Sugar Busters Diet Exposed

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This diet has some validity to it, because it identifies one of the great problems with most modern diets: they rely heavily on sugar. Proponents of this diet claim that by eliminating highly processed sugars from your diet you will lose fat. They are right.

The weakness of this diet is it does not address the entire dietary picture. However, for people addicted to sugar, it is probably the place to start. Keep in mind that most people in the USA eat only two flavors of food: sugar and fat (hydrogenated or saturated). By eliminating the sugar problem, you almost automatically eliminate the fat problem (read food product labels, and you will see why).

What is wrong with all the sugar? Three things:

1. Pure calorie count. All that sugar (table sugar, enriched flour, instant oatmeal, etc.) adds empty calories, and lots of them.

2. The glycemic effect. Refined sugars cause insulin over-reactions that magnify fat storage and eventually ruin the body's sugar regulation ability. We see this now in the diabetes epidemic in the USA--in fact, we are seeing adult onset diabetes in 12 year old children.

3. Nutritional displacement. All those sugar-based foods, which are nutritional deserts (even in their micronutrient-depleted "enriched" forms) "crowd out" real food and cause malnutrition.

If you are a typical "cattle being fed for slaughter" American, this diet would be a good first step on your road to recovery. But, you will need a more complete approach later on. Use this diet as a start for breaking the sugar addiction that afflicts over 90% of Americans--that's a good first step. Then, move to the next level.

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