The Truth About Sugar: Dangerous And Toxic?

If you’re on a diet, and focusing on your nutrition, then you will already know that sugar is the biggest enemy to your wellness and wellbeing that you can possibly imagine.

 

Unfortunately, most of us are raised to think that sugar is a treat, as it is often used as a reward for young children when they exhibit good behaviour. Nothing could be further from the truth than this, however, as research is increasingly showing that sugar is absolutely toxic and leads to many of the worst diseases, such as heart disease.

 

Leading doctors now agree that sugar is one of the worst enemies to your health, and should be avoided as much as possible. Chinese medicine has recognised this problem for many years, too, especially in relation to a problem that they call ‘depletion and thirst syndrome’, also known as diabetes.

 

The pancreas is designed to deal with excess sugar in the body, by producing and releasing insulin. This is the hormone that carries sugar from the bloodstream into the cells of the body and the body tissues, too. When you take in simple sugars and foods containing refined carbohydrates, your body then requires a quick release of the insulin hormone, which then leaves your pancreas depleted. This quick release later leads to low blood sugar (hypoglycaemia). Your body starts to crave more sugar to replace the depleted supply, and thus a vicious cycle is formed, which will eventually cause your pancreas to stop being able to function properly, leading to diabetes. If you have diabetes, your sugar stores up and starts to cause problems inside your body.

 

Whilst sugar consumption on the whole has decreased in recent years, fructose and corn syrup intake has increased, and it is just as harmful. Products such as tomato ketchup, bread, cereal, granola bars, fast foods and salad dressing are absolutely loaded with this harmful sugar.

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Allergy Myths Busted: Hypoallergenic Dogs, Mould and ADHD

When your child’s wellness is affected with allergies, you can hear some confusing and crazy theories about everything from hypoallergenic dogs to ADHD. But are these theories fact or fiction? Guard your child’s wellbeing against the confusion, and be in-the-know about allergy myths.

Firstly, if your child with allergies is a dog lover, you may be tempted to get a hypoallergenic dog. However, the sad fact of the matter is that there really is no such thing. At some point, the myth arose that certain short-haired breeds were hypoallergenic because they had hair, not fur. Others have perpetrated the notion that you can become sensitised and therefore not allergic to your own pet, even if you still have symptoms when you’re around other dogs.

Unfortunately, there is no evidence to suggest that either of these theories is true. People react to dogs because of proteins which all dogs have, albeit possibly in varying amounts. Your child may become tolerant to these proteins and have no more symptoms, but this will be the case with all dogs – not special hypoallergenic ones or your own pet specifically. Analysis has shown that some breeds of dog incur a slightly more allergenic response than others, but this isn’t significant.

Another common myth that has done the rounds is toxic mould. About 10 years ago, some Ohio babies died from pulmonary haemorrhage, which is quite rare. Doctors at the time thought that the infants’ deaths were due to so-called toxic mould found in their homes, but this was subsequently refuted. Toxic mould is a misnomer as term. Yes, black mould could cause your child to have an allergenic or asthmatic response, but your child would have to either ingest the mould or directly inhale it on a 24-7 basis in order to experience toxic effects.

Finally, there is currently no evidence linking allergies to autism or ADHD, no matter what other worried parents might say. Anecdotal reports of food reactions, such as “but it makes him so…” have fuelled this myth, but when there is absolutely no scientific basis for the assertion and no correlation with your child’s allergies. Parents could be looking for a reason why a difficult diagnosis may have occurred, but a lot of the “science” they turn to, such as Andrew Wakefield’s controversial paper on the vaccine-autism connection, has actually been fabricated.

Allergy Myths Busted: Hypoallergenic Dogs, Mould and ADHD

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