How sugar harms the body

This came in my inbox today. It was too good not to share, and I love the mental illustration of the police station and street partiers! I’m very visual!

Let's Talk About How Sugar Harms Your Body...
Here's what happens when you eat food. Your body turns the natural sugars in fruits, meats, vegetables, or whatever into glucose. Our body then turns glucose into energy, which is great.
This is a "slow" process because when you eat fruits, vegetables or meat...there's other "bulk" to it. Like fiber. And protein. Your body has to break it down.
Unfortunately, that's not the case with sugar or refined carbs (anything made of white flour).
Because of the way sugar and refined carbs are made...the glucose they contain gets instantly digested. When that happens, it literally floods the body with glucose. At this point, your pancreas treats this as an emergency. And it shoots out tons of insulin to fight this extra glucose.
Think of your pancreas as the "police station," insulin as the "officers," and excess glucose as "street partiers" in your arteries.
Insulin's job is to run around "arresting" the street partiers in this "glucose riot". But there's no "jail" in your body, just trillions of "homes" called cells. It knocks on each and every door and asks, "Can you take this glucose in?"
So now you're asking your cells to take on excess glucose. The cells don't know what to do with it, so they turns it into fat and throw it out.
That fat ends up in your butt and belly. And over time, it goes to places like your thighs, arms, neck and elsewhere.

But That's Not The Worst Of It...
Over time, your cells get sick of this constant party in the streets. They start shutting down. In scientific terms, the "insulin receptors" on your cells get worn out.
Now, your pancreas doesn't understand this. So guess what it does? It sends out more insulin. Over years and years of doing this...eventually your pancreas wears out and you can't produce insulin anymore. That's what Type 1 diabetes is.
Now you have to take insulin shots all the time, or you'll die.
Here's more startling information...
Because there was a spike of glucose in your body, then a sudden sugar crash where all the glucose was "cleared out"...
Your body craves sugar and carbs again. It's a vicious cycle. Excess glucose, insulin, excess glucose, insulin.
A healthy human body needs a steady stream of glucose, released slowly by healthy nutritious foods. Not extreme spikes from sugar and carbs.
Here's something else...

Ever Wonder Why Some People Can't Lose Weight?
The fundamental truth behind losing weight is this:
As long as there is insulin in your bloodstream, your body will never "use" the fatty deposits in your butt, belly, and thighs. It stays there.
And if you're constantly feeding your body sugar and refined carbs...you're constantly "forcing" your pancreas to pump insulin into your body.