Sugar: The Bitter Truth

Just as a footnote to my input. If a high carb diet is the solution, then why is it we have record levels of diabetes sufferers in this country? Type I I diabetes is at epidemic levels and yet, the so called experts are still peddling a high carb diet. It's an absolute disgrace. Do yourself a favor and start to read up on nutrition. Don't take my word for it. Some of the things I talk about may not work for you in it's entirety and so you may have to find your own destiny.
it took me years to figure it all out, but now I feel at peace. I'm 60 yrs old so health is a very big deal in later life.
im lucky I guess that I'm not on any prescription drugs of any kind and my vitals are all normal. In fact my doc can't believe how healthy I am, he thinks I'm a freak of nature. Ha, if only he knew.
It could have been different if I'd have listened to all these "experts" Too many people especially at my age are in poor health. Just take a look around you at any truck stop and just watch a small section of drivers. Most are in poor shape and overweight. Why is that ? I certainly notice. It's a real shame. We are inundated with diet this and diet that, yada, yada, ..............
IMHO nutrition and what you eat is more important than excercise, absolutely but excercise is good. I'm living example that excercise is not the be all and end all. But no doubt that eventually the powers that be will find a "cure" for diabetes but all it will be is an attempt to extract as much $$ out of you as they can and some people believe you can take a short cut to health. But don't worry about the serious side effects, that's the way it is with drugs. No big deal. No drug is ever going to work in the long term without side effects, and diabetes is flat out a western disease. You think it exists within indigenous tribes in the amazon, for instance. Heck no. Diabetes type II is a result of poor diet. Type I diabetes ? Well that's a different story.
Books by Gary Taubes is a good start. Don't get sucked into the mainstream propaganda.
Good luck, to you and just find the solutions for yourself. It was important for me, and I hope it's just as important for you.

 

Sugar, one reason why sugar may be harmful is nothing more than food to grow harmful bacteria and by doing so weakens our immune system.

Whereas, changing the type of sugar to a lower glycemic value, i.e. isomaltulose, galactose & inulin thereby strengthening gut & bowel flora.

idk, maybe im walking further out on tree limb then one should...a driver.

(biting into a piece of occasional chocolate, sure is tasty!)

 

The worst of the worst is high fructose corn syrup but I'm starting to wonder if the sugar manufacturers aren't "doctoring" sugar somehow and making it even more lethal.
or is it that the new sugar that's highly refined just isn't being digested properly by the body.
The reason I say this is that there are many countries in the world who eat sugar but don't seem to have obesity problems like here.
I went to Brazil a few years ago and you can buy short sticks of sugar cane to chew on. The kids love it but you just don't see fat people in abundance in that country. Maybe if we stayed away from all kinds of refined sugar and ate just the unrefined kind.
who knows if that would help but as I've said before, the sugar lobby is very powerful and you'd be amazed how many products now contain sugar or HFCS.
There's no solution in sight. Don't expect the Govt to do anything about it. They've already been "bought" by the big boys.

 

And besides that, what's adding to the equation is that companies like Monsanto are fooling with our food and now virtually all corn is being genetically modified.
Theres a big rumpus about it and Monsanto says it's no big deal. Well if that's the case, why are they spending millions $$ trying to stop them labeling the fact.
Vermont has just passed a law that forces them to put GMOs on the label.
Common sense tells you that we need to know what the ingredients are.
We are seeing more kinds of allergies and you have to wonder if GMOs are not the cause of many illnesses these days.
I refuse to buy foods that have been altered and I'm not buying stuff that is full of HFCS.
i think it's a good idea to go all organic even though you will pay more but I'm not happy with the companies that control our food supply. Sugar is a big component and in order for us to remain healthy, you have to cut most of it out of the diet.
You only have to look around you to see that obesity and diabetes is out of control. We, the public have to force the food companies to change or nothing will get done.
And of course the drug companies want us to believe that their drugs will solve our problems when in fact they will cure nothing but mask the symptoms. But we know what they're all about and it's got nothing to do with our welfare and good health.
Good luck

 

I agree once you understand what your body does with the food you ingest, how insulin works to control fat storage and loss you get that eureka moment.

The best book I have read to describe this is Gary Taubes,"Why we get fat". I listened to it on Audible

 

If you are interested in furthering your knowledge of diet and nutrition I've stumbled on this Doctors site.
www.mercola.com
hes got some interesting articles about sugar and how toxic it's turning out to be.
also if you think about it, the Govt should be partially responsible for this obesity epidemic.
their bogus farm policy gives subsidies to farmers to produce excess amounts of corn which incidentally has been genetically modified.
so you can understand why we are being bombarded with the high fructose corn syrup which I believe is more toxic than ordinary sugar.
This stuff is being added to all kinds of packaged foods so in many cases we have no control over the amount of sugar we consume.
You just have to read the labels and avoid as much of it as you can.
Good luck