It has never become more apparent than in the 21st century that the earth is saturated with poisons. It is almost impossible to avoid them, despite our best attempts.
The media, along with “all-knowing experts,” advise us to stay away from pesticides, household cleaning products, processed foods, food additives, preservatives, and sport utility vehicles that They consume a lot of gasoline.
If it were up to them, we’d all be living in the mountains of Montana, growing our own food, drinking water supplied by aquifers, and driving a hybrid car (or riding a horse). While this might be an ideal way to live, unfortunately for you and me, it’s probably not possible.
That’s why it’s even more important to build and support our immune systems and make healthy choices when it comes to what we eat, what types of foods we choose to have in our homes, and what foods we provide our children.
I don’t want to sound paranoid. And my desire is not to make you eliminate all the things that are part of our daily lives. However, I will offer you the following scientific evidence and guidelines for avoiding what I believe to be the most toxic substances for our bodies, which drain our energy!
Sugar and hydrogenated fats. These two toxins, which are consumed by billions of tons each year, literally drain our mental and physical energy and infect us like poison.
Here is a brief explanation of each and how they negatively affect us:
“Sugar makes you irritable, hyperactive and causes premature aging…” SUGAR
Sugar is the most consumed substance on the planet. Whether in the form of fructose, sucrose, dextrose, corn syrup, maltodextrin, or icing sugar, this poison negatively affects our moods and behavior. It makes us want more and leaves us cranky when we don’t have it.
Scientific evidence has shown that sugar, in any form, depletes essential B vitamins and lowers your body’s resistance to bacteria, viruses, and yeast. Sugar makes you irritable, hyperactive, and causes premature aging through a process called glycosylation (pronounced gly ko si lay shun). And it’s no surprise that sugar is the number one culprit in adult-onset diabetes (Type II), which is usually self-induced as a result of a sugar-laden life. At this point, the body is no longer able to properly dispose of insulin, which becomes a serious risk factor for heart disease.
The insulin “roller coaster” ride
When you eat sugar, it enters your bloodstream all at once, rather than slowly as it would as part of a natural, whole-food meal. Insulin is then immediately secreted and transports the sugar to cells within muscle or adipose (fat) tissue. Now that there isn’t enough sugar in your bloodstream, your brain senses that you’re in a time of famine and sends a message to your adrenal glands to release adrenaline and cortisol.
Adrenaline releases energy from sugar stored in your liver and muscles, and cortisol begins to break down your own muscle mass into sugar, as I discussed earlier. This sequence of events is called the insulin -> adrenaline -> cortisol cycle. It’s a vicious rollercoaster ride for your body, and the worst part is that afterwards, it leaves you lethargic, cranky, and surprisingly, craving even more refined and sugary foods.
Thus, the cycle begins again. As you can see, it’s a downward spiral into poor health and even lower energy levels.
HYDROGENATED FATS
We have heard that we eat too much fat and that fat consumption has increased in the last 20 years, and we are becoming an increasingly obese nation. While the latter of these statements is true, statistics have since shown the former to be false. Look, fat consumption hasn’t changed: what has changed is the type of fats that people eat.
Today, more and more people get most of their fat from “man-made” hydrogenated fats and other harmful polyunsaturated oils like palm oil and corn oil. 20, 30, or 50 years ago, people ate a diet consisting of more natural fats and oils, such as butter, coconut oil, lard, olive oil, and tallow (fats from red meat and lamb).
“…the consumption of fats has not changed: what has changed is the type of fats that people eat.” Now, our diets are contaminated with hydrogenated fats. These types of fats have been clearly linked to slowing down our body’s metabolic processes and have also been shown to cause heart disease and cancer.
The reason these fats are particularly bad for us is because the polyunsaturated and hydrogenated oils have been put through harmful industrial processes (literally restructuring them), which has made them toxic. Its new “trans molecular structure” has not, until recently, been incorporated into human physiology and is therefore unrecognizable to the human body. Since their introduction into our diets only in the last century, these unhealthy oils have been linked to heart disease, cancer, and other degenerative diseases.
The best examples of a polyunsaturated oil are corn, cottonseed, canola, vegetables… and anything derived from hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils.
Make no mistake, these toxic fats should be avoided at all costs.
By avoiding sugar and hydrogenated fats, you:
Improve concentration and mental clarity (along with short-term memory);
Improve your immune system;
Slow down the aging process;
Reduce fat in the abdomen area;
Eliminate future “junk food” cravings.
In my view, the real problem is the food industry, which thrives on sales of sugar and “fake” fat-containing foods.
They have been successful in brainwashing the public and suppressing the scientific findings that eating whole foods, which contain little or no sugar, and meats and oils, which contain natural saturated fats, do not contribute to heart disease (as they claim) and they are, in fact, a healthy way to boost your metabolism, stabilize your cholesterol levels, improve your immune system, and provide energy and structural integrity to literally every living cell in your body.
So, to avoid these toxins…
This is all you will do tomorrow:
Daily Power Exercise: Flush Toxins Out Of Your Life
Take about 10 minutes to check food labels and ingredient panels on foods in your cupboards, refrigerator, and on your kitchen counters.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR?
Any food that lists sugar, dextrose, sucrose, fructose, corn syrup, or maltodextrin as the first, second, or third ingredient. These are usually things like soft drinks, breakfast cereals, and white flour products like bread.
Any food that includes hydrogenated, partially hydrogenated, or corn, palm, or cottonseed oils. These are typically processed, frozen, and nearly all fried foods and even some nutrition bars and most protein drink/meal replacements. (Not Eat-Smart though!)
Make a special trip to the grocery store to pick up items to replace these harmful toxic foods.
Instead of soda, use water (preferably), unsweetened Crystal Light, iced tea, or sometimes even diet soda.
Instead of cereal for breakfast, use whole grain oats or grits.
Instead of white flour products, use whole grain or soy flour products.
Just tell yourself that you WILL NOT EAT any more fried foods (such as chips, French fries, etc.). Fried foods and the oils in which they are cooked do not have any nutritional health benefits.
Replace your salad dressings and cooking oils with healthy oils like flaxseed oil, olive oil, sesame oil, and walnut oil.
Read labels carefully…manufacturers are deceitful in trying to hide these harmful ingredients. (Now you know why!)