Scary effects of sugar in our food

I am not much of a heavy sugar eater, I only use a pinch in my coffee and rarely eat much as far as desserts. I do however from time to time do feel a bit hypoglycemic and know when it is time to consume some form of sweets. There are a lot of products here very high in sugar/fructose, I am one of those who reads labels from all food products all the time. Although I was not this way years ago, I still can't say I have had a sweet tooth issue.

generally have a terrible sweet effect on our weight. and also sugar. I think anyone who has the will and desire to do so avoid taking part sugar. Yet we can not stop sugar but we can reduce it. nice day!

That is very accurate report, my friend. Most of the soft drinks in U.S are packed with ton of sugar as ingredient, while food usually packed with bad fatty lipoprotein. I am sure you understand that these ingredients are great food enhancers for the food industry and can result in astronomical annual sales figure for the producers and manufacturers. It is a silent killer in America society, it lead to obesity, tooth decay, and various other blood pressure related illness in American consumers. I am trying my best to consume less sugary drinks daily by drinking more tap water rather than soft drinks from the supermarket.

Wow...22 teaspoons..!!! That's too much I think. I just try to find how much I'm using. When I have tea or coffee, I'll have 2 teaspoons. Other foods, normally I don't eat sweets. No beverages I drink. So, my consumption should be within 10 to 12 teaspoons in all form, I guess. Already I was thinking to switch to honey or any other alternative because sugar is said to have more side effects. In my state, there's one palm sugar which is generally used in villages. I'm thinking of it too.

Thanks for sharing this in details Raviji You very well know about indian sweets, they contain so much sugar, i and my wife both have diabetes, we try not to eat those stuff, but it is very difficult during festival days, during this diwali i ate sugars i admit; next morning i checked her and my sugar , it was in the safe range, it is so because we take medicines for it Best of luck. Professor

Somehow in the US, there are some people that can be considered having sweet tooth. I don't know if this term exists in other cultures. These are the people that have affinity to sweets, but it doesn't mean that they would easily get the worst health. Many people in US have consumed lots and lots of soda. Even some people have been drinking soda whenever they are thirsty. Instead of drinking water, they would pop a can of Coke, Pepsi, or others. If you want to make comparisons, take fast food restaurants as an example. Compare large size value meal in the US to a large size value meal in India. I wish I can attach or post a large cup here for demonstration. I believe large sizes are larger than large. What would be large in India and some countries would be small size in US. Take another example, ask someone from an African country to eat brownies made in the US. This person would more likely claim that the brownies are too sweet. While for many Americans, certain amount of sugar consumption seems to have become part of life, while other countries would be shocked or disgusted with the same amount. Ironically (if I try to put it), US is big on fitness, while at the same time obesity has become an epidemic. While another culture doesn't care much about building big and bulky muscles, how fat can a person in India, China or Russia can be?

I think that a big problem in the US is that there is so much sugar in the food we buy. Things that you wouldn't even think had sugar in them have had high fructose corn syrup added. Bread, for heaven's sake! I don't like some brands of bread because they taste sweet. If I want a chicken sandwich, I don't want it to taste like dessert. I drink tea, both hot and cold, every day and I like it sweet. Instead of using so much sugar, I have been using half sugar and half stevia. Stevia tastes sweet but our bodies don't react to it like they do to sugar and it has no calories, either. It's an acquired taste for some, though. That's why I use it half and half. I'll eventually get used to it enough that I can use it without sugar.

Hi sir I don't know whether sugar has bad/ill effect in our body but i want to tell mine i'm fond of taking more sugar and i have the habit to take tea with having a good amount of sugar in it. My mother use to tell me avoid to take such amount of sugar it will leads to diabetes but i don't think consuming of the sugar will leads to diseases of sugar as one doctor suggest me. As you know people of West Bengal are very much fond of sugar and one thing of this region is famous that is "RASGULA" I think you know of this sweet.

That's very true, and in fact, too much sugar in our diets make us lethargic. It basically shuts down our immune system, so that's why we have to take steps in not only giving up most refined sugar, but also going natural in our food preparations.

Actually yes about using sugar daily must be aware the bad effect on that... on my own experience daily never use sugar in my tea specially in the night before sleeping (green tea) but I put lemon on it which I know having natural sugar. I never drink soda openly very ocassionally because sugar on it are huge. I prefer on fruits juice on natural way from fresh fruits without any sugar.

want to get less sugar on your diet? instead of white flour use wholewheat floor. instead of using regular bread, use whole wheat bread but Indian flat breads are actually the healthiest bread so i guess your option is so good since youre Indian, Roti is a very healthy bread . instead of white rice, use brown rice, but the healthiest option is cauliflower rice, you can search that on youtube. Raw zucchini or cucumber, can be sliced in thin strips with a vegetable pealer,if you put pasta sauce on it, it will taste like pasta.

I'm not sure if America eats more sugar, but it would make sense---relatively-cheap food-filler that makes it taste better etc. and 2, not really. Maybe I should do one or the other, but I don't care. If I do, then I will Doctor W.C. Douglass says that sugar and carbs are feast-foods for cancer.

Lots of people in the US are addicted to sugar. Kids are growing into fat diabetics. They are getting grown up diseases because they are taught to eat unhealthy from an early age. I say the are taught the habits they have because the parents aren't always taking control of what they eat. Kids and adults spend 6 or more hours a day just sitting. Often individuals are sitting for most of their waking hours and eating unhealthy food. I don't buy sugar. There is enough sugar added to the foods at the grocery store.

bread is terrible for you, whole grain is a lie, the system is just trying to feed us knowledge thats killing us.

i used to get 3 spoon of sugar all the day but i don't know if in other food i eat- like snack- whether there is more sugar. i want to reduce it since my family heritage me a diabetics disease

Grandpa Ravi, your this news is very truth. Indeed, we should be very careful with our drink and food intake, make sure we don't consumed too much sugar. I am well guarded about my sugar intake since my mother is having diabetics. So, i take chocolate or sweets only when i feels i am in need of it. So far, my sugar level is still in control when i go for medical check-up recently. When while i am on vacation now, consuming very less sweet food and drink as well.

For me no I'm not good to it I like a little sweet only so that it can't damage my heart and to my diabetes.

Now that is really very scary. I think in our country people are also eating foods that are rich in sugar since we are basically rice-eaters.

sugar and other sweeteners can be really really bad for your health. all food contain a certain amount of sugar in them. so if we put more in our coffee sweets or snacks it can be davastating.

I don't like sugar