Acta Medica Medianae (Nov 2001)

SUGAR IS SWEET BUT DANGEROUS

  • Sreten Pavlovic,
  • Voja Pavlovic

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 40, no. 6
pp. 39 – 43

Abstract

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Sugar is viewed from various aspects regarding its composition, metabolismand consumption. A special importance is given to the role of sugar in preventingcardiovascular diseases. It is stressed that the widely-accepted theore about fats ascauses of coronary diseases should be changed since the consumption of greatquantities of ordinary sugar is of greater importance for causing coronary diseases. Inthe conclusion it is claimed that proper nutrition is one ofthe key factors in preventingthe formation of many diseases in human organism.

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