Sugar - Health Nuts

Sugar - Health Nuts

In this episode learn how to make your own fruit-infused water. Fruit water is a refreshing and delicious way to chill out while cutting your sugar intake.

Sugar is the drug of modern times. We consume 37 times more of it today than we did just over 100 years ago. When given a choice between sugar and cocaine, lab rats choose sugar. Its overconsumption has been linked to cancer, osteoporosis, impaired eyesight, higher cholesterol and food allergies. Added sugar is found in nearly all processed foods and Americans consume the majority of it through soft drinks. Many people feel that fruit is a health and in moderation it is but it's important to realize that modern fruit has been hybridized over the centuries and is now much higher in sugar than its recent ancestors.