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Published May 15, 2010

Sugar Addiction

Sugar addiction is as much of a concern for some people as alcohol or drug addiction. You may not even realize how much sugar you are eating because it is found in all sorts of food that we eat and in the most unexpected places and labeled under different names. For instance, breakfast cereal, tomato sauces, the so-called “healthy mayo,” even a cup of fruit yogurt.

If you are watching your sugar consumption, watch out for ingredients like sucrose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, glucose, fructose, maltose, cane sugar, honey, molasses, etc. A sugar is still a sugar. However, some sugars will create less havoc in your blood sugar than others will, but it still offers only limited nutrients, that will help your health.

Human researchers are fascinated by the behavior of lab rats in response to food rewards, but few humans are willing to closely examine their own behavior in relationship to sugar. Most people living in western societies (the U.S., Canada, UK, Australia, etc.) are truly addicted to sugar. The frequency and context in which these people press a button on a soda machine is eerily similar to the way lab rats press a lever to produce a food reward.

Refined white sugar is like dietary crack, and it rots out your teeth just like meth, only slower. Sugar is probably the single most important food to avoid, especially for children. To get the real story on white sugar, read the pioneering book, Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston Price, or check out the Price-Pottenger Foundation.

Of course, most people reading this will say , “I’m not addicted to sugar. I can quit eating sugar anytime I want.” Really? Prove it! See if you can go sugar-free for just ten days. That is a real revelation for most people, because even if they have the determination to attempt such an experiment, most soon find themselves crawling back to the pantry, desperately seeking a soda beverage loaded with high-fructose corn syrup (liquid sugar) to end their withdrawal symptoms.

Sugar is labeled in more than 50 different ways, so it can be confusing to identify. Pseudonyms range from the obvious, such as brown sugar and cane sugar, to not so obvious, like galactose, fructose, and panocha. A full list is on www.drlwilson.com. What about artificial sweeteners? It is best to wean yourself from the sweet habit, altogether. Some artificial sweeteners such as aspartame, Equal, and NutraSweet are much worse than plain sugar. Splenda, saccharine and others are not so bad but are still toxic chemicals. The best substitute is Stevia, sorbitol, mannitol, xlyitol since they are not well absorbed, and thus cause fewer problems.

The truth is, most consumers are so addicted to sugar that they will deny their addictions in the same way that a crack or heroin addict might. Yet, when it comes down to it, sugar controls their behavior. If they do not have their sugar in the morning (in their coffee, pancakes and cereals), sugar at lunch (in the salad dressing, pasta sauce, soda and restaurant food) and sugar at dinner (there is sugar in pizza, ketchup and BBQ sauce, plus virtually all restaurant foods), then they suffer serious withdrawal symptoms and go crazy with moodiness and irritability. They start blaming everyone around them for silly things, and they may even become sweaty and light-headed.

The sugar habit is spreading around the world , and its damage is incalculable. The only hope is that people can begin to understand its importance so that the problem of sugar in food chain can be addressed adequately.

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