Sweet to the Core

Hi, my name is Jane Doe and im a sugar addict. Thats the first step to recovery right? Now that I'm on my mission to go GREEN, slow as it may be, I am really doing my best to take the baby steps that I mentioned in my last blog. So my first, most important, goal is to decrease my sugar intake because it continues to come back to haunt me in different ways.

Sugar is the devil! It is in EVERYTHING where you would least expect it.

Sugar adds calories which if you eat more than you need, you will gain weight. Weight gain increases your risk of getting heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure or even some types of cancer. However, if you are underweight, sugar can add extra calories so that you can gain weight. If your body doesn't make enough insulin like a diabetic, then the sugar you eat increases the sugar in your blood to unhealthy levels.

The body breaks down sugar into the sugar you find in your blood (glucose). Unfortunately, there are no vitamins or minerals in sugar and so it is called an "empty" calorie. That is why it is the first food to be eliminated from a weight loss diet. By the way, it doesn't matter if the sugar is white or brown. The amount of molasses in brown sugar is so low it doesn't contribute enough of any vitamin or mineral to count on a food label. ~http://www.dietitian.com/sugar.html

I came across this fabulous website that discusses the effects of sugar on the body in greater detail: http://macrobiotics.co.uk/sugar.htm Please check it out!