Sugar is More Dangerous than Cigarettes?

Modern health scourge not only of cholesterol, salt or animal fat, but also sugar. Even the health hazards posed sugar worse than cigarettes. Is this true?

It is no secret that smoking can cause a variety of malignancies, such as lung disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart disease.

Cigarettes are also involved in many cancers, including lung cancer, bladder cancer, prostate cancer and other cancer risk factors.

Same with cigarettes, sugar is also a deadly poison. A new study estimates that sugar contributes to 35 million deaths per year worldwide.

According to investigators, the damage caused by sugar could be reflected as the health effects of alcohol. Worse, the world sugar consumption increased 3-fold over the last 50 years and is seen as a cause of obesity pandemic.

It's hard to avoid sugar because these substances are contained in many foods, such as cola, candy, chocolate, biscuits, cakes, puddings and more. Even some diet foods packed with sugar.

High intake of sugar will raise blood sugar, causing insulin levels to rise. Insulin is not only trying to maintain low blood sugar, but also a strong growth factor, so it can play a role in triggering cancer.

High sugar and high insulin levels cause obesity (overweight), contribute to heart disease by improving cholesterol and diabetes.

In addition to causing obesity (overweight), can also cause changes in sugar metabolism, improve blood pressure, hormone imbalance and damage the liver.

"Sugar is not only making people fat, the impact is greater than the size of the waist. A little sugar is not a problem, but in many levels can kill you slowly," said researchers from the University of California San Francisco in the journal Nature.