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Yes, the tasty white crystal we’ve been wearing our teeth away with since the late 16th century (in Europe, and note that rich people were able to rot their teeth for a few hundred years before that).
Recently, a report on diet said it was more important to focus on sugar than cholesterol.
According to scientists at the U of California, its also worst than tobacco.
Added sugars are in around 20 percent of American food. Sweet stuff has trippled in 50 years.
Guess how much soda the average person drinks per year in the States? Over 50 gallons.
Sugar’s a lot like tobacco when it comes to addictive qualities.
It effects our bodies in a lot of negative ways, too — not just tooth rot. Obesity and a host of health issues are tied to sugar. You probably know how you feel after eating a significant amount of sugar at once.
In recent decades, obstacles to people indulging in tobacco smoking have gone up. Why? Proof that tobacco smoke causes lung cancer and other health issues, with some guiding smokers to start vaping instead offering it as a “healthier” alternative such as Juul Pods (that are so prevalent in high schools around the USA at the moment) over cigarettes.
Sugar has been linked to diabetes type 2. One of the obstacles to “proving” sugar causes diabetes type 2, though, is that there hasn’t been established a way to measure how much sugar is eaten.
