Laura Deleruyelle: Sugar Maladies

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Laura Deleruyelle Talking About Sugar
Maladies
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Laura Deleruyelle has been working to educate
people about the harmful effects of sugar. Before
sugar enters the bloodstream from the digestive
tract, it gets broken down and degraded into two
simple sugars, glucose, and fructose. While
glucose is quite useful, as it is used in every
single cell on Earth, fructose is not produced in
our bodies, as we have no physical need for the
substance. Fructose can do harmful things to
the liver, like clog it with fat, leading to a
number of other issues that can cause health
complications.
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Laura Deleruyelle notes that studies over the
years have revealed that sugar is not just an
empty calorie that can cause weight gain, but
also that it can be one of the most harmful
things that you can eat. While sugar provides
bursts of energy that can be useful, the trouble
is that sugar is often consumed far more than it
needs to be, causing a big discrepancy in general
diets. Sugar is basically almost pure energy as
far as your body is concerned.
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Laura Deleruyelle notes that sugar is also
terrible because it has no vitamins, minerals,
essential fats or protein, which is not the case
for most other foods that we ingest. Another
reason sugar is so terrible for you is because
sugars like high fructose corn syrup and sucrose,
are dense in calories, which make it pleasing to
the palette, but contain to essential vitamins or
nutrients. This is where the phrase empty
calories come from, as they do not do anything
more for your body than provide excess energy you
likely do not need.
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Laura Deleruyelle believes one problem with sugar
consumption is that people are eating 20 and
more of their daily nutritional value of calories
in sugar. This is a nightmare for your body, as
it needs more than just energy to run, but many
essential vitamins, minerals, and proteins in
order to carry out cellular functions and
maintain homeostasis. That is why she suggests
a balanced diet that is rich in essential fats
and proteins, while minimizing carbohydrates.
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