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<\/a>But if something is true, eventually conventional medicine will come around and we will hear about it, not just on the Internet, but in the mainstream media.\u00a0 That\u2019s happening now with sugar. \u00a0For years we\u2019ve heard that it isn\u2019t fat that causes heart disease and the host of other ills that afflict our Western society — but sugar.\u00a0 Alternative medicine doctors have told us repeatedly that sugar, especially high fructose corn syrup, is poison.\u00a0That idea has been put down and laughed at.\u00a0 Everyone \u201cknows\u201d that fat is the culprit in obesity and heart disease.<\/p>\nLike Will Rogers said, we are finding that it’s what people know<\/strong> that ain’t so<\/strong> that’s the problem.<\/p>\nOn April 1, \u201c60 Minutes\u201d aired a show featuring Dr. Robert Lustig, who is a pediatric endocrinologist at the University of California, San Francisco. He has been preaching for years that sugar is behind the woes of the sick kids he sees.\u00a0 His Internet lecture, \u201cSugar, the Bitter Truth\u201d went viral, and people began to believe what he said.\u00a0 So many people that now the mainstream media is picking up on it.<\/p>\n
\u201c60 Minutes\u201d also featured Dr. Kimber Stanhope, a nutritional biologist at the University of California whose extensive five-year study is backing up Dr. Lustig\u2019s sugar\/poison claim. \u00a0This is a very careful study, which involves keeping their test subjects under lockdown at the hospital to make sure they are eating and drinking ONLY what they are supposed to, so the test results will not be skewed.\u00a0 Already there is strong evidence linking high fructose corn syrup with an increase in risk factors for heart disease and stroke. \u00a0Dangerous changes were noted after just two weeks on the high fructose corn syrup.<\/p>\n
The show also talked about sugar and cancer — something Snopes.com will tell you is a hoax.\u00a0 However, we learned from the show that nearly a third of some common cancers, including breast and colon cancers, \u00a0have something called insulin receptors on their surface. Insulin binds to these receptors and signals the tumor to start consuming glucose.<\/p>\n
Lewis Cantley, PhD, of the BIDMC Cancer Center\u00a0 said\u00a0 \u201cIf you happen to have the tumor that has insulin receptors on it, then it will get stimulated to take up the glucose that’s in the bloodstream rather than go into fat or muscle, the glucose goes into the tumor. And the tumor uses it to grow.\u201d<\/p>\n
The answer they gave on the show?\u00a0 Quit eating so much sugar.\u00a0 Easier said than done, since the segment also featured Dr. Lustig talking about the addictive qualities of sugar.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m glad the truth is getting out — but I do disagree with Dr. Lustig on one thing. He says ALL sugar is the same:\u00a0 high fructose corn syrup, table sugar, honey, etc.\u00a0 I\u2019ve learned from research for our current series that just isn\u2019t so.\u00a0 It\u2019s more about the amount of fructose the different sugars contain that defines its toxicity.\u00a0 And, by the way, Dr. Kimber Stanhope\u2019s study was on high fructose corn syrup, not sugar.<\/p>\n
What can we learn from these experts and their studies? \u00a0Sugar, especially high fructose corn syrup, is serious stuff. \u00a0It is addictive, and leads to obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. It feeds some types of cancers. \u00a0If getting into your skinny jeans isn’t reason enough to bypass that doughnut, maybe these facts will give a needed nudge to your willpower!<\/p>\n
Eating to live and living for Christ,<\/p>\n
Susan Jordan Brown<\/p>\n
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<\/a>But if something is true, eventually conventional medicine will come around and we will hear about it, not just on the Internet, but in the mainstream media.\u00a0 That\u2019s happening now with sugar. \u00a0For years we\u2019ve heard that it isn\u2019t fat that causes heart disease and the host of other ills that afflict our Western society — but sugar.\u00a0 Alternative medicine doctors have told us repeatedly that sugar, especially high fructose corn syrup, is poison.\u00a0That idea has been put down and laughed at.\u00a0 Everyone \u201cknows\u201d that fat is the culprit in obesity and heart disease.<\/p>\n