No Sugar - Are you addicted to Sugar?

I have been thinking about ways to motivate myself to go back to eating a lot of raw foods.  So I started viewing videos on YouTube.  Last week I invested a lot of time watching videos on GMO’s (Genetically Modified Organism), Monsanto Corporation, animal products, animal farming, where our food comes from and the dangers of Sugar.  I have so much information in my head right now that I can only start to sort it by writing it down.  I want to blog about this but I cannot translate all this material into in one post. Here is a very moving video The Men Who Made Us Fat click here.

I viewed so many videos about all the negative things in our foods that I was getting depressed and for a while I did not know what to eat.  I do not want to eat animal products. I do not want to eat   GMO foods and I do not want to eat sugar. What is left???  

I remember reading years ago how Americans were addicted to sugar.  My immediate response was that I was not addicted to sugar.  After I finished reading that book I realized that I was addicted to sugar.  I cut out all the foods that I thought had sugar in them, namely sweets (cakes, cookies, candy).  I was good for a long time but after my last surgery I have been eating sweets like crazy and there is no doubt in my mind that I am addicted to sugar.  I decided to research this and saw a few videos.

This one I viewed is called Shocking Truth! Is Sugar TOXIC? Click here 

 

I decided that my first step is to get added sugar out of my life.  By this I mean to eating foods that contain sugar naturally like fruits.  In order to identify foods that have added sugars I viewed a few more videos. Shocking Sugar: How Much Sugar Is HIDDEN in my food. Click here.

 Although this video gets a little monotonous watching Lloyd fill cups with teaspoons of sugar, the message is sent LOUD & CLEAR.
How to Eliminate Sugar From Your Diet. Click here.

Sugar is disguised with different names so you may not see the actual word ‘sugar.’  The most complete list I could find is click here.

If you would like to see testimonials on lowering your sugar intake you can check out this Facebook page click here https://www.facebook.com/QuittingSugar.  You can get a lot of information here or just ask questions in this group and you will get many different responses.

 

Celebrate Life,

Alma

 

Back to Juicing...

My BUN and creatinine levels are high once again.  I drink as much water as I can.  I am constantly drinking water.  I get tired of it sometimes so I will add some powders or fruit to have it taste different however my levels are still low since I am on high doses of steroids due to an acute case of rejection.  So I started juicing again.  I made a pear juice this morning and I am about to make an apple celery juice.  So if you cannot drink any more water just add a fruit, water and ice to your blender and drink away.  The fiber is good for you too!

Celebrate Life,

Alma

Foods high in Magnesium

Since Prograf depletes our bodies from Calcium and Magnesium here are two posts listing foods high in both these vitamins.  This one is on Magnesium and the prior post is on Calcium.

Beans (soybeans, white beans, black beans, lima beans)

raw broccoli
artichokes
bananas
prune juice
almonds
broccoli
pumpkins
spinachtofu
figs
cornmeal
pumpkin seeds
tomato paste
whole wheat bread
yogurt 
halibut
oysters
tuna

Healthaliciousness.com claims that the top 10 foods high in Magnesium are as follows:
#1: Bran (Rice, Wheat, and Oat)
#2: Dried Herbs
#3: Squash, Pumpkin, and Watermelon Seeds
#4: Cocoa Powder (Dark Chocolate)
#5: Flax, Sesame Seeds, and Sesame Butter (Tahini)
#6: Brazil Nuts
#7: Sunflower Seeds
#8: Almonds and Cashews (Mixed nuts, Pine Nuts)
#9: Molasses
#10: Roasted Soybeans (Edamame)
Click on their link above or this one for more information 

Celebrate Life,

Alma