- Added sugar contains no essential nutrients and is bad for your teeth
- Added sugar is high in fructose, which can overload your liver
- Overloading the liver with fructose can cause non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
- Sugar can cause insulin resistance, a stepping stone towards Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes
- The insulin resistance can progress to Type II Diabetes
- Sugar can give you cancer
- Due to its effects on hormones and the brain, sugar has unique fat-promoting effects
- Because it causes massive dopamine release in the brain, sugar is highly addictive
- Sugar is a leading contributor to obesity in both children and adults
- It ain’t the fat… It’s SUGAR that raises your cholesterol and gives you heart disease
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