Tonsils are the lymphatic system’s first line of defense. Sugar consumption also causes congestion in the sinuses and respiratory system.
If sugar consumption does not stop, then lung congestion occurs as the body produces more mucus in an effort to eliminate the bacteria. If sugar consumption continues, eventually, plaque forms in the arteries, leading to atherosclerosis.”
Refined sugar also feeds cancer cells. Yet, a patient is rarely, if ever, told to eliminate refined sugar from their diet! Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute in Utah were among the first to discover that sugar "feeds" tumors.
According to research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, it has been known since 1923 that tumor cells consume more glucose than normal cells. “Our research helps show how this process takes place, and how it might be stopped to control tumor growth," says Don Ayer, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Oncological Sciences at the University of Utah. For more details, read Cancer & Sugar-Strategy for Selective Starvation of Cancer, by Dr. Mark Sircus, Greenmedinfo.com, 27 Feb 2013.
High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) causes cancer in a unique way because much of it is contaminated with mercury due to the complex way it is made. High fructose corn syrup causes selenium deficiencies because the mercury in it binds with selenium, driving selenium levels downward.
Selenium is crucial for glutathione production, and its deficiency in soils correlates mathematically with cancer rates. Selenium and mercury also have a strong affinity to bond with each other.
Dr. Christine Horner, MD, FACS, says, “When it comes to breast cancer, insulin is no friend. One of the main reasons is that normal breast cells and cancer cells contain insulin receptors. When insulin attaches to its receptor, it has the same effect as when estrogen attaches to its receptor: it causes cells to start dividing. The higher your insulin levels are, the faster your breast cells will divide; the faster they divide, the higher your risk of breast cancer is, and the faster any existing cancer cells will grow.
There's also another detriment that high insulin levels can inflict. It increases the availability of estrogen to attach to the estrogen receptors in breast tissue. Insulin regulates how much of the estrogen in your blood is available to attach to estrogen receptors in your breast tissue.
When estrogen travels in the blood, it either travels alone, seeking an estrogen receptor, or it travels with a partner, a protein binder, that prevents it from attaching to an estrogen receptor. Insulin regulates the number of protein binders in the blood. So, the higher the insulin levels are, the fewer protein binders there will be, and the more free estrogen there will be to attach to estrogen receptors.”
Dr. Horner talks about a 2004 study conducted by Harvard Medical School, which found that female teenagers who ate high-glycemic foods, which increased their blood glucose levels, statistically had higher incidences of breast cancer later in life.
"So, encouraging your teenage daughter to cut out sugar will help her to lower her risk of breast cancer for the rest of her life," she said. “Eating sugar increases your risk of breast cancer in another way. It delivers a major blow to your immune system with the force of a prize-fighter.”
INFLAMMATION, CANCER, & DENTAL DECAY
Sugars and the inflammation and acidic environments they create are important constituents of the local environment of tumors. In most types of cancer, inflammatory conditions are present before malignancy changes occur. Smoldering inflammation in tumor microenvironments has many tumor-promoting effects. Inflammation increases the proliferation and survival of malignant cells, promotes angiogenesis and metastasis, subverts adaptive immune responses, and alters responses to hormones and chemotherapeutic agents.
According to researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, sugar poses a health risk, contributing to around 35 million deaths globally each year. So high is sugar's toxicity that it should now be considered a potentially toxic substance like alcohol and tobacco.
Its link with the onset of diabetes is such that punitive regulations, such as a tax on all foods and drinks that contain ‘added’ sugar, are now warranted, the researchers concluded. They also recommend banning sales in or near schools, as well as placing age limits on the sale of such products.
We all know that sugar breeds bacteria in the mouth, which causes dental decay. Thus, eliminating sugared junk foods (i.e., soda, cakes, etc.) from schools and one’s diet is a much more sensible and affordable way to prevent dental decay than to dump fluoride, a toxic industrial waste by-product, into our water supply.
Knowing what we now know, one must question the integrity and motive of anyone promoting forced fluoridation, without regard for those it harms, instead of good nutrition. One can only conclude that proponents of fluoridation are either really dumb, highly incompetent, or complicit in the fluoridation fraud and agenda. Either way, it is unethical!
For more, read SWEET TREAT ADDICTION: The Scourge of Sugar - Part 3 in the December upcoming issue of Masters of Health Magazine.