Do You Understand What Causes Diabetes?

Something you learned 30 years ago may very well be responsible for your suffering.

Do you think that purchasing products that are “low-fat” and “no-fat” are helping you to lose weight and avoid heart disease?  That information is in your brain because of a study done by Ancel Keys. That study has laid the foundation for three decades of nutrition science, education and public policy.  The problem is that the study comes to conclusions that are just plain wrong.

If the label on that can or box says low or no fat, you can bet that the product tastes like cardboard without lots of extra sugar.  That sugar is doing more than just making you fat.  It is poisoning you.

Thanks to Richard Nixon’s war on poverty and his partnership with the USDA to bring down the price of food, High Fructose Corn Syrup was introduced in 1975 to replace sugar because it was cheap and readily available.

Fructose is even more poisonous to your body than sugar is.  Your body does not secrete insulin to digest fructose, because it is not recognized as a food.  Fructose has to be processed by your liver.

Bio-chemists know that the way your body reacts to fructose is all the evidence needed to prove that fructose is a poison rather than a food.

“Hey wait, the commercials on television say that moderate use of fructose is ok!”

I’ve seen that commercial.  You need to be aware that it is not safe.  It has never been tested safe.  There is no evidence that it is in fact safe.  As well, since it is in EVERYTHING you are using it more than moderately.

Fructose contributes to insulin resistance and weight gain.  That is why diabetes is SO much more prevalent today than it was 30 years ago.  The way fructose is metabolized, a high fructose diet is worse than a high fat diet.

Chemicals disguised as foods just do not nurture you.

So What Causes Diabetes? Read more

Do You Have A Healthy Diet Plan?

Is what you eat healthy?

Are you a junk food junkie, or do you try to eat a healthy, well-balanced diet?

How do you know that what you are eating is actually healthy for you?

Go into your kitchen and look in your refrigerator and pantry.

Do you know what types of things should NOT be there?

Contrary to the lovely television commercials reassuring you that corn syrup is safe….. that is the first thing I recommend that you search for and illuminate from your kitchen.

When you begin searching, you will see that it is in everything!

Insulin resistance is definitely a contributing factor to heart failure, and diabetes, as well as a laundry list of dis-ease.

When you are eating “just a little” of a very concentrated, chemicalized sweetener, IN EVERYTHING…. it adds up to TOO MUCH!~

If you eat enough high fructose corn syrup, you will crave it.

Get it out of your kitchen.

The encouraging thing is that since it is in SO many foods, by watching for that one ingredient, and searching for healthier sweeteners in alternative products, you can make a noticeable difference in your health.

Look, nature made sugar in Her own way.  She is pretty good at it too.  Eat plenty of her sweet fruits and vegetables.  You will enjoy her goodies, and they will nourish you and build vitality.

If you eat a diet of highly processed and chemicalized foods, odds are your palate is coated with yeasty build up so that you aren’t enjoying how wonderful Mother Nature’s goodies taste!

Disgusting but true!

Increase your intake of fresh fruits and vegetables and your palate will be washed clean so that you can actually taste the wonderful subtle flavors of natural foods. (Organic foods are much more tasty than genetically modified foods as well!)

Carbonated beverages are another thing that you really should keep out of your kitchen.  Even if they are sweetened with concentrated fruit juice, the carbonation is not healthy.

Want more energy?

Remove carbonated beverages and all white flour foods from your kitchen.

Your energy level will increase quickly! Prove it to yourself!

White flour foods do not provide you with nourishing calories!

They can not contribute to your health. Remove white flour foods and carbonated beverages and you will transform your energy level.

The twinkle in your eye and the spring in your step will be worth the sacrifice!

Replacing undesirable foods with wholesome foods will play a big role in your healthy diet plan.

Every time you resist health robbing foods, and choose fruits and vegetables instead, you improve your health instead of add to your distress.

If you remove from your kitchen all of the junk foods that tempt you, and only eat them when you are not at your home…. you will eat far less of these unhealthy foods.

It will be soooo much easier to choose healthy snacks when they aren’t hidden behind the potato chips and candy.

What food to you need to stock in your kitchen in order to support a healthy diet plan?

The good news here is that there are many choices to choose from when stocking healthy foods in your kitchen.

A healthy diet plan is only possible if you plan ahead.

Healthy Foods That Should Be On Your Grocery List Read more

Food Matters!

Have you seen the trailer for the new movie?  I stumbled across it on You Tube and began jumping for joy.

At LAST an effort to get the message out!

You are what you eat!

You are killing yourself with the food choices you make!

If you aren’t operating out of a victim mentality, you should be able to hear the message.

Listen UP!  The length and quality of your life depend on it!

Food Matters!

Now click on a category in the right had column and find out more information that will change your life.  READ!

Health is about taking care of yourself.

NOW is the time to change your ways and do what is best for yourself and your family.

If you are already putting this information into practice, then reach someone who isn’t and tell them about this new movie.  Let’s hope CHANGE is coming.

Relaxing, breath building, and oxygen with exercise matter!

AND

Food Matters!

The trailer is enough to open your eyes, but the Food Matters DVD is really a learning experience.

You and your family NEED this information!

Get your copy NOW!

Many blessings,

Carrie

Heart Failure Solutions

PS– Remember everyday:

1. Relax and Release tension
2. Take deeep breaths
3. Be active in a way that adds joy to your life

Plus pure water ~whole foods~sunshine~and laughter

Do You Eat Too Much Sugar?

The Center for Disease Control says that about one-third of all people with diabetes do not know they have it.

I keep meaning to write a post about diabetes.  Everywhere I go I am reminded that I need to write that diabetes post.

Life is keeping me so busy that I just haven’t had time to do research on diabetes.  I felt like I didn’t know enough, and needed to find more information.

Today it hit me!

All of us push this to the bottom of the to do list.  You know heart disease and diabetes are on the rise.  But you don’t take the time to evaluate what you are eating and make changes until some health problem forces you to.

Don’t wait to get sick!

The world eats 160 million tons of sugar.

What can you do? Read more

Fluid Retention Steals Your Health, Want To Stop It?

Fluid retention is such a big problem because the extra water in your system is in the way!  Oxygen and vital nutrients can’t get where they need to go!

When oxygen and other vital nutrients cant’ get where they need to go, you deteriorate!

If you don’t want your health to fade, watch for signs that you may be retaining water:

• When you press your fingernail firmly into your thumb-pad, does it stay deeply dented for more than a second or two?
• When you press the tip of your finger into the inside of your shinbone, does your nail make a dent?
• Do your ankles ever swell?
• Does your shoe size increase as you get older?
• Do your rings sometimes not fit?
• Is your tummy ever tight and swollen?
• For women, do you suffer from breast tenderness?
• Does your weight fluctuate by several pound within the space of only twenty-four hours?

You should be concerned if you recognize water retention symptoms, even if your doctor isn’t!

If your symptoms are mild, make sure you pay close attention to: Read more

Can Heart Disease Lead To Heart Failure?

Heart disease doesn’t get much news coverage unless someone famous dies of it.  We don’t wear pink ribbons to bring awareness to it either, but heart disease is still the number one cause of death in the western world.

You can have advanced heart disease and be unaware of it.  The first sign of heart disease many times is a heart attack.

Heart Attack is a major cause of heart failure!

Some treatments for heart disease actually contribute to heart failure!

The hundreds of patients that I saw over a decade rarely made significant changes in diet and lifestyle before being prescribed drugs, and soon after started experiencing side effects from those drugs.

Many of them had surgery as well.

Much quality of life is lost when health building efforts are abandoned for harsh drugs and traumatic surgeries. Read more

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