Stevia seems to be a good alternative to sugar, I have recommended it to all my friends. Also eating a lot of fiber helps as sugar binds to it and helps to prevent peaks of glucose with subsequent lows. psyllium or flaxseed will do. Vegetarian diet is the best but organic meat or chicken should be OK in moderation. As for fat some is necessary like olive oil and fish fat and the rest can be used in small amounts to help curb hunger. A diet without fat wont work as the person will feel hunger no matter how many salads and apples he eats. Constipation is prevented with a vegetarian diet and toxic products leave the body much faster. If You want to loose weight quickly just do juicing. I lost 10 lbs in less than a week. Also my arthritis went away immediately. Look up the Gerson diet.
I am so happy to see this piece, thank you, thank you for letting people know how toxic sugar is. I had serious health problems and was advised to cut out sugar and I can't believe the difference it has made. I haven't eaten sugar in over 15 years and am so grateful to have taken that advise. I recently had cholesterol checked and the Dr. said he hasn't seen such great results in anyone my age. Most people don't want to hear this because sugar is so addictive, just try giving up ALL sugar for a week and see what happens. Having cooked for extremely wealthy people for many years, I can tell you that all the folks I worked for don't eat sugar!!! All you have to do is take a look around at all the obese people, and realize that low fat diets clearly have not worked!!! The best diet - protein (fish,chicken and limited red meat) and lots of vegetables and you'll be keep weight off and have lots of energy!!
Stevia is fine. Agave is about 90% fructose and is not fit for human consumption. If you don't have insulin resistance, a cup of berries or piece of fruit every day is not going to hurt you.
Stevia is fine, because it doesn't contain anything that elevates insulin levels or blood sugars. Agave, believe it or not, is actually very bad, because it is almost all fructose. Fructose is, itself, very toxic if the quantities exceed certain levels. This is the point Lustig makes in his "Sugar: The Bitter Truth" lecture on Youtube.
At this point in scientific research I feel like everything is the villain. At first it was protein (then came the increase in cereal and carbohydrates for breakfast) then the enemy was fat (then came the increase in trans fats) then salt, carbs and now sugar. The answer is to eat the way that humans were biologically created to eat. A balanced diet high in leafy greens and fruits, low in meats and a good balance of carbs. I really think we need to stop vilifying ONE cause for all of our problems. The really problem is sedentary lifestyle and poor eating habits in general. To really eliminate all of these problems their truly needs to be a food revolution and an end to the huge caliber of processing that we currently have. I'm actually pretty disappointed in this story because any food historian would quickly pounce on the fact that this is just like every other food fear we've had in the past.
Your comment about eating the way we were biologically created is wrong - the basics of the diet was mainly protein with very limited fruit and vegetables. It's only been in the past century or so that fruit has been accessible in this quantity and year round. Logic also proves this correct fruit and vegetables are seasonal meaning for most of the year it's not available. This story is very correct, if you do some more research on the matter it's very frightening what it's doing to people.
I definitely believe that sugar is toxic, and leads to chronic inflammation which is the underlying cause of most diseases. I wrote about the toxicity of sugar last year; http://www.healthybitchdaily.com/post/sugar-is-too-much-toxic.
I think the best way to get sugar is from natural fruits. I have a 1/2 of gallon of fresh squeezed orange juice in my fridge that the local grocery store sells. (they squeeze it fresh every day as well as beet, watermellon,lemonaide and carrot juice. It would be interesting to know if the natural sugar from fresh fruits grows the cancer tumors as the regular sugar does!!! One of the fast foods restaurants (Wendy's) is selling fresh squeezed lemonade if you like with your sandwich.)they squeeze it in the AM) I think your going to see more of this in the rest of the fast food places too. I still like the soft drinks to get your energy up but it seems that the sugar can be unhealthy for you.
Sorry to break this to you, but it is all the same. Sugar is sugar. Whether it comes from you squeezing an orange or from a can of Coke, once it hits your bloodstream it is all the same.
I did my own experiment: ate the same sugar as the average US adolescent for 8 weeks (without increasing calorie count) - while being watched by 6 doctors. Results: pre-diabetic in 2 weeks, ADHD in weeks and went from 19% bodyfat to 25% bodyfat. Sugar is different. It's all in my upcoming feature documentary SUGAR DADDY (due this summer). You can see early posts about the project at: http://sugardaddymovie.wordpress.com/
Sweet Lies Facebook Group has been posting about the dangers of sugar, sugar-free recipes and motivation. It is a space to learn how to avoid sugars in our diet, share knowledge and eventually save lives. Thank you CBS for getting the news out there. This should not be a secret; our society deserves the right to know what they are consuming and how it is affecting us. Check it out: http://on.fb.me/zMNRkg
Sugar is fine in moderation. This information will take the absolute joy out of Christmas and Easter, not to mention the wonderful frozen treats we consume in the summer. They used no control for genetics in that group of people they studied, and many people have lived well into their 90's having enjoyed sugar all of their lives. However, moderation and genetics are the key. I can say that my 1960's - 70's youth was loaded with saturday morning sugar feasts, and I was one of those kids who could eat anything and not gain an ounce. In the last 10 years, I have reduced the sugar in my diet, with the exception of about 4 of those years, but am now very aware of the adverse affects of the substance. If sugar is only 16 calories per teaspoon, one can make everything at home with much less sugar and some things without. As far as honey and maple syrup are concerned, forget it, I"m not giving those up.
This report seemed to leave some things out. They seemed to only focus on sugary drinks, but didn't comment on a high fibre snack bar made with rice syrup, honey, or agave nectar. They also assumed that everyone drank sodas, and that simply is erroneous. High fructose corn syrup isn't the same because the chemicals that are used to make it from corn are more dangerous than ordinary table sugar. They also didn't control for vegetarian diets which contain very little animal fat (if non-vegan like me). I don't think university studies are all that accurate because most of the department heads are over educated fools as they've been in school so long they are out of touch. They can't step away from their overly stroked egos long enough to see it from different angles.
This is just another one of those whistle blowing reports that is designed to make us more miserable than we already are. Life sucks, and as long as I am alive, I will enjoy some sugar in moderation as long as it is organic and not HFCS. If it kills me earlier than if I hadn't eaten any sugar, so what. I'd rather have a great experience than a dull one, and sugar isn't at all like cocaine. I'm sure they could find that sex is like cocaine too. Why is that doctor who has "discovered" this so chubby, and why is the sugar plantation owner so skinny? Genetics.
Agree with you, they didn't talk about unrefined sugars and left a lot of people thinking all sugar was bad. My kids do not consume anything with refined sugars. I also don't buy peanut butter, dried fruits that have added sugar, totally not necessary. I think yogurt is the worst offender. I only buy plain yogurt and my kids love it. They are 4 & 6 now. They haven't tasted soda either. I know there will come a day they will get soda from school, etc. but they won't get large quantities like I see other children consuming. I also think they will be so used to foods that aren't loaded with sugar that they may not even care for a regular soda.
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Having cooked for extremely wealthy people for many years, I can tell you that all the folks I worked for don't eat sugar!!!
All you have to do is take a look around at all the obese people, and realize that low fat diets clearly have not worked!!!
The best diet - protein (fish,chicken and limited red meat) and lots of vegetables and you'll be keep weight off and have lots of energy!!
catagory? How many fruits should one eat per day?
Agave, believe it or not, is actually very bad, because it is almost all fructose. Fructose is, itself, very toxic if the quantities exceed certain levels. This is the point Lustig makes in his "Sugar: The Bitter Truth" lecture on Youtube.
One of the fast foods restaurants (Wendy's) is selling fresh squeezed lemonade if you like with your sandwich.)they squeeze it in the AM) I think your going to see more of this in the rest of the fast food places too. I still like the soft drinks to get your energy up but it seems that the sugar can be unhealthy for you.
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Anthony Joseph Lucchese
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http://on.fb.me/zMNRkg
This report seemed to leave some things out. They seemed to only focus on sugary drinks, but didn't comment on a high fibre snack bar made with rice syrup, honey, or agave nectar. They also assumed that everyone drank sodas, and that simply is erroneous. High fructose corn syrup isn't the same because the chemicals that are used to make it from corn are more dangerous than ordinary table sugar. They also didn't control for vegetarian diets which contain very little animal fat (if non-vegan like me). I don't think university studies are all that accurate because most of the department heads are over educated fools as they've been in school so long they are out of touch. They can't step away from their overly stroked egos long enough to see it from different angles.
This is just another one of those whistle blowing reports that is designed to make us more miserable than we already are. Life sucks, and as long as I am alive, I will enjoy some sugar in moderation as long as it is organic and not HFCS. If it kills me earlier than if I hadn't eaten any sugar, so what. I'd rather have a great experience than a dull one, and sugar isn't at all like cocaine. I'm sure they could find that sex is like cocaine too. Why is that doctor who has "discovered" this so chubby, and why is the sugar plantation owner so skinny? Genetics.
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