Artificial Sweetener Disease

Artificial Sweetener Disease (ASD) is sweeping across America, affecting tens of thousands of consumers, and Western medicine calls it anything but what it really is, so that doctors can prescribe expensive pharmaceuticals and set up “check up” appointments for the following weeks.

Call it recurring headaches, unbearable migraines, depression, anxiety, muscle pain, arthritis flare ups, buzzing or ringing in the ears, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Crohn’s disease, inflammation, even acid reflux, but don’t call it ASD, or the patient may stop consuming synthetic sweeteners, and then not schedule more doctor visits.

The symptoms of ASD can change overnight, depending on how much chemical sweetener you consume, and which ones. Some combinations are especially toxic. Consumers can go from a migraine headache to vomiting or from vision problems to an upset stomach. Many people experience central nervous system disorders, cramping, nervous twitches and abnormal reflexes.

The popular saying that “there’s not enough artificial sweetener in any specific product to cause health concerns” is a lie, especially now that in 2011 there are synthetic sweeteners in over 25% of all food, drink, gum and candy available. This cumulative effect has created ASD, and thanks to little or no regulation of chemical agents in food, it’s not going away anytime soon.

The good news is the cure for Artificial Sweetener Disease is absolutely free and involves no doctor, no health insurance co-pays, and has zero side effects. Here is the secret cure for ASD: throw away your sugar free gum and candy, and then trash all foods and drinks you have that are labeled “light” and “zero.”

Read the labels on everything, so you can filter out all artificial sweeteners from your products, including aspartame, sucralose, sorbitol, acesulfame-k, aspartic acid, and saccharine.

As an alternative to poisoning yourself, try Xylitol or Stevia in order to cut calories, or simply eat more organic vegetables! If problems persist, take a list of everything you ate this week to your Naturopath or Nutritionist to analyze. Remember, if you’re getting sick from moldy bread, don’t look for a prescription drug to cure you, just stop eating moldy bread.

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Water May Be Your Best Weight-Loss Weapon

Drink up, dieters! H20 is cheap, satisfying and calorie-free.

Looking for a secret weapon to help you cut back on calories? Then look no further than your kitchen sink. Water is dirt cheap, deliciously refreshing and completely calorie-free. Best of all, the long-held belief that water can be a powerful tool to help you shed pounds has finally been backed up by science.

According to a 2010 study conducted by Brenda Davy, associate professor of nutrition at Virginia Tech, dieters who drank two glasses of water before each meal lost more weight over a three-month period than dieters who didn’t frontload their meals with this liquid wonder.

The study, which focused on older adults, divvied 48 overweight adults into two groups. One group was instructed to drink a 16-ounce bottle of water before breakfast, lunch and dinner. The other group was also given the water, but without any instructions regarding how or when they should drink it.

While the calorie intake for each subject was the same — about 1,200 to 1,500 calories a day — the before-meal water drinkers lost an average of 15.5 pounds at the end of 12 weeks, while the other group lost an average of 11 pounds. In other words, those who drank a bottle of water before each meal lost over 40 percent more weight than their counterparts.

The reason it works is surprisingly simple, according to the study’s author. Water fills up the stomach, she says, so people eat less food during their meals. Water may also help kick higher-calorie drinks — such as alcohol or sugary sodas — to the curb.

Andrea N. Giancoli, a registered dietitian and spokeswoman for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, says she’s touted the water trick to her clients for years. “I tell my clients to have a glass of water before their dinner because it’s going to help curb their appetite,” she says. “You feel waterlogged and you won’t eat as much. And you also stay hydrated.”

In addition, Giancoli says water helps flush out your kidneys and is essential for the chemical reactions that go on in your body for energy metabolism. “It’s not a miracle cure for weight loss, but it may give you an extra tool in your weight-loss kit,” she says.

Interestingly, the water trick works even with people who aren’t eating a low-calorie diet. In an earlier study conducted by Davy in 2008, the researcher found that adults who drank two cups of water half an hour before their breakfast ate 75 fewer calories, despite the fact that they were allowed to eat as much food as they wanted.

Are you perhaps not a water person but still interested in trying the water weight-loss trick? Try adding lemon or lime slices to your H2O to give it a little more zing. Or snack on foods high in water content (and low in calories) such as watermelon, apples or lettuce.

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12 Ounces of Sugary Soda a Day Raises Diabetes Risk: Study

 THURSDAY, April 25 (Health Day News) — Drinking just one 12-ounce sugar-sweetened soft drink a day can increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by up to 22 percent, a European study contends.

The finding is based on an analysis of data collected from more than 28,000 people in Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

The increased risk of developing diabetes associated with having one sugar-sweetened soft drink a day fell to 18 percent when the investigators took into account people’s total calorie intake and body-mass index (BMI), a measurement of body fat based on height and weight.

Both total calorie intake and BMI are believed to play a role in the link between sugar-sweetened soft drinks and diabetes risk. The fact that diabetes risk fell only slightly when these two factors were taken into account could indicate that the effect of sugar-sweetened soft drinks on diabetes goes beyond their impact on body weight, said Dora Romaguera, of the Imperial College London, and colleagues.

The findings are published in the April 24 issue of the journal Diabetologia.

The study found an association between consumption of sugar-sweetened soft drinks and heightened risk of type 2 diabetes. It did not prove a cause-and-effect relationship.

Consumption of pure or diluted fruit juice was not significantly associated with diabetes risk, according to the report.

The 22 percent increased risk of diabetes among Europeans who drink sugar-sweetened soft drinks is similar to previous research showing that North Americans who consume these types of beverages have a 25 percent increased risk of diabetes, the researchers said in a journal news release.

“Given the increase in sweet beverage consumption in Europe, clear messages on the unhealthy effect of these drinks should be given to the population,” Romaguera said.