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Sugar, Face Blindness

August 5, 2012 8:00 PM

Sanjay Gupta reports on new research showing that beyond weight gain, sugar can take a serious toll on your health; And, imagine you couldn't recognize people's faces. Lesley Stahl reports on face blindness, a puzzling neurological disorder.

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by Sherbet58 August 12, 2012 7:10 PM EDT
Thanks to Dr. Gupta for this report. I had already observed that sugar seems to cause me more inflammation and pain, and other problems. But, it was this story that caused me to wean myself off of it. I feel so much better!
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by 07281974 August 9, 2012 6:38 PM EDT
I am still confused what about natural sugars from fresh fruits. Many of us eat fruits all day ,is this harmful to us like regular sugar.(does the body treat it like sugar)

They say regular sugar if consumed in high amounts can suppress the immune system!

I applaud the Mayor of N.Y. city for being against the super size soft drinks.

I sometimes drink a bottle of RC cola and I am up half the nite due to the caffiene and sugar. I think this drink is the official drink of the Chicago bears. (Maybe it keeps them awake but it is not that healthy)

I recently discovered in the health food store a drink called "Dandy Blend" It comes in powdered form like instant coffee and it is made from beet root,dandelein root and malt and barley.It has no caffeine and it gives you energy that you need! It has no sugar and it gives me the kick to walk my one mile and half per day. One teaspoon in hot water and stir,and put some milk in it and you can even add ice in the summer. It is my trade secret!!

Regards,
Anthony (toto) Lucchese
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by rayweld August 6, 2012 10:46 PM EDT
thank you doctor gupta for finally bringing this out in the main stream media,b ut my only question is what took so long?this info has been out for decades. dr allen pressman a well known radio person and chiropracter in the ny city area has been talking about the dangers of too much sugar in the diet since the early sixties. and reasearches have known about cancers feeding off sugar for also quite a few years. i think the medical establishment had better get back to being doctors and stop being slaves to the big pharma and big agri with their only treat the sympton approach to medince. cure the disease not manage it with meds!
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by Equet August 6, 2012 12:21 PM EDT
Thank you for this informative piece. However, the program quite authoritatively states that this is new information and the first time we have heard it, I do beg to differ.

The health food / alternative health venues have been SCREAMING about the dangers of white processed table sugar and white processed flour (and all of their relatives) since the 1930s. However, these people who were stating this were considered fringe and not taken seriously.

I am really happy the mainstream media is finally waking up to facts that have in publication since the 1930s. We could have been preventing a lot of these lifestyle diseases and saved countless lives if only the people who mention this 50 plus years ago were not considered as kooks and nuts. But alas, it did take the medical community a really long time to adopt hand washing as well.
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