Sugar’s Impact on Cardiovascular and Childhood Health

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

• • 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.