The Real Danger of Sugar
Connecting sugar and cancer — carefully
Let’s get real, we all know that sugar is absolutely terrible for our bodies.
The problem with hearing about it yet again, is knowing how desensitised to it we are by now.
Our grandmother has been telling us our entire lives that we were killing ourselves with the stuff, but her well-meaning warnings were only adding to the desensitisation.
Sorry Nana, it’s on you.
Constant Warfare
Besides Nana, other factors that have contributed to our lacklustre response in cutting down on sugar has come from other equally well meaning sources.
The health industry.
For years we’ve been warned about the dangers of all kinds of foods.
In the 70’s it was fat.
Every aunty I have (in my massive collection) spent the 1970’s on a never-ending calorie counting diet.
After fat it was salt.
I spent my early 20’s terrified of salt, yet now I cook with fistfuls of it every day while fermenting foods that supposedly come out the other side healthier than ever.
So how is sugar any different? Isn’t it just the latest in a long line of targets?
