| Sodas are the last drink hyperglycemics should pour | | | | It's your body and only you can make the decision. |
| down their throats | | | | You will need an understanding of dieting and |
| They contain a toxic brew of sugar, caffeine and | | | | hypoglycemia that will help you make the changes to |
| include tartaric acid, phosphoric acid, artificial flavorings | | | | your lifestyle. But, above all, you will need information |
| and additives. This toxic mix creates a rush of | | | | that motivates you to persist in your new lifestyle |
| adrenalin which increases your low blood sugar levels | | | | changes because of the seriousness of where |
| (hypoglycemia). | | | | hypoglycemia can lead. |
| Drinking sweet carbonated mineral water regularly | | | | Another problem with carbonated soft drinks is the |
| during the day leads to the body's check and balance | | | | ratio imbalance of phosphorous to calcium which they |
| mechanism being unable to pause and work properly. | | | | create. In the 1950's the typical American diet was |
| You must not have a constant flow of insulin through | | | | about 3 to 1 instead of 1.5 to 1. But today the ratio |
| your body during the course of your day. | | | | has slipped to 5 to 1. This ratio is explained by the |
| When you repeatedly drink high sugar sodas the | | | | huge increase in the volume of sodas drunk. |
| body puts out too much insulin and the insulin | | | | Because there is no calcium in sodas and the body |
| receptors of the cells lose sensitivity. The result is | | | | must maintain a balance between phosphorous and |
| the pancreas pushes out more insulin. Too much | | | | calcium, it leaches calcium from the bones. This |
| insulin then grabs more glucose out of the | | | | decalcification leads to osteoporosis. |
| bloodstream to send to the cells. | | | | Today 10 - 12 million Americans, mainly over 60 years |
| Once too much glucose is taken from the blood, | | | | of age, have osteoporosis. This explains the high |
| blood sugar levels drop too low and you have | | | | incidence of broken hip bones and vertebrae. |
| hypoglycemia. | | | | Another bone softening disease caused by the |
| But it doesn't stop there, if you make no lifestyle | | | | imbalance of calcium is gum disease. |
| changes. Eventually insulin receptors are so | | | | As soon as you understand the serious course |
| desensitized that insulin is unable to send glucose into | | | | hypoglycemia takes, the sooner you will do |
| the cells. Your body now has insulin resistance - not | | | | something about your low blood sugar levels. |
| something you would want to encourage. If the | | | | It's your body and only you can make the decision. |
| matter is ignored, eventually you will have an excess | | | | You will need an understanding of dieting and |
| of sugar and an almost guaranteed chance of | | | | hypoglycemia that will help you make the changes to |
| developing type 2 diabetes. | | | | your lifestyle. But, above all, you will need information |
| As soon as you understand the serious course | | | | that motivates you to persist in your new lifestyle |
| hypoglycemia takes, the sooner you will do | | | | changes because of the seriousness of where |
| something about your low blood sugar levels. | | | | hypoglycemia can lead. |