The 12 days of Christmas are realistically more like 60+ days of diet sabotage. Sure, the traditional holiday season starts at Thanksgiving and culminates at New Years, however unhealthy holiday foods are really introduced as early as mid October with fall festivals and Halloween candy. Add in office parties, cookie swaps and social engagements and a healthy diet is derailed.
Sugar is EVERYWHERE! Every year Americans are eating more and more sugar and the statistics are staggering! In 1900, the average person ate 70 pounds of sugar each year. One hundred years later we have more than doubled our intake. On average Americans eat 156 pounds of sugar every year!
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A new small study in rats found that Oreos are as addictive as cocaine.
The “pleasure center” of the brain, the nucleus accumbens, apparently gets just as activated in response to Oreos as it does to cocaine and morphine.
Don’t fear fat! Fat has gotten a bad reputation over the last several decades, and the presence of quality fats in our diets has dramatically diminished. Low fat diets and low fat foods became popular in the 1980’s as fat was associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
Cancer is a frightening diagnosis and unfortunately one that affects almost everyone of us either personally or through family or friend connections. The alarming statistics is that 1 out of every 3 individuals in the United States has a risk of developing cancer during their lifetime.(i)
Did you know……High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) was originally created in the 1970’s as a cheap alternative to sugar? Due to trade restrictions, the price of sugar was escalating and corn was a cheaper and very accessible alternative. Manufacturers benefited financially by switching to HFCS in their products.