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"My diet consisted of things like sugar-free sodas, sugar-free diet gelatin, sugar-free gum, low-fat cheese, lettuce, sugar-free Kool-Aid, canned tuna, canned green beans and dry air popcorn. I thought it was a glorious time that we lived in: technology had enabled man (and best of all, me!) to defy the law of calories by eating all these delicious synthetic "foods." My diet was so full of chemicals and so nutrient-deficient that it was no wonder I came down with asthma, allergies and hypoglycemia. My blood sugar became so unbalanced that I sometimes fainted." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Fruit leather/strips þMangos þPineapple þPlantains þRaisins þRipe bananas þRipe papayas þRipe pears þSeedless grapes OTHER FOODS TO AVOID þAlcohol in a mixed drink, white or rose wine, beer, malt liquors þFruit juice (all kinds) þHoney, molasses, maple syrup, corn syrup, and other sweeteners þJam, jellies, preserves, condiments made with sugar þJell-0 (including sugar-free Jell-O) þSoft drinks, including sugar-free and diet brands þVegetable juice (all kinds) FOODS TO BANISH INITIALLY "BROWN" FOODS These foods unquestionably slow weight loss. Ifit'A "brown,"Mow down." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

"Nobody knows more about sugar and freezing than the food service chemists at 7-Eleven who were in charge of developing a sugar-free Slurpee beverage. In regular Slurpees, the sugar is what helps to keep the frozen treat slurpable—it prevents the liquid from completely freezing. So when they tried to make sugar-free Slurpees, they kept making sugar-free blocks of ice. According to a company press release, it took two decades for researchers to develop a diet Slurpee by combining artificial sweeteners with undigestible sugar alcohols." - Dr. Sharon Moalem, Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease (Get the book.)

"Today, we see a lot of products that claim to be sugar-free foods. This is also misdirection, because many of them instead contain artificial chemical sweeteners that many doctors and nutritionists believe are, in fact, worse for you than the natural, simple sugars. So, you can find sugar-free soft drinks, but they're made with aspartame and sucralose; and while sucralose seems to be the safer of the two, there are a great many complaints registered each year with the FDA about the neurological side effects of aspartame." - Mike Adams, Spam Filters for Your Brain (Get the book.)

"Candy (including sugar-free) Flour Frozen yogurt Ice cream Mayonnaise Milk (skim, or fat-free, are the worst) "No-added-sugar" foods Pasta Potatoes Ranch dressing Rice (including white basmati and most brown rice) Rice milk Saltines Soymilk, regular or "lite" (unsweetened is okay) Sugar White bread "BEIGE"FOODS These are also off the menu. If it's "beige," better behave." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

"One of the best simple rules is to put the patient on a sugar-free diet, because almost all foods that contain sugar contain a large variety of other chemicals. By avoiding sugar you will cut out most additives, by about 80 or 90 percent. Since we are all individuals, and many of us have food allergies and can't tolerate large quantities of carbohydrates or protein, for example, each one of us has to develop a diet that is optimal for ourselves." The next step involves supplements. "We add in the supplements that are right for this particular individual," Dr. Hoffer continues. " - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Miralin developed a line of sugar-free products—miracle-fruit sodas, miracle-fruit salad dressing and miracle-fruit drops. Their miracle-fruit popsicles were coated in miraculin so that the first few licks would prep the tongue for the sour ice within. In playground tests, these popsicles proved more popular with schoolchildren than those sweetened with sugar. "The results were startling," says Harvey. "It was preferred by a major majority over a sugar-sweetened product." That never happens. The miracle fruit was poised to make billions. Diabetics were already gobbling up miraculin." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"Obviously, not everyone is going to have a sugar-free, dairy-free, and gluten-free birthday party, but your friends and family can help you instead of fighting you as you take care of your child's health needs. You'll be surprised at how many people will be supportive and accommodating if you just talk to them about the situation. For parents and family gatherings, call ahead or write a little note on the RSVP, just as you would if your child had allergies, diabetes, or any other condition that mandates a little extra attention and understanding." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.) "Combining a regular sugar-free diet and exercise, Oliver and Victor developed an entirely new and different attitude about family, school, and sports. The extreme ADD symptoms started to clear up within weeks. And within a few short months not only did the birthday party invitations start to come again, but the parents were also able to convince the soccer and Little League coaches to give their boys a second chance. Jessica and Ted were thrilled to see that their children could cooperate with their teammates while playing soccer and baseball." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.)

"So when they tried to make sugar-free Slurpees, they kept making sugar-free blocks of ice. According to a company press release, it took two decades for researchers to develop a diet Slurpee by combining artificial sweeteners with undigestible sugar alcohols.) So when the grape dumps water at the first sign of frost, it's actually protecting itself in two ways—first, by reducing water volume; and second, by raising the sugar concentration of the water that remains. And that allows the grape to withstand colder temperature without freezing. Eliminating water to deal with the cold?" - Dr. Sharon Moalem, Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease (Get the book.)

"Eye-catching phrases include low cholesterol, fat free, low sodium, low calorie, sugar-free. Although these foods should be utterly unappealing to the taste buds, chemical food additives and flavors ensure they taste great. There are now thousands of different manufactured foods that fall into this category. Of course, the food labels contain no warnings that these chemicals are known carcinogens. The masses are brainwashed to the point that they believe if an American grocery store or restaurant offers a particular food, it must be good and safe." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Incidentally, many people have experienced an isolated episode of food-related IBS after eating several hand-fuls of sugar-free candy quickly. Aspartame, the chemical with the brand name NutraSweet that is found in many candies and sodas, is non-nutritional and is not absorbed into your body. But the bacteria in your gut will attempt to treat aspartame the same way they treat lactose, and the sudden introduction of large amounts of the artificial sweetener into your system will produce huge amounts of methane gas." - Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D., Your Symptoms Are Real: What to Do When Your Doctor Says Nothing Is Wrong (Get the book.)

"If your child eats fruit-flavored sugar cereal and doughnuts for breakfast, the shift to a sugar-free diet will be more challenging, because the switch will amount to a lifestyle change, but the benefits will be hugely noticeable. For families already feeding their children a pretty healthy diet, making some modifications shouldn't prove too hard. For those parents who have been prevented from feeding their children the healthiest of foods for one reason or another, keep in mind that there is nothing radical about good nutrition, but there are few things as risky as blindly taking medication." - Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child (Get the book.)

"You may find that you really like the effect you get from sugar-free products. I encourage my clients to stay away from products with aspartame both for their addictive potential and their reinforcement of the dependence upon sweet taste. I will talk more about aspartame on p. 146. Many people have switched from ice cream to low-fat frozen yogurt as a way to reduce calories. Low-fat yogurt has fewer calories from fat but far more from sugar." - Kathleen DesMaisons, Potatoes Not Prozac: Solutions for Sugar Sensitivity (Get the book.)

"I have to be on a completely yeast-free and sugar-free diet. It is extremely restricted. But I have gotten used to it and I realize now that it's an extremely healthy diet. My experience with doctors has made me see the need for more awareness. So many physicians saw me as a neurotic middle-aged woman because of the symptoms that I had. The symptoms that go with environmental illness are numerous and have to be taken seriously by the medical profession. It is not all in our heads." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"It's an inexpensive way ($15 extra each year) to commit to better dental health. • sugar-free Teeth and Gums If your teeth and gums don't look their healthy best, revisit some advice from your parents: Don't eat so many sweets. Or at least plan when you eat them: The evening hours (before bedtime brushing) are optimal, because over time, sugar raises acidity levels in the mouth, causing tooth decay. And after a midday sweet snack, brush your teeth as soon as possible so acid levels don't have a chance to soar. Even rinsing with water immediately after eating can help." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"Finally, because we know everyone needs a treat now and then, we've included some sugar-free, dairy-free, gluten-free sweets that are so good that you will not miss your cookie jar. I've also included a few snack suggestions to further support your rhythm eating—what Frank calls a "snack attack"—the two smaller meals that you should be eating so that your blood sugar doesn't drop between meals. My sincere hope is that all of this will make your restorative eating program easy, nutritious, and inspiring." - Frank Lipman, Mollie Doyle, Spent: Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Feel Great Again (Get the book.) "We have divided the recipes up into three basic sections: • Breakfast foods • Lunch and dinnerfoods, because these days these foods are so interchangeable • Sweets and snacks With a few exceptions, most of the recipes are gluten-free, sugar-free, and dairy-free, and use low-mercury fish. As Frank said in Daily Beat 2, breakfast is the most important meal for people who are Spent." - Frank Lipman, Mollie Doyle, Spent: Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Feel Great Again (Get the book.) "And look out for snack foods, even ones that claim they are healthy and sugar-free. After you have gone through this list, take a final sweep. It does not belong in your pantry or future shopping basket if: • The ingredient list is long • The print is too fine • You don't recognize more than two or three names • There are too many names you can't pronounce • Time are too many ingredients your grandmother wouldn't have used These suggestions may sound funny, but they are great rules of thumb." - Frank Lipman, Mollie Doyle, Spent: Revive: Stop Feeling Spent and Feel Great Again (Get the book.)

"DIETARY FACTORS IN AUTISM THERAPY % of Patients % of Patients % of Patients Who Who Who Experienced IMPROVED DETERIORATED NO EFFECT FACTOR Gluten-Free, 65 Casein-Free Anti-Yeast (candida) 54 Additive-Free 54 Chocolate-Free 49 Dairy-Free 50 sugar-free 48 Wheat-Free 149 Egg-Free 140 32 43 44 49 48 50 49 58 Chart extrapolated from Defeat Autism Now Syllabus, Spring 2006, from information compiled by the Autism Research Institute. Following is another table that also shows how important it is to restrict allergenic foods from autistic children." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"Your taste buds and body will recognize them as sugars even though the label may say "sugar-free." Read the labels carefully. The new labeling requirements demand that the manufacturer show both the "carbohydrate" and the "sugar" content. However, how the manufacturer defines the sugar may differ somewhat from what we would call a sugar. For example, brown rice syrup can legally be called only a carbohydrate because it is made from rice, which is a starch, not a sugar. So you will have to use your judgment in this process." - Kathleen DesMaisons, Potatoes Not Prozac: Solutions for Sugar Sensitivity (Get the book.)

"These sweeteners are found in numerous food products—especially chocolate and sugar-free chewing gum, because it has a smooth mouth-feel and a sweet, cool, pleasant taste. It is also used in many sugar-free or "dietetic" candies, cake mixes, syrups, and other foods. In general, polyols are about 60 percent as sweet as sucrose (table sugar), with one-third as many calories (2.6 versus 4.0 calories per gram). They do not cause cavities; in fact, xylitol actually prevents cavity formation." - Michael T. Murray, Beat Diabetes Naturally: The Best Foods, Herbs, Supplements, and Lifestyle Strategies to Optimize Your Diabetes Care (Get the book.)

"Will there be sugar-free drinks? Will there be any foods not loaded with sugars? If there won't be food that is appropriate for you, take something with you. Always, always be prepared. If you are going to a potluck, bring a dish that you know you can eat. Make sure to get yourself a helping of it before everyone else discovers your special dish. You Going to Aunt Sue's House for Potluck Plan: Take your own chicken and broccoli casserole. Reality: You forget the casserole. Backup Plan: Choose food to give you enough protein. Eat vegetables and salad." - Kathleen DesMaisons, Potatoes Not Prozac: Solutions for Sugar Sensitivity (Get the book.) "In the same way, some of the choices billed as "sugar-free" in grocery stores actually have huge amounts of fruit sugars. This won't work for you, but foods like unsweetened applesauce or juice-sweetened carrot cake may be just fine and not trigger you at all. As in other special situations, know ahead of time what you are going to eat. Try out the recipe first so you don't end up with your crowning glory tasting like a piece of cardboard, and making your family mad at you because the holiday isn't the same and you are to blame for the change." - Kathleen DesMaisons, Potatoes Not Prozac: Solutions for Sugar Sensitivity (Get the book.)

"They include: þAll foods I've categorized as "beige" or "white," including pasta, rice, potatoes, milk, ice cream, crackers, chips, all baked goods, cereals, and candy þAll foods containing sugar in any form þAll soft drinks (including diet, low-cal, lite, and sugar-free) and alcoholic mixed drinks þAll fruit and vegetable juices þWhite wine and beer, which have residual sugars Don't groan! Don't tell me how much you love these foods. We all love them. As you learned in Part One, we-and any society or animal exposed to them-are programmed to do so." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

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