Todays Health Article

After researching somewhat seriously the fine print,   the conclusion was, I was consuming  a bundle of sugar a day, just by the number of sodas that I had drank. The typical  soda drink for lunch,  perhaps one for dinner, and maybe one later on in the evening.

I seem to always get plenty of exercise, but I was slowly growing around the waistline. something that I have heard from a lot of my readers.                                                                                                                             One day, I decided to see how much gain and I was shocked to find that I had ballooned into obesity big time, weighing 245 lbs. Now the advantaged that I have , I can hide it more easily since I am 6″1″ tall. I could stretch it out a bit, nevertheless I was heavier than I had ever been. Now the truth was, carrying all those extra pounds around, was making my legs and feet ache by the end of the day, and I was just plain wore out.

Now if I were to listen to my own advice, thinking that I was consuming  about 135 grams ( 3 sodas x45 grams)  a day in sugar, just with this one unhealthy habit, what would happen if I just quit drinking the sodas and replaced it with water. Seem like a place to start.

Soda Confession

Since January of 2010 I have broken down and had a couple of sodas but you could count them on your fingers. I have  increased the intake of water,  close to the 8 glasses of water. On hot days. I have passed that. With further research by some of of my articles on Trehalose I find  adding a couple teaspoons to a gallon of water, was refreshing, more energy, and drank less.

Upon drinking the more water, ending the soda routine, and the continued exercise I already was getting, I have slowly dropped several pounds each month since. I have probably eaten more sensibly since I am now known, as the sugar monitor in the family.

I have lost 35 pounds.

Now, I am certainly no nutritionist and do not proclaim to be one, but if just those simple changes can help myself, how many others might be able to do the same. I am thinking positive here, but I think a lot might find this to be an easy step to becoming healthier.

Pick your biggest advocate of weight gain

Now mind just happened to be sweets, the sodas, cookies, ice cream, and pies. I can not really help it, they were all on the dinner table every meal. My Mom and my Wife love to cook. ( MY ADDICTION)

Todays Health Comments…

Sugar has become many folks addiction, being that their intake is overwelming. Like myself I decided to pick on one at a time. Moderation has become my attitude, not saying that I will go cold turkey, but I have chosen to read the fine print on labels now, seeing that sugar or its supplements are in the majority of foods and drinks we eat. Less sugar equals a healthier

Today’s Health Article

A  large share of our visitors have requested a  new update on the past article on “Unknown Sugars,Why” . This article’s  whole purpose was to bring to your attention a couple of sugars that were recently approved for our consumption, but are basically unknown to the public. The question was, Why?

First of all, the public, by very nature, do eat by habit.  We do not readily except change unless  we are greatly influenced by some source of media, personal friends, influential people,  the movie industry, by now, you are getting the picture. If Oprah says its good, than it must be good, or if the President says it good, well maybe, depending on how you feel about him on that day, may be goo also.

Yet, to all that is important,  our health today, do you find this type of influence being attached to the sugar industry, the addiction  of our need for sugar, and the consequences, which has led us to  epidemic proportions of obesity. The answer is NO!

It takes some courage to speak out and let others know that there are alternatives to our need for the sweet stuff, and perhaps, just perhaps, we can have a healthier life, as the result of it. So, here we go, Palatinose Sugar may have these key words attached to it:

Palatinose is a healthy sugar, it is nutritional, maintains balance of electrolytes, has prolonged energy supply, has low glycenic and low insulinemic response.

The other unknown sugar mention in this article, Trehalose, has been updated since this article and can be read on this site.

Discover Trehalose, the Sugar You Should Consider Today

 For more Technical  and Advanced reading  for Palatinose

 www.beneo-palatinit.com/en/Food_Ingredients/…is…/FAQ 

Todays Comments 

Today we must force ourselves to become familiar with these sugars, step out of the  old eating habits. If we are drawn to the need for the sweet stuff, why not consider a sugar that may be actually healthier for you and the need for less. Those people who are diabetic or in need of loosing weight. should check these out, have a professional nutritionist or  your regular Doctor discuss this with you. Todays  healthier life comment. 

Trehalose, virtually unknown to the public, is a sugar you should consider for a healthier life!

Todays Health Site,  introduced this product in a past article…

                        Trehalose,You Ask for it.

We made this comment, “If you knew about it, you would use it.”  We had enclosed on site, the banner ( Sweet T) used, that actually is a  explaining the product, yet few have click on it. Not to be redundant, but feel this so important to your health. Here is the the link to click for more information.

http://www.endowmentmed.org/pdf/TrehaloseBigLabelForEndowment.pdf

Study Shows Trehalose More Stable Than Other Sugar  

 Study at UT Southwestern Medical Center Shows Trehalose More Stable than Other Sugars with Enduring Source of Energy

Trehalose Sugar seems to be virtually unknown unless you are closely associated with the Sugar industry.

 The product, Trehalose, it is pronounced trē’hu-lōs”.

 TECHNICAL DATA

Trehalose, also known as mycose or tremalose, a natural alpha-linked disaccharide, synthesised by fungi, plants, and invertebrate animal, implicated in anhydrobiosis the ability of plants and  animals to withstand prolonged periods of desiccation. It has high water retention capabilities and rehydration then allows normal cellular activity to be resumed without the major damage that normally follows a dehydration/rehydration cycle.  Trehalose also has the added advantage of being an antioxidant.

In nature, trehalose can be found in animals, plants, and microorganisms. In animals, trehalose is prevalent in shrimp, and also in insects, including grasshoppers, locusts, butterflies, and bees, in which blood-sugar is trehalose. The trehalose is then broken down into glucose by the catabolic enzyme trehalase for use. Trehalose is also present in the nutrition exchange liquid of hornets and their larvae.

Production                                   

Trehalose was previously being manufactured through an extraction process from cultured yeast. But production costs were prohibitive, and use was limited to only certain cosmetics and chemicals.

In 1994, Hayashibara, a saccharified starch maker in Okayama prefecture, Japan, discovered a method of inexpensively mass-producing trehalose from starch. The following year, Hayashibara started marketing trehalose by activating two enzymes, the glucosyltrehalose-producing enzyme that changes the reducing terminal of starch into a trehalose structure, and the trehalose free enzyme that detaches this trehalose structure. As a result, a high-purity trehalose from starch can be mass-produced for a very low price.

 Uses

 Since Trehalose has been accepted as a novel food ingredient under the GRAS terms in the U.S. and the EU….

Trehalose has also found commercial application as a food ingredient. It’s primary one being its use in the processing of foods.

Trehalose being used in a variety of processed foods such as dinners, western and Japanese confectionery, bread, vegetables side dishes, animal-derived deli foods, pouch-packed foods, frozen foods, and beverages, as well as foods for lunches, eating out, or prepared at home.

This is due to the multi-faceted effects of trehalose’s properties,  its inherently mild, sweet flavor; its preservative properties, which maintain the quality of the three main nutrients (carbohydrates, proteins, fats);

Its powerful water-retention properties,  preserves  the texture of foods by protecting them from drying out or freezing. Also its ability to suppress bitterness, stringency, harsh flavors, and the odor of raw foods, meats, and packaged foods.

Cosmetics: Capitalizing on trehalose’s moisture-retaining capacity, it is used as a moisturizer in many basic toiletries, such as bath oils and hair growth tonics.

Pharmaceuticals: Using trehalose’s properties to preserve tissue and protein to full advantage, it is used in organ protection solutions for organ transplants.

 Other fields of use

Trehalose  has a broad spectrum including fabrics,  that have deodorization qualities, plant activation, antibacterial sheets, and nutrients for larvae. 

 Research is bein g conducted, especially in the field of medicine, to achieve uses for trehalose in post-surgery adhesion suppressants, dry-eye treatments and the manufacturing of dry blood.

It is rumored in the biomedical research community that trehalose, when eaten over a length of time in sufficient quantities, may sometimes provide a partial cure to Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. A lot of research into brain-based illness has focused on proteins in the human brain, but it may be important in research to look at sugars that the brain uses, such as trehalose.