What's Wrong With Sugar?

Sugar is another substance creating our physical problems. Sugar is so denatured and concentrated from its original plant form that it is actually a drug. If it were introduced to the Food and Drug Administration for approval today it would not pass.

Sugar causes irritation and weakening of the mucous membranes of the body and robs the teeth, bones and blood of a great percentage of their minerals. Inflammatory diseases of the breathing and digestive organs result from the use of brown and white sugar. Other diseases that are caused or worsened by the consumption of sugar include appendicitis, diabetes, cancer, and poliomyelitits which is a painful, crippling disease caused by inflammation of the grey matter in the spinal cord.

One of the lines of defense our bodies have is the immune system. Do you know that a can of soda pop has 10 teaspoons of sugar in it. Thirty teaspoons (3 cans of soda pop) will paralyze the immune system for one day! Caffeine, also found in some sugar soft drinks, suppresses the immune system by upsetting the delicate mineral balance, which deprives the immune system of essential minerals.

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