Be More Sugar Aware!

If you need any further evidence to suggest that you should reduce your sugar intake, read these clips below.... the more you can associate the pain in sugary foods rather than the pleasure, the easier it is to say no thank you, I don't want to eat that!

From Dr Marilyn Glenville
http://www.naturalhealthpractice.com/_5_00_OFF_PM_SUPPORT_P2012.cfm?utm_source=NHPe1.8feb12OTM15OFFPMS8thA&utm_content=NHP&utm_term=LG&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=OTM15OFFPMS0212LG&dm_i=VON,OTRO,4E8J96,204GV,1
Cut Out Sugar

In the last of our health tips about pre-menstrual syndrome, we’re going to look at balancing blood sugar and why it’s important.  It has been found that the higher the sugar content of your diet, the more severe your pre-menstrual symptoms.  I would recommend that you cut out sugar entirely – and that includes added sugar in drinks and cereal, and avoiding the sugar in alcohol.  It is also important to eat little and often to keep your blood sugar levels stable.  Choose foods that are rich in complex carbohydrates, which not only keep your blood sugar in balance but also help to increase blood levels of serotonin, the calming brain chemical that lifts mood and curbs appetite.

From Dr Mark Hymen
http://psychologyofeating.com/diabesity-a-reversible-epidemic-by-dr-mark-hyman/

When your diet is full of empty calories and an abundance of quickly absorbed sugars, liquid calories,^[i] and carbohydrates (like bread, pasta, rice, and potatoes), your cells slowly become resistant to the effects of insulin and needs more and more to do the same job of keeping your blood sugar even. Thus you develop insulin resistance. A high insulin level is the first sign of a problem. The higher your insulin levels are, the worse your insulin resistance. Your body starts to age and deteriorate. In fact, insulin resistance is the single most important phenomenon that leads to rapid and premature ageing and all its resultant diseases, including heart disease, stroke, dementia, and cancer.^[ii],[iii]

As your insulin levels increase it leads to an appetite that is out of control, increasing weight gain around the belly, more inflammation and oxidative stress, and myriad downstream effects including high blood pressure; high cholesterol; low HDL, high triglycerides;^[iv] weight gain around the middle; thickening of the blood; and increased risk of cancer, Alzheimer’s, and depression. These are all a result of insulin resistance and too much insulin. Elevated blood sugar is not the source of the problem.

From Science Daily

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120227152723.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fhealth_medicine%2Fobesity+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Health+%26+Medicine+News+--+Obesity%29

"These studies provide new insights into how fructose may contribute to the development of obesity and diabetes. In particular, the identification of contrasting roles for two enzymes that are involved in fructose metabolism was surprising and could be important in understanding why some individuals may be more sensitive to the metabolic effects of fructose than others."

Previous research has shown that fructose intake in added sugars such as sucrose and high fructose corn syrup is strongly linked to the epidemic rise in obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Fructose intake also causes features of metabolic syndrome in laboratory animals and humans. It is known to cause visceral (organ) fat accumulation and insulin resistance compared to starch based diets even when calories are kept even.