In addition to throwing off the body's homeostasis (the inherent tendency in an organism toward maintenance of physiological and psychological stability), 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.

1. Sugar can suppress the immune system
2. Sugar upsets the mineral relationships in the body
3. Sugar can cause hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and crankiness in children
4. Sugar can produce a significant rise in triglycerides
5. Sugar contributes to the reduction in defense against bacterial infection (infectious diseases)
6. Sugar causes a loss of tissue elasticity and function, the more sugar you eat the more elasticity and function you loose
7. Sugar leads to chromium deficiency
8. Sugar can increase fasting levels of glucose
9. Sugar causes copper deficiency
10. Sugar interferes with absorption of calcium and magnesium
11. Sugar can weaken eyesight
12. Sugar raises the level of a neurotransmitters: dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine
13. Sugar can be a cause hypoglycemia
14. Sugar can produce an acidic digestive tract
15. Sugar can cause a rapid rise of adrenaline
16. Sugar can cause tooth decay
17. Sugar contributes to obesity
18. Sugar can cause arthritis
19. Sugar can cause asthma
20. Sugar greatly assists the uncontrolled growth of Candida Albicans (yeast infections)
21. Sugar can cause gallstones
22. Sugar can cause heart disease
23. Sugar can cause varicose veins
24. Sugar can lead to periodontal disease
25. Sugar can contribute to osteoporosis
26. Sugar contributes to saliva acidity
27. Sugar can cause a decrease in insulin sensitivity
28. Sugar can decrease growth hormone
29. Sugar can increase the blood pressure
30. Sugar can cause drowsiness and decreased activity in children
31. Sugar can interfere with the absorption of protein
32. Sugar can contribute to diabetes
33. Sugar can cause toxemia during pregnancy
34. Sugar can contribute to eczema in children
35. Sugar can cause cardiovascular disease
36. Sugar can impair the structure of DNA
37. Sugar can change the structure of protein
38. Sugar can make our skin age by changing the structure of collagen
39. Sugar can promote an elevation of low density lipoproteins (LDL)
40. High sugar intake can impair the physiological homeostasis of many systems in the body
41. Sugar lowers the enzymes ability to function
42. Sugar intake is higher in people with Parkinson’s disease
43. Sugar can increase the size of the liver by making the liver cells divide
44. Sugar can increase the amount of liver fat
45. Sugar can increase kidney size and produce pathological changes in the kidney
46. Sugar can increase the body's fluid retention
47. Sugar can compromise the lining of the capillaries
48. Sugar can make the tendons more brittle
49. Sugar can cause headaches, including migraine
50. Sugar can adversely affect school children's grades and cause learning disorders
51. Sugar can cause depression
52. Sugar and cause dyspepsia (indigestion)
53. Sugar can increase the insulin responses in humans consuming high-sugar diets compared to low sugar diets
54. High refined sugar diet can reduce learning capacity
55. Sugar can cause less effective functioning of two blood proteins, albumin, and lipoproteins, which may reduce the body’s ability to handle fat and cholesterol
56. Sugar can contribute to Alzheimer’s disease
57. Sugar can cause hormonal imbalance; some hormones become underactive and others become overactive
58. Sugar can lead to the hypothalamus to become highly sensitive to a large variety of stimuli
59. Sugar can lead to dizziness
60. Diets high in sugar can cause free radicals and oxidative stress
61. Sugar can feed cancer
62. Sugar slows food's travel time through the gastrointestinal tract
63. Sugar combines and destroys phosphatase, an enzyme, which makes the process of digestion more difficult
64. Sugar is an addictive substance
65. Sugar can exacerbate PMS
66. Sugar given to premature babies can affect the amount of carbon dioxide they produce
67. Decrease in sugar intake can increase emotional stability
68. The rapid absorption of sugar promotes excessive food intake in obese subjects
69. Sugar can slow down the ability of the adrenal glands to function
70. Sugar has the potential of inducing abnormal metabolic processes in a normal healthy individual and to promote chronic degenerative diseases
71. High sugar intake can trigger seizures
72. In juvenile rehabilitation camps, when children were put on a low sugar diet, there was a 44% drop in antisocial behavior
73. Sugar can cause low birth weight babies