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The Disturbing Facts About Refined Sugar In Your Diet

Refined Sugar is close to zero nutrition value- Because of the industrial processes involved in manufacturing, sugar has practically no nutrition value: The vitamins and enzymes have become denatured (loose their molecular shape) and thus fail to contribute to the body’s metabolic requirements.Refined sugar is also devoid of mineral content. It is pure energy For those who frequently eat significant amounts of refined sugar products, this can lead to many problems. Because a large intake of sugar causes a sharp rise in blood glucose, the pancreas jets out high levels of insulin as a sudden response. The insulin converts glucose into glycogen as storage in the liver. However, the overreaction of high insulin more than converts the excess glucose. This results in the blood having lower […] Read More

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How To Eat Well Without Spending A Fortune

In the barest, simplest terms, expenses can be broken down into two broad categories: things you need to buy, and things you want to buy. There are those things no one can do without, and therefore must spend money on: housing, utilities, transportation, and food. The trick is to try and cut the expenses on the necessities, which thereby frees up more money for buying those things you want. Now you don’t have to choose between an empty stomach or an empty bank account Let’s focus here on how to have a happy, full stomach without winding up with a sad, empty bank account. It is very possible to consistently enjoy a series of delicious meals, while creating a budget for your stomach. Growing Your […] Read More

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The Original Diet

The last 80 to 100 years have ushered in a drastically different style of eating in comparison to the diets of our grandparents, and their grandparents before them. No longer are our food sources home and community-based. We have become global eaters, consumers of mass-marketed, highly refined and processed “foods.” An examination of the diets of our ancestors offers a myriad of clues and possibilities to help us find our way back to healthy eating. It is noteworthy that traditional diets that have evolved independently in different parts of the world have a common nutritionally-sound basis. Biologically, humans are omnivores, “eaters of everything.” Compared to the modern Western diet, the diets of our ancestors included far more fiber, less saturated beef fat and no hydrogenated […] Read More