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Everywhere we look there are more temptations to purchase and eat the things that we shouldn’t, and not nearly enough emphasis on organic, whole, healthy foods. When you go to a restaurant or bar and order a drink, how often do you stop at just one? How often do you have two, three, four, or five? When you go to a restaurant to eat, think about how many items on your plate are full of refined carbohydrates versus a whole, natural food. When the server comes to take your plates at the end of a meal, how many times are you offered dessert as an ending to your visit? Almost every time.
Anxiety and depression, the two basic human emotional disturbances, are perpetuated by unhealthy lifestyles such as lack of activity, overloads of stress, improper rest, and you guessed it — eating poorly. When people encounter stress, their bodies respond by telling them they need more support - sleep, exercise, healthy food and whole food supplements, plenty of purified water, and adequate stress relief. The average American lifestyle fails to include the right combination of these important components. For stress relief and boredom, many people turn to eating refined sugar foods and beverages, drinking, and drug use. Unhealthy snacks and foods are so convenient and readily available, people have a tendency to load up on them rather than taking time to prepare a healthy meal or snack instead. The more we consume these kinds of foods, the more we crave them.
When you visit the grocery store, notice which foods are the most visible and prevalent on the aisles. Just pick up a box or a can of any food and read the ingredients. If you cannot make heads or tails of what it is, why should you be eating or drinking it? Any food or drink product that contains more than three or four ingredients should automatically be a red flag to any consumer. When we consume such massive amounts of sugar, run ourselves into the ground with stress and busy schedules, fail to get adequate exercise and rest, it’s no wonder our bodies fail. Patients would rather end up at the doctor asking for medication to deal with symptoms they experience as a result of the abuse their bodies are receiving than commit to making a real, healthy lifestyle change.
To learn more about sugar addiction and how it can be linked to alcohol and drug abuse later in life, visit the following web sites:
Society for Neuroscience | Sugar Addiction
Alcoholism: About.com
Alcohol Consumption and Poor Nutritional Habits
National Institutes of Health
Shirley's Wellness Cafe
Children's Emotional Health
Sugar Addiction by Nancy Appleton, Ph.D.
National Institutes on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Carbohydrate Metabolism
Anne Collins.com: The Digestion of Carbs
Netrition.com: Recommended Daily Intake
Ask Dr. Sears
An Ounce of Prevention
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