Sugar Consumption And Body Health

Diabetes is a disease which can be caused by sugar consumption as well as a high fat diet. Diabetes is caused by the failure of the pancreas to produce adequate insulin when the blood sugar rises. A concentrated amount of sugar introduced into the system sends the body into shock from the rapid rise in the blood sugar level. The pancreas eventually wears out from overwork.

Hypoglycemia occurs when the pancreas overreacts to the large amount of sugar in the blood and releases too much insulin leaving one feeling “tired” as the blood sugar level becomes lower than it should be.

Another serious problem with sugar consumption that is now coming to the forefront is the various levels of mental problems. Our brains are very sensitive and react to quick chemical changes within the body. As sugar is consumed, our cells are robbed of the B vitamins, which destroys them, and insulin production is inhibited.

Low insulin production means a high sugar (glucose) level in the bloodstream which leads to a confused mental state or unsound mind, and has also been linked to juvenile criminal behavior. In his book Diet, Crime and Delinquency, Dr. Alexander G. Schauss addresses this solemn fact and maintains that many mental ward and prison inmates are “sugarholics” and erratic emotional outbreaks often follow a sugar binge.