Cancer Survivors - Be Aware Of Your Sweet Enemy 1!
As much as I love sweets , I have always felt strange when offering children and loved ones candies or chocolate bars. It felt as if I was poisoning another human being. Over the years I found out that there are other ways of making a kid happy, or brightening a loved one"s day, without sugar.
Sugar consumption used to be about 20 lbs. per person in 1860. Now , the average American consumes more than 130 pounds of sugar, meaning 30 to 33 teaspoonfuls of sugar everyday. Most of it is hidden (s.a. catsup, cranberry sauce...), therefore many people are not aware of the amount. For example, a cola drink has 7 teaspoons of sugar, a ginger ale has 10, chocolate cake-iced has 10, ice cream sundae has 7, a hard candy has 20, and fruit loops (1 oz.) have 2 .Sugar is found in many things, from salt to tobacco, tea bags, toothpaste, vitamin pills, beer. Read labels carefully and watch for hidden sugars. Some of the names sugar comes under are: sucrose, honey, fructose, glucose, dextrose, polydextrose, laevulose, maltose, raw sugar, turbinato sugar, maple sugar, galactose, brown sugar, invert sugar, dextrine, barley malt, rice syrup, corn sweetener, corn syrup, confectioner's sugar, sorbitol, mannitol,molasses, date sugar, dextrin, caramel, fruit sugar.
Sugar...so sweet, yet so damaging! These are some of the effects of sugar, from a health point of view:
Sugar increases blood pressure, therefore leading to stroke and heart problems.
Sugar increases levels of cholesterol, triglycerides and uric acid in the blood, therefore leading to atherosclerosis, stroke, heart attack, gout.
Sugar decreases glucose tolerance, which strains the pancreas, leading to hypoglycaemia or diabetes mellitus.
Sugar reduces the ability of the white blood cells to destroy bacteria, therefore reducing natural immunity to infection.
Sugar increases the blood glucose level, leading to excess fat, leading to the development of certain cancers, such as colon and breast.
Sugar increases plaque accumulation on teeth, leading to dental caries and periodontal disease. Other studies have linked sugar to the development of herpes, yeast infections, menstrual problems, male impotence, memory loss, inability to concentrate, nervousness, negativity, deficiencies of vitamins and minerals, abnormal behaviour in kids, insomnia, etc..More specifically for cancer cells, this is the sugar mechanism:
Normal cells utilize fats and proteins as fuel in addition to utilizing glucose, but cancer cells thrive almost entirely on glucose ( blood sugar). Adhering to a low-sugar diet not only robs cancer cells nutrition they need, but also prevents sugar's deleterious effects on the body that encourage cancer growth. These effects include suppressing the immune system, creating an acidic environment and stimulating prostaglandin E2 production that promotes tumour growth.A low sugar diet doesn't just include avoiding refined and natural sweeteners, but also high sugar-content fruits, alcohol and refined carbohydrates such as white flour and fruits/carrot juice.Here are some suggestions for reducing sugar intake: -replace candy for snacks with nuts, seeds and popcorn -use fruit juices in cooking -change your diet to a whole food diet and your sugar cravings will reduce -reach for fresh fruit instead of a sweet for dessert or snack -control your intake of sugar in coffee, tea, etc
As sweet as it may be, refined sugar was locked away in apothecary shops as a dangerous drug during the Middle Ages. There is nothing sweet about a cancer diagnosis, but finding other sweet pleasures instead of sugar will be more beneficial for your natural cancer recovery.
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From Dr. Anca Martalog, N.D.-survivors' coach at http://Telehealthsecrets.com
Source: http://ezinearticles.com/
Added: May 20, 2008
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