pretty safe in the UK.
White sugar over here is mostly from beet. And the big two sugar refiners over here don't use bone char in refining their white cane sugar.
The various brown sugars are less likely to be vegan, however.

[Hemlock]

For God's sake, is nothing sacred? How is it possible to make things like sugar non vegan? It's a natural plant product. I feel like I've been contaminated.
It's like hiding milk and milk proteins in crisps, I have no idea why manufacturerers need to put milk in crisps - it's potatoes for goodness sakes
*Shakes head in disbelief*

[SweetLady66]

Whats the difference between regular sugar and vegan? Sugar doesnt have animal products in it, does it?

[Tigerlily]

Refine white sugar is filtered with bone char.