No Sugar?

Day 2 now: No sugar. Do you have any idea how hard that is? Do you realize how much sugar you consume? You may not think it's alot. BUT, try to eliminate it for ONE day. That means no sugar in your coffee, no sugary cereal, pancakes, waffles, oatmeal, or jelly on your toast. Nothing for your iced tea, no soda, no candy bar, or dessert after dinner.

And I have successfully gone 2 days now without ANY kind of sugar. None from fruit, white sugar, brown sugar, honey, molasses, sweetener, creamer, nothing. It's been very difficult. But, it's worth it. Listen to this interview with John Douillard. It's an hour and has many valuable concepts in it. And the last question he was asked "What is the one thing you would recommend to be eliminated from the diet." Without hesitation he answered "Sugar". Wow, that's really interesting. I can think of 10 things that you would think were worse than sugar.

But, here's why:
1. Fructose elevates uric acid, which decreases nitric oxide, raises angiotensin, and causes your smooth muscle cells to contract, thereby raising your blood pressure and potentially damaging your kidneys.

Increased uric acid also leads to chronic, low-level inflammation, which has far-reaching consequences for your health. For example, chronically inflamed blood vessels lead to heart attacks and strokes; also, a good deal of evidence exists that some cancers are caused by chronic inflammation.

2. Fructose tricks your body into gaining weight by fooling your metabolism—it turns off your body's appetite-control system. Fructose does not appropriately stimulate insulin, which in turn does not suppress ghrelin (the "hunger hormone") and doesn't stimulate leptin (the "satiety hormone"), which together result in your eating more and developing insulin resistance.

3. Fructose rapidly leads to weight gain and abdominal obesity ("beer belly"), decreased HDL, increased LDL, elevated triglycerides, elevated blood sugar, and high blood pressure—i.e., classic metabolic syndrome.
Fructose metabolism is very similar to ethanol metabolism, which has a multitude of toxic effects, including NAFLD (non-alcoholic fatty liver disease). It's alcohol without the buzz.

And to make it worse...
sugar consumption trends of the past 300 years:

In 1700, the average person consumed about 4 pounds of sugar per year.
In 1800, the average person consumed about 18 pounds of sugar per year.
In 1900, individual consumption had risen to 90 pounds of sugar per year.
In 2009, 50% of us now consume 180 pounds of sugar per year!

Sugar is loaded into your soft drinks, fruit juices, sports drinks, and hidden in almost all processed foods—from bologna to pretzels to Worcestershire sauce to cheese spread. And now most infant formula has the sugar equivalent of one can of Coca-Cola, so babies are being metabolically poisoned from day one if taking formula.

No wonder there is an obesity epidemic in this country.

WATER or COKE?

WATER or COKE - Can you believe this....? Not even about the sugar!

WATER
#1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. (also applies to half the world population)
#2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is mistaken for hunger.
#3. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as 3%.
#4. One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University of Washington study.
#5. Lack of water, the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
#6. Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.
#7. A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a printed page.
#8. Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79% and one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer. Are you drinking the amount of water you should drink every day?

COKE
#1. In many states the highway patrol carries two gallons of Coke in the trunk to remove blood from the highway after a car accident.
#2. You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of Coke and it will be gone in two days.
#3. To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl and let the 'real thing' sit for one hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in Coke removes stains from vitreous china.
#4. To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a rumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola.
#5. To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion. Apply a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes.
#7. To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of Coke into the load of greasy clothes, add detergent, and run through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains. It will also clean road haze from your windshield.


FOR YOUR INFORMATION:
#1. The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. It will dissolve a nail in about four days. Phosphoric acid also leaches
calcium from bones and is a major contributor to the rising increase of osteoporosis.
#2. To carry Coca-Cola syrup! (the concentrate) the commercial trucks must use a hazardous Material place cards reserved for highly corrosive materials.
#3. The distributors of Coke have been using it to clean engines of the trucks for about 20 years!

So the question is, would you like a glass of water? or Coke?

Partnership with Jewels

I was approached by a wonderful woman named Jewels Johnson a few weeks ago. She has a network call Law of Attraction on which she and other hosts do weekly podcast shows. She's built a listener base of over 2 million over the last 5 years. I don't know about you, but to me that's astonishing. And she is one of the most loving, sweetest, most caring, interesting people you can meet. She has interviewed some spectacular people over the years.

She is also a Certified Hypnotherapist and has a steady clientele. Some of them come to her for weight loss. In her experience these clients would complete their 3 sessions with her and then plateau. She wanted to continue helping them, but had done all she could for them.

That's when she had the idea to partner up with me, allowing for that 1-on-1 support for each client during and after their sessions with her. As a bonus she is adding a homeopathic form of HCG and some fantastic support supplements to the program. I was thrilled she asked me and even more thrilled to do the program with her. She will be announcing it on her radio show at the end of the month. But anyone can get started now, if they are ready to go.

The program will look like this:
Phase 1: Start HCG, decrease calories to 800/day, have food consultation with me, have hypnotherapy session with Jewels
Phase 2: Continue HCG, increase calories to 1500/day, have daily support with me, 2nd hypnotherapy session with Jewels
Phase 3: Continue HCG, increase calories to 2000/day, continue daily support, 3rd and final session with Jewels.
Phase 4: Discontinue HCG, continue daily support, listen to 4 CD's provided by Jewels, begin exercise program with me.
Phase 5: Finish with a stress management class and future plans class with me.

This is a 6 week program. And it is normal to lose 30 pounds in that time. However, it should be followed exactly to get the results that others have gotten. Jewels has done it herself with great success. So... who's ready?