Sugar Is Not A Treat

Somewhere between the flurry of flavor and entertainment, the inherent health effects of soda (sugar in general) has been overlooked.

A single 12 oz serving of soda creates inflammation in the body!

This study observed a 50% increase in C-Reactive Protein with a consumption of 6.8 ounces per day compared to 0.4 ounces per day.


C-Reactive Protein (CRP) is a very sensitive marker for inflammation. It measures acute inflammation that affects different tissues caused by immune injury, infection and cell injury. C-reactive protein is considered a strong predictor of heart disease, such as heart attack and stroke, regardless of cholesterol levels and other factors like smoking.

The video below, "Sugar Is Not A Treat", provides an important perspective of the consequences of our cultures high sugar intake.



Popular posts from this blog

Gut flora dictates how much weight we can lose

Image
Now, new research from the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark examines how our individual gut microbiomes may shed light on whether or not - and to what extent - we are able to lose excess weight while following particular dietary guidelines. See the full article from this link. It is for the above reason, along with the overall health implications of the condition of the microbiome and gut, that the Lifestyle Works Clinic includes GI Health within the program .
Read more

The Mayonnaise Jar

Image
Below is an excellent video. Lets call it "The Mayonnaise Jar". I hope you will watch it. But before you do - a little context. While coaching people on nutrition and fitness for some time now, I have found some common things that people find as challenges. It's not so much the food plan - some may not like spinach, some may not like bok-choy. If the solution was just what foods should I eat and what foods should I avoid, we could post those lists and America would become healthy. If you ask people what is the most difficult aspect of making healthy food, its "time". Time to shop, time to cook, time to eat..... This next point is not meant to be cruel, but meant to be to the point. If we say we don't have time, what we are really saying is "it is not a priority" So that probably struck a cord with some, because we all have so much on our plates these days and so much we feel is important. Some days we feel like failures because we can'
Read more

Obesity is a National Security Issue: Lieutenant General Mark Hertling at TEDxMidAtlantic 2012

Image
The Lifestyle Works Clinic is about enabling people to attain health and fitness through lifestyle approaches. It is said, that 85% of all chronic disease is associated with lifestyle. The effects, however, of poor lifestyle choices are not always readily sensed until they have extended to some type of ailment which by that time a good amount of damage has occurred. This video below comes across as dreary bad news. It just doesn't have the same motivating appeal as "join today and get that beach body you have always wanted". For some, positive motivation is not enough. If one looks up some of the theory on "change management", one approach is to "describe the current state and describe the future state". The future state is what one might aspire to or desire. The current state is just that - "a description of the current state". But how can one define the current state well regarding health and fitness when we don't talk about the neg
Read more