Noblesville Daily Times - News, Sports, & Weather for Hamilton County, Indiana - Carol Rossetti: Syndrome X: Are you at risk?
Since November is National Diabetes Month, I decided I would talk about how you could develop Type II Diabetes, how you can reverse it, and why as a society we are now seeing children as young as 9 developing an over 40 condition.
Two of the key players in this life and death drama are glucose known as blood sugar and the hormone insulin. Because of the foods we eat, we are overdosing on these essential elements. Both substances accelerate the aging process.
Syndrome X is caused primarily by a diet high in refined carbohydrates such as cereals, muffins, breads, and rolls, pastas, cookies, doughnuts, and sodas. These foods not only elevate your glucose and insulin levels out of sight but they are also non-foods as they do not supply the necessary vitamins, minerals, and amino acids necessary for good health.
Historically, Type II Diabetes or Adult-On Set Diabetes has grown to epidemic proportions over the last 30 years. Our government Watch Dogs, those who we think are looking after our collective health, announced in the 70’s that if we just ate more pasta and less meat, we would be healthier. So we did and here we are. Refined carbohydrates become pure sugar in our body.
When people ate proteins and vegetables along with some fruits and a modest amount of whole grain breads, we were a healthier society. This is the true balanced diet. Some of the diets my clients bring me that were given to them by one of these Watch Dog groups are so shocking that I wonder how those who create them can sleep at night.
What are we feeding our children? It is any wonder they are getting heavier and heavier, they are developing Type II Diabetes in record numbers, and ADHD symptoms are increasing. As an advanced society, this is truly shameful. Our fascination with junk food is killing us.
I sponsored a seminar at a university in California in 1977 called Sugar and the Mind. We’ve known for a very long time that sugar is a drug and how it affects the body and the mind. There was a recent study was conducted that clearly demonstrated that rats preferred sugar to cocaine. This was true even in those who were addicted. Rats were allowed to choose a high sugar sweetener or IV cocaine. In virtually every instance, the rats chose the sugar. Sugar is extremely addictive and it is hard to get people to give it up. It’s even harder as a parent to get your children off the massive amounts of sugar they ingest on a daily basis. But you must!
If you are pre-diabetic that means that you need to make some major changes immediately. Look at your diet very closely. Does it include lots of fruit, lots of breads, pasta, crackers, noodles, pastries? Are you a fruit juice lover? A glass of orange juice has about the same amount of sugar as a chocolate bar. It takes a lot of oranges to make a glass of juice. You are better off to eat one orange.
These high sugar foods cause a huge rise in inflammation in our body and Inflammation is the culprit in heart disease.
Since November is National Diabetes Month, I decided I would talk about how you could develop Type II Diabetes, how you can reverse it, and why as a society we are now seeing children as young as 9 developing an over 40 condition.
Two of the key players in this life and death drama are glucose known as blood sugar and the hormone insulin. Because of the foods we eat, we are overdosing on these essential elements. Both substances accelerate the aging process.
Syndrome X is caused primarily by a diet high in refined carbohydrates such as cereals, muffins, breads, and rolls, pastas, cookies, doughnuts, and sodas. These foods not only elevate your glucose and insulin levels out of sight but they are also non-foods as they do not supply the necessary vitamins, minerals, and amino acids necessary for good health.
Historically, Type II Diabetes or Adult-On Set Diabetes has grown to epidemic proportions over the last 30 years. Our government Watch Dogs, those who we think are looking after our collective health, announced in the 70’s that if we just ate more pasta and less meat, we would be healthier. So we did and here we are. Refined carbohydrates become pure sugar in our body.
When people ate proteins and vegetables along with some fruits and a modest amount of whole grain breads, we were a healthier society. This is the true balanced diet. Some of the diets my clients bring me that were given to them by one of these Watch Dog groups are so shocking that I wonder how those who create them can sleep at night.
What are we feeding our children? It is any wonder they are getting heavier and heavier, they are developing Type II Diabetes in record numbers, and ADHD symptoms are increasing. As an advanced society, this is truly shameful. Our fascination with junk food is killing us.
I sponsored a seminar at a university in California in 1977 called Sugar and the Mind. We’ve known for a very long time that sugar is a drug and how it affects the body and the mind. There was a recent study was conducted that clearly demonstrated that rats preferred sugar to cocaine. This was true even in those who were addicted. Rats were allowed to choose a high sugar sweetener or IV cocaine. In virtually every instance, the rats chose the sugar. Sugar is extremely addictive and it is hard to get people to give it up. It’s even harder as a parent to get your children off the massive amounts of sugar they ingest on a daily basis. But you must!
If you are pre-diabetic that means that you need to make some major changes immediately. Look at your diet very closely. Does it include lots of fruit, lots of breads, pasta, crackers, noodles, pastries? Are you a fruit juice lover? A glass of orange juice has about the same amount of sugar as a chocolate bar. It takes a lot of oranges to make a glass of juice. You are better off to eat one orange.
These high sugar foods cause a huge rise in inflammation in our body and Inflammation is the culprit in heart disease.
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