Rebecca at Off-White writes a post about what sugar does to your body once you eat it that is worth reading. In short:

1. When you put sugar in your mouth, the brain signals the stomach to prepare for digestion by producing insulin.
2. Once in the stomach, sugar breaks down very quickly and enters the blood stream which can only handle a certain amount at a time.
3. The excess sugar gives you a short-lived “high” by stressing your liver and pancreas and is then converted to fat for storage.
4. The cycle happens every time you eat sugar and this repeated stressing of the liver and pancreas leads to serious health problems like diabetes later on.

The amazing thing is that one can get all the sugar the body needs via whole, natural, unprocessed foods.

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