Sweet Treats--Sweet Diseases?

The nation is plagued with sugar, artificial sweeteners and colors. The nation is also plagued with diseases, such as diabetes and cancer. Chronic fatigue, stress, osteoporosis, among other things are also showing up in our nation as “diseases” that need to be treated with drugs, rather than a transformation of the food we are putting into our bodies. Diseases that are being brought on by the sugar and artificial sweeteners in our foods. Why are they such horrible ingredients? The following explanation shows why:

Sugar and Artificial Sweeteners

We all know that sugar is a major player in dental diseases, but did you know that it is also a major player in diabetes and obesity? Though the American Diabetes Association will not tell you this because of huge financial interests, sugar causes diabetes. It is not a contributor, nor is it a possibility that it may cause—it causes it, plain and simple. The type of diabetes I am talking about is Type 2, Adult Onset Diabetes, which comes on because people eat too much things with sugar, and/or other refined products, in them.

Why does it cause Diabetes? Well, for one thing—the human body was never designed to eat sugar, in its refined and processed form. The finished product you see in stores and in other foods does not occur naturally in nature, so why would it be healthy for us? It raises a body’s blood sugar too high, then “crashes” it too fast. This taxes your immune system, and after a while, you begin suffering from the various diseases you’re your immune system used to be able to fight off.

It is a simple carbohydrate that is not healthy for the human body. When the blood sugar goes too high and crashes too many times, a long list of health problem will arise, including diabetes. You know how when you eat a sugary dessert, you feel so energetic? Then, what happens 30 minutes later? You feel like you need a nap?

That’s the sugar—you want to “crash” and take a nap. Even if you do not experience diabetes right now, or the sugary crash, you may have experienced a lack of energy, mood swings, or even a false sense of euphoria. That is the effects of sugar.

I say this again, as it bears repeating: as humans, we were not designed to eat sugar. It’s like plugging a 120 volt machine into a 240 volt outlet—it will burn out too quickly, and will fry the circuits of that machine. Eventually, your body will burn out and will fry your circuits.

Other people have likened it to putting rocket fuel in your car—it will be fast and powerful, but it will ruin your car. Sugar is that rocket fuel, or that 240 volt outlet. Your immune system is simply not equipped to handle that much power, and yet—how many people are eating food with loads of sugar in it?

More to the point, how many people are eating foods they do not know has sugar in it? If you look at an ingredients list of, say, ketchup, you will find either sugar or high fructose corn syrup—or both! Why would ketchup need sugar in it? I do not know, but most people do not question this.

Most people have unknowingly created the reality that sugar is okay for them to eat, in moderation. This is why people have so much of a struggle with avoiding it—if it’s okay in moderation, shouldn’t it be fine in more quantities? Look again at the above explanation why sugar doesn’t work as a food additive.

As I’ve said before, when you eat refined foods, like sugar and sugar related products, it creates a strong craving for more refined foods. Therefore, the more you eat, the more you crave. Thus begins the cycle. You eat a little sweet, and you want more. Stop eating refined carbohydrates and you stop this cycle. Create a new reality in which sugar is not okay to eat, and you lose the struggle with sugar laden products.

About corn syrup: think it’s healthier because it’s from corn? Think again! It is a refined and processed carbohydrate that is just as toxic to your immune system as sugar is. Avoid this as well as sugar...

Artificial Sweeteners

Okay…so sugar is off the list. What about the artificial sweeteners? Much worse! Have you heard about the dangers of aspartame? You haven’t? Well, let me enlighten you: it will cause you to go blind, suffer convulsions, and have grand mal seizures. It will also induce headaches, muscle aches, arthritis, prostate cancer, and more. Aspartame, or its brand name, Nutrasweet, is in many diet sodas, sugar free foods, such as gum, pudding, cakes, etc. If it says, “sugar free”, then most likely, it contains aspartame.

Think Splenda is any better? Think again! The advertisement that says, “It’s made from sugar, so it tastes like sugar” is very misleading. Sucralose is a derivative of sugar, or sucrose, that’s true. But, what they don’t tell you is that they split the sucrose atom into a very different chemical—one that is just as harmful as Aspartame. So, Splenda is made from sugar, but it is a whole other harmful chemical altogether. It works the same as aspartame in your body. What an interesting twist of words, right?

Other types of artificial and refined sweeteners to watch out for are: Acesulfame K, Maltodextrin, Maltose, or any other –ose type words. These are all refined sweeteners, and are not healthy for the human body.

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