Dear Natural Healing House Friends,

Refined sugar is an anti-nutrient. It starts out as sugar cane, and then goes through an extensive refining process that destroys all of the enzymes, fiber, vitamins and minerals that your body needs in order to metabolize sugar and use it for energy. Consequently, it drains these vital nutrients from your body like a sweet parasite.

Sugar creates a false hunger as a result of the insulin rush and the ensuing plummet in blood sugar levels, causing you to overeat. This creates a constant struggle in your effort to lose weight.

Sugar promotes aging due to Advanced Glycation End products (AGEs) that occur when insulin levels are consistently elevated as a result of eating too much sugar. Sugar has even been dubbed the negative fountain of youth.

Sugar weakens your bones - making you vulnerable to osteoporosis. It also weakens your teeth - making you vulnerable to cavities (both due to the calcium being pulled from your bones and teeth in order for your body to process sugar).

Sugar in excess is stored as fat (after your liver has no more room to store it). Sugar is converted to fat and deposited on your belly, thighs, hips and the backs of your arms.

Sugar can impair brain functioning as a result of depleted B-vitamin production.

If you're still not convinced of the dangers of sugar here are more ailments linked to its overconsumption: varicose veins, constipation, hormonal imbalances, ADD and ADHD, increased emotional instability, depressed immune system, increased risk of cancer and degenerative diseases.

The average modern person consumes 46 teaspoons of sugar every day. That comes out to roughly 175 pounds of sugar each year.

The sugar industry is big business. They sneak sugar into every product possible. Go through the foods in your home and you'll see that sugar has been added to everything from ketchup and spaghetti sauce to crackers, oatmeal, peanut butter and even ‘healthy' items like weight loss bars.

The solution to weight gain by simply eliminating processed sugar form the diet sounds easy enough. For many, this is easier said than done. Fortunately, there is a solution. Many of our customers and friends have had great success by using the USANA Health Science's RESET^TM program. This is not a diet. Instead, the program utilizes nutrient rich meal replacements in addition to vitamin and mineral supplements that support glucose metabolism and antioxidants that protect against free radical induced inflammation. On average, the metabolism is reset in five days and people gradually become accustomed to eating low-glycemic foods.

A recent clinical trial showed that people on the RESET^TM program lost an average of five pounds in the first week without going hungry. Over the twelve weeks of the trial people lost an average of thirteen pounds. Additionally, total cholesterol dropped on average from 206 to 176, LDL fell from 131 to 111, and blood pressure fell from 131/86 to 121/80. These are impressive results!

The best part is that people are able to retrain their dietary habits and continue to lose weight without going hungry.

In addition to the RESETTM program we also recommend the Pekana homeopathic remedies GLUCORECT for proper regulation of sugar metabolsim, SPECI-CHOL for pancreatic function, and PLEVENT to promote fat metabolism and assists with weight loss.

This information has not been reviewed by the FDA and is not meant to cure, diagnose, or treat any disease.

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