However, there is a dark side to the cheerful blob.
Allowed to grow to extreme proportions and brought to life via some sort of ecoplasm, Marshmallows have been documented as nearly destroying an entire city block. Destruction of a city can result in a slowdown in commerce, with some sectors of the economy never fully recovering from the losses. The Futon district may never have recovered, weren’t it for some Indigo Girls in the 1990s bringing them back again. They were all about friendship and Futons yet I do not know their feelings on Marshmallows.
Beyond its fictional implications, marshmallows are typically made with sugar and a coating of corn starch. Some recipes call for egg whites. Egg whites are a source of protein which _can_, in the human body, assist in slowing down the blood sugar spiking capabilities of sugar, but not enough in marshmallows to be a useful counteragent. Also, most marshmallows do not contain eggs whites. Corn starch is also a sugar, as far as the body is concerned, even though it is utilized outside of the body as a FIXITIVE, much like hairspray, to keep the marshmallow from falling apart into a pile of goo.
Sugar has a number of issues with it but let us go over a few benefits. Sugar feeds muscles. It also feeds the brain, in that sugar helps you think faster. It allows nerve impulses to work more efficiently as well. Sugar is a critical part of a number of processes in the body, as it assists the body’s motors, the mitochondria, at working in peak performance mode.
Yet, fat is equally valid substitute for sugar in the body’s systems, through a process of ketosis, which some use as a weight loss method, although it is primarily the body’s secondary system in lieu of having sugar in the diet. Sugar appears to be our primary energy source as it does not lead to some of the unpleasant side effects of ketosis such as muscle wasting, bad breath and body odor, all undesirable aspects of modern life. Protein can counteract the muscle wasting but you will still smell like a rotton egg, as there is much sulfur in the same foods that contain proteins.
More on ketosis in a moment.
Sugar that is not washed away from the mouth can lead to yeast growth leaded to candidia and a black tongue which is annoying and makes your mouth taste like fur.
It can also feed the bacteria specifically that form the plaque on your teeth, which then begin eating through your teeth, causing cavities. A marshmallow is food that feeds you and also feeds the bacteria that rot your teeth. EATING FOR TWO are you?
High levels of sugar (carbohydrates in general) put an excess strain on the pancreas as it produces insulin to act as a counterweight to excesses of sugar. After a long time, it may just give up trying.
Excess sugar in the body, typically once one has diabetes 2, leads to sugar crystals forming in your eyes, your ears, fingers and toes and in your brain. Rock Sugar. It’s exactly what it is.
You will transform into a marshmallow over time.
Beyond a personal level, the high costs of treating diabetes and related illnesses is a burden on the healthcare system.
Yet, there may be a solution to this marshallow dilemma. Studies have shown potential evidence of anti-cancer and anti-diabetes benefits for allowing the body to go “sugar free” – that is, unmarshmallowed.
The sulfuric content in high protein diets, while taxing on the kidneys (water is required to break protein up into amino acids; and it will take it from your body if you do not drink it; it’s a part of the process of going from protein to amino acid and dehydration leads to other issues) – has been shown to corelate to lower incidences of certain cancers.
High protein diets are typically associated with low marshmallow diets.
Correlation, not causation, yet intriguing just the same.
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PART 2
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Now I’m reading through past replies. [I didn’t want to be tainted first].
The only point I hadn’t considered is the addictive properties of sugar among a segment of the population. I don’t personally find sugar addictive but I do know sugar/carb addicts. I also don’t think that sugar is bad for children but it is bad for uncared for teeth, and tooth brushing is something one often has to learn to do,and getting children to brush teeth is as difficult as convincining them to take showers.
But sugar does not cause hyperactivity in children. It gives you an energy boost but that is separate from hyperactivity. Children fed sugar substitutes were equally active and tested similarly in studies.
The form of sugar that has primary addictive properties is glucose, which is in smaller amounts in marshmallows and marshmallows would not be as addictive as other forms of sugar such as cake icing, which is pure glucose.
BLOOD SUGAR = GLUCOSE = DEXTROSE = INVERT SUGAR = CAKE ICING.
Cake icing is more detrimental than marshmallows.
40-48% White Table Sugar [sucrose]
0-25% Blood Sugar [invert sugar/glucose]
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