Epidemic

I have been an advocate for holistic health care for years, and have subscribed to many books. My research allows me to share some of these views with you. I am not a physician, but it is my hope that if this information has interested you, you will pursue the subject matter with your health care provider. We should at least be concerned as mom's for our families, and ourselves as well.

Diabetes has reached epidemic proportions. The problem is obesity, plain and simple what we eat. The answer is processed foods, because we have stripped our foods from essentials and in some cases thrown out fiber and important vitamins and minerals. Add MSG to the mix and now it also becomes impossible for your body to experience normal appetite regulation.

Scientists condemn soda to the "bad for you category," so why does it continue to be a number one seller? The fact is, we need our foods sweeter and sweeter. Its got to have eye appeal, so we use products like bleached flour, and dyes. If its not sweet the kids won't eat or drink it.

Manufacturer's have capitalized on our ignorance, many times hiding the undesirable product on the ingredient list by using "chemical names". Take the time to find out what those hidden things are.

People who are prone to diabetes, and have developed a taste for sugar, will choose substitutes, tasting sweet, but can be even worse for your health than sugar. One of these products is aspartame, (which, if you go on-line, you will find out why many people have taken it out of their diets). I will not have it in my home.

Others, like corn syrup or high-fructose corn syrup, and sucrose, are found in unlikely processed foods. These sugars are unessential carbohydrates, which shoot up your sugar index. Why do we need sugar in sauce?

Evaporated cane juice or evaporated cane juice crystals, are minimally processed, meaning they still retain some Vitamin B and Magnesium, but will still negatively affect your sugar index. The bottom line is if you are in the market for sugar-free foods, or drinks avoid those utilizing aspartame.

Try to use the natural juice of fruit as a sugar substitute, like pineapple or unsweetened apple juice, or apple sauce. Water down the carbohydrates, when you can.

We all need to be "label readers" to try to avoid these dangerous substances from entering into your body.

When I was a child, I used to eat butter and sugar sandwiches on white bread. Can you imagine!

Adaptation comes slowly, cut the sugar portion each time, when preparing your recipe and gradually you will work to change your "taste buds." Or, cut sugar out entirely.

I have read that the only alternative product that can be used is called stevia. I have not tried it, so I don't know how it tastes. More and more I see the logic of eating as many natural products as possible, unaltered and God given.

Enter in the age of genetically processed foods, cloned and in our food stuff without warning, all in the name of the almighty dollar. What's at risk? You are. The fact is, we don't know what were eating most of the time.