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‘Natural’ deception from the Sugar Industry

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‘Natural’ deception from the Sugar Industry

Low GI Sugar and marketing to ‘naturally’ confuse you 🙁

This post follows on from last night’s expose on ‘The Sugar Conspiracy on SBS. You can watch it on http://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/511635011977/The-Sugar-Conspiracy

CSR (Big Sugar) have their ‘new’ sugar onto the market and they are trying to tell us how much better it is for ‘you’ because it has a lower Glycaemic Index (GI). It’s still sugar, and sugar is sugar.

As far as I can work out, they just have not refined it as much. The less refined material is now being touted as being good for you. Its all nonsense in a way to rebrand sugar for it’s benefits. What a load of codswallop.

This is a first from the sugar industry!
“One of the most important factors identified in the development of obesity is high intake of energy-dense, micronutrient-poor over processed foods including white refined sugar (Swinburn, Caterson, Seidell, & James, 2004).” Continue reading

CSIRO backs Low Carbohydrate management of Diabetes

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CSIRO backs Low Carbohydrate management of Diabetes.

That’s it for the naysayers.

50 grams per day. That’s very low carb and with great results.

Pennie Taylor is a senior research dietitian at the CSIRO and we had the pleasure of hosting her on Saturday for the “Choose Health” forum attended by 250 plus participants.

Pennie presented the latest results of the CSIRO’s 2 year study of very low carb versus ‘traditional guideline’ high carb dietary management. Low carb gave significantly better results in blood glucose control and cardiovascular risk factors. The low carb participants had a significant reduction in their medication requirements.

The study results build upon exactly what I have been advocating for the last few years, based on international literature. We now have local confirmation from Australia’s peak research body.

The CSIRO work is solid and is now being expanded out into the next phase as a community trial. Our Dietitians and Diabetes Nurse Educator at the Nutrition for Life Centre had the opportunity to liaise on the mutual ground and we hope to do some collaborative work with her.

We had many health practitioners and influencers of our community there this time. These people will help inform more and more people that there is an option in diet and lifestyle. Lowering Carbohydrates is integral to that.

Low Carbohydrate management in Diabetes and other health conditions is a real option. Our hospital services have to reflect the current research and cannot continue to ignore it, let alone call it a fad diet.

http://ajcn.nutrition.org/…/…/07/29/ajcn.115.112581.abstract

http://ajcn.nutrition.org/…/02/ajcn.115.120675.full.pdf+html

This was fun yesterday at our “Choose Health” forum in Launceston yesterday.

Oli Darrow and I got to chat in front of ~250 enthusiastic participants at the Tailrace Centre.

Oli is 14 and has Type 1 Diabetes. He has been poorly controlled for some years until adopting a very low carbohydrate diet and it has turned everything around for him. He is not perfect (neither was I at 14) but his blood glucose control has meant an improvement in mood, concentration, school and sport.

We had a good ol’ banter and the grins on our faces sums it all up 🙂

If a 14 year old can do LCHF, then we all can… if you want to. It’s everyone’s choice.

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It’s probably good to skip breakfast!

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It’s probably good to skip breakfast!

(for adults, but follow with a good lunch)

This is the hot topic following this weeks release of an article in the flagship American Journal of Nutrition. The Editorial backs it up as well and it will not please the breakfast cereal industry.

I have been a longstanding breakfaster and ‘fuel’ up for the day, but generally have a small lunch and then ‘meat and veg’ for dinner. Belinda, however, has been a ‘break faster’. Subtle difference but she has fuel when she wants to and often not until the traditional lunchtime.

As a society we are eating too much and as a result too many calories and not good quality ones.

The study showed that in 2132 people that the non breakfast people that broke their fast later consumed less calories overall on those days. The conclusions being drawn are that can have far reaching benefits for weight control without loss of nutrient value. Continue reading

The origin of cancer – genetics or energy gone wrong?

Gary Fettke No Fructose's photo.

More discussion about the energy disruption in cancer is coming to light. I think we have overlooked the metabolic model of cancer for decades.

This allows the option of nutrition to come into the decision making for treatment options in cancer management – not to replace conventional surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy, but to work in addition.

If I am asked for my opinion on nutrition in cancer, I will give it.

“So you think you need sugar. Cancer needs it even more”

I will be giving that opinion on Saturday at the Choose Health forum. If you have a vested interest in Cancer then it will be worth the listen.

Tickets at https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/choose-health-nutrition-for…

There have been some recent fairly detailed papers come out that are being discussed.

http://medicalxpress.com/…/2015-07-mitochondria-oncogenesis…

http://journal.frontiersin.org/…/…/fcell.2015.00043/abstract

http://medicalxpress.com/…/2015-03-mitochondrial-shield-can…

http://www.fasebj.org/content/29/3/820

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Is sugar the new fat?

Sugar: not so sweet.SBS have this on Monday night – 7.35 pm. I will be watching it.

“For his part, Latta is a changed man and realises his diet was far more sugar-coated than he realised.

It’s out with the sugar and in with the wholefoods and whole fat for him.

“I’ve looked at the research and I’m convinced.”

He appears to give the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) an airing as to how they work with their corporate sponsors.

Here’s ‘my’ little bit of research on the deep roots of the food industry into the DAA.

The sponsorship relations of the DAA include the food giants in Australia.

Let’s see what the management of the DAA have to say about the benefits of so much support from processed food giants. Hmmm

It’s almost exhausting looking at the long list. 🙁

Nestlé Australia with their highly processed foods.

http://www.nestle.com.au/brands/home
http://www.nestle.com.au/brands/chocolate-and-confectionery
http://www.nestle.com.au/brands/snacks-and-muesli-bars
http://www.nestle.com.au/brands/drinks

Campbell Arnott’s – ‘Real food’ from Arnott’s with their biscuits and lollies. You have to ‘love’ the kids treats!

http://www.arnotts.com.au/
http://www.arnotts.com.au/products/

Arnott’s Kids treats every day – “Make every day a fun day”
http://www.arnotts.com.au/products/kids-treats/

The ‘whole’ food supply chain.
http://www.mycampbellarnotts.com.au/

The DAA’s new partner, Australian Breakfast Cereal Manufacturers Forum which is tied up with Nestlé, Kellogg’s, Carmans, Sanitarium and Freedom foods and the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC). The AFGC board is comprised of the manufactured food industry – Nestlé Australia again, Simplot, Unilever, SPC Ardmona, Mars, Lion Drinks and Johnson & Johnson.
http://www.cereal4brekkie.org.au/abcmf/
http://www.afgc.org.au/about-afgc/board/
and, the Grains & Legumes Nutrition Council which are linked up somehow with the likes of Nestlé, Sanitarium, Woolworths, Goodman Fielder, Weston Foods and Bakers Delight.
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http://www.glnc.org.au/codeof…/registered-users-of-the-code/
http://www.glnc.org.au/about-us/board-and-staff/
http://www.glnc.org.au/about-us/partners/

http://www.smh.com.au/…/nigel-latta-asks-if-sugar-is-the-ne…

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Order out of chaos

shutterstock_69073516Order out of chaos – Choose Health

On looking back I have being creating order out of chaos for a long time.

My ‘down time’ is sometimes to play those card games like Spider Solitaire, Free Cell, Mahjong and the like.

My mother taught me how to play a variety of Solitaire games as a child. I did a lot of jigsaw puzzles. It is still our go to family ‘thing to do’ when someone is ill.

Learning and researching our whole nutrition ‘science’ has been a jigsaw puzzle for me. I don’t have it finished by a long way yet but the big picture is emerging – the combination of fructose, refined carbohydrates and polyunsaturated oils, in the amount and frequency we consume them in society is the root cause of inflammation and then modern disease. Continue reading

Paleo AND LCHF – Low Carb Healthy Fat

Gary Fettke No Fructose's photo.

Great to see that Chef Pete Evans and the Dietitians Association of Australia get to give their opinion on national TV tonight.

Sunday Tonight shared the second half of Mike Willesee’s journey into Paleo.

The verdict from Mike’s perspective – healthier, better blood results and some weight loss.

“10 weeks is just the first chapter!”

Adopting a lower carbohydrate lifestyle and in particular cutting out all those added sugars is the first step to health. Choose it for yourself.

It’s a lifestyle. Pete and I agree on that one. The sugar, processed carbs and polyunsaturated oils are out, and the vegetables and right amount of healthy fats and proteins are in.

I am not big on the dried fruits, agave syrups and honeys that some Paleo believers are into. By the same token, full fat dairy products are fine if you are not intolerant.

If you listen to what Pete Evans actually says he does in the 2 part series, it is all reasonable. It’s just that a lot of knockers/trolls can’t help themselves from listening to something that is getting real results.

http://nutritionforlife.healthcare/…/choose-health-nutritio…