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QUESTION 1...Does diet make a difference or is my risk based entirely on heredity? |
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Answer...A study performed at the University of Buffalo concludes that it is a combination of a lack of exercise, a diet filled with hydrogenated and saturated fat, and consumption of refined sugar combined with only tiny bits of fiber that increases risk of chronic medical problems like diabetes. |
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QUESTION 2...What about lifestyle? Is this a contributing factor in diabetes, hypoglycemia, yeast syndrome, ADD and autoimmune disease? |
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Answer...Studies show that that it may be a lack of fiber in the typical American diet that exacerbates sugar's long-term harmful effects! |
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QUESTION 3...Are there some safe alternatives to refined sugars? |
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Answer...In an effort to offer an alternative to regular sugar, companies such as Clif Bar and BTU Stoker are utilizing brown rice syrup to sweeten their health bars. Visit http://www.clifbar.com |
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QUESTION 4...How does brown rice syrup affect blood sugar levels? |
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Answer...Made from 100% whole brown rice, and comprised of 60% complex carbohydrates but less than 15% simple sugars, this sweetener is metabolized steadily and offers an even source of energy!! |
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QUESTION 5...What can I do if I'm worried about chronic disease such as diabetes and hypoglycemia? |
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Answer...If you are worried about chronic disease, add fiber to your diet, and exercise daily. Do this in addition to limiting your refined sugar intake!! |
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QUESTION 6...Are there some supplements available to help me if I already have a sugar problem? |
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Answer...Numerous studies confirm that Chromium Picolinate is essential to maintain Healthy Glucose levels and to store Glycogen. Bitter Melon, Gynemna Sylvestre, Vanadyl Sulfate, Natural Vitamin E (400+ IU), Alfalfa, Fenugreek and Lipoic Acid are important aids in maintaining healthy sugar levels and aid as a deterrant to chronic disease! |
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QUESTION 7...Are there sufficient quantities of these supplements in my multivitamin or should I take more? |
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Answer...The amounts present in your mulitvitamin are usually not sufficient. Supplement with 400 to 600 mcgs of Chromium Picolinate daily to achieve normal sugar levels and avoid chronic disease! |
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QUESTION 8...I am a chocoholic. Are there supplements that help control chocolate cravings? |
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Answer...Yes, definitely! Recent studies link chocolate cravings with Magnesium deficiencies! |
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QUESTION 8...Does sugar have an adverse effect on my immune system? |
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Answer... Absolutely! Sugar reduces your body's ability to fight infections and drains it's reserve of B-vitamins! The B-Vitamins are used up metabolizing the sugar!!Food processing and refinement rob the body of much-needed nutrients! To strengthen your immune system cut back on sugar and eat whole natural foods...(not refined or processed) as much as possible!! |
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QUESTION 9...Are there natural sweeteners I can use? |
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Answer...Absolutely!! Stevia and Agave are excellent sugar substitutes. Stevia is popular in Europe, Japan, Australia, South America and North America. Refined extracts of Stevia are estimated to be 200 to 300 times sweeter than sugar, but have virtually NO CALORIES! Furthermore, Stevia does not tend to raise blood sugar levels and can be used in your cooking and baking. |
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QUESTION 10...Is Stevia safe for hypoglycemia and diabetics? |
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Answer... Yes! For individuals with a raging sweet tooth, Stevia may represent a reasonable alternative. It satisfies the craving for sugar, without sugar's impact on blood gluose levels, or it's contribution to obesity, tooth decay, and several degenerative diseases. Like aspartame, stevia has virtually NO calories, but UNLIKE aspartame, it is not associated with adverse side effects! |
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Simple carbohydrate means simply a "fra?ctionated, artificial, devitalized by-product of the original plant!
The original plant incorporates all the properties of a "whole food": Vitamins, Minerals, and Enzymes.
Carbohydrates are made of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.
The main Carbos are refined sugar, starch and cellulose (Dorland, p121)
Sugars are 'sweet' carbohydrates,either single or double molecules; Monosaccharides or Disaccharides.
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Complex Vs. Simple Carbs
An apple contains natural sugar: Fructose. A potato contains natural starch. But these are Whole Foods containing much more than just "isolated" carbohydrates. Organic apples and potatoes grown in good soil without any accompanying residues also contain Vitamins, Minerals and Enzymes. Such foods are "complex' carbohydrates, meaning that they are "complete" foods.
Fruits contain mainly "natural' sugars, while vegetables contain mainly starches and both contain "cellulose.
The problem comes in with "processed" sugar and "processed" starches. White table sugar has no nutrients. White bread is a processed, "artificial" starch. These are not foods - they do not nourish. We call them simple carbohydrates. Even when they are broken down into individual glucose molecules by digestion, it is a completely different from the glucose "end-product' of a digested apple, for instance.
That's because apples don't simply break down into "isolated" glucose molecules. Other 'nutrients' and 'co-factors' are present, which are necessary for the body to make use of the existing glucose: These co-factors are called Enzymes, Minerals and Vitamins.
When "Complex" carbohydrates are broken down, the result is always a "usable" glucose molecule!
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White Sugar and White bread need additional
Enzymes, Vitamins, Minerals,
and Insulin in order to be digested.
These are taken from existing 'stores' of Nutrients in order to complete the 'digestive' process.
All Enzymes and Nutrients have been purposely removed from processed Sugar and refined flour by 'processing'. The result is a SYNTHETIC 'manmade' carbohydrate, occurring NOWHERE in Nature!
The body regards such as a 'foreign' substance, as a 'drug'.
Whenever the body does not have the 'required nutrients to process these 'non-foods', the simple (refined) carbohydrates cannot be broken down (digested) so they just lay there and ferment in the digestive tract.
SIMPLE carbohydrates "increase' blood glucose by an UNREGULATED amount. And this becomes the REAL problem with SIMPLE REFINED CARBS: The Quantity of PURE GLUCOSE "suddenly" taken in!
Most books, most doctors, and most nutritionists fail to make the 'distinction' between 'simple' and 'complex' carbohydrates.
With sugar, ingestion is far different from digestion: just because you ate it doesn't mean you can use it! This is why counting calories and food combining and blood typing amd the Zone and other passing fads are so irrelevant! It doesn't matter what you eat; it matters what you digest.
Natural sugar doesn't 'cause' diabetes; if you eat too much natural raw honey, for instance, you just get sick.
As time went by, machinery got better and better at removing the outer husks from the wheat and leaving behind only the white inner simple carbohydrate, devoid of minerals and vitamins. Same with sugar beets and cane.
Most sources today estimate that sugar makes up about 20% of the calories in the average American diet! Just imagine- that means that on the average, 20% of what Americans eat has no nutrient content.
Worse yet, it's physically 'destructive', as we will see.
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Did you know that...CONSUMPTION OF DAIRY AND SUGAR
can lead to Diabetes, Hypoglycemia, Yeast Syndrome,Attention Deficit Disorder & a general weakening of the Immune System?? |
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