It’s summertime and we are all enjoying outdoor barbecues, concerts, vacations, family and friend gettogethers at the beach – wonderful!! Is it really? Well, of course, the socialization part is always nice, but what about the food, the alcohol, the SUGAR? In trying to understand the rising global crisis in obesity and obesity-related diseases, scientists have discovered that a calorie is not just a calorie! It’s the source of the calories you consume that makes all of the difference. The increase in total fats and carbohydrates is what’s causing the huge weight gain in people worldwide. Actually, there’s only one food that is metabolized as both fat and carbohydrate… it’s sugar. Sugar is actually the only calorie source that correlates with the worldwide increase in diabetes. In 1985, worldwide sugar consumption was 98 million tons and diabetes affected 30 million people. In 2010, sugar consumption had risen to 160 million tons, and globally, diabetes affected 346 million people!
What’s Making Us Flabby and Sick? … Sugar and Alcohol
