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Ruchie,
Here's the link:
http://www.organicnutrition.co.uk/articles/is-sugar-bad-for-you.htm
I'm glad you liked what I sent you. The article was a bit longer. I edited a bit of it out as I didn't think you want to read three pages.
When I say I don't have sugar I mean that I don't have candies, buy sugar, add it to baked goods, or eat food with it. Most of the products that I buy happen to be organic and contain cane sugar which is not refined. I do still eat fruits which contain sugar.
I'll admit, I'm no expert on sugar! I know that it has some health consequences and I try as much as I can to avoid it. I've never been fond of it so I'm lucky that way. My absolute weakness is natural licorice. YUM!
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...that everything is just a mixture of chemical compounds! Water is a chemical - H20.
I don't think sugar is great for you, but I hate badly worded/ill-informed propoganda like this. Sugar is addictive because of the sugar-high, which is just chemical energy (that you get from ALL food) hitting your blood stream shortly after consumption.
Keep things in perspective!!!!!
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Linz, I agree with you that you have to be selective in what you believe and read. Thanks for sharing your opinion. 
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Hi there! My 1st reaction was to apologize Linz and write a novel saying how sorry I am and maybe I shouldn't have stated such strong opinions on the board. Then I read your response Tina...and you validated Linz while still holding on to your opinions!
What is WRONG with me?! Why can't I be who I am? Why am I so afraid everyone is gonna leave if I disagree with them for a second? Linz--your post made me feel invalid and threatened in terams of my opinion and stating it (do NOT feel bad about this--got it! I am just trying to learn from it all!)
I have GOT to stop worrying about what everyone else htinks about what I believe....and just be me. Linz, would you like me any less if we disagreed? I AGREE with you that we can't just take everything we hear as fact....BUT I DO believe sugar is a major prob (esp. in America!) Do you like me any less for believing this or for saying it?
I DO appreciate your counter statement. And I LOVE that you can make one! That is the point I am trying to make...that I just don't believe in myself...and it starting ot make me mad. (At me, not you!)
Ugh!
Do you think you can help me? Any advice? You two are SO put together...and assertive...and I think it's WONDERFUL! I hope I can be this way one day too!
Thanks for reading....and for being who you are! I love you guys!
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Ruchie, don't be so hard on yourself!
One thing I should tell you is that I get into trouble by speaking my mind. Some people are surprised, such as my boss, but I don't sugar-coat things.
Everyone is entitiled to their opinion and I am not offended in any way by Linz's response.
Ruchie, you're tougher than you give yourself credit for. Try not to second guess yourself so much. Take a stance and stick to it.
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Tina,
I was worried that I had offended Linz to make her say what she did. *sigh* I am beginning to understand how my past has effected me...
The GOOD news is that I have you guys to help straighten me out!
I'm scared of saying/doing anything wrong (that includes disagreeing with someone) cause if I do they will leave. That has been my past experience....
I am SO thaknful for the boards and this oppurtunity to say what's on my mind and not be booted!
I want to be able to be who I am without worrying that being me will hurt others causing them to leave me.
Am I making sense?
I do NOT want to be prisoner to my past anymore! And I'm starting right here today...are you with me?
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hey Linz...
just wanted to point out that though the addicitiveness of sugar is down to its chemical energy burst, the reason why it is considered a poison by some of us (including me and its my career speciality) is not just because of the chemical burst and addictive nature, but because of the chain reaction it creates in the body with respect to chemical reactions. For example, the C6H12O6 that is the glucose compound acts to imbalance the minerals in the body in such a way that if someone consumes sugar as a food source as opposed to just a condiment, they force their body to compensate by, for example, stripping the skeletal structure of the body of calcium to try and keep the status quo. Lets not even go to the stress created on the liver and pancreas, the boost of unfriendly gut bacteria colonies etc. Although I am a naturopath, I am also a scientist at heart and will not quote things that are not scientifically sound. I absolutely one hundred percent believe that sugar as a food group (thats the way it is treated these days in western societies) is a poison to the body of mammals. There is nothing wrong with having a cup of tea with a tspn of sugar in it once a day, but when we live in a world where everything is 'fortified' with sugar (or substances just as bad or worse with respect to blood sugar)we are in serious trouble!
heroin and cocaine etc are also just chemicals!
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Feel the fear and do it anyway!
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Linz is a tough cookie and I don't think she was offended.
Say anything you like Ruchie. Nobody here is mean and will make you feel bad. I have said some dumb things, I'm sure everyone has. I have yet to read anything that you've ever written that has offended me.
Ruchie, you're strong just have some confidence!!!!
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Oh *&^%!
#149211 - 02/12/05 05:08 AM
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I was SO NOT offended. Ruchie sweetie, do NOT get upset by this...sorry, I come from a whole group of people (Inc. Si and his family) that believe in debate, etc so this is NOTHING. And you do NOT write dumb stuff...look at you, beating yourself up - BAD Ruchie! Kidding, ok?
And I do believe that sugar is a pretty bad thing....I just think that comparing it to heroin is silly and I didn't like the argument that because it is a chemical, it's bad. That is just not an argument! People who argue using ridiculous and nonsensical points that do NOT help their own point-of-view really pee me off! Ok, vent over!
I couldn't go naturo with my diet as I have a hard enough time with life and food as it is, but I do try to avoid too much refined sugar.
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