Poisoning with Sugar

Poisoning With Sugar Presented by

Prema KodicalNutritionist/Weight Management

Consultant

Raw To Refined

Types of Sugar

•Overt •Foods that behave like sugar – Rice, processed grains, bread, sweet corn, alcohol

•Covert/hidden – Artificial sweeteners

So-called Healthy Foods

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Fat-free Foods

• Desserts like pastries, cakes ice cream and frozen yoghurt

• No fat…but more sugar

• Less of one…more of the other

Tricky Food Labels

Do not get fooled by health claims on labels

• ‘No sugars’ simply means ‘no sucrose’• ‘Made with natural sugar’ • ‘Made with whole grains’ • Contains ‘Heart-healthy olive oil or

omega-3 fats’• ‘No Trans-Fat’•

Biggest Deception

• Advertising that a food is cholesterol-free•Meaningless claim if the food has lot of sugar• Your body converts sugar to fat and triglycerides

Sugar-free Foods

Sugar-free foods contain ‘artificial sweeteners’

Sucralose, Saccharin, Aspartame, High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS), Barley malt syrup, Dextrin, Glucose, Lactose, Levulose, Lite or Light sugar, Maltrodextrin, Maltodextrose, Mannitol, Xylitol, Sorbitol, Maltitol, Mannose, Nectars

Artificial Sweeteners

• Triggers low blood sugar

• Stimulates appetite and cravings

• False sense of hunger

• Leads to sugar cravings

Deadly Sugars

•Aspartame

•High Fructose Corn Syrup

AspartameIn large enough amounts :• Can damage your DNA• Memory loss• Depression• Brain damage• Vision problems• Brain tumors• Insomnia

High Fructose Corn Syrup

HFCS is a man-made sweetener that is cheaper and sweeter than sugar

Made from genetically modified corn

• Shuts off body’s natural appetite control switches • Body doesn’t use fructose as immediate energy

source; it is stored as fat• Liver tumors• DNA damage• Inflammation• Increased production of free radicals• Pancreatic cancer

Food Labels

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Sugar Is Poison• Diabetes and other diseases increased

as consumption of refined sugars grew• The human body cannot handle

man-made sugar • Refined sugar in significant

quantity is toxic to human bodies • Sugar evokes a brain chemical

Beta –Endorphin • Obesity - Insulin Resistance

Effects Of Excess Sugar

• Makes us fat• Makes the blood acidic• Arrests the secretion of

gastric juices • Small intestine becomes

inactive and paralyzed• Excess sugar eventually

affects every organ of the body

Cut Sugar to• Trim body fat• Lose weight• Lower your cholesterol• Lower triglycerides• Increase your energy• Prevent diabetes and related

diseases• Treat diabetes and related

diseases • Achieve optimal wellness

Eliminate Sugar • Eliminate sugary drinks, granola

bars and energy bars• Avoid refined carbs and reduce

complex carbs• Avoid canned and processed

food • Avoid ‘low-fat’ and sugar-free foods…

have smaller portions of the regular versions

• Read food labels carefully

Changes In Your Diet • Reduce the sugar you add to tea and

coffee• Reduce the sugar in recipes..add

spices to boost flavour and taste• Use healthy sugar substitutes –

jaggery, molasses, pure honey•     • Balance your carbohydrate intake

with lean protein to control cravings

Find out if you are a sugar addict

• Have you ever tried to cut down or control your use of sweet foods?

• Are you using more sweet foods than ever before?• Do you get irritable if you do not have your regular dose of

sugar?• Have you ever gotten upset when someone ate your special

‘sweet food?• Have you ever lied about how much sweet food you eat?• Have you ever gone out of your way to get something

sweet?• Have you ever binged?• Have you ever crawled through the morning with a

headache that is immediately relieved when you have something sweet?

• Is it impossible to just say no to sweet foods? • Is sugar controlling your life?

Steps To Sugar Detox• Eat breakfast with proteins

• Journal what you eat and how you feel

• Eat at least three meals a day with proteins

• Take the recommended vitamins • Shift from white to brown foods• Reduce or eliminate sugars

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