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How do you Decode a Food Label?

Food producers will do what they can to deceive you. The colour of packaging, the ‘natural’ or ‘organic’ words seem to launch themselves at us all the time.

The food label has to give you the nutrient information but it needs some work to drag the information off it.

I always look at the sugar and carbohydrate content and then look at the polyunsaturate fat component.

If they are all in my parameters of okay, then I check the ingredients and look for the alternate names of sugars and to see what oil has been used in the production. Most times if it is in a packet and with a barcode, the oil will be high in a polyunsaturated oil like vegetable or sunflower oil.

Guess what? It then stays on the shelf and does not make its way into the basket.

If you want to know more on reading the food labels then have a look at http://www.nofructose.com/food-ideas/looking-at-labels/

http://blog.ucsusa.org/5-steps-to-decode-a-cereal-box-or-where-hidden-added-sugar-lies-589?utm_content=buffer1fe93&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer#.U8M_YXDGUi8.twitter

Spin doctoring at its best from the sugar industry

“High sugar eaters are more likely to be slim. Studies have shown that obese and overweight people generally consume more energy from dietary fat. In contrast, high sugar consumers are more likely to be slimmer.”

The World Sugar Research Organisation (WSRO) is an international scientific research organisation globally supported by the sugar industry.

Now here is an interesting web site. This is completely supported by the sugar industry and has several position statements on issues related to health, diabetes, weight issues and cancer.

This is spin doctoring at its best.

They point the finger at fat being the problem because it has more calories. The old calories are to blame argument is their main argument.

Put this site on the shame file list or have a look across their position statements to see their slant. It will either make you smile or cry.

http://www.wsro.org/AboutSugar/Sugarweightmanagement.aspx

High fat foods are also very palatable and energy dense, making it easier to consume excess energy…
wsro.org|By World Sugar Research Organisation

Who is spoiling your kids ROTTEN?

Who is spoiling your your kids ROTTEN?Dob in your family’s Sugar Bandit.You might be doing the best you can to raise your children with less sugar but someone is lurking in the background to tempt them with a 'treat'.I regularly hear this from parents trying to set the example at home but the children spend time with others and the good example comes unstuck. It can be other members of the family in the house, grandparents are often shockers or the extended family. Then there is the school, kids parties and sporting functions. The amount of lollies at little athletics and football (all codes, so as not to offend anyone :) ) or like events can be diastrous.Here is your chance to 'Dob in your family’s Sugar Bandit.'Poor dental hygiene results in dental caries (holes in your teeth) and gingivitis (inflamed gums). All of this sets you up for a lifetime of problems.Sugar consumption is implicated in this and particularly the "frequency of that sugar consumption was far more important in influencing dental caries than the amount."This is a recent campaign fro the Australian Dental Association. The dentists have been campaigning against sugar for a long time.More from the dentists at http://www.dentalhealthweek.com.au/and a link to some articles at at http://www.nofructose.com/health-issues/dental-disease/

Dob in your family’s Sugar Bandit.

You might be doing the best you can to raise your children with less sugar but someone is lurking in the background to tempt them with a ‘treat’.

I regularly hear this from parents trying to set the example at home but the children spend time with others and the good example comes unstuck.

It can be other members of the family in the house, grandparents are often shockers or the extended family. Then there is the school, kids parties and sporting functions. The amount of lollies at little athletics and football (all codes, so as not to offend anyone ) or like events can be disastrous.

Here is your chance to ‘Dob in your family’s Sugar Bandit.’

Poor dental hygiene results in dental caries (holes in your teeth) and gingivitis (inflamed gums). All of this sets you up for a lifetime of problems.

Sugar consumption is implicated in this and particularly the “frequency of that sugar consumption was far more important in influencing dental caries than the amount.”

This is a recent campaign fro the Australian Dental Association. The dentists have been campaigning against sugar for a long time.

More from the dentists at http://www.dentalhealthweek.com.au/

and a link to some articles at at http://www.nofructose.com/health-issues/dental-disease/

 

Is breakfast the most important meal of the day?

This current article suggest that it is important but does not affect overall metabolic balance.

The group that had breakfast tended to eat more overall but also expended more energy. The opposite was for those that fasted through breakfast.

The breakfast eaters tended to have a more stable blood glucose profile than the morning fasters.

And the fasting group that did not eat until 12 midday exhibited an increase in fat cell insulin sensitivity. Interesting issue which needs further investigation but may have a role to play in fat deposition.

My take on the article – have the breakfast and make it nutritious.
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Eat More Natural Fat

shutterstock_166892912Are you trying low carb eating and not feeling great?

Dry skin, physical performance lagging, joint aches, not satisfied after meals, or are you trying to love vegetables but struggling to make them taste good?

The No Fructose concept is based on a Low Carbohydrate and HIGH Natural Fat diet. The LCHF way of eating means cutting way back on sugar, processed carbohydrates and polyunsaturated oils.

A lot of people manage to cut the sugar and carbs down but still fear fat. You have to replace that sugar and carbohydrate load with something. Continue reading →

Is breakfast the most important meal of the day?

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This current article suggest that it is important but does not affect overall metabolic balance.

The group that had breakfast tended to eat more overall but also expended more energy. The opposite was for those that fasted through breakfast.

The breakfast eaters tended to have a more stable blood glucose profile than the morning fasters.

And the fasting group that did not eat until 12 midday exhibited an increase in fat cell insulin sensitivity. Interesting issue which needs further investigation but may have a role to play in fat deposition.

My take on the article – have the breakfast and make it nutritious.

“Daily breakfast is causally linked to higher physical activity thermogenesis in lean adults, with greater overall dietary energy intake but no change in resting metabolism. Cardiovascular health indexes were unaffected by either of the treatments, but breakfast maintained more stable afternoon and evening glycemia than did fasting’

“Although fasting until 1200 every day for 6 wk presented no negative cardiovascular effects as reflected by the concentration of blood metabolites under fed and fasted conditions, there was a 10% increase in adipose tissue insulin sensitivity within the breakfast group. Conversely, those in the fasting group exhibited no such effect on adipose tissue insulin sensitivity.”

“Regular daily breakfast maintained more stable glucose responses during the afternoon and evening.”

What do I recommend? Go to the ‘Meal by meal’ section of the website.
http://www.nofructose.com/food-ideas/meal-by-meal/
http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/100/2/539.full

Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Autoimmune Disease. What is the link?

Inflammation is the basic problem.

Our modern day nutrition sets us up for that inflammatory model.

Once the gut lining is weakened, it allows material and chemicals into the system that would normally be repelled. I think that the ongoing irritation over a long time sets us up for a raft of autoimmune and allergy responses.

This article by Dr Justin Marchegiani explores the topic further.

If you want to know how the combination of sugar, refined carbohydrate and polyunsaturated oils create the inflammation then come across to
http://www.nofructose.com/introduction/nutritional-model-of-modern-disease-2/

http://primaldocs.com/opinion/leaky-gut-and-the-autoimmune-disease-connection/