Refined Sugar
As you had read in the white flour section, anything that is refined is terrible for your body. White flour is also a refined sugar, because it has been stripped off the parts that make it whole, such as the husk and bran. That said, the refined sugar that deserves the most scrutiny would be high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). There was no link between poverty and obesity until HFCS came into play. At the same time, cancer growth skyrocketed in the United States.
It was discovered that cancer likes refined sugars in the early 1900s. The German Nobel laureate, a doctor named Otto Warburg, discovered the connection between cancer and sweets in 1931. His research showed that tumors proliferated when they were feed fructose-rich sweeteners like high fructose corn syrup.
If you want to avoid HFCS, stay away from soda, candy, ultra-processed salad dressing, sweetened yogurt, certain breads, frozen junk food, juice, non-organic granola bars, and boxed TV dinners. Some snack foods, baked goods, sauces and condiments also contain high fructose corn syrup. When in doubt, check the ingredients on the label.
