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he effects of sugar on the immune system –
The dreaded “C” word
Yes, the “C” word is cancer. A total of 1,660,290 new cancer cases and 580,350 cancer deaths
are projected to occur in the United States in 2013. Do you know that sugar can cause cancer? I told you in Part II that I would show you how this. Here’s how.
How did you get your “sweet” tooth?
Every human has a natural sweet tooth. Mother’s milk is sweet, far sweeter than cow milk. It is innate to have this sweet tooth for it signals survival to us on a very fundamental, subconscious level.
Sugar, or in particular glucose, is absolutely needed as the basic food for the body. Foods are made into glucose which then is fed to the cells to energize the body’s many functions.
Human DNA was not designed to deal with the amount of carbohydrates* we eat today. For millions of years he evolved being very active as hunter/gatherer. Then for ten thousand years he became a farmer of grains. He made it on this diet, but was still very active. Now he is not active, has a huge intake of carbs his DNA is not designed to handle, and recently the “low fat” scare drove him to an even higher carbohydrate diet. Now America is the most obese country in the world.
The vital role of Insulin*
I talked about this in Part II. You eat sugar. The brain tells the pancreas and liver to go into action. The pancreas then begins to excrete insulin to reduce the sugar and transport the glucose to the cells. Of course you simply gorge yourself on sugars, and insulin begins flowing like Niagara, at least for a while until your sugar utilization mechanisms breaks down creating diabetes. Americans consume a ridiculous amount of sugar every year.
Glucose and Insulin are enormously inflammatory
Both glucose and insulin are highly inflammatory. Inflammation causes damage all over the body, and is the cause of pain. Cancer cells have way more “receptor sites”* than normal cells, and use four times more glucose. This creates a sugar/carbohydrate hunger. On top of this, according to a new study, the pancreas releases a protein called S-catenin, which causes cells to replicate, giving them literal immortality. These cells then, sucking in enormous amounts of glucose, can grow without fear of death like normal cells and can grow totally out of control.
Here comes Cholesterol* to the rescue
Cholesterol gets a bad rap. It is a commonly held belief that it is the “cause” of arteriosclerosis.* Not! Cholesterol circulates in the lymphatic* system as part of the immune system*. It is the first step in making all hormones—testosterone, estrogen, in the endocrine system. Like a fat kid pulling one end of a see-saw down, things get unbalanced – the fat kid being sugar, in this case. The more sugar, the more insulin. This causes the problem.
Cholesterol and Insulin, so what?
Here comes the kicker in this whole obesity gig. The arch villain is not really revealed. When the huge flood tide of glucose hits the liver and pancreas, they frantically work at handling the load. Get the idea of 100 phones ringing at the same time and you are the telephone operator. You can’t take them one at a time or it will all shut down so you try to answer them all at once, which is literally impossible. Insulin enters the blood stream, causes tearing and lesions in the arterial walls. Cholesterol races to the rescue to plug the holes and fix the problem, and begin to fill up the arteries in an attempt to repair.
One reputed cardiologist/vascular surgeon said that every artery he explores looks like they have been scratched by a wire brush. They are inflamed and torn. He says that without sugar this would never happen. He says that these conditions have increased exponentially over the last 30 years directly in proportion to the increase in consumption of sugar, sugar products, high fructose corn syrup and processed foods.
Conclusion
Regardless of what else you do, unless you learn the secret of eating the right foods, sugar can effect your health adversely. I will tell you in the Part IV what different foods do to you, and the show how many are really sugar in disguise, and you will be introduced to the sugar Frankenchild, High Fructose Corn Syrup. Then in Part V, I will show you how to win. We hope that knowing the truth about how to beat sugar addiction will help you understand and change your habits.
GLOSSARY
Arteriosclerosis: Degenerative changes in the arteries, characterized by thickening of the vessel walls and accumulation of calcium with consequent loss of elasticity and lessened blood flow.
Cancer: A disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body. The cells go out of control and metastasize, invading nearby areas and spreading through the body.
Carbohydrates: Carbohydrates are found in a wide array of both healthy and unhealthy foods—bread, beans, milk, popcorn, potatoes, cookies, spaghetti, soft drinks, corn, and cherry pie. They also come in a variety of forms. The most common and abundant forms are sugars, fibers, and starches.
Triglycerides: Triglycerides are the form in which the body stores fat (our body fat is mainly made up of triglycerides.) When we talk about someone’s triglyceride level, however, we usually mean the amount of triglycerides that show up in the blood when it is tested. A high triglyceride level is a risk factor for heart disease and stroke.
Sources:
Blood Sugar Solution, Dr. Mark Hyman, MD.
Deep Nutrition, Why Your Genes Need Traditional Food, Catherine Shanahan, MD, Luke Shanahan
Dr. Marlene Merritt. Merritt Wellness Center, Austin Tx. Sugar: The link to heart attack, cancer and other preventable diseases.
Dr. John Axe
Dr. Michael Farley, Pathology Consultant,
Dr. Jeff Donatello, Why sugar loves cancer
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