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C ARBOHYDRATES
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GLUCOSE
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DIABETES
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DISEASE
G LUCOSE
IS A SIMPLE
SUGAR.
IT IS THE BASIC
CARBOHYDRATE
UNIT EXTRACTED
FROM MORE COMPLEX
CARBOHYDRATES. ONCE
THE DIGESTIVE PROCESS BREAKS DOWN THE LARGER
CARBOHYDRATES
INTO
GLUCOSE,
IT IS ABSORBED
THROUGH THE INTESTINES.
GLUCOSE
THEN PROVIDES FUEL,
OR ENERGY,
FOR NECESSARY
CELLULAR PROCESSES,
JUST AS GASOLINE
DOES IN A CAR. AN
EXCESS OF GLUCOSE
IS CONVERTED TO
AND STORED AS
TRIGLYCERIDES AND
FAT.
R EFINED
CARBOHYDRATES
ARE NEARLY USELESS,
AND EVEN HARMFUL,
BECAUSE THE
REFINING REMOVES MOST OR ALL OF THE NUTRIENTS AND ENZYMES.
WHEN
GLUCOSE
CONCENTRATION IS TOO HIGH,
IT LEADS TO
INEFFICIENT ENERGY HIGH’S
AND LOW’S,
AS WELL AS
HYPOGLYCEMIA
AND
DIABETES.
THE
PANCREAS PRODUCES INSULIN,
WHICH REGULATES
GLUCOSE
METABOLISM AND ITS
STORAGE,
AS GLYCOGEN.
AN UNDER SUPPLY OF
INSULIN RESULTS IN THE ACCUMULATION OF
GLUCOSE
IN THE BLOOD.
THIS IS CALLED
DIABETES,
WHICH IS AN
ADVANCED CASE OF
HYPOGLYCEMIA.
DIABETES
CAN BE FATAL IF
UNTREATED;
IT IS THE THIRD MOST
COMMON CAUSE OF DEATH IN ADULTS.
IN
DIABETES,
THE PANCREAS DOES
NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY,
OR AT ALL,
SO INSUFFICIENT
ENZYMES ARE PRODUCED TO BREAKDOWN THE
SUGARS.
CANCER
CELLS ARE
THEREFORE ABLE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD UNCHECKED,
SINCE THE IMMUNE
SYSTEM CAN’T
ATTACK THEM. BECAUSE
OF THIS,
PEOPLE WITH
HYPOGLYCEMIA
AND
DIABETES
ARE MORE PRONE TO
CANCER
THAN THE GENERAL
POPULATION.
IN
FETAL DEVELOPMENT,
THE PANCREAS
STARTS WORKING AT ABOUT DAY
58. A
RARE FORM OF
CANCER
CAN OCCUR WHEN THE FETAL
PANCREAS FAILS TO PERFORM.
LOGICALLY,
IT FOLLOWS THAT A
HEALTHY WELL-FUNCTIONING PANCREAS MAY BE AN ELEMENT THAT STOPS
OR SLOWS TUMOR
OR
CANCER GROWTH
ALONG WITH OTHER
DISEASES
IN UNBORN BABIES,
INFANTS,
CHILDREN,
TEENS AND ADULTS.
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J UST
AS THERE IS NO ONE UNDERLYING CAUSE OF HEADACHES,
THERE ARE MANY
PROBLEMS THAT CAN RESULT IN BEING OVERWEIGHT.
ALTHOUGH PHYSICAL
PROBLEMS ARE MAINLY RESPONSIBLE,
AN OVERWEIGHT
PERSON FEELS GUILTY ABOUT CRAVINGS AND OVEREATING AND OBSESSES
ABOUT FOOD AND DIETS.
PSYCHOLOGICAL
PROBLEMS THEN FOLLOW.
ADDED TO THE
PHYSICAL PROBLEMS,
PSYCHOLOGICAL
PROBLEMS CAN FURTHER COMPLICATE RECOVERY. |
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MORE BENEFITS OF Seven Essentials
Help
Manage Diabetes
High sugar levels found in the blood and cells
accelerates fermentation and growth of micro-organisms that increase
toxin levels in the body. Fortunately, high blood sugar often responds
well to good nutrition and even better to great nutrition.
Seven Essentials
is great nutrition! Some
of the ingredients found in
Seven Essentials
that have been found to slow sugar assimilation and to help transport
sugar out of the blood are, soluble fiber (from
RiSoTriene® and vegetables),
glutathione, alpha-lipoic acid, natural B-vitamins and the minerals
magnesium, chromium & vanadium.
Lose Weight
 Because of the abundant nutrition found in
Seven Essentials, many
people lose their cravings for unhealthy foods. Others replace meals
with Seven Essentials.
Both promote healthy weight loss. Also,
Seven Essentials, with
its soluble fiber, enzymes and essential oils, helps promote general
detoxification of the body’s cells, which leads to permanent weight
loss.
D
I D Y O U K N O W . . . ?
• Over 2/3
of adults in the US are overweight or obese.
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Carrying extra pounds raises the
risk of developing diabetes, heart disease, cancer and more.
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Over 35 million Americans have
diabetes.
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Out of every 100 pregnant women
in the US, about 5 get gestational diabetes.
•
After having gestational
diabetes, you have a 2 in 3 chance that it will return.
•
Many women who have gestational
diabetes develop type 2 diabetes sometime in the following years.
•
Pregnant women who have diabetes
are five times more likely to have still-born births.
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Diabetes may be prevented if you
stay at a healthy weight, eat healthy foods, and exercise. |
A V ICIOUS
CYCLE…
BINGE EATING CAN LEAD TO
OTHER PROBLEMS LIKE WEIGHT GAIN,
BAD DIETING AND EMOTIONAL
ISSUES. MANY
WHO BINGE ARE OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE.
CONCERNS ABOUT WEIGHT MAY
LEAD YOU TO GO ON EXTREME AND UNHEALTHY DIETS.
BINGING CAN LEAVE YOU
FEELING HELPLESS,
HOPELESS AND DEPRESSED.
THIS CAN MAKE THE BINGING
WORSE IF YOU TURN TO FOOD TO DEAL WITH YOUR FEELINGS. |
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An ongoing Framingham Heart Study shows that obese
people with type 2 diabetes have a 99% chance of developing heart
disease. |
A Little Extra Weight Can Shorten Your Life
Research has shown that being obese (30+ pounds over a
healthy weight) increases the risk of premature death, but what about
those who are 1-29 pounds overweight? Researchers with the National
Cancer Institute recently did a study, examining over 527,000 adults.
This study revealed that even being a little overweight does increase
chances for premature death. Findings published in the
New England Journal of Medicine
stated that overweight 50
year olds have a 20-40% higher risk of death, and obese people had
100-200% higher risk of death.
"Even carrying a few extra pounds is associated with
increased risk of dying prematurely," says Michael Leitzmann, author of
the study. Meir Stampfer of the Harvard School of Public Health, says
the study shows "in a very convincing and clear way that being
overweight is bad for you. When you get in the obese range, the risk of
death goes up substantially."
Tim Byers of the University of Colorado Medical School,
urges people to take steps to lose weight - or at least stop gaining:
walk more, eat smaller portions, reduce snacking. "Everyone who is
overweight needs to look at their situation and figure out how they can
eat less and move more."
Dr. William Kellas, Ph.D., Founder of the Center for
Advanced Medicine, explains that we eat more food than we are designed
to handle. This taxes our ability to digest food, which increases the
level of undigested food in our intestines, which leads to more toxicity
in our bodies. The increased toxins lead to extra weight and less than
optimal health. He suggests that an easy way to remedy overeating is to
drink an
Seven Essentials
about 30 minutes before eating. You’ll get great nutrition and curb your
appetite! |
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S H O C K I N G N E W S…
 The
average American eats 48 teaspoons of sugar a day - one teaspoon every
hour around the clock! This adds up to 120-130 pounds of sugar per
person, per year, and 500-600 calories a day. The 48 teaspoons of sugar
multiplied by three feet of sugar cane per teaspoon equals 144 feet of
sugar cane daily, but without its beneficial nutrients and roughage to
support and regulate processing. Is it any wonder we have so much
hypoglycemia and diabetes? |
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“The rising
obesity rate in the U.S. is a risk to the health of pregnant women and
their babies. Obesity among women of childbearing age is at a crisis
level. We’re concerned because it means more women are overweight or
obese when they become pregnant, and this can have serious consequences
for both mother and baby.’’
~Dr. Jennifer
Howse, President of The March of Dimes
“Pregnant obese women are at increased risk for
pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes, cesarean delivery and postpartum
infection. The baby is also at increased risk for neural tube defects,
birth trauma and fetal death.’’
~Laura Riley,
M.D., Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive
Pathology at Harvard Medical School |
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D IABETES
is a disorder
where blood sugar levels are abnormally high. Pregnancy brings many
changes that can alter blood sugar, or glucose levels.
GESTATIONAL
DIABETES
may develop or
become apparent for the fist time during a pregnancy.
GESTATIONAL
DIABETES
occurs when
pregnancy hormones or other factors interfere with the body's ability to
use its insulin. Untreated or poorly controlled
GESTATIONAL
DIABETES
can hurt the
unborn baby. With this condition, you can’t produce enough insulin to
lower your blood glucose levels. The extra blood glucose goes through
the placenta, giving the baby high blood glucose levels, which prompts
the baby's pancreas to make extra insulin. Babies with excess insulin
become children at risk for obesity and adults at risk for
TYPE
2
DIABETES. |
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