Sugar - it's been around for hundreds of years. We put it in our coffee, use it in our baking, sprinkle it on a bowl of fruit for that extra bit of sweetness. It's even in places where you'd never expect it - like soups and other canned goods.

Is all that sweetness good for you? Well, it's good for the taste buds, but what about the rest of the body? Alldeaf.com doesn't think so. In fact, they list 78 ways sugar can ruin your health, everything from suppressing the immune system to increasing the risk of developing Alzheimer's. Alldeaf.com tells us:

In addition to throwing off the body's homeostasis, excess sugar may result in a number of other significant consequences. The following is a listing of some of sugar's metabolic consequences from a variety of medical journals and other scientific publications.

Read the entire 78 item list that was contributed by Nancy Appleton, Ph.D.