Clothes Too Tight After The Holidays?
Posted: 1/3/2012 2:42:15 PM
By: David Erb | with: 0comments
Are you sick of the type of eating you did through December? Are you REALLY ready to get lean again? Is the thought of your clothes feeling loose again motivating?
Then you are ready for a 'No Sugar' January! Join us here at EFWC as we say no to sugar during this month of January for health, for leanness, and for each other.
Top Ten Reasons to Avoid Sugar and Refined Grains
1. Sugar is the primary cause of the obesity epidemic.
Fat doesn't turn into fat. But sugar that turns into fat will.
2. Sugar causes hormonal and metabolic imbalance.
Swinging insulin and cortisol levels in the body, which decrease then increase blood sugar, not only cause your system to crash but set up a cascade of abnormal hormone functions that lead to premature aging and illness.
3. Sugar is your fast track to diabetes.
On the Standard North American Diet, it is a matter of time before insulin receptors burn out, unable to handle the onslaught of sugar.
4. Sugar increases the acidity of the body.
All disease thrives in acidic environments.
5. Sugar causes inflammation.
Inflammatory enzymes are elevated on higher-sugar diets. Inflammation is at the heart of 98 percent of disease.
6. Sugar is the primary reason for high cholesterol.
Your body's innate healing system, which uses cholesterol, goes into high gear when the body is traumatized at the cellular level by high sugar, insulin, and inflammation. The solution to high cholesterol is not to lower it forcefully but to remove the interference in the body causing it to rise in the first place.
7. Sugar leads to heart disease.
Elevated inflammation in the arteries increases the risk of high blood pressure, hemorrhage, stroke, and heart attacks.
8. Sugar is an anti-nutrient.
Your body's expenditure to manage sugar is greater than the energy it gains from it. If you think you are better off eating a chocolate bar, or a piece of white bread, than going hungry -- think again.
9. Sugar is a known toxin.
Like all toxins, your body is constantly trying to eliminate it from the bloodstream. You can assist your body by not giving it more sugar to handle.
10. Sugar promotes cancer.
Feeding cancer cells their primary fuel is like pouring gas on a fire.
(---From Chapter One of the "Maximized Living Nutrition Plans" book by Dr. B.J. Hardick, Kimberly Roberto, and Dr. Ben Lerner. Turn to page 10 to read more.)
Dust off your Maximized Living Nutrition Plan book and pick up some Stevita and Xylitol as a natural sugar substitute, replace the candy with Paleo bars, and try some new recipes for a new year! You can do it!
Also, don't miss our upcoming
Maximized Living Makeover on Thursday, January 19th from 5:00-8:00 PM. Our focus will be on losing weight, and gaining health!
Read more HERE and sign-up by calling the office or stopping by the front desk on your next apppointment!