Think Of Food As Medicine
It's been a long time since my last post ... but this article caught my eye today.
It's from a newsletter I receive by Anita Flegg, an excellent writer about hypoglycemia and diet.
Here is the article, which I'm sure you will find helpful.
"Lorna Vanderhaeghe, a nutrition crusader, believes that food is a medicine and that we should treat it as such.
That means that we should imagine that everything we put into our mouths is going to have an effect on our immune system. Her major message is that most of us “suffer from major immune system depletion, which is caused by too little nutritious food and too much stress.” (Ottawa Citizen, March 26, 2006)
She recommends a diet rich in essential fatty acids, contained in flaxseed oil and evening primrose oil. She also stresses that we have to stay away from sugar because of its negative effects on the immune system.
“One teaspoon of white sugar will turn off our monocytes, macrophages, T-cells—cancer- and virus-fighting cells—for up to 6 hours.”
“In fact, a study found that after children drink soda pop their macrophages don’t mount a strong defense against viruses and bacteria for the next 18 hours. Fructose-loaded apple juice isn’t much better.”
I think this is a message we just can’t hear too much. Sugar is a problem for all of us, not just hypoglycemics. I sometimes think that we are lucky to be hypoglycemic. Sounds strange—lucky to be hypoglycemic? But we have immediate reasons to cut sugar out of our diets. Our friends can eat anything they want, but that just means that they have no warning of the harm they are doing to their bodies.
Eat well — live well!
You can visit Anita Flegg's site at www.theothersugardisease.com
She has written an excellent book called 'Hypoglycemia: The Other Sugar Disease'.
It's from a newsletter I receive by Anita Flegg, an excellent writer about hypoglycemia and diet.
Here is the article, which I'm sure you will find helpful.
"Lorna Vanderhaeghe, a nutrition crusader, believes that food is a medicine and that we should treat it as such.
That means that we should imagine that everything we put into our mouths is going to have an effect on our immune system. Her major message is that most of us “suffer from major immune system depletion, which is caused by too little nutritious food and too much stress.” (Ottawa Citizen, March 26, 2006)
She recommends a diet rich in essential fatty acids, contained in flaxseed oil and evening primrose oil. She also stresses that we have to stay away from sugar because of its negative effects on the immune system.
“One teaspoon of white sugar will turn off our monocytes, macrophages, T-cells—cancer- and virus-fighting cells—for up to 6 hours.”
“In fact, a study found that after children drink soda pop their macrophages don’t mount a strong defense against viruses and bacteria for the next 18 hours. Fructose-loaded apple juice isn’t much better.”
I think this is a message we just can’t hear too much. Sugar is a problem for all of us, not just hypoglycemics. I sometimes think that we are lucky to be hypoglycemic. Sounds strange—lucky to be hypoglycemic? But we have immediate reasons to cut sugar out of our diets. Our friends can eat anything they want, but that just means that they have no warning of the harm they are doing to their bodies.
Eat well — live well!
You can visit Anita Flegg's site at www.theothersugardisease.com
She has written an excellent book called 'Hypoglycemia: The Other Sugar Disease'.
posted by Chris Mole at 8:58 AM
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