A Couple Steps in the Right Direction

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You might remember our post of two weeks ago about snacks for kids. And while we don’t agree with all food presented in the article, we do agree with making efforts to help our kids THINK healthy food.

In her article, Paula Widish, writer for Selene River Press points to new guidelines that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has established. These guidelines now point to encouraging children to make good choices by eating healthy food, rather than to specific weights.

Interested? Read the full article here!

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Why do I Crave Sugar And Get Fatigued?

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IMG_20160211_161441 You may have that typical lunch at work during a working lunch: sandwich, chips or potato salad, fruit, and a ‘wonderful’ dessert (see image). When I see that lunch in front of me, my mind goes to blood sugar handling issues with all of those carbs and hardly any fat. Gggggrrrr!

Imagine the numerous times you trigger your insulin in a day’s time:
Breakfast includes: granola, yogurt, fruit, and skim milk or orange juice
Lunch: Sandwich, chips or fries, diet soda, something sweet
Afternoon snack: candy bar or handful of nuts, another couple of fruits
Dinner: Pasta with spaghetti sauce with ground turkey, garlic bread with margarine, ice cream. [Read more…]

Three Things You Can Do Right Now to Break Your Sugar Addiction

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By Dustin Strong, CHN

(This article appeared recently at Selene River Press and I thought it so important to draw your attention to it that I am posting it here.)

Pixabay_lump-sugar-549096_640 In a world where a dangerous threat to our health and happiness lurks within nearly 80 percent of the food offered up to us by our local grocery stores…where multitudes are misled by a seemingly supernatural marketing force—a world of confusion…a world of addiction—only one person will be able to bring balance…

You! By recognizing that you’ve exceeded your limits and desperately need to take back control, you’ve already taken the first step in fighting back against sugar.

Follow these 3 simple suggestions to supercharge your willpower: [Read more…]

The Insulin – Glucose Connection

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Insulin produced by the pancreas is the only hormone produced by the body that takes glucose out of the bloodstream and puts it into the body’s cells decreasing blood sugar. Insulin puts glucose first into the liver, next into the muscles that have been depleted of glucose, lastly any glucose leftover is converted into fat. Diabetes contributes to 4 out of the top 7 diseases and is the underlying cause of 200,000+ deaths a year. Tackle your sugar handling problems NOW before they turn into diabetes.

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Sugar and Starch – The Bad Guys?

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The diet is based on the fact that starches and sugars require the lining of the small intestines to break them down for absorption. If the enzymes on the surface of the small intestine are damaged or impaired, carbohydrates are available to intestinal bacteria and yeast to multiply in a vicious cycle. The proposed mechanism is that the surface of the small intestinal wall is damaged, leading to impaired digestion and malabsorption of disaccharides. Since the sugar is not broken down and absorbed, it becomes available for fermentation by bacteria and yeast, which overgrow in the presence of abundant sugar. This leads to celiac disease, soy-protein intolerance, cow’s milk protein intolerance, diarrhea in infants and children, intestinal parasite infections, cystic fibrosis, and Crohn’s disease. (Breaking the Vicious Cycle by Elaine Gottschall) Schedule your holistic nutrition evaluation today and stop the vicious cycle!

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