Refined Sugar, the Land of Oooh's and Ahhhh's

[Willow325]

It's been nearly a month now that I decided to eliminate refined Sugar from my life. And it hasn't been all that hard to do since I asked God to help me break a decades old addiction to Sugar.

While looking through my small library upstairs, I found an old paper back which I had started to read years ago, but decided against finishing because there was so much written against the use of refined sugar. Perhaps I didn't believe what was written because I continued to eat food with refined Sugar added. At the time I first came across it, I was of normal size and weight. But years later, I'm neither. And it's my own fault. The fault of the addiction I had to sugar.

As I read through the pages, I came across some very interesting stuff. Some very scary stuff, as well.

Our bodies, our brains and our digestive systems, look at Refined Sugar as POISON. That's right. Even though we like the taste of sugar in anything sweet, when it gets into our stomach, the body views it as a poison and goes into a crisis mode. After years of abuse of our bodies by the use of refined sugar often results in diabetes. Perhaps that's why America is experiencing more cases of diabetes than ever before in the history of this country.

Sugar cane or sugar beet, untouched, is okay. It's when Man gets a hold of it and strips all the fiber and protein out of it and refines it into sucrose, that our bodies view it as poison.

Even when you eat or drink something that states it is an energy drink or is enriched and is supposed to be healthy, if it has sugar in it, you're eating and drinking mostly sugar. Because once the product gets into your system, the sugar kills the vitamins that were in the product, and the cells in your body will begin to starve for nourishment.

What happens to us when the cells of our bodies, especially our brains, are chronically undernourished? The weakest, most vulnerable cells suffer first. When all is working well, the balance is maintained with fine precision under the supervision of our adrenal glands. When we take refined sugar or sucrose, it is the next thing to being glucose so it escapes chemical processing in our bodies. The sucrose passes directly to the intestines where it becomes predigested glucose. This in turn is absorbed into the blood where the glucose level has already been established in precise balance with oxygen. The glucose level in the blood is dramatically increased. The body goes into crisis.

The brain registers it first. Hormones pour from the adrenal casings and marshal every chemical resource to deal with sugar: insulin from the endocrine islets of the pancreas works specifically to hold down the glucose level in the blood while the adrenal hormones are concerned with keeping the glucose level up.

How many of us have this information?

I didn't know it until I started to read this book in earnest. And then it shocked me to realize what I had been doing to my body over the years.

Eating cookies, candy, cakes, hostess cupcakes--yummy! fudge, candied apples, roasting marshmallows, Hersey bars, drinking sodas, malts, using sugar in our coffee, in our tea. In our Kool Aid. How about ice cream cones, sundaes, banana splits and everything else at the Dairy Queen.

I began to realize why I was so tired all the time. And why I was getting fat. I wasn't eating much, but what I was eating had too much sugar in it. Or it had high fructose in it. Just as bad.

Now, I count off the days on the calendar and I can smile because I no longer crave refined Sugar in any form. Thanks to God for breaking the addiction I had to refined sugar.

My source of information: Sugar Blues, by William Dufty

What does the Bible say, My people perish for a lack of knowledge? Hmmm.

How many of you are addicted to refined Sugar? How many could give it up?

Edited July 13, 2008 by Willow325

[jehovah Nissi]

I heard someone say once that sugar is becoming more abused than alcohol now days. However I belive that Alcohol has a greater negative effect than sugar does. But most all the abuse comes down to one thing...a lack of knowledge of the substance. thanks

J

[Guest]

How many of you are addicted to refined Sugar? How many could give it up?

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Thanksgiving

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Philippians 4:6-7

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How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Psalms 119:103

Our Sweet Feast

Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.

Jeremiah 15:16

His Crop

But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

Matthew 13:8

[MorningGlory]

I gave it up about 8 years ago; lost 50 pounds and, except for holidays, leave it alone. I low carb pretty much all the time and the weight never came back. I believe it's the main reason so many are overweight in western countries too.

[kat8585]

This is all very true, Willow. And diet drinks are even worse for you. It's best to get all refined sugar out of your diet. Good for you for trying to.

I think I have some addiction to sweets, but it's hard to get all sugar out. But I'm going to try, as I'm starting to go to a gym.

[MorningGlory]

This is all very true, Willow. And diet drinks are even worse for you. It's best to get all refined sugar out of your diet. Good for you for trying to.

I think I have some addiction to sweets, but it's hard to get all sugar out. But I'm going to try, as I'm starting to go to a gym.

Oh. good for you, kat! Better diet and more exercise is the best combination for anyone!

[kat8585]

It worked for me before, so I hope it will again.