Sweet Poison....

antifreeze is a sweet poison

THIS!

Read a book...



Ha! That's a good one.

No but I want to read it!! I have heard lots about it but can't seem to get my hands on it, there a few places online I was going to buy it from but they won't deliver to NZ for some stupid reason!!!

Here are some interesting points on the subject. The sixty minutes link does not show full screen but still makes the point.

http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/stories/8480654/sweet-poison

From Prevention Magazine April 2012.

Research suggest that diet drinks may backfire: The taste of something sweet without the calories can cause your body to hold on to calories as fat. In a 2011 study, diet-soda drinkers has a 178% greater increase in waist circumference over 10 yrs, compared with non-diet-soda drinkers. "Artificial sweeteners can actually raise your insulin levels and lower your blood sugar, which may stimulate hunger and move existing calores into storage in your fat cells," says Sharon P Fowler, MPH, on of the study's coauthors. Plus fake sweeteners may not quell a craving like real sugar can, because sugar triggers a longer dopamine release. So even after downing 2 Diet Cokes, you may still want the candy bar.

From a seminar I attended- "The brain sees something as sweet but does not recognize any calories so it calls for you to eat more calories".

Also check Snoops.com and Urban Legends for the other point of view.

http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/aspartame.asp

The other video on the same subject is "Sugar: The Bitter Truth" with Dr. Robert Lustig which you can watch at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

I just finished reading the book, but have yet to apply the idea.

The idea within the book is that you can achieve moderate and consistent weight loss if you just avoid fructose in your daily diet and limit its consumption to special events (e.g. your birthday)

The book's view is fructose, unlike other forms of sugar such as lactose and glucose, does not trigger the "I am full feeling" and encourages your body to binge on it and make you overweight in the longer term. For example, you can drink a bottle of juice and still feel hungry, where as a bottle of milk and you will feel full for much longer.

The book is supportive of some fruit in your diet, as fruit has lots of fibre to help fill you up. The book is just anti fructose when it is separated from its original source and made into sugar (which is 50% fructose and 50% glucose). The book goes on to say that you should avoid food that contains a high percentage of sugar (e.g. soft drink, fruit juice, most diet foods, most breakfast cereals, many take-away meals, biscuits, chocolate, etc).

The book is not a low carb book and the authors view is that low carb diets are good at fast weight loss over a few weeks, but they are not a long term solution as very few people can sustain them for very long.

The book is not a low fat diet book either, as the author views that your body will normally tell you when you have eaten too much. The only fat you should actively avoid are transfats (e.g. hydrogenated fats used in many manufactured foods).

Thats about it really. "If it is sweet don't eat" is the central theme of the book.