Primal Body Primal Mind

(I am reposting this blog post as I mistakingly deleted it and all the comments along with a few other older blog posts in my attempt to act like a webmaster. My apologies.)

I just finished reading Primal Body - Primal Mind by Nora T. Gedgaudas and I have to say it is a worthy read.

As well read on the subject of nutrition as I like to think I am, Nora really knows her stuff. Her chapter on carbohydrate metabolism is spot on and served to remind me that every single piece of bread we eat or every little sip of soda we take leads us down the path to premature cellular destruction, meaning, sugar ages us faster.

I've posted this before but I'll say it again - the normal level of blood sugar for the typical adult is about half a teaspoon or ~2 grams (can be slightly more for larger people, less for children). That's it. As Nora puts it:

"The body is literally obsessed with maintaining glucose within minimally normal levels."

A small bagel contains 20 grams of sugar - over 5 times the normal circulating amount. Think about what you eat in a typical day and see if you think you are glycating your way to premature aging and an earlier grave.

None of this is speculation by the way. Sugar is as caustic to our bodies as oxygen is. We need it, but very little of it. Too much and we die.

I urge people to become aware of the damage sugar causes especially for the sake of our children. Educate them. Explain to them why that bowl of Frosted Flakes is a bowl full of cellular death in disguise. And the low fat, homogenized, pasteurized milk that is added to these flakes of fire does not douse them. It doubles the heat by added damaged fats and proteins into the DNA-altering soup.

Most of us are eating in our sleep. Awaken by reading Nora's book.  

Comments

[fred hahn]

Sorry Anne - I'm now moderating all posts as I've been getting a flood of Viagra and other BS spam. Soon I'll be blooging via Word Press and won't have to worry.

I'm also busy this weekend working on a reality based TV show for a major network helping a famous person get svelte so I'll be back to the real world Monday.

[Anne]

I think comments are still getting lost as I wrote another one yesterday and it hasn't come through so I'll try again:

The book arrived yesterday and I'm really enjoying it.....not sure why she includes milk products in a Paleo book but.....

Anne

[Anne]

My copy of the book has just come :-)

bw's
Anne

[Anne]

Hi Fred,

I think my comment to your recommendation of the book Primal Body - Primal Mind must have gone astray somewhere in the ether. I wanted to say thank you for recommending this book and that I have just ordered it :-)

I also wanted to say that I have been recommending your book The Slow Burn on the osteoporosis forum I'm on. I was also featured in the National Osteoporosis Society magazine and in the article I mentioned The Slow Burn, so if you find there's been a sudden increase in sales of The Slow Burn in the UK that might be the reason why :-)

all the best,
Anne