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Hi John
For those of you who are vintage movie buffs, you might remember seeing a 6 year-old Shirley Temple in the movie Bright Eyes singing “On the good ship Lollipop.”
“On the good ship Lollipop, it’s a sweet trip to the candy shop where bon-bons play, on the sunny beach of peppermint bay.”
But then Shirley goes on to warn her listeners, “If you eat too much, uh- oh, you'll awake with a tummy ache.”
Little did she know that a stomach ache would eventually be the least of our worries when it comes to sugar!
Yes, eating too much sugar can upset your stomach and of course, let’s not forget the obvious—it also widens your backside.
But that’s just the beginning, my friend.
The health dangers of sugar continue to grow, and now there’s even evidence that flooding your bloodstream with sugar on a regular basis can also cause memory impairment and decline!
Here’s the scoop:
On the good ship Dementia?
According to German author and neurologist Dr. Agnes Floel, elevated blood sugar levels (from regularly eating high-carb, high-sugar foods) are fast becoming significant markers for cognitive decline and dementia.
In a recent study of 141 participants performed at Charite University Medicine in Berlin, researchers measured and compared sugar levels in 2 test groups—one had normal sugar levels and the others’ were elevated.
After testing which included an MRI scan and a word test, the researchers noted that the higher blood sugar participants consistently did worse during the memory assessments than the normal blood sugar group!
The reason why this happens is because sugar clogs the nutrient channels in all of your cells. Not only can this weaken your bones and muscles, but it can slow down communication between your nerve cells--which can lead to mood swings, memory problems and eventually dementia.
Let’s take a look at yet some more ways this “Sweet Poison” destroys your health:
It encourages insulin resistance
Sugar binds to the hormone receptors in your cells, jamming them up making them insensitive to the hormone insulin.
Once you're insulin resistant, you have opened the door for Type 2 diabetes, more weight gain and even sexual dysfunction!
It ages you
Sugar stiffens the collagen in your tendons, joints and skin, which can lead to arthritis and premature wrinkling.
At the same time it interferes with the production of NEW collagen throughout your entire body, so you get a double whammy here.
It impairs your immune system functioning
Sugar alters the "sensors" that your white blood cells need in order to be able to distinguish normal, healthy tissues and cells from dangerous invaders.
This opens up the door for infections and viruses of all kinds to flourish as well as the development of cancer.
In addition, sugar also weakens your immune system by “slowing down” your white blood cells too.
You see, white blood cells travel through your blood vessels "patrolling" and waiting for an SOS from a tissue that's injured or inflamed.
Once they sense that their protective services are needed to help you heal and prevent infection, they wiggle out of your blood stream through little spaces between your cells (called the “matrix”) and go to the troubled area to begin their work.
But sugar can react with proteins in your body and "close off" these tiny crawl spaces, thereby preventing your white blood cells from getting where they need to go to protect you.
So the more of these "sugar blockages" you have, the more your immune function is impaired.
It interferes with your circulation
Your circulation and your red blood cells are affected by sugar too.
Your red blood cells sop up sugar like a sponge in your bloodstream and in doing so, they grow old, stiff and bloated.
Now, normally your spleen can filter out these worn-out red blood cells by passing them through a series of corridors—and any that are too “puffed up with sugar” get removed from circulation.
But when your blood is consistently overloaded with sugar, your spleen can't keep up with its fast-growing filtering job. Eventually, the puffy red blood cells can build up and clog your capillaries.
This is what's happening when diabetics go blind and develop numbness in their feet and gangrenous infections.
It can cause dysbiosis
Sugar also harms the important little inhabitants in your gut, and this is another sugar double whammy.
About 70% of your immune system resides in the beneficial bacteria (AKA friendly flora) in your gut.
Also residing in your gut are "bad guys"--harmful bacteria and yeasts--that you can get from your food and the environment.
In order to have a strong flora balance (and hence an effective immune system), many experts recommend that you strive to have at least 85% friendly bacteria in your gut and no more than 15% harmful.
Your friendly flora is nourished by things like vegetables, fermented foods, whole grains and legumes.
The harmful bacteria, on the other hand, LOVE sugar.
So when you give your body a regular onslaught of sugar not only are you starving your beneficial bacteria, but you're feeding the dangerous ones.
This can cause dysbiosis (harmful bacteria overgrowth), which can not only make your immune system practically non-existent, but it also can hamper your digestion causing gas, bloating and anything-but-normal BMs.
What to do
If you suspect you are suffering the health effects of too much sugar, in addition to seeing your doctor to rule out Type 2 diabetes (among other things), it's absolutely VITAL to change your diet to replace most of the refined sugar with healthy, complex carbs.
And if that sounds about as exciting to you as watching grass grow, I have good news.
Because the Great Taste No Pain system can make the transition to a more healthful diet easy AND tasty!
- http://www.greattastenopain.com/great.asp
The manuals in the Great Taste No Pain eating system will teach you about the health risks of sugar, plus give you scrumptious ways to incorporate better, healthy carbohydrate sources into your meals.
Many of the GTNP recipes are made with things like whole grains, legumes, beans and vegetables--good, healthy sources of complex carbs that help give you lasting energy and nourish your friendly flora.
And are they ever tasty! You'll be shocked at how delicious eating for great health can be. And once you get away from all the sugar, chances are great that you'll appreciate the taste and natural sweetness of REAL foods and will lose your taste for the refined junk.
Plus you'll learn about smart combinations of foods, which will help improve digestion and nutrient absorption. This can help make gas, bloating, constipation, acid reflux and excess weight a thing of the past for you for good!
Don't forget the little inhabitants down the road
If you've been a sugar-holic for a while, chances are excellent that you have some serious harmful bacteria overgrowth going on inside of you like I described above.
Trust me, if you get lots of gas and bloating, it's practically a given!
Now, having a more healthy diet can certainly help reverse your flora balance into the more healthy range, but for many people it's not enough.
This is especially true if you take medications of any kind (particularly antibiotics or acid reducers), are under a fair amount of stress, drink tap water or are exposed to pollutants in the environment or on your job. All of these factors can also upset your flora balance.
That's why a quality probiotic supplement like Super Shield can be so helpful to so many people.
- http://bluerockholistics.com/product/pross.asp
Super Shield's 13 strains of potent, friendly bacteria can help beef up your flora population and bring your balance to a more health-enhancing level, and help you "recover" from a long history of being a sugar-holic.
Take the necessary steps to minimize sugar's harmful effects on your body...and I'm sure it will thank you many times over!
To your health,
Sherry Brescia
I was a skeptic, now a believer.
I had diarrhea for weeks and Imodium did not work. Kaopectate did not work. Then I read your story on the internet. I ordered your plan and tried your Great Taste No Pain system.
You explained the "why it works for you" and more importantly, it did work for you and countless others.
So count me in! My diarrhea is over.
I am also mentally rejecting things that are bad for my body and mind. I have lost 9 pounds on the scale, and 9 pounds of bulging fat!
So there you have it, Sherry.
Thanks and keep your letters coming.
Joe S
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