Sugar: The Bitter Truth

Dr. Robert H. Lustig wrote "Sugar in food is poorly labeled, and the industry likes it that way" for the LA Times. Excellent article that notes the sugar industry's all out fight to prevent truth in food labeling, even rolling out paid hack "nutritionists" to say that all sugar is the same.

It's telling that fructose is metabolized in the liver just like alcohol, explaining why children today are experiencing the same diseases associated with alcoholism... just without the buzz.

There are many excellent links provided in the article for additional information.

 

I thought of this post as I was perusing Frontline documentaries, and found The Trouble With Antibiotics, a look at emerging resistant strains of bacteria due to MASSIVE overuse of antibiotics in the meat industry. E Coli in pig manure spread over farmland as fertilizer can go airborne when it gets dry, the wind blows, and that dust in the air can become deadly.

Animals packed tightly together in disgusting conditions, covered with feces, and force fed antibiotics largely because it makes them grow larger on less feed...

... what could possibly go wrong here?

 

Monsanto's check to Putin must have bounced.

 

Boy With Autism Improves on Antibiotics, Connecting Gut Bacteria to ASD

I came across this article, which I found very interesting. The more I read and research about diet and health, the more I'm impressed with the importance of gut bacteria, or microbiome, on a broad range of our well being.

I'm concerned that this particular article points to using antibiotics as a way to kill off gut bacteria that may be inducing symptoms of ASD. Use of antibiotics has been shown to kill off all or most gut bacteria, which allows room for harmful bacteria to flourish. I would think it would be far better to focus on creating a healthy microbiome with a wide array of species by concentrating on nourishing them correctly.

I worked with children with autism as a young man, and one thing that struck me after reading this article is that every single one of them were fixated on eating sweets. They would throw tantrums if they were asked to eat anything but a RIGIDLY narrow diet of sugary food. Parents of these children would capitulate and give them what they wanted in order to have some peace. I think in the long run it would be far better had the autistic children been presented ONLY with foods that would promote good gut health in the first place.