Sugar, Sugar

Eat less sugar, you’re already sweet enough. Sugar, seems to be in everything we consume. The recommended daily allowance of sugar for an adult is no more than 9.5 teaspoons. American adults are consuming a staggering 22 teaspoons daily. Many people are aware that consuming to much sugar is bad for your health. The alternative to sugar, sugar substitutes however are even more detrimental to our health. There is a lot of confusion surrounding sugar, sugar substitutes and what is considered healthy.

Consuming to much sugar can lead to a variety of health issues including: diabetes, weight gain, brain fog, sugar is known to feed cancer, aspartame is an excitotoxin (it excites brains cells to the point of death) and is known to eat holes in our brain, liver and kidney issues can ensue from consuming to much sugar and it compromises our immune systems.

We avoid the sugar substitutes:
Aspartame
Saccharin
Sucralose
Acesulfame K

Healthier sugar substitutes are:
Stevia
Xylitol

This info graphic sums up our addiction to sugar. Be an informed consumer, read package labels and protect your health friends.