
Aging researchers are finally catching up with holistic medicine on the topic of the harmful effects of added dietary sugar.
William Dufty’s book, Sugar Blues released in 1975, is a dietary classic that discusses the prevalence of sugar in the American diet, and its deleterious effect on human health.
The bottom line is to avoid adding sugar to your food, or buying food with added sugar. You’ll have to read food labels and understand the various names for added sugar.
The best way to get sugar is to consume food in its natural state. An obvious example is eating ripened fruit such as a banana. If you combine a ripe banana with milk you’ve got a very sweet drink known as a smoothie. All the sweetener you need is provided by Mother Nature.
