Is everyone sugar-drunk?

[Michelle]

I had a strange dream last night (that will get a lot of people's attention. lol )

Seriously, I -did- have a strange dream last night. It happened after being awakened and invited by the Holy Spirit to read scriptures for about an hour in the middle of the night.

I can't remember most of it, but I woke up with the impression that the reason so many people are depressed and angry right now is that they are "sugar-drunk."

Just like some people get angry when they drink, others get sad, and others just get super silly; the same is true when people eat too much refined sugar.

Any thoughts here? I tried to look up the chemical compositions of alcohol and sugar, but I only ever studied chemistry in high school. Nothing more. More importantly, I was wondering about their effect on the body. I know that both high sugar consumption and alcohol can lead to deteriorating eye health. I know both effect blood sugar. Both will give you a "beer belly."

Anybody have anything to add to my understanding?

And if true, what does this mean for how we eat!

[kittycat51]

For the most part YES I believe. As one who is supposed to stay away from sugar as much as possible because it effects the inflammation in my joints, it makes me realize how much sugar is out there in our everyday foods. I eat quite simply, all plant based. No dairy, eggs, (meat) and I have to stay away from gluten because of a sensitivity there. I stay away from most prepackaged foods, because sugar is in EVERYTHING. What little sugar I consume is mostly in my cheating on Coconut milk ice cream. (YUM) I always believed throughout the years that too much sugar made my kids cranky (not hyper) when they were young.

Just the other day, my husband and I were talking. It's been almost 4 years since he lost nearly 90 lbs. (He looks fantastic. He didn't do it by counting calories but cutting out the sugar and eating proper foods; and of course exercise) Our observation is the real addiction in the world today is not drugs or alcohol; it's food. Sugar to be the addicting culprit. It's really sad what the food industry has done to our country. A little bit of sugar is one thing, but if people realized how much they consume in a day or year they would be astounded.

[I AM]

sugar is addicting, and poison to the body

years ago, when I was vegetarian, I heard that there are 3 deadly whites.
white flour, white sugar, and salt.

but you can add milk to the list as well.

The Three White Devils of Nutrition
http://colebradburn.com/2012/01/11/the- ... nutrition/


The Seven Deadly Whites by Karl Elliot-Gough
The Seven Deadly Whites (sugar, milk, flour, fats/oils, salt, rice and lies)

The Truth About White Foods
https://www.webmd.com/diet/obesity/feat ... te-foods#1

[oneClimbs]

Look up “Sugar: The Bitter Truth” on YouTube and you’ll learn the chemistry behind how it acts just like alcohol in the body.

[Kingdom of ZION]

I had a strange dream last night (that will get a lot of people's attention. lol )

Seriously, I -did- have a strange dream last night. It happened after being awakened and invited by the Holy Spirit to read scriptures for about an hour in the middle of the night.

I can't remember most of it, but I woke up with the impression that the reason so many people are depressed and angry right now is that they are "sugar-drunk."

Just like some people get angry when they drink, others get sad, and others just get super silly; the same is true when people eat too much refined sugar.

Any thoughts here? I tried to look up the chemical compositions of alcohol and sugar, but I only ever studied chemistry in high school. Nothing more. More importantly, I was wondering about their effect on the body. I know that both high sugar consumption and alcohol can lead to deteriorating eye health. I know both effect blood sugar. Both will give you a "beer belly."

Anybody have anything to add to my understanding?

And if true, what does this mean for how we eat!

The real affects from sugar is when one has a low blood sugar, then they crash, they cannot think or they get very irritable. Then you have the fake sugars, that cause irritated bowel syndrome, brain damage, or cancer. Yes many here will disagree with this, because I might be attacking their favorite addictions. Also caffeine is no friend to calm rational behavior... especially when they are deprived of it, and headaches set in. And then there is High Fructose Corn Syrup, which is now 100% GMO poisoned, giving you a double whammy of two unnaturally occurring chemicals.

Additions to food unnaturally occurring in nature is the key sign to look for! Greedy and conspiring men in the last days will seek money over the cost of human health, and this is evil and inspired by the adversary!

[Juliet]

I have recently learned a whole lot from Dr. Berg on youtube. I have read many nutrition books and never found so much helpful information given for free.

It's true. Sugar, including carbohydrates, can cause insulin resistance and when you have that, you actually suffer from hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia at the same time. The blood is full of sugar but the cells are empty, creating a starvation. The only cure is to fast, at least fast from carbs. And we have to lower our daily stress levels as well.

The body is designed to digest sugar, but stress will hurt the adrenals. The adrenals are located on top of the kidneys. The kidneys will create diabetes if they fail.

We need to increase our potassium by eating 7 to 10 cups of salad a day, to get 4700 mg a day. Because that will heal our stressed out adrenals.

Dr. Berg has helped me handle, heal, and reverse gestational diabetes.

What they don't tell you, is some foods, while not increasing blood sugar, still increase insulin release. Beef, is one such food.

So, eating meals with walnuts, cheese, and vegetable smoothie, all foods with low insulin release, has helped me become sensitive to insulin again.

If you fast from carbs but don't eat those vegetables, then when trying to burn fat, your liver gets clogged. So, even though sugar isn't in the liver, since the liver converts fat to sugar for fuel during fasting or ketosis, with out the vegetables to flush it out, it will be slow healing.

I have done ketosis before but it made me so sick. Now I have to do it this time and Dr. Berg has helped me know what to do so it helps instead of harms. For example, if you are feeling very tired, you need more salt. So, if you are fasting or in ketosis and feel very tired, add a pinch of sea salt or himalyan salt to your lemon water and it will put you back on your feet.

I have had poor iron absorption because my kidneys were tired out, but since I have been eating salad, veggie juice, and supplementing with 1,000 mg of potassium my iron absorption is now back to normal.

There is a lot to know to bring the body back into balance. When it is, we ought to be able to digest sugar. But because we eat soooo much more than what we need, including with the daily stress in our lives, it does take some rehab to get the body back to normal.

[Jamescm]

When I was growing up, my parents placed no limits on my Easter or Christmas candy and I ate myself sick every single time. I still vividly remember one of those days, as I lay on my bed feeling like I wanted to throw up through my muscles, it suddenly dawned on me:

"I feel like this when I eat too much candy. If I don't want to feel like this, I must not eat too much candy."

Changed my life. I don't totally abstain from it, it has a tiny place. I also certainly don't abstain from meat, dairy, or white grains-the latter of which I argue is actually better for you than whole grain sometimes, particularly if you have an irritable gut. But sugar? Yeah, let's keep that down low. I'll take it over artificial sweeteners or corn syrup, though.

[tdj]

Oh, yes, we are definitely eating way too much sugar. I type this with one hand while eating a donut with the other

[MMbelieve]

Our bodies feel better with less sugar and more fats.
Too much sugar sends your body on a rollercoaster and it definately affects your mood. Dopamine....sugar is like a drug.
A true sugar addict reaches for a fix every time they feel low, unfortunately the effect is short lived and makes it worse.

One look at the general population and you can see how sick nearly everyone is.

[captainfearnot]

Yes. Sugar is a huge problem. Study after study bears out that over-consumption of sugar is a significant factor contributing to our current public health crisis.

I don't know what "sugar-drunk" is supposed to refer to, and I know that the idea that sugar makes kids hyperactive has been thoroughly debunked. I think the recent media uproar about a study concluding that sugar was as dangerous as cocaine was overwrought. But mark me down for yes in spite of all that. Sugar is a problem and we all need to be consuming less of it.

[Michelle]

I agree with much of what has been said above. The health problems associated with sugar have been evident for awhile.

I am speaking here of the emotional/personality changes of those who consume alcohol and comparing them with the rampant depression and anger being experienced by so many in today's world.

I haven't ever seen anybody with slurred speech or stumbling steps because they ate dessert. But on a lesser scale, I am begining to think that more mild, and more constant, anger and sadness may be present in our society as a direct result of nearly constant and excessive consumption of sugar. When one looks at the "withdrawal" symptoms between the two there are even more similarities.

While I agree that refined sugars and white flour, rice etc. could be considered part of the problem. I reject the notion that complex carbohydrates such as wheat and other whole grains are the problem when eaten as directed by the Lord in the Word of Wisdom.

[Elizabeth]

I am not.

[sandman45]

I have recently learned a whole lot from Dr. Berg on youtube. I have read many nutrition books and never found so much helpful information given for free.

It's true. Sugar, including carbohydrates, can cause insulin resistance and when you have that, you actually suffer from hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia at the same time. The blood is full of sugar but the cells are empty, creating a starvation. The only cure is to fast, at least fast from carbs. And we have to lower our daily stress levels as well.

The body is designed to digest sugar, but stress will hurt the adrenals. The adrenals are located on top of the kidneys. The kidneys will create diabetes if they fail.

We need to increase our potassium by eating 7 to 10 cups of salad a day, to get 4700 mg a day. Because that will heal our stressed out adrenals.

Dr. Berg has helped me handle, heal, and reverse gestational diabetes.

What they don't tell you, is some foods, while not increasing blood sugar, still increase insulin release. Beef, is one such food.

So, eating meals with walnuts, cheese, and vegetable smoothie, all foods with low insulin release, has helped me become sensitive to insulin again.

If you fast from carbs but don't eat those vegetables, then when trying to burn fat, your liver gets clogged. So, even though sugar isn't in the liver, since the liver converts fat to sugar for fuel during fasting or ketosis, with out the vegetables to flush it out, it will be slow healing.

I have done ketosis before but it made me so sick. Now I have to do it this time and Dr. Berg has helped me know what to do so it helps instead of harms. For example, if you are feeling very tired, you need more salt. So, if you are fasting or in ketosis and feel very tired, add a pinch of sea salt or himalyan salt to your lemon water and it will put you back on your feet.

I have had poor iron absorption because my kidneys were tired out, but since I have been eating salad, veggie juice, and supplementing with 1,000 mg of potassium my iron absorption is now back to normal.

There is a lot to know to bring the body back into balance. When it is, we ought to be able to digest sugar. But because we eat soooo much more than what we need, including with the daily stress in our lives, it does take some rehab to get the body back to normal.

Dr Berg is the real deal. Love his videos

[creator]

I can't remember most of it, but I woke up with the impression that the reason so many people are depressed and angry right now is that they are "sugar-drunk."

I wouldn't surprised if this is one factor.

More importantly, I was wondering about their effect on the body. I know that both high sugar consumption and alcohol can lead to deteriorating eye health. I know both effect blood sugar. Both will give you a "beer belly."

Oh, it's definitely very bad for us in the quantities most people consume it. Also wheat. The two main things most of us seem addicted to. The sugar also weakens our immune systems.

There's also the problem with so many people not really having a purpose in life and wasting it on video games, TV, entertainment, etc. It's easy to fall into the trap.

How many of us actually stop to consider what our purpose is (individually); who we are; what is our mission.

[Yahtzee]

I have yet to quit my sugar addiction, and it is an addiction, but I can tell you that when I spent a year intensely studying the word of wisdom, I gained a solid testimony that all processed foods are making us very sick- body and mind.

[Juliet]

I can't remember most of it, but I woke up with the impression that the reason so many people are depressed and angry right now is that they are "sugar-drunk."

I wouldn't surprised if this is one factor.

More importantly, I was wondering about their effect on the body. I know that both high sugar consumption and alcohol can lead to deteriorating eye health. I know both effect blood sugar. Both will give you a "beer belly."

Oh, it's definitely very bad for us in the quantities most people consume it. Also wheat. The two main things most of us seem addicted to. The sugar also weakens our immune systems.

There's also the problem with so many people not really having a purpose in life and wasting it on video games, TV, entertainment, etc. It's easy to fall into the trap.

How many of us actually stop to consider what our purpose is (individually); who we are; what is our mission.

I get the feeling that something is wrong with the wheat. It is going to need to be healed or restored somehow, to be what God intended it to be for us.

[Yahtzee]

I can't remember most of it, but I woke up with the impression that the reason so many people are depressed and angry right now is that they are "sugar-drunk."

I wouldn't surprised if this is one factor.

More importantly, I was wondering about their effect on the body. I know that both high sugar consumption and alcohol can lead to deteriorating eye health. I know both effect blood sugar. Both will give you a "beer belly."

Oh, it's definitely very bad for us in the quantities most people consume it. Also wheat. The two main things most of us seem addicted to. The sugar also weakens our immune systems.

There's also the problem with so many people not really having a purpose in life and wasting it on video games, TV, entertainment, etc. It's easy to fall into the trap.

How many of us actually stop to consider what our purpose is (individually); who we are; what is our mission.

I get the feeling that something is wrong with the wheat. It is going to need to be healed or restored somehow, to be what God intended it to be for us.

Personal opinion, I think it's all the "enrichment" they put in. That and using fast acting yeast. I've been fine since grinding my own wheat and making sourdough like we did up to 100 years ago. I know of many people who've had a similar experience (Which is how I learned about it).

[Juliet]

I can't remember most of it, but I woke up with the impression that the reason so many people are depressed and angry right now is that they are "sugar-drunk."

I wouldn't surprised if this is one factor.

More importantly, I was wondering about their effect on the body. I know that both high sugar consumption and alcohol can lead to deteriorating eye health. I know both effect blood sugar. Both will give you a "beer belly."

Oh, it's definitely very bad for us in the quantities most people consume it. Also wheat. The two main things most of us seem addicted to. The sugar also weakens our immune systems.

There's also the problem with so many people not really having a purpose in life and wasting it on video games, TV, entertainment, etc. It's easy to fall into the trap.

How many of us actually stop to consider what our purpose is (individually); who we are; what is our mission.

I get the feeling that something is wrong with the wheat. It is going to need to be healed or restored somehow, to be what God intended it to be for us.

Personal opinion, I think it's all the "enrichment" they put in. That and using fast acting yeast. I've been fine since grinding my own wheat and making sourdough like we did up to 100 years ago. I know of many people who've had a similar experience (Which is how I learned about it).

I agree. I grind my wheat that is usually from the church, and use natural yeast. It's really important, fermenting grains used to be common know how. When I eat it that way it is still good.