HOW SWEET IT IS!

 “Sugar in the morning, sugar in the evening, sugar at suppertime…..be my little sugar and love me all the time”

 Yes, sugar has played a large part in the general diet of most of the population.
 We stir it in coffee and tea, sprinkle it on breakfast cereal if it isn’t already loaded, eat cakes and biscuits with sugar as one of the main ingredients and it is in the majority of packaged foods that seem to predominate supermarket shelves.

Cravings                       
 Many people have sugar cravings. Others attempt to avoid sugar by using substitutes such as artificial sweeteners perhaps made with aspartame.

 We usually consume or crave foods that we are allergic to or if it is specifically carbohydrates that are craved you may have a yeast problem or because of vitamin and mineral deficiencies have erratic blood sugar levels requiring constant stoking of your body sugars.

Associated syndromes
 Natural therapists will counsel those with a gut dysbiosis [or imbalance of flora] such as in Candida overgrowth and those with allergic responses perhaps evident as asthma, to avoid sugar and refined carbohydrates.

 In chronic fatigue situations a regime may incorporate advice such as No coffee, sugar, alcohol, margarine, fried foods, canned food or preservatives.

What our bodies need
 The point is, we are made from the foods we eat and moreover from the elements that make up those foods. You cannot build a healthy body in the long run, if it is not constructed from those elements that are conducive to a good body chemistry that will keep us in balance.

 The basic emphasis on regular eating three or four or up to six small meals a day is because the body likes consistency, and skipping meals or eating at irregular intervals, causes the blood sugar levels to fluctuate up and down. This in turn causes periods of high and low energy, depression and emotional swings as the person's body is either full or starving.

 Unexplained irritability, sudden weak spells, craving for sweets, frequent headaches and low energy in the afternoon are often signs of a poor eating pattern, and particularly characteristic of those who skip breakfast, as it is breakfast or brunch that carries us through the afternoon. And, without a good breakfast in the morning, the body ends up out of fuel in early to mid-afternoon until the lunch meal kicks in.

The bad and the ugly about sugar
 But what is wrong with using sugar?

 1. Sugar can suppress the immune system.
 2. Sugar upsets the minerals in the body.
 3. Sugar can cause hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and crankiness in children.
 4. Sugar can produce a significant rise in triglycerides.
 5. Sugar contributes to the reduction in defense against bacterial infection.

 According to research, the heavy use of sugar such as eating donuts and cakes etc in the diet also contributes to cancer states. The University of California Cancer Research Centre in Santa Barbara and Johns Hopkins researchers have found evidence that some cancer cells are such incredible sugar junkies that sugar will help the cancer grow faster and conversely the cells will self-destruct when deprived of glucose, their biological sweet of choice.

 "The change when we took away glucose was dramatic," says Chi Van Dang, M.D., Ph.D., previous director of haematology. "By the next day, we knew very quickly that the cells we had altered to resemble cancers were dying off in large numbers."

 Scientists have long suspected that the cancer cell's heavy reliance on glucose, its main source of strength and vitality, also could be one of its great weaknesses, and Dang's results are among the most direct proofs of the idea.

The real sweet life
 Artificial sweeteners also have their problems - aspartame in particular coming under fire. Stevia and xylitol have been found to be more suitable substitutes for many people.

 The real sweet life really begins when our body is in balance, eating the right foods, for our body, with the correct support via appropriate herbal and other supplements.

The information above is for educational purposes only and is not to be construed as health or medical advice. Persons should follow the guidelines of their own individual health practitioners. Rejuvalift Australia or its associated entities or individuals will not be held responsible for the outcome of the implementation of any of the information above.