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RULES FOR HEALTHY EATING HABITS Nutritional Class Dr. Shawn K. Taher D.C.

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RULES FOR HEALTHY EATING HABITS

Nutritional Class

Dr. Shawn K. Taher D.C.

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Overview

No Fast FoodNo Artificial SugarsNo High Fructose Corn SyrupNo Partially Hydrogenated Oils

No MSG and Sodium NitratesDrink Plenty of Water

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Avoid Fast Food

Each day, 1 in 4 Americans visits a fast food restaurant In 1972, we spent 3 billion a year on fast food - today we

spend more than $110 billion McDonald's feeds more than 46 million people a day - more

than the entire population of Spain French fries are the most eaten vegetable in America You would have to walk for seven hours straight to burn off a

Super Sized Coke, fry and Big Mac In the U.S., we eat more than 1,000,000 animals an hour 60 percent of all Americans are either overweight or obese One in every three children born in the year 2000 will

develop diabetes in their lifetime Left unabated, obesity will surpass smoking as the leading

cause of preventable death in America

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Stay away from Artificial Sugars

•Sucralose or Splenda was discovered by accident during research on pesticides.

•Aspartame is a brain excitotoxin, causing damage to neurons

•Areas of the Body affected:

• Eyes-decreased vision• Ears-tinnitus• Neurologic-

headaches, migraines, seizures

• Psychological-phobias, depression, anxiety

• Chest-palpitations• Gastrointestinal-

nausea, diarrhea• Skin and Allergies-

rash, hives• Endocrine /Metabolic-

weight loss/gain, menstrual changes

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No High Fructose Corn Syrup

Leads to obesity which causes High Blood Pressure and Cancer

Liver DamageBrain Excitotoxin, causes

damage to neuronsBlood sugar compensation

mechanisms are diminished. Extremely addictiveUsed in Coke and Pepsi

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No Partially Hydrogenated Oils

Health Risksraise bad cholesterol

(LDL)lower good cholesterol

(HDL)increase blood insulinaffect the immune

systempotentiate free radical

formation

Present in these foods: Crisco margarine baked goods candy ice cream peanut butter pizza French fries

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Do not consume MSG &Sodium Nitrates

Harmful side effects of MSG: Brain Damage: MSG is an

excitotoxin Heart Problems: Extreme rise or

drop in blood pressure and Slow heartbeat.

Alzheimer’s Disease Vision Disorders: Blurred vision,

Difficulty focusing, Pressure around eyes.

Headaches & Migraines Tumors Birth Defects and Reproduction

Disorders - MSG is a known "mutagen" and causes significant damage to intellectual development, growth patterns, reproduction and gonadal functions.

Neurological/Emotional Disorders Obesity Asthma

Sodium Nitrate Health Concerns

Nitrate’s form nitrosamines, a human carcinogen, which affects DNA and leads to cellular degeneration

Link to Alzheimer’s Disease Gastric Cancer Diabetes Mellitus Parkinson’s Oesophageal Cancer Colon Cancer

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Importance of Water in our Body

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Summary

Stay away from fast foodArtificial Sweeteners are dangerous in

consumptionHigh Fructose Corn Syrup leads to many

health risksPartially Hydrogenated Oils are harmful to

the immune systemMSG and Sodium Nitrates are responsible for

multiple disorders to include Alzheimer’s, Diabetes, Parkinson’s and etc…

Water has many positive effects on the body