Re: 60 Minutes sugar program

[Guest guest]

ooh, Thea, nice touch providing the link so others can view the segment.

Thanks so much

Melody

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> Yes, I saw it and it's being bandied about on my other newsgroups too,

> including my Eat to Live group and my other healthy living group. Sugar is

> inherently bad for us, yet as that show indicated, eating it results in the

> same response in our brains as cocaine. We eat it, then we want more of it,

> and then we become inured pr desensitized to it so we want even more.

> Vicious cycle for sure.

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> I, unfortunately ,do like sweets, but I try to moderate my intake greatly

> (like my Avocado chocolate pudding, which I think I may have mentioned on

> the group) and watch my intake as much as I can. I definitely know that if

> I allow myself some sugar laden concoction, then that's quite capable of

> setting me off into almost a binge behavior where I really want more of it

> quite soon thereafter.

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> Good show and I'm glad to see it was on. Here's a link in case anyone

> missed it . . . http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7403942n .

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> Thea

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> From: sproutpeople [mailto:sproutpeople ] On

> Behalf Of Melody

> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2012 9:52 PM

> To: sproutpeople

> Subject: Re: Crazy Medical question

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> Did any of you watch the segment on 60 minutes last night about the toxicity

> of sugar and products containing sugar? The doctor and scientist on the show

> said " Sure causes all diseases and causes cancerous tumors to grow'. Now he

> didn't talk about sprouting but he did mention that we all should be eating

> NO PROCESSED FOOD at all!!

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> Anybody see this segment?

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> Melody

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[Guest guest]

I volunteer and actually manage our small health store in a tiny mountain

town. So I sell the stuff. I've tried them all. Like the KAL best of all.

On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Carolyn Wilkerson <

carolyn.wilkerson@...> wrote:

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> I had packets and it was not good or I didn't think so. You saved

> yourself that mistake.

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> Carolyn Wilkerson

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> To: sproutpeople

> Sent: Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:27 PM

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> Subject: Re: 60 Minutes sugar program

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> I get it at Natural Grocers [Vitamin Cottage] in Santa Fe. KAL brand has a

> liquid that has no alcohol and no aftertaste. NOW brand has alsohol and a

> slight aftertase.

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> I know there are packed packets also but those are " refined " so I prefer

> the liquid stevia.

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> On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Carolyn Wilkerson <

> carolyn.wilkerson@...> wrote:

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> > Do you get it from the store or chop up leaves to use it?

> > I tried waht was in the store and hated it. I think it went by name of

> > truvia. Even their commercials are lousy. I couldn't use it and don't

> > remember if I threw it away or gave to someone else.

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> > Carolyn Wilkerson

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> > To: sproutpeople

> > Sent: Tuesday, April 3, 2012 2:16 PM

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> > Subject: Re: 60 Minutes sugar program

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> > I have switched to stevia and love it. I never did do a lot of sugar but

> > when I learned about stevia and tried it I found it quite satisfying.

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> > On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Thea Barbato <tbarbato@...

> > >wrote:

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> > > Andresa, you're perfectly correct of course, I remember the book Sugar

> > > Blues. I think one of the differences is that that sort of information

> is

> > > more in the forefront now, what with Dr. Oz's show and other

> > > representatives

> > > of healthy living communicating about lifestyles and how to decrease

> the

> > > bad

> > > and increase the good in our diets.

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> > > So, while it is an eye-opener in a sense, it is definitely not a

> surprise

> > > to

> > > me either, and I hope it sways many to cut back, if not eliminate sugar

> > in

> > > their diet. It is highly inflammatory among other things. I work in a

> > > wellness practice and this is something we try to educate our patients

> > > about

> > > sugar and its deleterious effects on our bodies.

> > >

> > > Thea

> > >

> > > From: sproutpeople [mailto:

> sproutpeople ]

> > > On

> > > Behalf Of ladybird631017

> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 10:26 AM

> > > To: sproutpeople

> > > Subject: Re: 60 Minutes sugar program

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> > > I didn't find it an eye opener. I actually was a little bemused at the

> > > " surprise " ! Sugar affects the brain the same as an addictive drug.

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> > > A year or two ago I read the book " Sugar Blues " which said the same

> > thing.

> > > And it was written back in the 1970's I believe; don't recall exactly,

> > but

> > > it was definitely several decades ago.

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> > > Andresa

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> > >