Sugar, is it really that bad? Day 5 - Tip 5 First we must go back. Considering as a species we have been about for thousands and thousands of years, as little as 400 years ago refined, or simple sugars were not available, with the exception of a small amount of homey. We used to only eat naturally occurring whole foods which mainly provided complex carbohydrates. These natural food sources convert to energy relatively slowly because they get tied up simultaneously with naturally occurring fats, proteins, fibre, vitamins and minerals. Producing these refined packaged sugars like the white or brown sugar we see everywhere today, used to cost so much to manufacture only the rich could afford to buy it. Thus, as little as 100 years ago we consumed on average around 2-5KG per year. Now we consume on average around 65KG per year! If sugar were nutritious this might not be a problem, but it is a big problem. In reality processed sugar is addictive and can even reasonably be considered a poison! In 1957 Dr William Coda asked the question when is food a food and when is it a poison? His medical definition of poison was Any substance applied to the body, ingested or developed within the body, which causes or may cause diseases. The dictionary provides an even broader definition of poison: To exert a harmful influence on, or pervert I think we can reasonably classify refined sugar as a poison as it has been depleted of all its life forces, vitamins and minerals. What is left is pure refined carbohydrates. The body cannot effectively utilize this unless the depleted proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals are present. When we eat sugars without the nutritional factor necessary for digestion, metabolism and elimination. Incomplete carbohydrate metabolism occurs. Pyruvic acid accumulates in the brain and nervous system. These abnormal sugars accumulate in the red blood cells. This effects the respiration of the cells, they simply cant get enough oxygen to function properly. Eventually some cells will die, seriously effecting the function of that part of the body, and this my friend is the beginning of degenerative disease. Sugar, food or poison? You decide. Something to think about before you put your two scoops in! Questions welcome - info@jamieleetraining
Posted on: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 10:48:37 +0000
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