You should add maple syrup to this list.
Everyone here in Canada thinks that stuff is good for you because it is "natural", but it is 76% pure sugar.
d. hesslingMarch 17, 2014
One positive accet of sugar is that it causes similar reactions as heroin which is able to suppress pain, reduce anxiety, and can even cause us to have a higher sense of joy.
But that doesn't last long and a craving for more arrives.
To digest and assimulate sugars (glucose) and every nutrient into our bodies, the Vitamine-Bs are necessary and they are not contained in pure sugar, so must be extracted for the bodyily reserves, which are in the nerves. Is it no wonder that the modern population is flipping out, because the nerves suffer literally short cuicuts.
Bannah HanoverMarch 16, 2014
Some sugars are bleached using bleach or sulfur dioxide. For good health all things should be eaten in moderation. All things were created for our good and enjoyment. We just need to search for that which is best but beware of conspiring men in the latter-days. It is all about money to them. They aren't concerned with health.
Dr. GaryMarch 14, 2014
The good Dr. Is absolutely correct. To not understand that after reading this article is like an ostrich sticking his head in the sand. Sugar in all it's forms is not good for the human body. Understand that, believe that. You will look better, have better health, and live longer.
Barbara WanlassMarch 14, 2014
After reading this well-written article, the thought of eating sugar made me sick. Then I read the insightful comments and agreed, excessive use of anything is not healthy. I wondered about the "bleaching" claim and appreciated the clarification by someone who knew for a fact sugar is not bleached. Regarding the question about Stevia, the package I have lists "maltodextrin" and Stevia extract (Rebiana) only, so what is that?
Ken BaumgartnerMarch 12, 2014
I take exception with the good doctor when he mentions bleached sugar. White sugar isn't bleached, white is its natural color after you remove all of the imperatives. I spent many years in the sugar industry and I never once saw bleach used to whiten sugar, as it is just not needed. Sugar is 15 calories per teaspoon and like everything else, it needs to be taken in moderation.
MarkMarch 12, 2014
Can we obtain pure stevia in any product on the market? I've purchased two different crystalline Stevia products and both came packaged with erythritol. Can you comment on erythritol consumption and if its combination with Stevia changes your recommendation for Stevia as a sweetener?
Jim MillwardMarch 12, 2014
At one point the financial salvation of The Church was due to the success of it's sugar holdings. Namely U & I (Utah and Idaho) Sugar. The largest sugar factory in the world at that time was opened in 1953 near Moses Lake, Washington by U & I. The dedicatory speech was delivered by David O. McKay. Church President. How do I
know this? I was in the audience.
The statement about the financial salvation of the Church is on the 1973 "The Fullness Of Times" tapes by the DLR Corporation labeled as Listener's Digest P:roducts Box 299 Provo 84601. I doubt if the financial salvation of the Church would have depended on the marketing of poison and supported by President McKay!!
DuaneMarch 12, 2014
"there is no nutritional value in sugar"
I wondered about that statement, so I did some research--by reading further down a couple paragraphs:
Glucose gives a rise in 'sugar' in the bloodstream.
Sugar is moved into the cell for energy use.
Part of glucose is also stored as glycogen, the immediate-access form of glucose for times of need (such as meeting a saber-toothed tiger in the jungle).
The rest is stored as fat. Fructose is metabolized in the liver, which also immediately converts that fructose into fat for storage.
Rather than assume he doesn't know what "nutritive" means, I suppose the writer, by saying "nutritive value", mean "micro-nutrients", which are needed in much smaller quantities than "macro-nutrients", which include sugar.
Under "Ugly", the writer lists a raft of horrible things, but at least admits that they are the result not of sugar, but of an excess of sugar. Which is of course what one would expect from an "excess", which means too much. For example, he could just as easily have made a list of the detriments resulting from the "excess" of a particular vitamin, or mineral, or fiber.
So, why didn't he just say that TOO MUCH sugar is harmful, and that most of us would benefit by eating less of it? Because that would make the list of letters after his name seem pretentious. After all, EVERYONE ALREADY KNOWS THAT.
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KarinaMay 13, 2014
You should add maple syrup to this list. Everyone here in Canada thinks that stuff is good for you because it is "natural", but it is 76% pure sugar.
d. hesslingMarch 17, 2014
One positive accet of sugar is that it causes similar reactions as heroin which is able to suppress pain, reduce anxiety, and can even cause us to have a higher sense of joy. But that doesn't last long and a craving for more arrives. To digest and assimulate sugars (glucose) and every nutrient into our bodies, the Vitamine-Bs are necessary and they are not contained in pure sugar, so must be extracted for the bodyily reserves, which are in the nerves. Is it no wonder that the modern population is flipping out, because the nerves suffer literally short cuicuts.
Bannah HanoverMarch 16, 2014
Some sugars are bleached using bleach or sulfur dioxide. For good health all things should be eaten in moderation. All things were created for our good and enjoyment. We just need to search for that which is best but beware of conspiring men in the latter-days. It is all about money to them. They aren't concerned with health.
Dr. GaryMarch 14, 2014
The good Dr. Is absolutely correct. To not understand that after reading this article is like an ostrich sticking his head in the sand. Sugar in all it's forms is not good for the human body. Understand that, believe that. You will look better, have better health, and live longer.
Barbara WanlassMarch 14, 2014
After reading this well-written article, the thought of eating sugar made me sick. Then I read the insightful comments and agreed, excessive use of anything is not healthy. I wondered about the "bleaching" claim and appreciated the clarification by someone who knew for a fact sugar is not bleached. Regarding the question about Stevia, the package I have lists "maltodextrin" and Stevia extract (Rebiana) only, so what is that?
Ken BaumgartnerMarch 12, 2014
I take exception with the good doctor when he mentions bleached sugar. White sugar isn't bleached, white is its natural color after you remove all of the imperatives. I spent many years in the sugar industry and I never once saw bleach used to whiten sugar, as it is just not needed. Sugar is 15 calories per teaspoon and like everything else, it needs to be taken in moderation.
MarkMarch 12, 2014
Can we obtain pure stevia in any product on the market? I've purchased two different crystalline Stevia products and both came packaged with erythritol. Can you comment on erythritol consumption and if its combination with Stevia changes your recommendation for Stevia as a sweetener?
Jim MillwardMarch 12, 2014
At one point the financial salvation of The Church was due to the success of it's sugar holdings. Namely U & I (Utah and Idaho) Sugar. The largest sugar factory in the world at that time was opened in 1953 near Moses Lake, Washington by U & I. The dedicatory speech was delivered by David O. McKay. Church President. How do I know this? I was in the audience. The statement about the financial salvation of the Church is on the 1973 "The Fullness Of Times" tapes by the DLR Corporation labeled as Listener's Digest P:roducts Box 299 Provo 84601. I doubt if the financial salvation of the Church would have depended on the marketing of poison and supported by President McKay!!
DuaneMarch 12, 2014
"there is no nutritional value in sugar" I wondered about that statement, so I did some research--by reading further down a couple paragraphs: Glucose gives a rise in 'sugar' in the bloodstream. Sugar is moved into the cell for energy use. Part of glucose is also stored as glycogen, the immediate-access form of glucose for times of need (such as meeting a saber-toothed tiger in the jungle). The rest is stored as fat. Fructose is metabolized in the liver, which also immediately converts that fructose into fat for storage. Rather than assume he doesn't know what "nutritive" means, I suppose the writer, by saying "nutritive value", mean "micro-nutrients", which are needed in much smaller quantities than "macro-nutrients", which include sugar. Under "Ugly", the writer lists a raft of horrible things, but at least admits that they are the result not of sugar, but of an excess of sugar. Which is of course what one would expect from an "excess", which means too much. For example, he could just as easily have made a list of the detriments resulting from the "excess" of a particular vitamin, or mineral, or fiber. So, why didn't he just say that TOO MUCH sugar is harmful, and that most of us would benefit by eating less of it? Because that would make the list of letters after his name seem pretentious. After all, EVERYONE ALREADY KNOWS THAT.
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