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Sugar has the potential to reduce your body's defenses
Healthy Living | Last Active: Feb 7, 2020 | Replies (29)Comment receiving replies
Hi, @cwhii - welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Thanks for sharing this information about sugar.
Mayo Clinic has a number of articles about sugar that may interest you. Here are a couple:
- About added sugar https://mayoclinichealthsystem.org/hometown-health/speaking-of-health/the-not-so-sweet-truth-about-added-sugar
- On curbing a sugar habit https://intheloop.mayoclinic.org/2019/02/21/when-it-comes-to-sugar-there-really-is-too-much-of-a-good-thing/
Are you considering reducing your sugar intake or have you made cuts in sugar in your diet? If so, how has your experience gone?
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I have cut any foods with added sugar from my diet and seen wonderful results. My inflammation increases greatly whenever I eat a cookie or a bit of cake. This may not only be because of the sugar per se; I have noticed that organic non-gmo sugar is less inflammatory making we wonder about pesticides and their adjuvants. Thanks for your wonderful question!
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From three or four cans of Dr.Pepper to two or three home brewed slightly sweated iced tea with 60 vs 150 calories per 12 ounces. This seems to be making attempts to maintain/drop weight from 200lbs/6ft effective.
The post is not regarding general health benefits of moderate to low sugar. It is specifically about the "REDUCE YOUR BODY’S DEFENSES BY 75%" statement. I have friends who, to not get a cold from someone, will not eat a cookie based upon this idea.