No doubt about it! Childhood obesity is rising! Talk shows abound in stories of young children who are struggling for life, already disadvantaged because of their weight. As the circumference of the adult population increases, it becomes even more rapidly in children younger and younger ages. As a result, children are experiencing problems that previously plagued only adults, like type II diabetes and joint problems, not to mention the consequences unpleasingly social being plump.
I recently saw a talk, "Sugar: The bitter truth" given by Dr. Robert H. Lustig, that may throw some light on this issue. In his presentation, Dr. Lustig said that not only childhood obesity is a problem but a problem in infants 6 months old! Us have said that if only they eat less and exercise more, we can achieve our healthy weight, but how does this apply to babies?
The answer, according to Dr. Lustig, is as simple as the simple sugar known as fructose. As it happens, the formula for most infants is about half fructose, and body treats it very differently to an end on glucose. Dr. Lustig provides a detailed explanation of how fructose is processed by the liver. This seems be of interest to you, but when you see the outcome of this process, you begin to understand why we're fat, why are we getting fat, and why our children, even in childhood obesity is experiencing problems.
For example, did you know that fructose increases the formation of new fat normal adults? This means that if you eat sugar as fructose, which is more likely to add to its reserves of fat, both under their skin and their bodies – If you eat other foods. Triglyceride levels in the blood also rise, an indicator for increased risk of heart disease.
In addition, fructose does not stimulate insulin secretion, so that is not activated leptin, the hormone that tells you that you have eaten and can be stopped. At the same time, fructose does not suppress ghrelin, the hormone that tells you he's hungry. The consequence of these blunders hormone is that if you're eating fructose, you can continue being victims of hunger, even after they have eaten enough food, since its construction in hunger control system is not functioning properly.
Well, now you get it-fructose is not good for you, but in addition to baby formula, which foods have fructose in them? You may be surprised to discover fructose is now everywhere in our food supply. It is found in almost all processed foods pickles, seasoning to bread to drinks. If you read the labels, you are in the form of fructose corn syrup, high fructose, sucrose, which consists of half fructose and half glucose, and sugar in the list of almost all the ingredients, and often several times in different ways.
If you eat fast food, you should know that fructose is at the point almost all-consuming tomato sauce and bread to hamburger sauce on your salad, dip the chicken pieces for. Almost all soft drinks are loaded with fructose, particularly with the advent of cheaper sweetener in syrup form of high fructose corn.
One question that arises with the issue of fructose in the diet is what fruit because fructose is found naturally in all fruits at different degrees. However, it would take a lot of fruit to equal the amount of fructose in most other sources, and fruit has fiber and other nutrients that appear to mitigate the effects of fructose. We know that fruits are part of a diet healthy, as long as you eat in moderation and in their whole form.
That said, parents should consider limiting the amount of juice their children drink, especially if you are overweight, because fructose is more concentrated in the juice of the fruit from which it derives.
Children and adults should drink all the water should completely avoid soft drinks and fruit "ades" and drinks that are loaded with fructose. Regular milk instead of chocolate milk is also a good option, since the added fructose in chocolate milk can negate the benefits of drinking milk.
According to Dr. Lustig, besides obesity, including childhood obesity, and problems associated with being overweight, there are other effects that can be attributed to too much consumption of fructose. These include include an increased risk of hypertension, atherosclerosis and metabolic syndrome.
If you only change one thing as a result of reading this article or watching Presentation by Dr. Lustig, I hope it is that reduce or eliminate soda from your diet, and especially their children's diet. There is nothing to gain from drinking soda and everything to lose in terms of good health and longevity.
Please take time to educate us about what our children are eating, we can end this epidemic of childhood obesity and help ensure that our children have a bright and healthy future.
I am convinced that what we eat and how we eat plays a major role in how we feel and particularly, how well we are. For this reason, I would like as many people as possible to become more aware of what healthy eating involves, and of the extreme benefits that can be found in being conscious of what and how we eat.
Eat and be healthy with my warmest regards,
Suzy Staywell
http://healthy-eating-support.org
Sugar: The Bitter Truth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM.
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