10 Disturbing Reasons the food you are eating is making you sick

How bad food is affecting our health• Decrease in energy levels• Obesity• Liver and heart damage/disease• Type 2 diabetes• High blood sugar• ……just to name a few

Does FAT make you FAT?

source: Dr. R. Lustig

The low fat craze started in the 1970’s

Obesity rates have increased by 200%/tripled between 1985 – 2011

Source: Memorial University, St. John’s

It all starts here!

Source: carmelsmiledentist.com

More people are dying of obesity than they are of starvation

Also recommends we consume less that 5% of our calories from sugar

Source: heart.org

Men 37.5 grams / Women 25 grams

Comparison of Canadian and US ConsumptionPopulation Average per person per day (Added sugars estimated)

Canada(CCHS 2004)

US(NHANES 2003-04)

Total Calories 2073 Calories 2195 Calories

Total sugars (grams) - natural and added

110 g 133 g

Added sugars (grams)* 55 g 88 g

Added sugars (Calories) 220 Calories 352 Calories

Added sugars (tsp) 13 tsp 21 tsp

Added sugars (% Calories) 10.7% 15.9%

*Added sugars estimates:Canada: Brisbois TD, Marsden S, Anderson GH, Sievenpiper JL. Estimated intakes and sources of total and added sugars in the Canadian diet. Nutrients. 2014;6(5):1899-1912.United States: Welsh JA, Sharma AJ, Grellinger L, Vos MB. Consumption of added sugars is decreasing in the United States. Am J Clin Nutr. 2011;94:726-734.

Sources of Sugar “Natural”

Fructose Lactose

Sources of Sugar “Added sugar”

Sugar is also linked to:• Some cancers (New England Journal of Medicine, Clinical

Advances in Hematology & Oncology & The Journal of Physiology)

• Alzheimer's (The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)

Source:blog.zingbars.com

Average Canadian Consumes13tsp/day x 365/days = 4745 tsp /year

23,275 grams of sugar a year 104 cups of sugar a year

60 lbs of sugar a year

Let’s compare

42g/10tspSugar/XL

DBDB

33g/7.8tspSugar/bar

20 g/4.7spSugar/cup

20 g/4.7tspSugar/cup

41g/9.76tspSugar/ca

39g/9.3tspSugar/bottle

23g/5.4tspSugar/old fashioned

glaze donut

25g/6tspSugar/wild blueberry

muffin

Source: timhortons.com

4g/0.9tspSugar/tbs

5g/1.1tspSugar/2tbs

Source: sugarstacks.com

www.momdot.com/similac_sugar/

“Around the world 6 month olds are being diagnosed as obese” says Dr. Lustig

Ingredients: CRUST – sugar, dextrose, fructose, celluloseIngredients: FILING – invert sugar, corn syrup, glycerine sugar

14 grams/3.3 tsp sugar (2.8tsp) & 3g/fibre

Dole Mixed Fruit Cup17 grams sugar

www.takepart.com/photos/shocking-sugar-stats

Coca-Cola Classic26.4 grams sugar

Starbucks Caramel Frappuccino64 grams sugar

Campbell’s Classic Tomato Soup on the Go20 grams sugar

Prego Fresh Mushroom Italian Sauce11 grams sugar/1/2 cup serving

10 Disturbing Reasons the food you are eating is making you sick….

1. There is sugar in your drinks2. There is sugar in your processed snacks3. There is sugar in your condiments and sauces4. The HFCS Glucose-Fructose in your processed

foods are addictive.5. The average Canadian is consuming too much

sugar. (approx. 60 lbs of sugar/year)

10 Disturbing Reasons the food you are eating is making you sick….

6. Sugar contributes to some cancers7. Sugar contributes to liver and heart disease8. Sugar contributes to Alzheimer’s9. Sugar causes obesity10. Sugar contributes to Type II Diabetes

Sugar is everywhere and we are all exposed to this everyday!