Sublime

The elements that constitute the SAD are almost as devastating to most people as tobacco when consumed in large quantities, as intended: added sugar, highly refined carbohydrates with low fiber content, processed oils, and other very densely caloric foods.

Jefferson Curl

label: the use of synthetic pesticides and herbicides on produce can dramatically handicap the plants’ creation of their own defense mechanisms—the very polyphenols we want.

While end-products of glycation, AGEs, may be consumed in food, the vast majority are formed in your body as a result of chronic carbohydrate consumption. Isolated fructose creates stress on the liver, which promotes inflammation and insulin resistance. Sugar interacts with genes in the brain, reducing neuroplasticity and impairing cognitive functi

Third, sugar may be ingested by itself, which may cause people to overeat sugary treats, as there is nothing else within the food to make you “full.” There is often no dietary fiber to help offset the harmful effects.

Caloric reduction and portion-control strategies only make you tired and hungry. Worst of all... you regain all the weight you have lost. I know it. You know it.

Sugar consumption has increased from 10 pounds per person a year in 1800 to 152 pounds per person each year.

These fruits are bred to be larger, and contain more sugar, than ever before in history. We are frequently told that it’s okay—beneficial, even—to consume “unlimited” fruit, but looked at through an evolutionary lens, fruit (and particularly today’s cultivated, high-sugar versions) may be uniquely adept at tricking our bodies’ metabolisms.