–lost hope and broken dreams –
When artificial sweeteners were first introduced to the market, the medical community was delighted. What was there not to like about substituting a safe, sweet tasting chemical for the ravishes sugar caused to human health, especially for diabetics and the obese?
But that elation was short lived. It soon became apparent that patients who drank diet drinks (artificial sweeteners) were actually twice as likely to gain weight as those who drank sugary drinks. But why?
That is because artificial sweeteners trick the brain. When the expected sugar does not appear in the blood, the body begins to crave more and more sweets. It says, “What’s wrong? Why can’t I sense the sugar in my blood that I taste in my mouth”. Of course, that conversation does not actually go on in the body, but that is exactly what happens, chemically and endocrinologically. Artificial sugars do not stimulate Leptin, the full hormone, but rather promote Ghrelin, the hungry hormone, which in turns makes us hungrier. We then have to eat more to feel satisfied.
Further, those artificial sweeteners, that were first thought to be safe, have been proven to cause many health issues, including cancer. Which brings me to my old adage, “It is not nice to trick mother nature!”
Like so many chemicals in the food industry, such as preservatives and stabilizers, artificial sweeteners were never vetted properly. Now that they have been made an integral part of our processed food supply, it is extremely difficult to get them removed.
As damaging as diet drinks are, the sugary drinks are worse. Coke, for example is responsible for more deaths in the world than all the wars, accidents and cancer combined. It is a horrible poison. Remember, caveman and cavewoman did not drink sugary drinks. They drank water. We may live in the 21st century (the space age), but we still have caveman’s bodies. All that sugar raises havoc with our immune system, causing us to crave more food, increasing our weight to dangerous levels which in turn causes, diabetes, strokes, heart disease, hypertension, depression and cancer.
Call to Action:
We need to fall in love with water all over again. There is nothing better to quince our thrust and renew our health and our spirit.
