{"id":96653,"date":"2025-08-27T16:01:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T16:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/96653\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T16:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T16:01:08","slug":"video-refined-sugar-more-addictive-than-cocaine-expert-warns-channels-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/96653\/","title":{"rendered":"[VIDEO] \u2018Refined Sugar More Addictive Than Cocaine,\u2019 Expert Warns \u2022 Channels Television"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A health expert has warned Nigerians to stop consuming refined sugar as it is more addictive than cocaine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Associate Professor and honorary consultant to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Prof Alero Roberts, revealed this as a guest on Channels Television\u2019s Health Matters.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-953550\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"451\" height=\"239\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/health6-300x159.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Although she clarified that not all sweet foods are unhealthy, she stated that natural foods such as oranges and honey should be consumed generously.<\/p>\n<p>She warned parents, especially mothers, to stop adding refined sugar to their children\u2019s meals, as it could result in obesity.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-953551\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"233\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/health5-300x160.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot all sweet things are bad for the body, which was why I emphasised that the locally available fruits like the oranges, honey are fantastic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut adding refined sugar to everything a child eats is not helpful, because we are seeing children with obesity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, many schools have told parents that a child must come to school with nothing but water. Many have even stopped children from bringing processed packaged foods to school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat many people don\u2019t understand is that refined sugar is actually more addictive than cocaine. You just try stopping eating refined sugar, and in three days, your body will tell you that something has gone wrong. You will be shaking and lose your temper. But if you stay focused, you will see that you will be fine afterwards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-953553\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"453\" height=\"216\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/health4-300x143.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>She emphasised that healthy living should start from conception till old age.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHealthy living can be looked at from two ways. We can look at it from head to toe or from cradle to grave. So it really should start from conception to elderly care.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-953554\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"262\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/health3-300x156.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt should start from good nutrition, and part of the thing is an intentional inclusion of locally available fruits and vegetables into our meals daily. Avoiding processed foods, quick-fix noodles, and fast foods prepared without looking at the hygiene and safety of food preparation. You should know where the meals were prepared, and which water was used in preparing them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-953555\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"454\" height=\"242\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/health1-300x160.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>She also spoke on the benefits of good sleep, shutting off screens, napping, exercise and others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is good to get into at least three hours of exercise per week, about 3o minutes daily. But even walking is better. If you do a sedentary job, you have to get up from your desk every hour. You should also add weights if you want to be healthy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-953557\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"482\" height=\"262\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/health2-300x163.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 A health expert has warned Nigerians to stop consuming refined sugar as it is more addictive than&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[102,6636,5787,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-96653","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-nutrition","10":"tag-sugar","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}