Sign up for our newsletters! sugar health effects Photo:
Thinkstock It's been called a poison, a drug and a toxin, and
scientists have started blaming it for everything from obesity
to heart disease to diabetes. It's sugar—specifically, added
sugar, not the kind in fruit—and while we all know we should eat
it "in moderation," that can be almost impossible (we'll explain
why in a minute). While there are a million ways to lose weight,
feel better and improve your health, giving up added sugar—as
unfathomable as that might seem to those of us who live for
sweet rewards, motivators and indulgences—is the only strategy
that health care providers everywhere would support. Here's why:
1. Sugar is harder to resist than any other food. We need sugar
to function—without it, we'd quickly power down. It's so
important, in fact, that our bodies have the ability to
synthesize it from fat, complex carbs and protein through
processes that take place in the liver. But when presented with
effort-free sugar on a platter (or i