Edward Howell, M.D., Enzyme Nutrition Reasons Sugar Harms Health 1. Sugar can suppress the immune system 2. Sugar upsets the minerals in the body. Sugar causes hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and crankiness in children. Sugar produces a significant rise in triglycerides.
Sugar contributes to the reduction in defense against bacterial infection.
Sugar can cause kidney damage. Sugar reduces high density lipoproteins. Sugar leads to chromium deficiency. Sugar leads to cancer of the breast, ovaries, intestines, prostrate and rectum. Sugar increases fasting levels of glucose and insulin.