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4 Sugar Secrets the Food Industry is Keeping from You

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By: The Alternative Daily, 02/07/2014


Sugar has been around for a very, very long time, however, we have increased our consumption to outrageous amounts. Our ancestors, who got their food out of the ground, consumed about one ounce of sugar per day. Today, that has risen to about six and a half ounces per day, with most of the increase in consumption occurring over the last thirty years – mainly because of changes in our food supply. These changes are driven by the food industry, the government and our palate. Just what is it that the food industry does not want us to know about sugar? Why is this white gold so valuable to them, yet so dangerous to us?

 

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Big Sugar Controls Politicians, Sickens People, Drains the Treasury, and Promotes the Pharma/Medico/Industrial Complex

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By: Ann Kreilkamp, 01/20/2014

A recent report by the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development) underscores the health care crisis in the world’s most exceptional democracy. The U.S. spends two and a half times per capita more on health care than any other developed country. How does this happen? Take a look at a key player in the paradox: sugar growers. In Florida it is called, Big Sugar. In other states it is beets, maple syrup and most ubiquitous of all: high-fructose corn syrup extracted from an unlimited corn crop heavily subsidized by taxpayers.

 

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Study: Sugary Drinks Increase Risk of Endometrial Cancer in Women

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Natural Society, By: Elizabeth Renter, 12/07/2013

sugaronspoon 263x164 Study: Sugary Drinks Increase Risk of Endometrial Cancer in Women

We know excess sugar consumption is tied to a whole host of negative health effects; it has been linked to everything from Type 2 diabetes to ADHD and various forms of cancer. Sugary drinks, including sodas, juices, and energy drinks, make up a large portion of the sugary calories in the average American diet. The most recent study on sugary drinks suggests that women who consume the most of these beverages are at an increased risk of estrogen-dependent type I endometrial cancer.

 

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How Blocking Sugar Intake can Reduce Cancer Risk/Progression

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Naturalsociety, By: Elizabeth Renter, 10/08/2013

sugar bags 263x164 How Blocking Sugar Intake can Reduce Cancer Risk/Progression

Beating cancer by removing sugar from your diet is not a new concept. As we reported recently, leading biochemist Dr. Otto Wartburg became a vocal advocate of eliminating sugar and starving cancerous tumors of their primary fuel source nearly a century ago. Removing sugar as a preventative step was just as effective, he surmised, as cancer was caused by the body’s nonoxidative breakdown of glucose. Fast-forward to 2013 and a new study has indicated that blocking dietary sugar can reduce tumor development risk and progression of cancer cells.

 

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Feds to farmers: Grow GMO beets or face sugar shortage

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Grist.org, By: Tom Laskawy, 06/07/2013

If you’re Monsanto, you’re probably really proud of your genetically modified (GMO) sugar beets. Introduced in 2008, the beets are the company’s most recent Roundup Ready product genetically engineered to withstand the direct application of the herbicide glyphosate. Immediately successful, they took over the sugar beet market within two years. By 2010, 95 percent of the sugar beets grown in the U.S. were Monsanto’s genetically modified variety.

 

This matters to us all because about 50 percent of white sugar sold here is made from sugar beets. In other words, unless that bag of sugar you just bought is labeled “Certified Organic” or “100 percent cane sugar,” it almost certainly contains sugar made from GMO crops.

 

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