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The various names for sugar are fructose, maltose, dextrose, cane sugar, turbinado, organic sugar, brown sugar, raw sugar, high fructose corn syrup, and corn syrup, just to name a few. Most sugars are is produced naturally and commonly found in fruit, milk, and sugar cane.

Many experts believe that sugar is the main cause of diabetes, hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia. However, sugar is really only the catalyst to these diseases

How your body uses glucose is the primary energy
source needed for our bodies to work, and it is the only reliable source of energy for the brain. In most people, the body responds when glucose level is low by increasing the amount of certain hormones which break down glycogen to make more glucose.

Sucrose is a disaccharide--that is, it's composed of two simple sugar units, in this case, glucose and fructose. Sucrose is the sugar that is commonly sold in our supermarkets, as it is easily extracted from sugar cane or sugar beet. Sucrose, the sugar refined from sugar cane and sugar beets, has no greater adverse effect on body function than any of the other sugars. Other forms of sucrose are beet sugar, maple sugar, and raw sugar. Other sugars such as fructose (in fruit and honey), lactose (in milk), and maltose (in grains) are natural substances with nutritional value.

Excess sugar that is not burned off, is stored as fat, which is why we gain weight from eating too much sugar.

The nutritional leaching caused by sugar can give rise to intense food cravings and eating binges, as the body seeks to replenish the nutrients 'stolen' from it by sugar. Since sugar is 'nutritionally naked', the body must 'borrow' the missing vitamins, minerals and other synergistic nutrients required to metabolize sugar from its own tissues.

Research shows that the etiology of most human diseases is caused by a systemic fungal infection. And guess what? Fungus feeds, thrives and breeds off of sugar.

Natural sugar is an important source of carbohydrates, the body's primary energy source. But too much sugar can lead to feeding a systemic fungal infection which is the chief culprit in many diseases and degenerative conditions. Because fungus is a parasite, it must have a food source, that is why sugar seems so addictive, and habit forming.

Keep it natural and your body should assimilate it properly and you will probably remain healthy.

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Monosaccharides (from Greek monos: single, sacchar: sugar) are the most basic unit of carbohydrates.

A disaccharide is the carbohydrate formed when two monosaccharides undergo a condensation reaction which involves the elimination of a small molecule, such as water, from the functional groups only.

Fructose (also levulose) is a simple monosaccharide found in many foods. It is a white solid that dissolves readily in water.

Glycolysis(from glycose, an older term[1] for glucose + -lysis degradation) is the metabolic pathway that converts glucose, C6H12O6, into pyruvate, C3H6O3-. The free energy released in this process is used to form the high energy compounds, ATP (adenosine triphosphate) and NADH (reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide).

glucose is oxidized to eventually form CO2 and water, yielding energy sources, mostly in the form of ATP. The insulin reaction, and other mechanisms, regulate the concentration of glucose in the blood.

Glucose is a primary source of energy for the brain, and hence its availability influences psychological processes. When glucose is low, psychological processes requiring mental effort (e.g., self-control, effortful decision-making) are impaired.

Sucrose is a disaccharide derived from the condensation of glucose and fructose.

Sucrose, commonly called table sugar, is a disaccharide of glucose and fructose with the molecular formula C12H22O11. This white, odorless, crystalline powder has a pleasing, sweet taste. It is best known for its role in human nutrition. It is formed by plants but not by other organisms.

it is classified as a nonreducing sugar.

Acidic hydrolysis can be used to convert sucrose into glucose and fructose. But hydrolysis is so slow that solutions of sucrose can sit for years with negligible change.

If the enzyme sucrase is added, however, the reaction will proceed rapidly.

A nutrient is a chemical that an organism needs to live and grow or a substance used in an organism's metabolism which must be taken in from its environment.[1] Nutrients are the substances that enrich the body. They build and repair tissues, give heat and energy, and regulate body processes.

Nutrients needed in large quantities are called macronutrients; micronutrients are required in only small quantities.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutrient

Maltose, or malt sugar, is a disaccharide formed from two units of glucose joined with an α(1→4) linkage. It is the second member of an important biochemical series of glucose chains.

dextrose - glucose

Turbinado sugar, also known as turbinated sugar, is made from sugar cane extract. It is produced by crushing freshly cut sugar cane; the juice obtained is evaporated by heat, then crystallized. The crystals are spun in a centrifuge, or turbine (thus the name), to remove excess moisture, resulting in the characteristic large, light brown crystals.

Turbinado and demerara sugars are the same.

Demerara (also spelled as 'demerera') is used as the generic name of a type of specialty raw cane sugar often used in home baking and in sweetening coffee and tea.

Brown sugar is a sucrose sugar product with a distinctive brown color due to the presence of molasses.

Molasses is a viscous byproduct of the processing of sugar cane or sugar beets into sugar.

yes my doctor told me that sugar and caffeine are rought when they crash. same with weed, its rough when its effect is done.

however (most things) in moderation things can be pretty good for the body.

i was just curious.

my favorite and most healthy advice that ive ever heard,

"the healthiest thing you can do is be happy."

otherwise health is really just delaying the affect of deterioration and death. the healthiest, are the ones who die the slowest.


yay for moderation!

:D

Interesting topic. I never even thought about sugar before.
I drink about 5 cups a tea a day...so that is about 12 teaspoons of sugar..maybe more if I have soda. Plus junk and candy.

No wonder I am so messed up. LoL.
No more sugar for me....=(

Very interesting, I have tried to cut my sugar intake over the years. I love my sweets. I don't add sugar to coffee or cereal, I drink mostly water instead of soda or home made iced tea sweetened with a little honey. I have to have some kind of dessert or snack. All this said as I hit the halloween candy again.