CARDIOVASCULAR
- Sugar can raise homocysteine levels in the bloodstream.
- Sugar causes high blood pressure in obese people.
- Sugar can cause heart disease.
- Sugar can cause cardiovascular disease.
- Sugar can produce a significant rise in triglycerides.
- Sugar can cause metabolic syndrome.
- Sugar can increase cholesterol.
- Sugar causes varicose veins.
- The higher the sugar consumption, the more chances of getting irritable bowel syndrome.
- Sugar can cause platelet adhesiveness.
- Sugar reduces high-density lipoprotein.
- Sugar can cause less effective functioning of two blood proteins—albumin and lipoproteins—which may reduce the body’s ability to handle fat and cholesterol.
- Sugar can promote an elevation of low-density lipoproteins (LDL).
- Sugar can compromise the lining of the capillaries.
- Sugar can cause hemorrhoids.
- Sugar can cause varicose veins.
- Diets high in sugar can cause free radicals and oxidative stress.
- High sucrose diets of subjects with peripheral vascular disease had significantly increased platelet adhesion.
- Sugar can increase systolic blood pressure.
CHILDREN
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- Exposing a newborn to sugar results in a heightened preference for sucrose relative to water at 6 months and 2 years of age.
- Sugar can cause a rapid rise of adrenaline levels in children.
- Sugar can contribute to eczema in children.
- Sugar can adversely affect school children’s grades and cause learning disorders.
- A high refined sugar diet reduces learning capacity.
- Sugar given to premature babies can affect the amount of carbon dioxide they produce.
- As sugar increases in the diet of 10-year-olds, there is a linear decrease in the intake of many essential nutrients.
- Sugar can worsen the symptoms of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
- Excessive sugar intake during early development can contribute to long-term behavioral and cognitive challenges.