Too Much Sugar Is Bad For Your Brain

Our foods today, especially overly processed foods, include a lot of sugar.  And sugar is good at hiding behind other ingredient names:

Added Sugar Is Harmful To Your Brain

• Dextrin
• Dextrose
• Fructose
• Glucose
• High-Fructose Corn Syrup
• Lactose
• Maltodextrin
• Molasses
• Sucrose
• Syrup (in many forms: High-Fructose, Corn, Barley Malt, Malt, etc.)
• Xylose

And that's just to name a few.

So, what's the big deal?  Our bodies need sugar.  In fact, sugar is what fuels our cells.  So what's so bad about a little extra sugar here and there?


Well, for starters, it isn't just a little extra.  Sugar consumption has risen dramatically.  Here is a chart from Stephan Guyenet at Whole Health Source:

More current figures from 2005 from the USDA put sugar well over 100 pounds per person per year. 

Forbes does a good job of summarizing the findings from several studies.  Essentially, eating too much sugar has been linked to:

• Overeating
• Poor Memory formation
• Learning Disorders
• Depression