Not So Sweet after all

1. Not So Sweet after all Your Guide to Sugar This information is for educational purposes only. This information should not be taken as a substitute for qualified medical advice.

2. Follow up on gluten • Eating GF pancakes, crackers, bread, muffins, pretzels, and cereal deals with the gluten problem, but does very little else for your health! Don’t buy that junk! • Go GF naturally – by replacing those foods with REAL food – meat, eggs, fish, fats, veggies, fruits • If you are gluten intolerant – also watch for foods you might cross-react to: other grains (esp. corn and brown rice), dairy, yeast, and coffee.

3. And the winner is… • Did you Make Last Week’s Recipe of the Week? • Pumpkin Coconut Pancakes • Did You Do Last Week’s Action Items? • Eliminate Grains • Change Your Breakfast • Enter the drawing to win this week’s prize if you eliminated grains and changed your breakfast!

4. ChauncyMorlan 100 years ago, he was considered so obese that he toured in the circus as the ‘Fat Man” and people paid money to see him. Today, no one would give him a second look. Imagine if, 100 years from now, people that we consider unusually obese – at 500 pounds or so, are considered normal?

5. Focus point of the week: Dying to the self every day • “You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.” Ephesians 4:22-24 • Some people are wired so that the places in their brain that respond to sugar are highly stimulated by it and become physically addicted to it. • Every day we must take up our cross anew and bear it. Every day we must consciously choose to die to the self. Every day we must pray for God to help us overcome our food and sugar addictions! • Pray! He will be faithful to answer YES!

6. Agenda • Sugar is Different From Other Foods • Sugar is Addictive • Sugar Causes Gut Dysbiosis • Sugar Causes Nutrient Deficienies • Sugar Causes Fatty Liver • Sugar is a cause of: • Obesity, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Cancer • The Sugar Game • Sugar Shock Test

7. Sugar is Not the Same as Starch Sugar is half glucose, half fructose. 100 calories of sugar is metabolized very differently than 100 calories of starch. Calorically the same, metabolically very different. Isocaloric, NOT isometabolic.

8. Fructose Metabolism is Different

9. Fructose Promotes Fatty Liver 66% of obese adults and 50% of obese children may have fatty liver. 2 - 5% of adult Americans and 20% of obese may suffer from NASH.

10. Fatty Liver deranges metabolism, leading to metabolic syndrome Metabolic Syndrome raises your risk of: Heart Disease Diabetes Stroke Cancer

11. Sugar is Addictive It has the same effects on the brain as cocaine or heroin, although on a smaller scale.

12. Repeated, intermittent binges

13. Lead to changes in dopamine, acetylcholine, and opioids in brain

14. Withdrawal – anxiety and depression

15. Craving during abstinence

16. We binge again, reinforcing the cycle

17. Sugar is addictive • Study after study after study shows that sugar has the same effects on the brain (dopamine, acetylcholine, opioids) that opiate drugs do, albeit milder. • Repeated, intermittent bingeing • Withdrawal – anxiety, depression • Craving during abstinence • Leads to another binge

18. Sugar Cravings May Really Be fat cravings • Food cravings and increased appetite are strong indicators of a micronutrient deficiency • That’s why it is critical that you be WELL NOURISHED if you want to lose weight • Multivitamin, bone broth every day, liver once a week, plenty of eggs, meats, quality saturated fat, leafy greens, cruciferous veggies, some fruit, some dairy….etc • Our taste receptors for sweetness may have been designed to detect NUTRIENT DENSE FATS (this argument is long and complex) • So when you are craving sweets, ask yourself, STEAK or SALMON?

19. Sugar causes nutrient deficiencies • “To deal with the sugar onslaught, the body has to use available minerals, vitamins and enzymes at an alarming rate, finishing up being depleted of these vital substances. • One molecule of sugar requires 56 molecules of magnesium to metabolize it. • “Consumption of sugar is a major cause of the widespread magnesium deficiency in this country, leading to high blood pressure and neurological and immune problems.” Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride

20. Sugar and the Big Diseases Obesity, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Cancer

21. Sugar and Obesity • Sugar decreases secretion of insulin and leptin, two hormones that tell our bodies we are full and should stop eating • More sugar • Less Leptin • Less Insulin • Eat more • Gain weight • Sugar causes obesity faster than other foods b/c it tricks the body’s metabolism

22. Sugar and obesity • The fructose in sugar is shunted directly to the liver for disposal to keep it away from the rest of the body. • The liver detoxifies fructose by converting it to fat. • Pretty much all the fructose you eat will be converted to FAT!

23. Sugar and Diabetes • High intake of sugar  2x as likely to have diabetes (Nurse’s Health Study) • Drinking fruit punch each day doubles risk of diabetes • Drinking one extra soda per day increased risk by 80% • Sugar  demand on pancreas to secrete huge amounts of insulin  pancreas depleted/insulin resistance  diabetes

24. Sugar and Heart Disease • Sugar raises triglycerides and LDL and decreases HDL -That blood profile leads to heart disease • Shifting 25% of dietary calories from glucose to fructose: • Raises small dense LDL, the worst blood lipid, by 45% • Increases triglycerides 100% • Increases abdominal fat 4x faster than glucose alone • Rats fed a diet of 60% fructose compared to rats fed conventional chow, after 5 weeks: • 15% higher blood pressure • 198% higher triglycerides • 90% cholesterol • Women fed 25% of calories from fructose for 10 weeks • 140% increase in triglyclerides

25. Sugar and Cancer • Dr. Block, medical director for Block Center for Integrative Cancer and asst. prof at UIC College of Medicine: • “A major ingredient in the recipe for getting cancer is a diet high in refined sugar and high in unhealthy fats.” • “We know that tumors are glucose (sugar) guzzlers. If you strangulate the supply of sugar to a tumor, it may actually trigger a form of biological suicide among the malignant cells.” • Cancers related to sugar: breast, gallbladder, prostate, colon, uterine, pancreatic

26. How Much Sugar are We Eating?

27. Grams of Fructose per Day

28. Sugar Consumption Rising! • Sugar is now 20-25% of average person’s daily food intake • We eat 124 grams of sugar per day • That’s 31 teaspoons • That’s more than 2/3 cup • That’s more than 500 calories per day • And many of us eat FAR more!

29. How hard or easy is it to get to 124 grams? Do you think you eat that much sugar each day?

30. Which has more sugar? 11 g sugar in ¾ cup 12 g sugar in ¾ cup

31. Which has more sugar? 28 g sugar in 11 oz 33 g sugar in 8 oz

32. Which has more sugar? 1 g sugar in 11 chips 4 g sugar in 9 crackers

33. Which has more sugar? 0 g sugar in 1 cup 19 g sugar in 1 cup

34. Which has more sugar? 16 g sugar in 1 pastry 21 g sugar in 1 bar

35. Which has more sugar? 16 g sugar in 1 dessert 21 g sugar in 1 dessert

36. Which has more sugar? 12 g sugar in 1 bar 24 g sugar in ¼ cup

37. Which has more sugar? 3 g sugar in 1 T 13 g sugar in 1 T

38. Which has more sugar? 20 g sugar in 1 muffin 20 g sugar in 4 oz

39. Which has more sugar? 25 g in 6 oz 26 g in 8 oz

40. Which has more sugar? 65 g in 20 oz 63 g in 3.5 Ho-Hos

41. It’s pretty easy on the SAD! • Raisin Bran • Clif Bar • Wheat Thins • Raisins • Yogurt • Grape jelly • Applesauce • Smart Ones Dessert 127 grams!

42. 52 Reasons Why Sugar is Toxic to the Body Read this at home.

43. Sugar Shock Survey Take the survey at home.

44. Summary • Sugar is metabolized by the liver • Fatty Liver Disease • Metabolic Syndrome • Addiction • Obesity • Diabetes • Heart Disease • Cancer

45. Are sugar substitutes okay? • Saccharine, Aspartame, and Splenda have been linked to cancer • Your body can “read” sugar substitutes as sugar and still spike your blood sugar and insulin • Agave nectar is higher in fructose than sugar, so is WORSE than sugar • Natural sugars like raw and turbinado may have less processing, so you can do that if you want to spend the extra money, but the effect on your blood sugar will be the same

46. How much sugar is okay? • Remember, you can have: • 15 g sugar per day - that is 3.5 teaspoons per day • Honey is your best choice • Raw, local, unfiltered honey has some beneficial properties and may help with seasonal allergies • Honey contains over a hundred different compounds ,and has a small amount of minerals, amino acids, and vitamins • 100% pure maple syrup is fine in small amounts • Can use small amounts of real sugar • Stevia in the raw is your best choice for a no-calorie sugar substitute

47. To satisfy a sweet tooth • First try some FAT!!!! Steak or Salmon? Cream or Cheese? • Level 1 – Less sweet • Smoothie, dark chocolate, dip bacon or sausage in maple syrup, berries w/ coconut milk or heavy cream, tea with honey and coconut oil, coffee with heavy cream, spoonful of honey, cheese, berries with whipped cream • Level 2 – More sweet • Dried fruit, Apple Crisp, Jello Cream, Crustless Cheesecake, saute apples in butter with a little honey, Banana Pudding

48. Action Plan – Week 3 • Read “Your Guide to Sugar” • Read “Dealing with Food Addiction: Dying to the Self Every Day and Counting on God’s Help” – other sugar/food addiction articles on there as well • Check out blog post: “15 School Lunch Ideas” • Action Item: Reduce sugar to no more than 15 grams per day (1 teaspoon = 4.2 grams, so about 3 ½ teaspoons per day) • Action Item: Change your Lunch to be Fit4God (see blog entry) • Recipes of the Week: Sammie Patties and Vegetable Soup • Faith Focus: Die to the self every day, pray for help every day!