Sugar is Poison

There is a growing scientific consensus that one of the most common types of sugar, fructose, can be toxic to the liver just like alcohol.

Fructose is the sugar that makes fruit taste sweet. For most people, there's nothing wrong with eating fructose in its natural state, in fruit. 

But today, manufacturers extract and concentrate the fructose from corn, beets and sugarcane, removing the fiber and nutrients in the process. Getting frequent, high doses of fructose throughout the day, without fiber to slow it down, is more than our bodies can handle.

31% of American adults and 13% of kids suffer from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Nearly all added sugars contain significant amounts of fructose. Typical formulations of high-fructose corn syrup contain upwards of 50% fructose, depending on processing methods. Table sugar and even sweeteners that sound healthy, like organic cane sugar, are 50% fructose.

What's unique about fructose is that, unlike any other sugar, it's processed in the liver. Small amounts of fructose, meted out slowly, are not a problem for your liver. Think of eating an apple - its sweetness comes with a lot of chewing that takes time. The apple's fiber slows down its processing in the gut.