Rather Be Healthy

When I was in my 20’s I used to think there were very few things better than taking the top off a cold bottle of coke and glugging down half the bottle on a hot summer’s day.

There were very few people and organisations standing on a soapbox complaining about sugar or additives. It seemed to be easier to live a complaint free life.

But now it seems that there are lots of complainers, me included that are trying to stop people from jeopardizing their health. Why is that I wonder? why do we have to complain so much now compared to 30 years ago?   Simples as the Meerkat says, 30 years ago we didn’t have artificial sweeteners like aspartame or Aminosweet as its called now. Food wasn’t messed with, you could buy a food stuff that contained 3 or 4 ingredients. Now you only have to look at the label of 99% of products on the shelves in the supermarket and you’ll see 20 or 30 ingredients, and that will be for what is generally perceived to be basic foods.

Stop and think about this, as a nation both here in the UK and across the pond in the US, actually more so in the US. How many people do you know that are overweight, not just a few lbs but dangerously obese. Lots of people glug down a soda or two or three each day, every day. Regular soda’s (leaded) like Coke has about 9 heaped spoons of sugar per can. Sugar is without a doubt the most dangerous natural foodstuff on the planet. I could go into the specific’s in relation to the imbalance this creates between Calcium and Phosphorus but I won’t other than to say that imbalance causes a multitude of problems.

Now diet soda’s, promoted as a healthy way of getting your “fix” for coke or whatever addictive drink you prefer. Is not healthy in fact it’s downright unhealthy. There are more than 9,000 foods that now have artificial sweeteners, because of the way foods seem to be dependent on additives they are mostly dangerous and even toxic to the human body. The reason why so many people are overweight and sickly is quite simply down to the food and drinks we consume. “We Are What We Eat…

Lots of foodstuffs now have been processed so much there is little or no nutritional value, ignore the statement printed by the manufacturer telling you its healthy and nutritious because it’s not true. maybe it has certain ingredient that contained various vitamins and nutrients. But that was when it was raw but its not true after its been processed.

Coca-Cola Co. has launched a new ad campaign to assure consumers that its no- or low-calorie beverages containing the artificial sweetener aspartame are a safe alternative

There are no studies showing the use of diet drinks for foods lowers ones weight. In fact, calorie counting as a weight loss strategy has been firmly debunked by research.

It is far more important to look at the source of the calories than counting them. You get fat because you eat the wrong kind of calories, and artificial sweeteners cannot fool your body

Despite being promoted for weight loss, foods and beverages with artificial sweeteners have never been proven to help weight loss. In fact studies that look at this actually find artificial sweeteners promote weight gain

Research has also demonstrated that aspartame worsens insulin sensitivity to a greater degree than sugar, which is quite the blow for diabetics who obediently follow the recommendation to switch to diet sodas to manage their condition

Aspartame has also been found to cause cancer, such as leukemia, lymphoma, and other tumors, in laboratory animals

Next time you go shopping, just look at the labels and think, why does a can of peas or beans have to have so many additives, several E numbers in Europe and a lot more unpronounceable’s in the US.

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