We Are Born To Like Sugar!!

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Did you know we were born to like sugar? 

According to WebMD doctors used to treat the problem of excessive amniotic fluid by injecting a sweet substance into the liquid.  The appealing taste would prompt the fetus to swallow more fluid which then took care of the excessive fluid problem.

So it seems as fetuses we already have a desire to consume sweets.

According to Mercola.com the single largest source of calories for Americans comes from sugar.

In 1700, the average person consumed about 4 lbs of sugar per year.

In 1800, the average person consumed about 18 lbs per year.

In 1900, the average person consumed about 90 lbs per year.

In 2009, more than 50% of all Americans consume 1/2 lb of sugar per day, or 180 lbs per year.

Sugar is loaded into almost all processed foods, even baby formula.

If you are going to eat processed foods take time to read the labels. You may be surprised at the amount of sugar you are getting in things that you wouldn't even expect to find sugar in.

You will be much better off if you chose to avoid all processed foods.  By really cutting down on processed foods you will be able to eliminate lots of sugar from your diet.

Some experts consider sugar a poison.

My husband and I were noticing that everywhere we go we see so many large people anymore.  I know there are many more highly overweight people than when I was young.  


If you look at the increase in sugar intake you will probably see the reason for the increased obesity problem in the United States.  When I was visiting England and Germany a few months ago, I was told that they are increasing in the number of obese people at a high rate.  I would bet that their sugar intake has increased over the last few decades too.

If you can't eliminate sugar from your diet, as some people say they can't totally give up sweets, then you need to cut back.  I noticed that foods when I was in France did not taste nearly as sweet, but had more flavors.  French people seem to eat many more fresh fruits and vegetables and not so much in the way of processed foods.  I also noticed that in France, most of the French people were slender.

Sugar seems to be toxic to me, personally.  I have a large amount of sugar recently after not having consumed very much for a while and the reaction of my body was not good.  I felt fatigued, headachy, bloated, and I had really bad indigestion.  Those are some of the things I had been having and hadn't even realized that without sugar I wasn't having them.  It didn't take long for them to come back when I made a choice to eat sugar last week.  

I am going to plan to stay away from sugar in the future.  

Does this information make you think about your own sugar consumption?  

Will you continue to consume sugar?  

Will you cut out processed foods and learn to eat more natural foods?  

I plan to visit the local farm markets and to eat healthy.  How about you?