thanks, Alex, really good distinction IMHO. I think good fat, good fiber and or good protein can offset the harmful effects of sugary and or high glycemic items. I tell my Mom to eat protein for breakfast and lunch and then have a sweet treat if she still wants one. Fortunately a doctor she likes, a neurologist, is now telling her the same thing.
I'm finding that almond butter is a great way to keep my blood sugar even throughout the day. I sweeten it with a good stevia that has no bitter aftertaste. Yummy! ________________________________ From: Alex Stanley <j_alexander_stan...@yahoo.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 7:53 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Is Sugar Really Toxic? My advice: listen to your body. I can eat an entire pint of ice cream and my blood sugar will be fine. But, a large piece of cake or the big bowl of white rice that is sometimes served with a sashimi platter can put me to sleep. The way I see it, sugar is up front and honest about what it is, and typically, it is a mix of glucose and fructose, which limits the impact on blood sugar. But, starch is this relatively tasteless caloric filler that goes into the body and explodes into a massive rush of glucose. Which is not to say that one should go out and eat entire pints of ice cream. I'm just pointing out than an unreasonably large serving of a sugary food can actually have less immediate negative impact on the body than a reasonable serving of starch. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote: > > > > Hi Xeno, thanks for this. Well there will always be some 96 year old woman > who "smoked every day of her life and wasn't bothered by the harmful effects > of cigarettes." Yay for her, you go girl! But I'm gonna go with the > statistics on this one, thank you! And with the stats on sugar. > > > > OTOH, maybe Woody Allen got it right in Sleeper: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yCeFmn_e2c > > > What sugar MIGHT be doing to your brain: > http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/09/02/fructose-affects-brain-health.aspx > > > ________________________________ > From: Xenophaneros Anartaxius <anartaxius@...> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 3:44 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Is Sugar Really Toxic? > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/pm24aqn > > [ > http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/brainwaves/2013/07/15/is-sugar-really-toxic-sifting-through-the-evidence/ > ] > > > Â >
