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THE NUTRITIONAL ESSENTIALS
Refined sugars are not a nutritional essential. In fact refined sugar and its 'cousin' white flour are primary causes of the leaching of healthful nutrients from our bodies. At the same time leading to many unfavourable conditions such as those listed at the end of this article. Glucose (alias Corn Syrup, Fruit Sugar, Dextrose, Corn Sugar, High Fructose Corn Syrup) contributes to the cause of diabetes, a predisposition to heart disease, hypertension, sluggishness, brain fatigue, overweight, irritability, mental depression, impairs the assimilation of calcium and destroys vital amino acids if they are cooked in its presence. Sugar's empty calories create changes in body chemistry and accompanying nutritional deficiency, bringing on discomfort, degeneration, disease and death at a greater rate than any of the wars America has ever seen. Yet every man, woman and child in American consumes an estimated 158 pounds of sweeteners per year.(a) This incredible amount of sugar does not take into account the nutritionally empty carbohydrates from cookies, crackers, breads and so called 'fruit drinks'. Some studies estimate that Americans eat an additional 100 pounds of refined carbohydrates, bringing the total to nearly 250 pounds consumed per year. A.: What does the consumption of empty carbohydrates and low quality foods lead to? The Center for Disease Control reports: 65% of Americans are considered overweight or obese (b) · 7% have diabetes (c) · 11% have heart disease (d) · 31% have hypertension (e) · 21% have arthritis (f) · 40 million office visits are made to doctors for mental health per year (2002) (g) Additionally the leading causes of death in America (2001) (g) are linked to states of overweight and obesity and each of these killers could be turned around with a simple change in diet to nutritional essentials. · Heart Disease: 696,947 · Stroke: 162,672 · Diabetes: 73,249 Q: How do refined carbohydrates and sugars cause so many problems? A: The body is like a factory that needs all the 'parts' to complete its purpose of maintaining health. Nature provides nutrients in complexes such as vitamin complexes, minerals, trace minerals, fats, enzymes and coenzymes, making available all the 'parts' needed to metabolize food and to complete important health building functions. When the refined forms of these 'foods' are ingested, the body attempts together all of the missing nutrients from other food you have eaten or from your body tissues to make them complete before assimilating them. These foods literally suck the vital nutrients out of your body. The nutritional deficiency that remains leads to health problems. Go To Page: 1 2 |
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