Ack!!
But what this article really made me think about is the healing qualities of so many foods. I have for so long considered and researched the harmful additives to many processed food; but I have just begun to learn about the amazing healing abilities of other foods. There are many super foods, like blue berries, for instance. They are high in antioxidants and they lower cholesterol and slow the aging process - sign me up for a bowl. Many of us are familiar with the benefits of eating salmon, broccoli, walnuts and dark chocolate (perhaps with some blueberries). But honey is also considered a super food - consuming local honey helps people with (local and seasonal) allergies, it aides in wound relief, and it is believed to have anti-bacterial and anti-viral qualities.
I have also been very curious about the harmful effects of sugar on our bodies. It is so addictive (I am proof of that), and it is soooooo very bad for our bodies. I struggle on a daily basis to refrain from consuming that delicious, sweet, refined, granular love. Prevention magazine recently covered this topic. Below is the list of 11 bad effects sugar has on us from Prevention Magazine - "Weird Things Sugar's Doing to Your Body" :
- sugar makes organs fat
- sugar primes the body for diabetes
- sugar hammers the heart
- sugar prevents tense blood vessels
- sugar promotes cholesterol chaos
- sugar leads to type 3 diabetes (yes, type 3)
- sugar turns you into a junkie
- sugar turns you into a ravenous animal
- sugar makes you an energy starved zombie
- sugar turns your simile upside down
- sugar wrecks your face
Makes me think.
Makes me think too! If you look at foods with lots of sugar, they do not always have lots of fat or sometimes calories, so a particular food item may not seem so terrible, but that sugar is (literally) deathly.
ReplyDeleteThe healing qualities of food is something that has just come to my attention in the last two years and it has become very real in my life. My boyfriend has changed his eating habits recently because of a skin condition and just changing what goes inside has changed what appears on the outside.
This reminds me of a conversation my fiance's 17-year-old daughter had with her doctor. They were talking about her diet, and the doctor was saying things like "you KNOW there's sugar in candy," "you KNOW there's sugar in soda" and things like that. Then he asked her "do you know about the amount of sugar in other foods you eat?" They discussed how a lot of other foods that don't seem sugary, like white bread, also have a lot of sugar. It was a really good discussion, and after that, she has been a lot more aware of all the foods she eats, not just candy and sugar. It might be a good idea to have this discussion with other students, too. If they start to think about what's in all of their food, and not just junk food, they might be willing to make better decisions about their food.
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