Saturday, July 4, 2009
SHORTCUT TO SUCCESS SEMINAR - FREE
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225 River Street
Hoboken, NJ 07030
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Friday - July 17th, 2009 Free!!
6:00PM - 7:15PM STS Registration
6:30PM - 7:30PM Social Mixer
7:30PM - 8:30PM LIVE Company Overview
8:30PM - 9:00PM Preview of Shortcut to Success
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Friday, July 3, 2009
AGAVE - MORE REASONS TO BE CAUTIOUS
The Myth of Agave as a “Healthy” Sugar Substitute
Agave syrup is neither a natural food nor organic
Fully chemically processed sap from the agave plant is known as hydrolyzed high fructose inulin syrup.
According to Dr. Ingrid Kohlstadt, a fellow of the American College of Nutrition and an associate faculty member at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health:
“[Agave is] almost all fructose, highly processed sugar with great marketing.”
Agave syrup is not low calorie.
Agave syrup is about 16 calories per teaspoon, the same as table sugar.
Agave syrup may not have a low glycemic index.
Depending upon where the agave comes from and the amount of heat used to proc ess it, your agave syrup can be anywhere from 55 percent to 90 percent fructose! (And it’s likely you won’t be able to tell from the product label.)
This range of fructose content hardly makes agave syrup a logical choice if you’re hoping to avoid the high levels of fructose in HFCS (high fructose corn syrup).
And if you’re diabetic, you should know that the alleged benefit of agave for diabetics is purely speculative. Very few agave studies have been docu mented, and most involved rats. There have been no clinical studies done on its safety for diabetics.
Since most agave syrup has such a high percentage of fructose, your blood sugar will likely spike just as it would if you were consuming regular sugar or HFCS, and you would also run the risk of raising your triglyceride levels. It’s also important to understand that whereas the glucose in other sugars are converted to blood glucose, fructose is a relatively unregulated source of fuel that your liver converts to fat and cholesterol.
A significant danger here is that fructose does not stimulate your insulin secretion, nor enhance leptin production, which is thought to be involved in appetite regulation. (This was detailed in one of the most thorough scientific analyses published to date on this topic.)
Because insulin and leptin act as key signals in regulating how much food you eat, as well as your body weight, dietary fructose can also contribute to increased food intake and weight gain.
Therefore, if you need to lose weight, fructose is one type of sugar you’ll definitely want to avoid, no matter what the source is.
Other Dangers of Fructose
In addition, consuming high amounts of concentrated fructose may cause health problems ranging from mineral depletion, to insulin resistance, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, and even miscarriage in pregnant women.
Fructose may also interfere with your body’s ability to metabolize copper. This can result in depletion of collagen and elastin, which are vital connective tissues. A copper deficiency can also result in anemia, fragile bones, defects in your arteries, infertility, high choles terol and heart disease, and uncontrolled blood sugar levels.
Additionally, fructose consumption has been shown to significantly increase uric acid. Elevated lev els of uric acid are markers for heart disease. It has also been shown to increase blood lactic acid, especially in diabetics. Elevations in lactic acid can result in metabolic acido sis.
Isolated fructose has no enzymes, vitamins or minerals and can rob your body of these nutrients in order to assimilate itself. Hence, consumption of fructose can also lead to loss of vital minerals like calcium, iron, magnesium, and zinc.
Other Reasons You Should Steer Clear of Agave
There are very few quality controls in place to monitor the production of agave syrup. Nearly all agave sold in the U.S. comes from Mexico. Industry insiders are concerned agave distributors are using lesser, even toxic, agave plants due to a shortage of blue agave.
There are also concerns that some distributors are cutting agave syrup with corn syrup -- how often and to what extent is anyone’s guess. In addition, the FDA has refused shipments of agave syrup due to excessive pesticide residues.
Agave syrup is not a whole food -- it is fractionated and processed. The sap is sepa rated from the plant and treated with heat, similar to how maple sap is made into maple syrup. Agave nectar is devoid of many of the nutrients contained in the original, whole plant.
Agave syrup is not a live food. The natural enzymes are removed to prevent agave syrup from fermenting and turning into tequila in your food pantry or cabi net.
Agave is, for all intents and purposes, highly concentrated sugar. Sugar and sweet eners wreak havoc on your health and are highly addictive.
GOOGLE DR. MERCOLA FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT AGAVE NECTOR
NEED A HEALTH COUNSELOR? Click or cut and paste to your browser: www.perfectbeautyinsideout.com
Essential oils: www.youngliving.org/stephaniewalcot
FOR AN UNLIMITED CHOICE OF HEALTHY AND GREEN PRODUCTS: www.shoptoearn.net/stepharitshops
Agave syrup is neither a natural food nor organic
Fully chemically processed sap from the agave plant is known as hydrolyzed high fructose inulin syrup.
According to Dr. Ingrid Kohlstadt, a fellow of the American College of Nutrition and an associate faculty member at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health:
“[Agave is] almost all fructose, highly processed sugar with great marketing.”
Agave syrup is not low calorie.
Agave syrup is about 16 calories per teaspoon, the same as table sugar.
Agave syrup may not have a low glycemic index.
Depending upon where the agave comes from and the amount of heat used to proc ess it, your agave syrup can be anywhere from 55 percent to 90 percent fructose! (And it’s likely you won’t be able to tell from the product label.)
This range of fructose content hardly makes agave syrup a logical choice if you’re hoping to avoid the high levels of fructose in HFCS (high fructose corn syrup).
And if you’re diabetic, you should know that the alleged benefit of agave for diabetics is purely speculative. Very few agave studies have been docu mented, and most involved rats. There have been no clinical studies done on its safety for diabetics.
Since most agave syrup has such a high percentage of fructose, your blood sugar will likely spike just as it would if you were consuming regular sugar or HFCS, and you would also run the risk of raising your triglyceride levels. It’s also important to understand that whereas the glucose in other sugars are converted to blood glucose, fructose is a relatively unregulated source of fuel that your liver converts to fat and cholesterol.
A significant danger here is that fructose does not stimulate your insulin secretion, nor enhance leptin production, which is thought to be involved in appetite regulation. (This was detailed in one of the most thorough scientific analyses published to date on this topic.)
Because insulin and leptin act as key signals in regulating how much food you eat, as well as your body weight, dietary fructose can also contribute to increased food intake and weight gain.
Therefore, if you need to lose weight, fructose is one type of sugar you’ll definitely want to avoid, no matter what the source is.
Other Dangers of Fructose
In addition, consuming high amounts of concentrated fructose may cause health problems ranging from mineral depletion, to insulin resistance, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, and even miscarriage in pregnant women.
Fructose may also interfere with your body’s ability to metabolize copper. This can result in depletion of collagen and elastin, which are vital connective tissues. A copper deficiency can also result in anemia, fragile bones, defects in your arteries, infertility, high choles terol and heart disease, and uncontrolled blood sugar levels.
Additionally, fructose consumption has been shown to significantly increase uric acid. Elevated lev els of uric acid are markers for heart disease. It has also been shown to increase blood lactic acid, especially in diabetics. Elevations in lactic acid can result in metabolic acido sis.
Isolated fructose has no enzymes, vitamins or minerals and can rob your body of these nutrients in order to assimilate itself. Hence, consumption of fructose can also lead to loss of vital minerals like calcium, iron, magnesium, and zinc.
Other Reasons You Should Steer Clear of Agave
There are very few quality controls in place to monitor the production of agave syrup. Nearly all agave sold in the U.S. comes from Mexico. Industry insiders are concerned agave distributors are using lesser, even toxic, agave plants due to a shortage of blue agave.
There are also concerns that some distributors are cutting agave syrup with corn syrup -- how often and to what extent is anyone’s guess. In addition, the FDA has refused shipments of agave syrup due to excessive pesticide residues.
Agave syrup is not a whole food -- it is fractionated and processed. The sap is sepa rated from the plant and treated with heat, similar to how maple sap is made into maple syrup. Agave nectar is devoid of many of the nutrients contained in the original, whole plant.
Agave syrup is not a live food. The natural enzymes are removed to prevent agave syrup from fermenting and turning into tequila in your food pantry or cabi net.
Agave is, for all intents and purposes, highly concentrated sugar. Sugar and sweet eners wreak havoc on your health and are highly addictive.
GOOGLE DR. MERCOLA FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT AGAVE NECTOR
NEED A HEALTH COUNSELOR? Click or cut and paste to your browser: www.perfectbeautyinsideout.com
Essential oils: www.youngliving.org/stephaniewalcot
FOR AN UNLIMITED CHOICE OF HEALTHY AND GREEN PRODUCTS: www.shoptoearn.net/stepharitshops
Saturday, June 27, 2009
THE CURE IS IN THE FOOD
PRETTY SCARY PHENOMENOM
It is the nature of the human mind to deceive itself into believing what it wants to believe, and one of the greatest deceptions is that ultimate health can be found in a pill. Sorry to burst that bubble, but the only one benefiting from this lie is the pharmaceutical companies who indulge Americans addiction to greasy burgers, fries, sugar, and soda pop. Author Eric Schlosser wrote in Fast Food Nation how, “In 1970 Americans spent about $6 billion on fast food; in 2000 they spent more than $110 billion dollars. Americans now spend more money on fast food than on higher education, personal computers, computer software, or new cars. They spend more on fast food than on movies, books, magazines, newspapers, videos, and recorded music combined.”
FOR COMPLETE ARTICLE GO TO:
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/the-cure-is-in-your-food.html
NEED A HEALTH COUNSELOR TO GUIDE YOU ON A MORE HEALTHFUL JOURNEY ?:
GO TO WWW.PERFECTBEAUTYINSIDEOUT.COM
It is the nature of the human mind to deceive itself into believing what it wants to believe, and one of the greatest deceptions is that ultimate health can be found in a pill. Sorry to burst that bubble, but the only one benefiting from this lie is the pharmaceutical companies who indulge Americans addiction to greasy burgers, fries, sugar, and soda pop. Author Eric Schlosser wrote in Fast Food Nation how, “In 1970 Americans spent about $6 billion on fast food; in 2000 they spent more than $110 billion dollars. Americans now spend more money on fast food than on higher education, personal computers, computer software, or new cars. They spend more on fast food than on movies, books, magazines, newspapers, videos, and recorded music combined.”
FOR COMPLETE ARTICLE GO TO:
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/the-cure-is-in-your-food.html
NEED A HEALTH COUNSELOR TO GUIDE YOU ON A MORE HEALTHFUL JOURNEY ?:
GO TO WWW.PERFECTBEAUTYINSIDEOUT.COM
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Abundance has no limit!
As grand as any achievement may be, it is not the ultimate. Because it opens up new possibilities for even greater achievement. That’s why it makes no sense to be envious or resentful of the accomplishments of others. Those accomplishments each increase the number of opportunities available to you. Rejoice at the success of others and you instill the power of that success within yourself. Be thankful for positive progress and you will become part of that progress. The most successful people are those who encourage and enable others to succeed. Truly appreciate real value and you’ll find new ways to create more value. Abundance has no limit. A life that is richly lived creates much richness in the lives of those all around. Every Achievement you see, see as a beginning. Appreciate the richness that is, and you’ll be creating even more. - Ralph Marston
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As grand as any achievement may be, it is not the ultimate. Because it opens up new possibilities for even greater achievement. That’s why it makes no sense to be envious or resentful of the accomplishments of others. Those accomplishments each increase the number of opportunities available to you. Rejoice at the success of others and you instill the power of that success within yourself. Be thankful for positive progress and you will become part of that progress. The most successful people are those who encourage and enable others to succeed. Truly appreciate real value and you’ll find new ways to create more value. Abundance has no limit. A life that is richly lived creates much richness in the lives of those all around. Every Achievement you see, see as a beginning. Appreciate the richness that is, and you’ll be creating even more. - Ralph Marston
Young Living Abundance Oil
Abundance was created to enhance the frequency of the energy that surrounds us through electrical stimulation of the cells. This frequency creates attraction. Diffuse, wear on wrists and behind ears as a perfume.
Ingredients: Myrrh, Cassia, Frankincense, Patchouly, Orange, Clove, Ginger, and Spruce. YL Product # 3300 Customer Price: $41.78 USD Preferred Customer Price: $36.76 Wholesale Price: $31.75 USD
ORDER: WWW.YOUNGLIVING.ORG/STEPHANIEWALCOT
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