Sugar coated facts to chew on

Found this interesting article in an old edition of 'Her Business' Issue 58 July 2005.  It all makes good sense no matter how delicious the stuff is - and how hard it is to give up!

1. One can of Coke raises blood sugar to five times its normal level for four hours.
2. The indigestibiity of sucrose means the initial buzz you feel on chugging that coke down is simply the 'fight or flight' adrenal reaction of the body.
3. Sucrose blocks digestion 'tricks' the body into accommodating ever-higher levels of contaminants and sticks to proteins like meat, forming new complexes that enzymes can't break down.
4. Sucrose destroys the 'good' bacteria (flora) in the intestinal tract producing a half-digested carbohydrate mass that seeps into the bloodstream, causing problems in joints, muscles and organs.
5. Sucrose disrupts the alignment between phosphorus and calcium, which can lead to osteoporosis, and permits calcium to solidify in the organs in the form of gall, liver and kidney stones.
6. Sucrose is also a factor in asthma because undigested sugar can lodge in the bronchioles of the lungs.
7. Sucrose depletes muscle mass because the body's elimination attempts use up valuable calcium, magnesium, and chromium.
8. Drugs, in the form of synthetic insulin have never cured anyone of diabetes: the only way to reverse adult onset diabetes - the most common type - is giving up all sucrose, alcohol included.
9. Alcohol places an enormous strain on the body because it's essentially refined sugar; bypassing the digestive system altogether, it's absorbed immediately into the bloodstream and speeds up the ageing process.
10. And finally, lest you thought is was safe to crack open the sugar substitute, consider this: two of the three core molecules that make up aspartame - the #1 food and beverage additive in the world - are aspartic acid, a major neurotoxin linked to a variety of neurological disorders and methanol (wood alcohol) which converts to formaldehyde in the body!