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Sugar Coated

satkins

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Type of diabetes
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I just watched this documentary on Netflix called "Sugar Coated." They talk about how sugar intake has jumped in the past 30 years and the problems that it have been seen because of it. Type 2 being one of the biggest.

The one thing I took away from this was that the low fat craze that took off in the the 60's and more so in the 70's made low fat food taste like cardboard. So to fix this they added sugar.

Second was a Canadian doctor talking about how the Canadian Heart and Stroke foundation has a "Health Check" which is a check mark they allow producers put on foods that are heart healthy. One of these foods where fruit leathers (dried fruit in strips) which has more sugar in it then actual candies. All the food producer has to do is pay $20,000 to the Heart and Stroke to get it.

It's a very interesting show. If you have it on your netflix I would check it out.
 

I'll try and find it


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As far as I can tell not on UK Netflix and has been removed from You Tube
 
JohnEGreen said:
As far as I can tell not on UK Netflix and has been removed from You Tube
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Shame...typical stratifying of the content with these media providers and their licensing agreements


Diagnosed 13/4/16: T2, no meds, HbA1c 53, FBG 12.6, Trigs 3.6, HDL .75, LDL 4.0, BP 169/95, 13st 8lbs, waist 34" (2012 - 17st 7lbs, w 42").

6/6/16: FBG AV 4.6, Trigs 1.5, HDL 2.0, LDL 3.0, BP 112/68, BPM 66, 11st 11lbs, waist 30".

Regime: 20g LCHF, run 1 mile daily, weekly fasting.
 
There are some live streaming sites that do have it but you have to pay to join them.
 
I am in Canada, and yes, I believe the "health check" symbol is a huge marketing scam.

When I read the nutrition labels of what's "healthy", I can't believe it.

As is the same in the US, big pharma, doctors and disease organizations are all somehow tied together - all in the name of money.
 
I would like to think not all doctors are in the pockets of big pharma. I do agree that most of these charities are only interested in money and not actually helping people. They say they stopped that program in 2014 but you can still find that health check on a lot of products. And it only cost 20k to by it.

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@satkins, £20k....woooo!!


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When all fruit is dried the sugar can often react and you end up with the double amount of sugar within the product, that is why you are recommended only to have no more than between 10-25g per day, best just eating the fresh fruit and then you are getting the right balance of sugar in your daily diet. Thank you for sharing this post I will watch this program.
 
Better still to avoid most fruit and avoid the carbs that come with it...
 
bulkbiker said:
Better still to avoid most fruit and avoid the carbs that come with it...
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Frozen fruit is a good alternative to fresh. Easy to store and use as required. Still has same sugar as fresh though, but better than canned.
 
That's what I use. Frozen strawberries and raspberries. About 70g of each with some water and 13g of flax seed put in a blender for a minute. Drink while having a nice mushroom, bacon & cheese omelette. Great now I'm hungry again
 
nowadays they don't even use real sugar in low fat products!! fake sugar is even worse then real sugar. and it's called aspartame.
 
satkins said:
That's what I use. Frozen strawberries and raspberries. About 70g of each with some water and 13g of flax seed put in a blender for a minute. Drink while having a nice mushroom, bacon & cheese omelette. Great now I'm hungry again
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The trouble with shakes made in blenders / Nutribullet etc is that the process destroys the natural fibre that slows metabolism and some essential nutrients. It is healthier to eat fresh fruit and veg without pulping it.
 
satkins said:
The one thing I took away from this was that the low fat craze that took off in the the 60's and more so in the 70's made low fat food taste like cardboard. So to fix this they added sugar.
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To call it a "craze" somewhat downplays the extent to which the health and medical establishments pushed this diet upon us. A craze sounds more like something that gullible people were led into by charlatans, however the reality was anything but this. It was an almost complete consensus by the health and medical professions and rammed down our collective throats with dire official health warnings and government sponsored advertisements - atleast here in Australia.


Yes we have the same thing in Australia. You could find any number of unhealthy sugar laden foods in our supermarket shelves carrying a similar "Heart Foundation tick of approval". It's really no surprise that we were all led astray.
 
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