Monday, March 9, 2015

The Sugar Conspiracy

Most recently I decided that sugar just was not working for me and decided to just not eat it.  Well did I set out a task for myself!  Not only do most of the supermarket ingredients contain sugar or something similar (high fructose corn syrup).  The sheer addictive nature of sugar meant this was going to be a challenge.  I am now a week in, and I can honestly say there has been a few items that I have had with refined sugar (in very small quantities).  I have been totally shocked to discover the fact that refined sugar seems to be in rather a lot of items on the supermarket shelves, including the more healthier options.
this contains sugar!


Not only was I shocked, I was also horrified that everything from breakfast cereal to wheat free options, from chocolate to even supposedly healthy snack bars contain sugar.
After the initial decision to stop eating sugar, the realization that so many products on the shelves contain this substance glares you in the face like a massive conspiracy.
Once making the decision to check every single ingredient on the back of the packet (which is laborious and time consuming) I felt liberated with my choice, yet totally baffled that some aisles in the supermarket were a total no go area.  There are so many products with sugar it is quite unbelievable to think that companies and major brands get away with adding this into a product and calling them natural.

How its made refined sugar...



The addictive nature of sugar makes it easy to forget to check the ingredients and dismiss it because it tastes so good.  However, when you wake up to realize that this substance is as addictive as any other drug, you begin to question why it is so available for consumers.  Could this be a conspiracy?!
How sugar affect the brain...


High levels of sugar equals Resistance to insulin...



Why I am not interested in substitutes for sugar

Whilst there are many substitutes for sugar personally I think that weaning yourself away from it altogether is probably the best bet.  Many would argue that this is not how the body works (and would say many of our cells run on glucose which is a form of sugar).  There is a distinct difference between natural sugars and refined sugar, but if you think that most of our physical bodies need a deep cleanse then removing all sugar in the first instance may put us one step forward onto this path. 

Sugar and candida...






Withdrawal symptoms...

Eliminating a substance which could be in most of the food on your plate is quite a challenge, and even though it would be nice to think this is easy, in reality there have been side effects that happen with the elimination of sugar.  Namely irritation and tiredness.  These effects do however, pass quite easily if you reduce or eliminate sugar over a few weeks rather than going cold turkey.  I guess this is just an experiment, yet it has really opened my eyes to how much the products on the shelves contain sugar, and making decisions around this addictive substance which ultimately results in gaining your own personal power and freedom of choice!
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