Avoiding Hidden Sugars

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I hope that you have a great weekend and were able to get your Christmas shopping almost done. It seems like we’re never completely done until the last day as we keep thinking of ways to help others be happy during the holidays. It almost becomes like an obsessive/ compulsive disorder. We’ve lucked out with some halfway decent weather but I’m sure it will get cold eventually. We’re seeing several patients now with colds and flu which usually happens when they start with the jabs. It’s just really important to realize that we have an immune system that can keep us from having problems if we strengthen it during the cold weather. All that mainstream medicine wants to do is worry about the bugs and give no good information on strengthening your immune system. It’s the opposite here at Natural Health, where we focus on how the body is supposed to work and the underlying causes of why a person gets sick.

We are getting a lot of attention now on our health shops and this week we’re talking about why to avoid sugar and the hidden dangers there. This month were talking about getting ready for winter and realizing that there are things you can do to avoid the colds and flu that normally come with the cold weather. Winter can be enjoyable if you keep your immune system tuned up, stay hydrated, and keep the humidity at a good amount in your house. The holidays are always a stress for folks because it’s so busy and people are not eating very well. They made eat a lot but it’s the wrong kind of foods. That’s what we’ll talk a lot about in the health shop this week. And it’s not to say you can never have any sweets, but just know to limit them and eat lots of good foods at other times.

The article that I’m sending along this week goes along with this theme. It talks about the natural remedies to handle colds and flu. There are many good things to help with sickness, once you have them, but there are many advertised products that actually make the problem worse. This article goes into explaining about why that is. If people ever figure out that they have an immune system that they can strengthen themselves and have the ability to heal their own bodies from illnesses, the advertisers’ and mainstream medicine will be in quite a state. If they can get you to believe that it’s all about bugs and genetics, then they can convince you that you have no way of helping yourself. Of course, the opposite is true, and that’s what we were helping patients with here at Natural Health. Your genes are only a blueprint and it’s the environments, which includes diet, that controls which genes are turned on and off. It’s also important to realize that the body is supposed to run on certain foods and many of the processed foods that are in grocery stores are anti foods, meaning there a detriment to being actually healthy. Again, it’s not to say you can never have those foods but realize what they are, not nutrition and not helping the body to heal or strengthen itself.

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