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Sugar is ‘addictive and the most dangerous drug of the times’
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“Sugar is actually a form of addiction. It’s just as hard to get rid of the urge for sweet foods as of smoking. Thereby diets only work temporarily. Addiction therapy is better.”
The senior health official wants to see sugar taxes and legal limits set on the amount that can added to processed food. He also wants cigarette-style warnings on sweets and soft drinks telling consumers that “sugar is addictive and bad for the health”.
“Health insurers should have to finance addiction therapy for their obese clients. Schools would no longer be allowed to sell sweets and soft drinks. Producers of sports drinks that are bursting with sugar should be sued over misleading advertising and so on,” he said.
The number of obese people in the Netherlands has doubled over the last two decades meaning that more than half of Dutch adults and one in seven children are overweight in a country famed for its deep fried croquettes.
Source: http://truthisscary.com/2013/09/sugar-is-addictive-and-the-most-dangerous-drug-of-the-times/
This may seem like hyperbole but it isn’t. Sugar fits all the profiles of a poison. Our high carbohydrate diet is at the root of many of our health problems.