Note from Connie: In my book SUGAR SHOCK!, I discuss the connection between excess sugar consumption and developing with your relationships and your sex life. Now, new research further confirms this link. Jennifer Moore updates you.
New research in the Journal of Clinical Investigation reveals another reason to avoid using heaps of sugar: Too much of the sweetener can shut off a gene that helps control estrogen and testosterone levels.
What could happen if there’s too much estrogen and testosterone floating around your body?
Excess sex hormones are associated with infertility, polycystic ovaries, acne, and uterine cancer in overweight women, according to this press release from the Child and Family Research Institute, the organization at which lead researcher Geoffrey Hammond, Ph.D. and his team are based.