Posts Tagged ‘sugary food’

Ready to eat cereal isn’t breakfast food even though it is marketed as such. Have a hearty breakfast seems to mean open, pour, and down it in about 90 seconds.. Mainstream diets are loaded with calories striped of any measure of nutrition. Having a hearty breakfast means to some people means apple cinnamon, fruity, and sugary.

Consumers who enjoy these should be impressed with the variety. Many of these brands claim that it is proven that their cereals have health benefits. Many boast that they have 50% less sugar, are cholesterol free, low fat and a good source of vitamins

Ironically, artificial or chemical renditions of vitamins have been implicated in causing more harm than good. According to a story in The New Your Times July 23, sugary cereals are still being promoted on TV as a healthy breakfast food.

Another trend is what I call “thing” rather than food. It is promoted as a real egg product. The word product says it all. It is made from egg whites without the yolks to cut out the fat and cholesterol. Flavors and colorings are added to make the things look and taste more like the real deal.

The message is that you can mill, cut, shape it and come up with a totally innovative way to promote it, but it can never be quite like fresh food. However, it will create impressive profit margins. 

Nearly all processed food sabotages your health. Fruits and vegetables aren’t shelf stable. Produce doesn’t last even in the refrigerator for an extended period of time. Americans may be throwing out more than they consume. As processed food retailers and manufacturers sales increases; fruits and vegetables are not lined up for any growth in sales. Despite the baby-carrot $25 million advertising campaign and other initiatives we haven’t seen any real growth in mass market appeal.

Cereal isn’t a meal by any stretch of the imagination. It may be rich in sugar, sodium, calories, and the wrong fats, but it meets no ones dietary needs. What is relevant is these manufactured products replace the whole foods in your diet.

Fruits and vegetables are a breakfast, lunch, and dinner food. Just pair it with some good protein and fats and you are ready to go.

Drug Like

Refined sugar is refined, and that is one of the reasons for it being a dangerous substance. When you take a substance out of nature and refine it some adverse things happen. You maximize its properties, biological and chemical potency. Sugar is refined from sugarcane; cocaine is a drug that’s refined from coca leaves. Opium is a drug that’s refined from poppies.

Sugar is cheap and widely available so it effects are seen, but they are so common that you will not notice them. Refined sugar addiction is as real as drug dependency.

Health Effects   

The health effects of sugar are all around us. Yet, it is so common that most people are not aware that it isn’t normal function of human biology. It is capable over a period of time to cause toot decay, gum disease, disrupt normal brain function, promote heart disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and nutritional deficiencies

After sugar enters the body, the blood sugar levels rise, causing the pancreas to release insulin. Insulin is needed to convert sugar into energy. When a large amount of sugar is consumed, more insulin is released. The insulin converts the sugar into an immediate energy source. It produces a jolt that gives you a jump start. However, it doesn’t work like a battery jump start. Because if the battery has enough life left in it the jump start it can keep it going. Where as in this situation the blood sugar level begin to decrease rapidly, and you crash in the sense you feel a letdown in energy.

Glucose and vitamin C have similar chemical structures. They compete with one another upon entering the cells. The same thing that mediates the entry of glucose into the cells is the same thing that mediates the entry of vitamin C into the cells. If there is more glucose hanging around, there is going to be less vitamin C allowed into the cell. You just lowered the ability of your immune system to protect you.

Sugar aggravates asthma and nourishes nervous disorders, such as anxiety attacks.

Childhood

The childhood memories of most people bring them closer to becoming sugar dependent. Very few American’s can’t recall a sugary food that wasn’t considered a treat, or became a family tradition. This is the place that forms our lifetime habits.

Today’s children will know what it is like to be hooked on sugar in the morning, sugar in the evening, and sugar all day long.