What is sugar really doing to your body?

PUT DOWN YOUR MEXICAN COKE The American Beverage Industry paid a lot of money to prove this. They're paying a lot so that everyone knows it. Glucose Soo0o molecularly, there's no difference between sugar and high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). Sugar HFCS Fructose HALF OF THE SUGAR YOU EAT HITS YOUR LIVER Remember that organ that handles alcohol Fructose in your liver for detoxification? It handles Fructose too. 30% New fat cells 70% Your liver has to do all sorts of biochemical trickery to Fructose. Here are the by-products: • Makes uric acid (causes gout) Raises your insulin levels (hiding leptin, the chemical that tells the brain you're full) Raises your blood pressure 39g sugar DRINI NG JUICE ISN’T DODGING THE BULLET 20 oz Juice has more Fructose than soda. 20% more on average. Fructose is naturally made by fruit, but when you strip away the fiber that's supposed to go with it, you're not getting the benefit. Fructose is the most harmful half of sugar. 32g sugar 12 oz WE'RE BEING FED SUGAR MORE THAN EVER 12g sugar 6.5 oz Over the last 100 years, In the US, we eat 63 pounds of HFCS per person per year sugars have become cheaper, we can manufacture them like never before, and we've come up with ways to add sugar to just about everything we eat and drink. Unfortunately, our bodies haven't come up with another way to process sugar. That's about 31 pounds of Fructose 1915 1960 1992 "Sugar: The Bitter Truth", Robert H. Lustig, MD. UCSF Jul 30, 2009 Erik Nilsson 2012 www.strawcitydesign.com