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3 Ways Excess Sugar Ravages Your Body | Fooducate<\/a> <\/p>\n Is sugar the root cause of all our health problems? If you ask Robert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist at the University of California, San Francisco, the answer is yes. The dose determines the poison, and Americans are consuming 2 to 3 times the daily sugar dosage they should be. The result is our current diabesity health crisis. <\/p>\n According to Lustig, who was interviewed earlier this week by Vox Magazine<\/a>, excess sugar consumption has 3 negative biological effects on our body <\/p>\n 1. Each sugar molecule is made of fructose and glucose. Fructose is metabolized in the liver. Too much of it overloads the liver and creates liver fat<\/strong> which in turn creates insulin resistance, paving the way for diabetes. <\/p>\n 2. Sugar accelerates cellular aging<\/strong>. Basically all the cells in the body age faster. <\/p>\n 3. Sugar is addictive<\/strong>, in much the same way as alcohol, cigarettes, or drugs are. Since it is available abundantly and not regulated like the other substances, we consume increasing amounts, leading to problems 1 and 2. <\/p>\n <\/a> <\/p>\n 3 Ways Excess Sugar Ravages Your Body | Fooducate<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Read it and heed it: Sugar is poison. 3 Ways Excess Sugar Ravages Your Body | Fooducate Is sugar the root cause of all our health problems? If you ask Robert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist at the University of California, San Francisco, the answer is yes. The dose determines the poison, and Americans are consuming … Continue reading 3 Ways Excess Sugar Ravages Your Body | Fooducate<\/span> \n
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