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Managing your sugar intake is more difficult than you may think. Far more foods than you’d imagine contain excessive amounts of refined sugar, and in the long term, this can cause serious health issues. This episode of Health Nuts investigates the modern diet’s sugar problem, and it offers one way to combat sugar cravings.
“Sugar is the drug of modern times. We consume 37 times more of it today than we did just over 100 years ago. When given a choice between sugar and cocaine, lab rats choose sugar. Its over consumption has been linked to cancer, osteoperosis, impaired eye sight, higher cholestrol and food allergies. Added sugar is found in nearly all processed foods and Americans consume the majority of it through soft drinks. Many people feel that fruit is health and in moderation it is but it’s important to realize that modern fruit has been hybridized over the centuries and is now much higher in sugar than its recent ancestors.” -Elise Purcell/Korduroy TV
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