Besides the obvious long term benefits of markedly lowering the risk of diabetes, hypertension, stroke and heart attacks — the major killers of modern life — cutting sugar intake will help many other conditions. These include:
• Chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia
• Anxiety and depression
• Pain of many kinds
• Decreased immune function (a 12 ounce can of soda can drop immune function by 30% for three hours!)
• Chronic sinusitis
• Irritable bowel syndrome and spastic colon
• Autoimmune disease
• Cancer
• Metabolic syndrome with high cholesterol and hypertension
• Heart disease
• Hormonal problems
• Schizophrenia
• Candida and yeast infections
• ADHD
It also helps boosts metabolism so that people can finally lose weight.