Thanks for making that awesome documentary available. This should be shown on all PBS stations, CNN, CNBC, etc. If only everyone really new the whole story. It is the same mentality of the large corporations / big business and some political realms that are governed not by a consciousness on how others are affected but by basic greed. A similarly situated story is presently being aired on CNBC ? (I think, but can’t remember the exact station) titled “Who Killed the Electric Car?” It was far more efficient, eco friendly and reliable than the gas engine but because the Big 4 couldn’t make excessive profits, it was undermined and shut down despite having lots of money given to them by the Carter government to develop this technology. In a nutshell, it was the Bush administrations that literally unravelled it all in cahouts with the Auto matkers and others. A great similarity to the strategic misinformation which the sugar industry has taken in this documentary. Why is it we are never pleasantly surprised, only disappointed in the lack of caring, ignorance and forsight of those who wield the power?

This was a very good documentary and it should be spread all over the world. Maybe more people will open their eyes to see what we are doing to ourselves. We are no less slaves than the slaves that worked the fields. Thank you for the great lesson

I understand refined sugar (sugar which has been stripped of the vitamins & minerals which it normally contains) adversely affects us because the body has to leach these vitamins & minerals from other foods we eat, & from its own substance, which creates imbalances & compromises our overall health.
It is distressing to see the genaral acceptance of refined sugar products as “harmless”, & people’s ignorance about the ramifications of consuming them.
As a child in the 50′s, sugary foods were for birthday parties, & sweets (confectionery) were treats your auntie or grandfather brought when they paid a visit. These days,children expect to have sweets regularly, & can buy them easily themselves. So many foods we consume are laced with sugar.
If “The people, united, can never be defeated”, it’s time we all educate each other on the sugar issue, including the modern-day slavery involved, & reclaim our own & our children’s health!

I know and have known intuitively that this sugar addiction is taking over our children. I think that as a parent WE need to instruct our children of good eating habits and exercise. I had an idea that sugar was everywhere but seeing how many items contain sugar and the many names sugar goes by even the “healthy items” I have been purchasing are actually not healthy. So now I have to spend more time reading the ingredients instead of just reaching out for items at the grocery store. What a battle!

Hi Angelique!
That was a good article, thank you. I read through the material and watched the documentary on sugar and was shocked with some of the history and obesity rates. Thank you for sharing this!
Here’s to justice, conscious use of said toxin and the informing of others so that we might all be healthier.
Blessings
Nancy

good documentry .,as of last april i’m a casualty of this war. I am diagnosed with diavetes. sounds simple but if you see the consecuenses of that diseace you will see the big picture.
keep up the good work.

This, the sugar documentary is so disturbing… I shudder. I am a well informed individual, and yet, some of these facts, especially in relation to ‘slavery’, were not apparent to me. I have a son, who has never had the misfortune of a cavity to any of his teeth, he is now 24. We go to the same hygienist, she asked me what I had done, as it is so uncommon, that she could count on 1-hand how many times this has happened in her 30 years of practicing. My son was raised with very little sugar products, and no soft drinks and little juice.
I watch too many friends and family members get bigger and unhealthier each year, as their intake of sugary franchise junk is consumed on a regular basis. I am convinced that the rise in the’anti-depression’ drugs is a direct result of the over consumption of these refined and sugary foods. Certainly ADD/HADD, has a link up as well, we have a whole generation of people literally raised on ‘processed’ foods, when has that ever happened before, never!
Thankyou for sharing this excellently researched and delivered documentary.
Sincerely, Maggie MacLean NLP/HSE

Knowledge is Power! If people only knew… Spread the word. Lead by example

I have cut back my intake of sugar almost to nothing but I would indulge in the occasionaly birthday cake or other event like weddings to have a piece of cake. But the consequences for me for even a little amount is very troubling. My moods change considerably and I have memory loss, especially of names of people of people I see in my line of business and for several days after eating the high sugar and white flour that is in highly processed cakes especially cakes prepared by grocery stores.

A recent article in Body and Soul magazine states that high sugar intake is being associated with alzheimers and that is totally scary.

I even noticed that my skin seems more wrinkled and older when I eat sugars. I am 61 years old and don’t need help to look older. It is very hard to avoid sugars…but the best way is to cook everything from scratch and to know what the ingredients are. I use sweetners like Stevia and I do use molasses and have devised a cake and cookies made from oatmeal and fruits like apples and carrots that are sweet and don’t contain the white sugars.

It is up to all of us to stop the high usage of sugars in our families. No one else will even recognize this especially big business of sugar manufacturers who only see the bottom line and care nothing for the health of the people. Highly processed sugars are nothing less than addictive and should be declared a TOXIN.

Dear Angelique,

Thank you for sharing this not-so-sweet information about sugar and the sugar industry. I have been aware of most of these facts for some years, however, the two videos, and accompanying information make the points so well I shared the link to said with friends, family and acquaintances.

Instead of being addicted to things that have such unfortunate and highly unfavorable aspects and consequences, I wish the world’s people one day would become “addicted” to doing good acts and to loving one another. Someday, perhaps it may come to be so.

By the way, if I may say, the picture of you in the countryside with your lovely long brown hair I found to be most becoming. A picture of an angel in what seems to be a peaceful place that could be paradise.

Shine on, bright star, in our constellation of lights.

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