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Maybe the effect of taking sugar on health is not the same as when taking drugs, but it certainly makes us addicted.

Every time we take sugar into our body, the body craves more of it.
And more, and more, and more...

And so one morning we wake up with diabetes diagnoses.
One of our nutritionists called sugar, one of a total of four foods, which represent the "white death".
In addition to sugar, according to him, these are: fat, flour and salt.
And sugar is the sweetest of all.

It's not like some other white death, which is prohibited by law and which is even more dangerous than sugar (cocaine - drawn in the infamous lines clucking in this picture, for which I hope I won't get a criminal charge).

But since sugar is very common and available at every step, that makes it a very dangerous food.
Dangerous to our health.

I remember my systematic medical check-up, in my prime, a whole nine years ago, when I turned forty.
I felt as strong as Hercules, solid as a rock, full of energy and thought the sky was the limit.

And then, laboratory blood analysis, EKG, blood pressure measurement... And what I thought and how I felt, collapsed like a house of cards.
Slightly elevated blood pressure, fatty liver, and high blood sugar.
I was not in the stage of treatment with drugs, but if I had been a few months late, I might have received a diagnosis.

Fortunately, the condition was not so serious, so as the next step, I received an assignment from the doctor: a mandatory diet to reduce weight, reduce fat in the body and eliminate sugar from my life.

And then several months of my absolute adherence to the diet begin. And as for sugar and sweets, I cut them out of my diet, as if my life depended on it.
I remember when I used to eat ice cream, I only bought the light variety without sugar, I even started drinking black coffee without a trace of sugar.
Instead of Nescafé 3in1, I started drinking 2in1 🙂
I threw out all juices, coke, fanta and switched to only lemonade without sugar.
It means total renunciation in order to preserve health.
And it was worth it.
After 6 months, I reduced my body weight to 10 kg less, I cleansed my arteries and liver of fat, and my sugar dropped below all limit values.
After those 6 months, I started consuming sweets occasionally, but I try to keep the amount to a minimum. And every year I go for systematic check-ups to monitor my condition.

From that fear for my health, which I felt for the first time in my life, from nine years ago, it remained in my habit to still drink coffee without sugar.
It often annoyed my housemates who drink sweet coffee, but they are used to it, the only thing is that they don't understand how I can drink such a bitter drink.