Fructose

• PMS
• low back pain
• learning disabilities
• ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder)
• depression
• asthma
In his book, Rare Earth’s Forbidden Cures, Dr. Joel Wallach states that sugar loads increase the
normal rates of mineral loss in sweat and urine by 300 percent for 12 hours. So if you regularly eat
sugar, no amount of supplementation or diet will allow you to keep up with your mineral losses.
4) Excess of sugar leads to sugar diabetes.
The average American consumes 100-150 pounds of sugar per year. Consequently, diabetes is
the No. 7 cause of death in America. Our sweet tooth has cost us dearly. Interestingly, studies of
the world’s people who live longest - such as Tibetans and Hunzas - indicate that degenerative
diseases, including diabetes, are virtually unknown among these peoples. A probable cause of
our high rate of diabetes is the high intake of refined sugar, in the form of white sugar (sucrose),
corn syrup (fructose), and all others ending in “-ose.” David Reuben, M.D., states that “there is
no doubt that diabetes mellitus - otherwise known as sugar diabetes - is caused by excessive
consumption of refined sugar.”
5) Sugar causes weight gain and stresses the whole system.
Sugar’s empty calories quickly flood the bloodstream and are stored as fat, which can be a major
contributor to the alarming number of obese adults and children in the United States today. This
excess weight causes stress on the whole system, especially the heart, which has to pump harder
to circulate the blood to all the “excess” tissue. The excessive weight also is a contributing factor
in all major disease.
Bottom line: Cut down on the refined sugars and starches and add some sugar vegetables (yams,
bell peppers, carrots) or fruit to your diet instead. You should be aware that the fruit today is
hybrid for sweetness, being 30 times as sweet as it was created to be, so do not over eat fruit or
it could negatively impact your blood sugar and your immune system.
Excerpt taken from the book Total Health = Wholeness: A Body, Mind and Spirit Manual by Dr.
Keith and Laurie Nemec.
For more information go to Total Health Institute www.totalhealthinstitute.com.
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