Say No to Sugar for One Week and Feel Great

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"Say No to Sugar for One Week and Feel Great"

by Chet Day

According to the Center for Science in the Public

Interest, per capita consumption of added sugars has

risen by 28% since 1983. The average American consumes

at least 64 pounds of sugar per year, and the average

teenage boy at least 109 pounds.

Consuming the typical amount of white sugar makes most

people moody or hyper or cranky or nasty or just plain

sick.

Scientific studies funded by the sugar industry

"prove" that white sugar won't hurt us one lick and

is supposedly good for us.

Baloney.

Be your own scientific study. Remove all white sugar

from your diet for seven days and amaze yourself

at how much better you'll feel at the end of that

period. Be sure to check with your doctor before

trying this if you are diabetic or have any kind

of health problems related to sugar intake.

More disturbing sugar facts from the CSPI:

The typical American gets 16% of his or her calories

from added sugars.

Children aged 6 to 11 get 18% of their calories from

added sugars.

Teenagers (12 to 19) get 20% of their calories

from added sugars.

USDA projects that if consumption trends continue,

added-sugars intake will increase almost 20% between

1996 and 2005.

People who consume diets high in added sugars consume

lower levels of fiber; vitamins A, C, E, and folate;

magnesium; calcium; and other nutrients. By displacing

protective nutrients and foods in the diet, added sugars

may increase the risk of osteoporosis, cancer, high blood

pressure, heart disease and other health problems.

Calorie-dense foods, which are typically high in sugar

and/or fat, contribute to obesity. Between 1976-80 and

1988-94, overweight rates in teenage boys rose from 5%

to 12%, in teenage girls from 7% to 11%, and in adults

from 25% to 35%. If you think the obesity trend hasn't continued, stop and look at the people around you when you're outside today.

I repeat the point of today's health tip: remove all

refined sugar (read the labels on everything you

eat and purchase) out of your diet for one week

and see how much better you feel and act without

the stuff in your body.

Some docs were onto the dangers of refined sugar

almost a hundred years ago. For an interesting flash

from the past, check out:

http://chetday.com/sugar.html

 

The coward believes he will live forever If he holds back in the battle, But in old age he shall have no peaceThough spears have spared his limbs Stanza 16 of the Havamal (the Sayings of Har) from the Poetic Edda

 

 

 

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