Archive for the ‘Diabetes’ Category
Sugar does not cause Diabetes!??
Monday, October 19th, 2009
I recently came across a web page on HealthCastle.com that actually has a headline that states, “Sugar does not cause Diabetes!” On top of a potentially life threatening condition and elevated exposure to several chronic illnesses, diabetics have a slew of misinformation to put up with; as if being diabetic isn’t frustrating enough!
I’m fairly certain someone from the Flat Earth Society must have written this article. To say there is no link between sugar consumption and diabetes is like saying smoking does not cause lung cancer or that exercise leads to obesity. It’s simply ridiculous to see anything like this on a web site claiming to be “healthy”.
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Help Wendy’s Fight Diabetes, Eat More Frostys!!
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
Every once in a while you find a news story that is so absurd you think it must be a joke; here is one of the best I’ve seen for quite some time.
Piscese Foods, the owners of 31 Wendy’s franchises in Austin, Texas raised over $72,000 for the Austin chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. While that is an incredibly notable cause, especially since type 1 diabetes is an incurable disease that can be a major obstacle in a person’s life, you won’t believe how they raised the money.
“2009’s donation was raised through a one-month promotion beginning in mid-July in which customers at participating Austin area Wendy’s restaurants could purchase a Frosty Coupon Book for $1.00. Each book included four (4) coupons, good for either a Free Small Frosty and Frosty-Cino. Customers have been very excited about the value of the Frosty Coupon Book, where for only $1.00 they receive four (4) free Frosty’s.”
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Nesquik = Happiness, aahhhh :)
Saturday, June 6th, 2009
Thousands of years ago, Aristotle pondered the meaning of happiness in his Nicomachean Ethics. He wrote, “Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.” If only he would have had Nesquik because it turns out that, “Happiness is as easy as Nesquik.”
In fact, it’s so easy that all you have to do is go to their web site where “Happiness Is Reserved For You.” Just click on “Find It” and all of you life’s problems will be solved…until you click on the “Health & Nutrition” tab on the next page.
Granted, 3 Musketeers set the bar for absurd health claims in a sugar laden product’s ad pretty high yesterday, but not to be outdone Nesquik’s site proclaims, “Healthy Lifestyles and Chocolate Milk Go Great Together.”
Listed on the same page as that fantastically contrary quote, you can find recipes for Amaretto Fudge Cappuccino, Roxanne C.’s Banana Split Hot Cocoa, Chocolate Banana Cream Pie, & NESQUIK Neapolitan Pound Cake just to name a few.
It’s great to see such benevolence and concern for my health from this fine corporation. I suppose the best thing to do now is buy as many of their products as possible and encourage my family to do likewise. After all, they clearly care about you AND your children.
Tags: Target: Children
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Liberate Your Life!
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
As a Wellness Coach and Sugar Addiction Expert, typically the people I work with are constantly overwhelmed by feelings of anxiety and inadequacy. They feel they will forever be in a losing battle with themselves and their bathroom scale. They are frustrated because they know what it takes to live the life they want, but can’t seem to find the motivation to make it happen.
Therefore, just when things seem to be beyond help, they turn to me and find hope to fight another day.
Most of my clients are looking to change their lives and become the person they know they were created to be. By using a unique approach called Freedom Fulfillment, my clients and I partner together and discover the default tendencies, beliefs, and perceptions that they have adopted over the years. This helps them become conscious of how these default tendencies have guided their decisions and actions and driven them to success or lack thereof. Using the Freedom Fulfillment Development System, my clients are able to recreate their ideal image of themselves by following 7 Simple Steps as they reemerge as a healthy, energetic, and immensely satisfied person. To get started, I’ve reduced the cost of my initial Liberate Your Life! Coaching Session from $75 to $FREE.99!
If you’re interested in seeing if the power of coaching is right for you, just click on the “Email Me” button to the right, write me at jameshahn [at] slave2freedom [dot] com, or call me anytime at 517-712-1164.
And remember, no matter how far you feel you’ve fallen, you have the power to choose another way. Freedom Is Real, Freedom Exists, & Freedom Can Be Yours–TODAY!
Tags: Freedom, Personal Development
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Fueling Sugar Addiction, One Advertisement at a Time
Monday, March 23rd, 2009
The New York Times has reported that the masters of food marketing are back at it again. Noticing a growing distaste for anything made with High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS), they have decided to start using actual sugar and selling their products under deceptive titles like “natural” and “retro.”
I’m not sure where to start here. I understand the need for marketers to sell their products, but there is no room in the market place for blatant lies.
There is nothing “natural” about refined sugar. The process to create it is quite extensive and involves plenty of industrial machining and chemical crafting.
First, sucrose is extracted from sugar cane and sugar beets by heating them with a chemical compound known as Calcium Oxide. This creates a juice which is evaporated into 65% solids and becomes raw sugar. After that, the crystals are washed and stripped of color in beds of a carbon granule made from animal bones known as “bone char.” This produces a liquor, which is either partially evaporated into liquid sugar or dried to become the sugar you see in the store.
However, to argue which is better for you, HFCS or sugar, makes as much sense as arguing which will kill you faster, smoking cigarettes or smoking a pipe. Both are equally harmful as they both cause a spike in blood sugar, triggering an overdose of insulin, and resulting in excessive fat storage in your liver and other muscle tissue.
If you’d like a guaranteed prevention for diabetes Sugar Addiction, leave both HFCS and sugar out of your food completely.
Tags: Dead Wrong, Freedom, Target: Children
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“Let The Children Come To Me”
Friday, September 19th, 2008
“Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 19:14
I recently linked to a story by Peg Tyre from Newsweek which reported the unfortunate statistic that 1 in 5 American parents are worried about the mental health of their sons. The article asks why so many of our youngest boys are struggling emotionally. Tyre ponders, “…could some of those changes we have embraced in our families, our communities and our schools be driving our sons crazy?” She then goes on to theorize that overly structured schedules and excessively demanding academics could be to blame for the slumping feelings of many boys.
Tyre finally concludes, “But when nearly one in five boys has such serious behavioral and emotional issues that their parents are talking it over with their pediatrician, you can bet we are facing a problem that requires a more fundamental change in our society than medication or weekly therapy.”
I couldn’t agree more; however, I believe the issue we are facing here is even more fundamental than too many soccer games and math problems. In my estimation, the root cause of the emotional issues among the majority of children simply comes down to diet; specifically, you guessed it, the amount of sugar and other caloric sweeteners the average child consumes.
As I’ve often pointed out, the USDA reported the average American consumed 143 lbs. of caloric sweeteners in 2005. If we consider that 143 lbs. was just an average, and take into account the amount of sugar in one bowl of breakfast cereal, it’s not unreasonable to assume many kids could be consuming in excess of 170-180 lbs. of sugar and other sweeteners per year. That breaks down to just under ½ pound per day!
Tags: Target: Children
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The Truth Will Make You Free
Friday, September 12th, 2008
(sorry guys, busy week at the office)
“And you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” (John 8:32)
Yesterday, CNN.com reported, “Diabetics who tightly control their blood sugar — even if only for the first decade after their condition is diagnosed — have lower risks of heart attack, death and other complications 10 or more years later, a large follow-up study has found.”
It’s amazing that the medical establishment is just now “discovering” the long term effects of keeping your blood sugar in check. In my estimation, natural intuition should tell you that if your patient has diabetes, they should do everything they can to regulate their blood sugar, since their body can’t do it on its own. And the most effective way of regulating blood sugar is eliminating all refined sugar and processed food from your diet as quickly as possible.
Sadly, though, diabetics receive as much faulty advice regarding what they should and should not eat as the rest of us.
On a recent trip to Barnes & Noble, I ran across a book titled “Tell Me What To Eat If I Have Diabetes.” The first line in this book should read something like, “Stop eating refined sugar and flour immediately.” However, upon opening the book, one finds just the opposite. Believe it or not, this laughable tome contains recipes for cookies, cafe mochas with syrup, and even donuts (!?). If that’s not enough, none of the nutritional tables contain a column for grams of sugar. A more appropriate name would have been, “Tell Me The Fastest Way To Die Of Diabetes Complications.”
Tags: Freedom
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