Sugar

Too much sugar leads to nutritional deficiencies, particularly upsetting mineral balances.  It drains away calcium, overloading the body with acid-ash residues responsible for much of the stiffening of joints and limbs in arthritic conditions.  Sugar robs the body of B vitamins in the digestive tract, so that they cannot act.  Skin, nerve and digestive problems result.  Soda, sweetened with high fructose corn syrup, cause mineral loss, especially phosphorous and calcium, which may contribute to osteoporosis, a crippling bone disease.  New studies show too much sugar is also linked to more serious depression.

A high sugar diet suppresses immune response because refined sugar destroys the ability of white blood cells to kill germs for up to 5 house after consumption.  In addition, sugar feeds candida yeast and cancer, and disrupts hormonal health by inhibiting the release of growth hormone.  It also lowers disease control, a proven fact for those with diabetes and hypoglycemia, and now becoming known as well for people with high triglycerides and blood pressure. 

We need some sugar.  Without sugar, in the form of "glucose" or blood sugar, we would die.  But, our bodies get enough glucose when we eat complex carbohydrates from vegetables, whole grains and legumes.

Cooking for Healthy Healing    Linda Page

She is the Sugar Plum Fairy-very pretty!  And, almost time for the Nutcracker.