Is Sugar A Killer ?

[Lewis]

Is sugar an invisible killer? Even 'safe' levels of the sweet stuff could lead to an early death, scientists warn

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  • U.S. researchers gave mice sugary diet and found female animals died twice as fast as those eating healthy snacks
  • Scientists from the University of Utah found male mice consuming the sugary diet were less able to hold territory and reproduce
  • Strangely the animals showed no signs of ill-health including obesity or raised blood sugar levels
  • http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...t-stuff-lead-early-death-scientists-warn.html

There is no such thing as healthy sugar, period!
http://www.spiritofhealthkc.com/portfolio/sugar-the-sweet-and-silent-killer/

 

[evenifigoalone]

Well I'm screwed.

 

[Gary]

Move over Heroin, there's a new kid on the block.

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[Lewis]

Well I'm screwed.

Me too, getting ready to make some ice tea as we speak,

 

[AirDancer]

Well, I can recall when real butter was supposed to be a killer......

Sugar..........what could cookies be without it???

 

[evenifigoalone]

Well, I can recall when real butter was supposed to be a killer......

Sugar..........what could cookies be without it???

What sort of studies where those conclusions about butter based on? I'm curious.

 

[Lewis]

What sort of studies where those conclusions about butter based on? I'm curious.

High cholesterol and clogged arteries

 

[AirDancer]

Several new brands of oleo/margarine were being released to the marketplace, so the negative comments started about butter. The claims were made that butter causes heart/artery problems, cholesterol, and was just downright not good for people to consume. Ha! Studies now show that a diet with real butter & only occasional margarine use helps women to avoid some forms of breast cancer.

Real food products are always better for a person as opposed to artificial or real food with preservatives, MSGs or other additives.

 

[Christ_empowered]

Ugh. I'm trying to eat better, but...it seems that everything kills you, eventually. At least sugar isn't High fructose corn syrup or any number of sweeteners that come out of a laboratory.

 

[AirDancer]

Every time someone claims that certain real foods are 'bad' for us, I consider my great-grandmother. She lived in her own home, on a farm, until just after her 96th birthday. She allowed someone to help with the housecleaning during the day, but that was it. During her lifetime, she ate real butter, sugar, flour, bacon, bread, eggs....they used to butcher their own beef & pork, and wasn't afraid to fry food and eat it, too. She drank coffee, tea, had a daily shot of whiskey.

 

[evenifigoalone]

Mm, a Reese's peanut butter cup for dessert...yup, I'm screwed, but I'll die happy.

 

[AirDancer]

Don't forget M&Ms ....... chocolate chip cookies............. 3 Musketeers bars............. meringue on pies...........

 

[evenifigoalone]

3 Musteteers
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[AirDancer]

They are truly my one very-hard-to-resist candy ... doesn't matter if they're fresh or frozen ... I find great delight with 3 Musketeers bars

 

[reba]

The 3 Musketeers Bar was the third brand produced and manufactured by M&M/Mars, introduced in 1932. Originally, it had three pieces in one package, flavored chocolate, strawberry and vanilla,

the quote is from wiki .. but Mom always tells us about the e flavors of musketeers for a nickel

 

[Lewis]

Every time someone claims that certain real foods are 'bad' for us, I consider my great-grandmother. She lived in her own home, on a farm, until just after her 96th birthday. She allowed someone to help with the housecleaning during the day, but that was it. During her lifetime, she ate real butter, sugar, flour, bacon, bread, eggs....they used to butcher their own beef & pork, and wasn't afraid to fry food and eat it, too. She drank coffee, tea, had a daily shot of whiskey.

You Go GrandMom

 

[AirDancer]

You Go GrandMom

She's already gone. Not long after her 96th birthday, she took a fall and had to spend some time in a nursing home. The flu was bad that winter, she caught it, it turned into pneumonia, and she died. If it hadn't been for the illness, she'd probably still be here....she was ornery that way!

But the memories of her remain!

 

[AirDancer]

The 3 Musketeers Bar was the third brand produced and manufactured by M&M/Mars, introduced in 1932. Originally, it had three pieces in one package, flavored chocolate, strawberry and vanilla,

the quote is from wiki .. but Mom always tells us about the e flavors of musketeers for a nickel

Didn't know about the flavors...but I do recall the large 3 Musketeers Bars selling for a nickel when I was growing up. Then they were a dime. Now I think they're a dollar....................

 

[Edward]

Move over Heroin, there's a new kid on the block.

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That's not really far off you know. Think about it. You take a plant, refine it and process it down into a white powder...and when you take it, it gives you a rush.

If you had grown up without sugar and never ate it before...and then did a pinch...you'd be zooming. From my understanding, it used to be reserved for kings and nobles. They'd carry it around in little pouches or snuff type boxes and do some now and then. Perhaps even share some with their friends or visiting dignitaries. For the rush. They used it like a drug.

It used to be illegal. It was the Coca-Cola company that lobbied Congress to make it legal. If the people who brewed beer were found in possession of sugar, they'd be jailed. Sugar makes beer ferment faster...but it destroys the nutritional content of beer. A lot of cowboys used to depend on beer for their nutrition. Beer's made from a bunch of good grains, and they'd come into town from out on the range for their liquid lunch. The greedy brewers started using sugar to make the beer ferment faster, so they'd have more product to sell sooner, but since it destroyed the nutritional content of the beer...it was outlawed. Coca-Cola couldn't have that because they wanted to get rich, so they bribed congress to legalize it.

Sugar is very bad for you, and a harder habit to break than heroin they say. I learned a lot of this from a book I read called "Sugar Blues". It's a scary book and will make you want to cut sugar out of your life.

I have a friend of mine who eats so much sugar (3 to 4 HEAPING spoons in his coffee) that he's a different person without sugar. I think it actually calms him down when he does it.

 

[Christ_empowered]

I am a sugar addict. Good thing I do Orthomolecular--all those b complex vitamins and now high dose fish oil seems to help take the edge off, lol.

I'm getting better. But, seriously, once your body is adjusted to sugar and your taste buds, too, its difficult. I mean, who wants splenda in their (iced) coffee? Not this guy...