Benefits of RemovingAddedSugars fromNormal Diet

B A S E D O N T O U R O U N I V E R S I T Y S T U D Y

Presentation by Raghav Mattay

Added Sugar"Added sugar" refers tosugars and syrups added tofoods during processing.Desserts, sodas, and energyand sports drinks are the topsources of added sugar formost Americans, but manyother foods contain addedsugar. - Mayo Clinic

Problems

Impact on metabolicsyndrome184,000 deaths /yearChildhood ObesityCosts of healthcare

Metabolic SyndromeA group of risk factorsthat raises your riskfor heart disease andother healthproblems, such asdiabetes and stroke. -NIH

The Question

Lustig and Jean-Marc Schwarz of the College of OsteopathicMedicine at Touro University conducted an expirement todetermine how removing added sugars would affect metabolichealth

The ExperimentSubjects: 43 kids with high blood pressure, unhealthycholesterol levels or signs of too much fat in their livers.

Method: given foods with similar levels of fat, carbs, andprotein; added sugars were substituted with starch and reducedfrom 28% to 10%.

Time Period: 9 days

ResultsWeight loss: 2 poundsTriglyceridemeasurement ofcholesterol fell by 33pointsBad cholesterol (LDL)fell by 10 pointsBlood pressuredecreased by 5 pointsBlood sugar and insulinlevels both decreased

Additional Take Aways

Removing processed sugars made subjects feel moresatisfied, as if they had more food, and provided nosugar rush.

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