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126 reasons to avoid sugar:

1. Sugar can suppress the immune system.
2. Sugar upsets the minerals in the body.
3. Sugar can cause hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and crankiness in children.
4. Sugar can produce a significant rise in triglycerides.
5. Sugar contributes to the reduction in defense against bacterial infection.
6. Sugar causes a loss of tissue elasticity and function, the more sugar you eat the more elasticity and function you loose.
7. Sugar reduces high-density lipoproteins.
8. Sugar leads to chromium deficiency.
9. Sugar leads to cancer of the breast, ovaries, prostrate and rectum.
10. Sugar can increase fasting levels of glucose.
11. Sugar causes copper deficiency.
12. Sugar interferes with absorption of calcium and magnesium.
13. Sugar can weaken eyesight.
14. Sugar raises the level of a neurotransmitters, dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine.
15. Sugar can cause hypoglycemia.
16. Sugar can produce an acidic digestive track.
17. Sugar can cause a rapid rise of adrenaline levels in children.
18. Sugar malabsorption is frequent in patients with functional bowel disease.
19. Sugar can cause aging.
20. Sugar can lead to alcoholism.
21. Sugar can cause tooth decay.
22. Sugar contributes to obesity.
23. High intake of sugar increases the risk of Crohn's Disease, and ulcerative colitis.
24. Sugar can cause changes frequently found in person with gastric or duodenal ulcers.
25. Sugar can cause arthritis.
26. Sugar can cause asthma.
27. Sugar can cause Candida Albicans (yeast infections)
28. Sugar can cause gallstones.
29. Sugar can cause ischemic heart disease.
30. Sugar can cause appendicitis.
31. Sugar can cause multiple sclerosis.
32. Sugar can cause hemorrhoids.
33. Sugar can cause varicose veins.
34. Sugar can elevate glucose and insulin responses in oral contraceptive users.
35. Sugar can lead to periodontal disease.
36. Sugar can contribute to osteoporosis.
37. Sugar contributes to saliva acidity.
38. Sugar can cause a decrease in insulin sensitivity.
39. Sugar leads to decreased glucose tolerance.
40. Sugar can decrease growth hormone.
41. Sugar can increase cholesterol.
42. Sugar can increase the systolic blood pressure.
43. Sugar can cause drowsiness and decreased activity in children.
44. Sugar can cause migraine headaches.
45. Sugar can interfere with the absorption of protein.
46. Sugar causes food allergies.
47. Sugar can contribute to diabetes.
48. Sugar can cause toxemia during pregnancy.
49. Sugar can contribute to eczema in children.
50. Sugar can cause cardiovascular disease.
51. Sugar can impair the structure of DNA
52. Sugar can change the structure of protein.
53. Sugar can make our skin age by changing the structure of collagen.
54. Sugar can cause cataracts.
55. Sugar can cause emphysema.
56. Sugar can cause atherosclerosis.
57. Sugar can promote an elevation of low-density proteins (LDL).
58. Sugar can cause free radical in the blood stream.
59. Sugar lowers the enzymes ability to function.
60. Sugar can cause loss of tissue elasticity and function.
61. Sugar can cause a permanent altering the way the proteins act in the body.
62. Sugar can increase the size of the liver by making the liver cells divide.
63. Sugar can increase the amount of liver fat.
64. Sugar can increase kidney size and produce pathological changes in the kidney.
65. Sugar can damage the pancreas.
66. Sugar can increase the body's fluid retention.
67. Sugar is enemy #1 of the bowel movement.
68. Sugar can cause myopia (nearsightedness).
69. Sugar can compromise the lining of the capillaries.
70. Sugar can make the make the tendons more brittle.
71. Sugar can cause headaches.
72. Sugar can over-stress the pancreas.
73. Sugar can adversely affect school children's grades.
74. Sugar can cause an increase in delta, alpha and theta brain waves.
75. Sugar can cause depression.
76. Sugar increases the risk of gastric cancer.
77. Sugar and cause dyspepsia (indigestion).
78. Sugar can increase your risk of getting gout.
79. The ingestion of sugar can increase the levels of glucose in an oral glucose tolerance test over the ingestion of complex carbohydrates.
80. Sugar can increase the insulin responses in humans consuming high-sugar diets compared to low sugar diets.
81 Sugar increases bacterial fermentation in the colon.
82. 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.
83. There is a greater risk for Crohn's disease with people who have a high intake of sugar.
84. Sugar can cause platelet adhesiveness.
85. Sugar can cause hormonal imbalance.
86. Sugar can lead to the formation of kidney stones.
87. Sugar can lead to the hypothalamus to become highly sensitive to a large variety of stimuli.
88. Sugar can lead to dizziness.
89. High sucrose diet significantly increases serum insulin.
90. High sucrose diets of subjects with peripheral vascular disease significantly increases platelet adhesion.
91. High sugar diet can lead to biliary tract cancer.
92. High sugar diets tend to be lower in antioxidant micronutrients.
93. High sugar consumption of pregnant adolescents is associated with a twofold-increased risk for delivering a small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infant.
94. High sugar consumption can lead to substantial decrease in gestation duration among adolescents with high sugar diets.
95. Sugar slows food's travel time through the gastrointestinal tract.
96. Sugar increases the concentration of bile acids in stools and bacterial enzymes in the colon. This can modify bile to produce cancer-causing compounds and colon cancer.
97. Diets high in sugar can increase fasting blood glucose.
98. Sugar combines and destroys phosphatase, an enzyme, which makes the process of digestion more difficult.
99. Sugar can be a risk factor of gallbladder cancer.
100. Sugar is an addictive substance.
101. Sugar can be intoxicating, similar to alcohol.
102. Sugar can exacerbate PMS.
103. Sugar suppresses lymphocytes.
104. Decrease in sugar can increase emotional stability.
105. The body changes sugar into 2 to 5 times more fat in the bloodstream than it does starch.
106. The rapid absorption of glucose promotes excessive food intake in obese subjects.
107. Sugar can worsen the symptoms of children with attention deficit disorder (ADD).
108. Sugar adversely affects urinary electrolyte composition.
109. Sugar can slow down the ability of the adrenal glands to function.
110. Sugar has the potential of inducing abnormal metabolic processes in a normal healthy individual and to promote chronic degenerative diseases.
111. Adolescents consuming high sugar diets are at increased risk for delivering small-for-gestational-age infants.
112. High sucrose intake could be an important risk factor in lung carcinogenesis.
113. Sugar increases the risk of polio.
114. High sugar intake can cause epileptic seizures.
115. Sugar is an addictive substance.
116. Intensive Care Units: Sugar limit saves lives
117. Sugar feeds cancer.
118. Sugar causes high blood pressure in obese people.
119. I.Vs (intravenous feedings) of sugar water can cut off oxygen to the brain.
120. Sugar increases estradiol (the most potent form of naturally occurring estrogen) in men.
121. Sugar can lower the amount of Vitamin E in the blood.
122. Sugar can cause free radicals in the blood stream.
123. Sugar can contribute to Alzheimer's disease.
124. Sugar feeds cancer cells.
125. Sugar given to premature babies often produces high blood sugar, causing them to lose precious sugar, water and salts through the urine, putting them at risk for dehydration and electrolyte imbalances.
126. Sugar given to premature babies can also affect the amount of carbon dioxide premature infants produce, exacerbating problems for those with lung disorders.

O_O 2 litres a day?!

This. I used to drink soda a lot. I said to myself one day a couple years ago that I have to eat healthier. I've been drinking water nonstop since, and there certainly was a different in my looks.

All of that soda is definitely not healthy for you.

torn HOLEY SH*T HAHA THAT HAD TO TAKE LIKE 2 HOURS JSUT TO WRIGHT HAHA AND AS FAR AS I KNOW POP SI NOT THAT GOOD FOR YOU BUT I DONT DRINK IT ONLY IF MY FRIEND MAKES ME DRINKIT

Do you have pimples?

If you stop drinking it they will be gone.

Replace that crap with natural juice, it will still contain tonnes of sugar but it will be fructose instead of glucose, which is 100 times sweeter but 100% healthy.

I personally never experienced any short-term effects from sugar as I used to work at Burger King (4 days a week, 7 hours per shift) and drink cokes or Icees the whole time I was there. So that's 28 hours a week and I worked there for a year, which is like 1456 hours of sugar non-stop. Literally, I would do all the tasks required to run the drive-thru and deal with customers while simultaneously making sure my soda cup was always filled and would drink while I worked. However, you're even more elevated at 2 liters per day.

However, as for long-term, my older manager with diabetes always told me I would get diabetes. Who knows if I will.

soda like coca-cola, stains your teeth, increases weight and this other stuff. although I heard drinking full sugar is better than diet, since diet causes cancer.

ice tea, juices, gatorade, four lokos, all that stuff is better than soda

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it's not hard to give it up

Not true. I haven't touched soda for eight months and i still have pimples.

Soda is very acidic, so drinking it can affect your stomach lining. I had the same "addiction" as you; I drank two liters of soda a day. I made a bet with my mom that I could go a year without drinking soda, and in just the first month I lost fifteen pounds. After about the first month-and-a-half or so, the smell of it made me want to vomit though, and I didn't think I would have withdrawls. Surprisingly I did, but only for the first two or three weeks.

Pretty much exactly the same for me. I used to drink a lot of soda as well, stopped drinking it and lost 10-15 pounds just from that in the first month. Not only do you feel a lot better drinking water/gatorade instead of it, it's much better for you anyway. It's not tough to do, and it benefits in so many ways.

I've cut down on my soda intake considerably the last few months, but I lost absolutely no weight. :p Then again my weight stays put around 128 pounds no matter what I eat or drink.

2 liters is pretty insane. I drink maybe 20 oz. of Mountain Dew a day. But as long as you consume it in reasonable amounts along with a healthy diet, and you brush your teeth regularly, there's no harm in it. And whatever you do, avoid diet soda. Artificial sweeteners like aspartame and saccharin are much much much more unhealthy than real sugar (oh the ironing.)

Caffeine is the main reason I drink soda, and I'd probably give up soda completely if I could find pure caffeine in a liquid. I'd spike my orange juice with that!

It'll badly discolor your teeth, and if you're drinking regular soda then it'll make you gain weight, and possibly put you in the diabetes bracket because all the sugar.
If your wanting to cut down, try to go on to the diet drinks, then lessen your intake everyday until you completely stop, or are down to about one glass.

It'll make your bones weaker. Sometimes your blood level gets weird. But 2 liters a day is like wayyyyy too much.

I drink a 16 ounce soda like once a week.. Soda is bad news bro, i try to avoid it as much as possible..

Same. Try Gatorade. Those have minerals and vitamins in them that help rehydrate your body.

I don't know if anyone has said it, but that much soda may pave you a highway to a gnarly kidney stone.

Water rehydrates your body. Gatorade is still essentially a drink containing a lot of sugar and is designed for athletes performing at a high intensity for longer periods of time.


It's not the sugar so much that's the problem - it's the fact that 2L of pop a day is providing about 800 extra calories and no other nutrients. (This goes for juice, gatorade, and even vitamin water as well - lots of calories and little else.)
And it's not satiating, so it's more likely to cause over-consumption. Sugar doesn't cause diabetes - however, obesity is a definite risk factor.

I'm willing to bet a majority of that list of 126 that Torn posted are myths, or at the very least, exaggerated. That being said, it doesn't mean you shouldn't watch your sugar intake - most things that contain simple sugars are of little nutritious value. If you need a sugar fix, grab a piece of fruit, because it'll benefit you in other ways too.

I drink a lot of milk, milk and juice and water..

Thats really good too. Try 100% fruit juices instead of artificially flavored ones

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Pretty sure the electrolytes helps you recover faster or hydrate you faster? I forgot so if it's wrong sorry