10 Good Reasons to Consume Less Sugar

During the ‘80s and ‘90s the fitness community was obsessed with fat; more specifically, why we should consume less of it. Now the attention has focused on carbohydrates – and with good reason. Government estimates indicate that one out of three children born today will develop diabetes, and one reason is our overconsumption of sugar.

An excellent book I recently discovered is called Suicide by Sugar: A Startling Look at Our #1 National Addiction (Square One Publishers, 2009). The author, Nancy Appleton, completed her undergraduate degree in clinical nutrition at UCLA and earned a PhD in health services at Walden University. Throughout her book Appleton provides many excellent reasons to kick the sugar habit. Here are 10 of them:

How I Replenish My D3 Levels

1. I first get a blood value.
2. My goal is to bring the client up to 80 nmol/L (International Units) or 32 ng/ml. (Standard Units)
3. Based on the above, I adjust the dosage accordingly.

10 Very Good Reasons For You To Take Supplements

One of the most common questions people ask those of us who are in the nutritional supplement industry is “Why do I need to take supplements – can’t I get all the nutrients I need simply by eating well?” The short answer is, and this may surprise you, “No!” And this is not just my opinion.
A good diet, along with proper supplementation, are a winning combination for a healthy life and optimal athletic performance.

The Dangers of Cell Phone Use

Lesson #1: It Takes Many Years to Develop Brain Cancer
Based upon observational studies of people who were exposed to radiation from the atomic bomb during World War II, Davis says it can take 40 years after exposure to radiation to develop brain cancer. Further, she says that rates of cell phone use now are vastly different from those in the past, as in the mid-’80s less than three percent of the world’s population owned cell phones and early use was primarily limited to businessmen. “So the fact that we haven’t seen an increase in brain cancer yet doesn’t tell us that we will be fine in the future – and many of us have only been using cell phones in a very heavy way for a few years,” says Davis in a recent interview.

Don’t Snack on High-Sugar Foods

One popular series of candy bar promotes the idea of eating it to stop hunger pangs – if you feel a drop in energy during the workday, you can simply eat one of these candy bars (which has 30 grams of sugar and rhymes with knickers) and go on being productive. Not exactly. Except for the immediate feeling of satiety, the effect on hunger is exactly the opposite.