Sodas

If asparatame is sprinkled on this naturally sweet fruit, she’s a fool!

NutraSweet, Equal, Canderel and now AminoSweet are table top brand names for asparatame, the artificial sweetener known to “excite brain cells to death.” As an ingredient, aspartame is also found in over 6,000 foods: sodas, chewing gum, diet foods and drinks, cereals, jams, candy, supplements… the list goes on and on.

From headaches, mood changes and even hallucinations, aspartame seriously impacts your nervous system. (That includes your brain.) It mimics and/or contributes to diseases such as MS, Alzheimer’s, ADD, depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, Parkinson’s, seizures and hythyroidism. This is serious stuff. Plus, when exposed to heat, it turns to formaldyhide and then formic acid which is stored in your fat – not a good thing. Aspartame makes you crave carbohydrates. Instead of losing weight with this “Sugar-Free” artificial sweetener, you tend to gain weight.

When the public gets wind of the questionable properties of a product, it gets rebranded – it is given a new name and package. This is what has happened here. Don’t be fooled by their use of the word “Amino” which may lead you to believe it’s a healthy sweet. It is absolutely the opposite. Please, out smart the producer of asparatame. Do Not buy their song and dance. Keep it away from you kids. Eat pure sugar cane instead, just not too much.

… for the health of families,
ellen

This is a site for sore eyes.  Look at this adorable little girl walking on the beaching clutching her big bottle of Coke.  Shouldn’t she be clutching a pail with a shovel or a bottle of water? Instead, she is owning this soda – its mine.  (Check the body language). This darling girl was born wholesome and healthy with her whole life before her.  Someone is tampering with her future by giving her a Coke. 

Man-made Coke is pure acid, one of the best rust removers you can buy.  This is what this precious child is pouring down her throat.  It looks like she is carrying a regular Coke but it could be a Diet Coke … just can’t tell from this photo.  Either way, she is drinking an excessive amount of unnatural sugar, artificial dyes, sodium, caffeine, phosphoric and carbonic acid – all of which seriously over-stimulate and deplete everyone’s body much less one of a little girl.  

In addition, sodas dehydrate the mind and body.  Now, remember, she in on the beach in a sun dress so the outdoor temperature has to be at least warm, if not hot. This little girl needs to be hydrated. Our body temperature is 98.6 degrees F.  Don’t you think that when you hold a bottle of soda against your body it is going to become warm, maybe as warm as your body?  Odds are this bottle of Coke is warm which presents additional unwanted consequences, especially if is sweetened with aspartame.  When aspartame is heated to 86 degrees Fahrenheit, it turns to formaldehyde and then formic acid (red ant sting juice). This opens the door for some real health challenges. 

So, review what is going on in this photo.  A cute little girl is walking the beach on a warm sunny day, pressing her bottle of Coke against her body.  The person who took this photo witnessed her periodically drinking her beloved Coke.  She said, “Watching her was heart-breaking.”  It breaks my heart, too.  Please, be smarter than this family and give your kids spring water or Vitamin Waters to drink when you play at the beach – or during time of year.

… for the health of your family,

ellen

Sally and I have put together our official Family Food Experts 12 Worst Foods to feed your family, listed alphabetically:

Twelve Worst Foods
1. Candy artificially dyed, sweetened and flavored
(Examples: M&Ms, Smarties)
2. Candy Cereal
(Examples: Fruit Loops, Lucky Charms)
3. Doughnuts
4. Drinks: Artificially sweetened, artificially dyed, artificially flavored drinks
(Examples: Kool-Aid, Crystal Light, Gatorade, Powerade)
5. French Fries (all deep fried food)
6. Lunchables
7. Margarine
8. Pizza with extra cheese and pepperoni
9. Pop Tarts
10. Pork products (bacon, chops, tenderloin, hotdogs)
11. Soda – ALL
12. Sugars: Refined sugars and sugar substitutes
(Examples: high fructose corn syrup, Splenda, Nutri-Sweet)

Honorable Mentions … couldn’t help ourselves as these should be part of the twelve.
A. Bleached and bromated flours
(Examples: white flour, white breads/rolls, white pasta, cakes and pastries)
B. Lunch meats with nitrates
C. Milk, non-organic

For the health of your family, AVOID these foods.
ellen

Stress can and must be managed. Jolie Root, LPN, Licensed Nutritionist, Medical Journalist, Radio Host, Sought after Speaker, explained the relationship between carrying belly fat around your middle, Type 2 Diabetes and heart disease. Continuous stress causes elevated cortisol levels to collect in your body. Consequently, your nutrients are not properly absorbed, fat is stored around your middle, and you experience all kinds of side effects: headaches, digestive disorders, insomnia and more. Also, your insulin levels become challenged which leads to Type 2 Diabetes. Then you are headed for heart disease. Stop this disease cycle now!

SIMPLE SOLUTIONS
1. Take EPA-DHA Omega 3 supplements: Adults (150 lbs): up to 4000 mg combined. Children: relative
value per weight (75 lbs. take half)
2. Take PS (phosphatidylserine): Adults and Children 100 mg
3. Eat lots of dark green foods (spinach, kale, spirulina, etc.)
4. Eat lots of different naturally-sourced colors of Complex carbs -veggies and low-sugar fruits (berries!)
5. Eat fish, organic meat (grass fed), almonds
6. Supplement with Vitamin Bs, C, Magnesium and Calcium when needed
(Check with health professional for supplement dosages)

DO NOT EAT or DRINK
Caffeine (exception, green tea)
Soda
Sugar
Nutrient-Empty processed foods

MOVE AROUND – BLOW OFF STEAM
Take mini walks, dance round your desk, laugh, sing – check out how Jolie releases her stress!

Prescribed and over-the-counter drugs address symptoms not solutions. Tune into www.BetterFoodChoicesRadio.com – March 27th – and find out why.

STRESS is not going away any time soon. But, the disease ramifications MUST. Tune in and take notes.

… for the health of your family,
ellen

Another reason children and adults should not eat foods made with High Fructose Corn Syrup – MERCURY!  On average Americans eats 12 teaspoons of this lab-made sweetener a day.  None should be consumed.  Everyone freaks over the issue of mercury in vaccinations and its unhealthy side effects.  Now you can freak over mercury in your food.  Reports say that mercury was found in about 50 percent of the high fructose corn syrup sampled.  Another study  found mercury in about 33 percent of the products tested with high fructose corn syrup listed as the first or second ingredient – meaning there is a significant amount in the product.  We are talking about food and beverages made by well-known name brands such as Kraft, Smucker’s, Quaker and Hershey.    In addition, it was reported that dairy products, dressings and condiments made with high fructose corn syrup had the greatest detection of mercury.    Yet another research study found mercury in nine of 20 samples.*  Bottom line:  there is enough evidence already that raises serious concern about the amount of mercury kids and adults are ingesting, daily.  High fructose corn syrup is in thousands of products sold in grocery stores.  Watch for it as a sweetener in sodas, fruit drinks, bread, cereal, bars, lunch meats, soups … in any product that has a sweet taste.  Bet you did not realize that bread and lunch meats are sweetened.  Read your labels and do NOT buy, serve or eat any containing high fructose corn syrup.

… for the health of your family,
ellen

Jane Bryant,  www.foodnavigator-usa.com, Jan, 28, 2009