Sugar - The Connection to Cancer, High Blood Pressure, Diabetes. And The Medical Industry Profit Machine

Who doesn't like a sweet treat, maybe a doughnut, cupcake, or a cookie. But there are so many sneaky foods that contain as much as sugar as a cupcake. Like a Pepsi or Coke, a coffee with cream, a sugary breakfast cereal, Lucky Charms anyone? 

Also, even foods you may think are healthy, some are full of sugar, look at the labels, these foods vary in the amount of sugar depending on the brand. Some sneaky sugar foods are yogurt, pasta sauce, frozen dinners, even bread. Can you avoid all  sugars? Probably not, we live in a processed food society. Keep in mind, the less processed foods that you eat, the less sugar you eat. 

What are processed foods? The short answer is any food that has more than one ingredient. So bread, white pasta, prosecced cheese, peanut butter, cereal , fries, chips, crackers, deli, even cheese are all processed. Eat these foods as little as possible.

Now let's focus on whole, unprocessed foods. Meats like chicken, steak, fish, pork, turkey, grains like rice and beans, whole wheat pasta. Any vegetables, and fruits. Even baked potatoes. Dairy such as organic milk, organic cheese, plain organic yogurt, or eggs. These foods have less than three ingredients, or just one ingredient which is the product itself. Eat these foods as much as possible. 

Also, let's talk about butter versus margarine. Buy the delicious butter. Skip the margarine. Butter has about three ingredients, they are milk, salt, water. What does margarine contain? The list is long, it can contain sugar, soy, carrageen, oils, salts, maldextorin, and other ingredients that can't be pronounced by most people.

Read the labels on all processed foods, if there is more than 4 grams of sugar per serving, but it back and find an alternative. Usually the sugary products you were about to buy have a less sugary option. For example, one type of pasta sauce may have about 8 grams of sugar, but check out an organic brand, usually they have 4 grams or less. 

Sugar is linked to many diseases. According to Health Line "Diets high in sugar increase inflammation in your body and may cause insulin resistance, both of which increase cancer risk.

"A systematic review analyzing 37 prospective cohort studies found that in two of five studies on added sugar, a 60% – 95% increased cancer risk was observed with higher sugar intakes (29Trusted Source).

The same review found that in 8 of 15 studies on sugary foods and beverages, a 23% – 200% increased cancer risk was observed with greater sugary beverage consumption."

Also, "researchers found that sugar intake affected an enzyme-signaling pathway, which in turn boosted levels of a type of fatty acid. They believe these processes could promote breast cancer tumor growth."

Cut down on sugary foods and drinks as much as you can. If you need to drink a Coke or Pepsi; try this, instead of drinking an entire can of pop, pour half of the can into a glass with ice and a little water mixed in, and dump the rest of the pop out. This will give you that sugar fix, until one day you won't need it anymore, if you are still thirsty, switch to water for a few hours, and repeat the entire process over. 

The medical industry depends and profits on unhealthy food,  once our health is compromised because of the foods we eat, we turn to medication from the medical industry to relieve our symptoms, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, cancer, diabetes to name a few. 

If we could avoid the cause of the disease, we may be able to avoid the medication that the medical industry hopes we need to profit off us. The processed, sugary foods we eat, are ultimately part of the medical industry's pay check.

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References;

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/too-much-sugar#cancer

https://www.mdanderson.org/publications/cancer-frontline/study-links-high-sugar-intake-to-increased-breast-cancer-risk.h00-159063189.html

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