01/31/2023
How to Stay Healthy during Cold and Flu season
Tip # 2: Avoid Refined Sugar
What is refined sugar?
The white table sugar. The white granulated processed sugar that is put into almost everything on our grocery store shelves! It is added to condiments, salad dressings, breads, sauces, etc! And of course baked goods and such are loaded with the stuff!
Why avoid it?
It increases your inflammatory markers and completely stresses out your immune system. Your body has no defense to ward off pathogens that can make you sick if its already trying to control the stress and inflammation when you eat refined sugar!
Here’s one study explaining the inflammatory effects of sugar.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5986486/
Opt for natural more well-rounded sweetness options in moderation for that occasional treat. Some substitutes include raw honey, pure 100% maple syrup, maple sugar, coconut sugar as well as some lower calorie options like monk fruit and stevia.
These natural sugars have other minerals and nutrients that can actually be used by the body as you use them to lightly sweeten your life! Again…moderation is the key here…its best to try and modify your overall diet so your not constantly reaching for the sugar!
Do NOT use artificial sweeteners like splenda, equal or sweet and low!!! You are just adding chemical stress fo your body (but thats another topic 😊)
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It has been postulated that dietary sugar consumption contributes to increased inflammatory processes in humans, and that this may be specific to fructose (alone, in sucrose or in high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS)). Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis ...