Sugar Makes You Fat

Researches studying people in metropolitan areas over the past 30+ years now say: there's a direct relationship between how much sugar we eat, and how much we weigh. That is to say, as sugar consumption increases, so do our waistlines.

White sugar, refined sugar and corn-syrup are all examples of the added sugars we need to seriously cut back on.

The sugar in fruit, fructose, wouldn’t count as an added sugar.

High-fructose corn syrup that’s added to some kinds of fruit cocktail would fall into the category of added sugar, as defined by the researchers.

Same goes for sugars added to sweeten breakfast cereals, yogurt, soft drinks, and snacks like desserts, cookies, cakes, and pies.

Lyn M. Steffen, PhD, MPH, an epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, said: “We’re looking at trends in women and men.  (For) both men and women, added sugar intake increased since 1980.”

“At the same time, BMI [body mass index] has also increased,” Steffen told the online health portal--WebMD.

Conclusion: Is Sugar Really Making Us Fatter?

Though the recent research conducted on this relationship between increased sugar intake, and weight gain, isn’t designed to prove that one is causing the other--it does show that there is a highly likely relationship between high sugar intake and added body fat.

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