Meryl Horn
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It's bad for our cardiovascular system.
And that actually is true even if you're not eating more calories overall.
Sugar seems to be bad for our blood, basically.
It's not a huge effect, but it's still like a tick against sugar.
It's because of the way that sugar can get converted into fat.
We'll actually come back to that a little later.
But first, to complete our roundup of why sugar is bad.
So number one, if we eat more sugar, we tend to gain weight.
Number two, it's bad for our cardiovascular system.
And number three, can you guess, Rose, the other main reason why sugar is bad for us?
We've known this since the 1950s when there was a really terrible experiment Jim told me about.
Now we know it's because sugar feeds bacteria that are in our mouths and that creates cavities or these little holes in our teeth.