Health is all about balance and doing things in moderation. It’s not what you eat and drink one day of the week that matters most—it’s what you consume the other six days that truly counts. In my blog posts, newsletters, videos, company literature, and all my communication with people seeking health advice, I do my best to focus on the basics. Sometimes, I tend to be long-winded—I’ll admit. Other times, it takes me a while to get to the point. But here, I will do my best to stay focused. There are four key factors that affect 99% of my patients more than anything else:
The Four Basic Health Factors:
1. Blood Sugar:
Glucometer to check blood sugar
2. Water Metabolism
3. Digestion
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4. Protein Utilization
While these four factors play the most significant role in my patients’ health, the primary underlying cause of imbalances often stems from a diet high in sugar, complex carbohydrates, or foods that break down into sugar. For example, most people wouldn’t think that Brussels sprouts or artichoke hearts are high in sugar, but since they are mostly starch, they raise blood sugar quickly after consumption. The same is true for winter squash, spaghetti squash, and carrots.
Now, I’ll share 40 astonishing facts about sugar:
40 Astonishing Facts About Sugar:
- Sugar suppresses the immune system.
- Sugar can upset the body’s mineral balance.
- Sugar can cause hyperactivity, anxiety, concentration difficulties, and crankiness in children.
- Sugar may negatively affect children’s school performance.
- Sugar can produce a significant rise in triglycerides (cholesterol levels).
- Sugar has been linked to criminal behavior, according to Barbara Stitt’s book Food And Behavior.
- Sugar weakens the body’s defense against bacterial infections.
- Sugar can lead to kidney damage.
- Sugar reduces helpful high-density cholesterol (HDL).
- Sugar promotes an elevation in harmful cholesterol (LDL).
- Excessive sugar leads to chromium deficiency.
- Excess sugar can cause copper deficiency.
- Excess sugar is linked to central nervous system diseases such as MS, Parkinson’s, and Alzheimer’s.
- Sugar interferes with calcium and magnesium absorption.
- Excess sugar may lead to cancers of the breast, ovaries, prostate, and rectum—particularly estrogen-driven cancers.
- Sugar is a risk factor for gallbladder disease, including gallbladder cancer.
- Sugar can cause colon cancer—wheat, as a starch, is broken down into sugar.
- Sugar weakens eyesight.
- Sugar raises serotonin levels, narrowing blood vessels.
- Sugar causes hypoglycemia, affecting over 50% of Americans.
- Sugar can increase fasting glucose levels.
- Sugar produces an unhealthy acidic stomach.
- Sugar raises adrenaline levels in children.
- Sugar is linked to ADD, ADHD, Dyspraxia, Autism, Dyslexia, Depression, and Schizophrenia, according to Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride MD.
- Sugar increases the risk of coronary heart disease.
- Sugar speeds up the aging process, causing wrinkles and grey hair due to AGEs (Advanced Glycosylation End-products) in the body.
- Sugar may lead to alcoholism.
- Sugar promotes tooth decay in some people.
- Sugar contributes to weight gain and obesity.
- Excess sugar consumption leads to arthritis.
- Sugar can cause asthma.
- Excess sugar leads to candidiasis (yeast infections).
- Sugar can cause gallstones.
- Sugar contributes to kidney stone formation.
- Sugar may cause ischemic heart disease.
- Sugar may lead to appendicitis.
- As mentioned earlier, sugar is linked to multiple sclerosis (MS).
- Sugar may indirectly cause hemorrhoids and constipation.
- Sugar can cause varicose veins.
- Sugar elevates glucose and insulin responses in oral contraceptive users.
