The title may sound like an exaggeration, but sadly, it isn’t. With the amount of sugar the average American consumes each year – a whopping 165 pounds of the sweet stuff – moving to the safe levels of sugar consumption is almost like living without sugar at all. Sure, we need some sugar to function; but we’re taking it in at rates that are simply staggering, as you will find out very shortly.

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In the 1880s, the average consumption was just 5 pounds per person per year. Did you ever stop to think about how this relates to the fact that cancer and cardiovascular diseases were hardly even present then?

At 5 pounds of sugar per year, it is hard to fathom how bland our all-favourite cakes and pastries would taste, and how candy would completely lose its purpose of satisfying our sweet tooth. Unless eating sugary entities is your passion, once you know the destruction that sugar can leave in its wake, you may actually start to consider living this lifestyle, and live longer to spend more time with your loved ones or simply, do what you love.

It is not the direct effects sugar can have on the body, but the chain of devastating events which follow that are the concern. As you probably already know, sugar raises your insulin levels, which compromises your most important form of protection that your body has, the immune system. Eating too much sugar can cause the immune system to lose up to 50% of its ability to keep diseases from arising, which has adverse side effects in the long term. If you have any idea of how much our immune system does to keep us functional, you’d see how close the effects can be compared even to smoking. If you are not a smoker, you probably avoided cigarettes for a reason, and that very same reason should drive you to take caution and reduce your sugar intake.

Start taking note of the labels that come with your food to gauge your sugar intake. You should not be eating more than 40 grams of processed sugar each day if you’re on the normal 2,000 calorie diet. Chances are that you do not even monitor your calorie intake, and you should start doing that as well, since it also has factors that can determine your overall health but this is a topic for another day.

The reason for the rise in occurrence of the terrible ailments such as cancer and other infectious diseases is none other than sugar. In the short term, it may seem like nothing – but add up the figures and you will realize how much of a sugar addict you are. Everyone nowadays eats too much of the substance that we have grown accustomed to, and many would rather live in their own ignorant world – but I urge you to go one step ahead if you wish to have a longer, healthier and more fulfilling life.

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