Healthy Diet Podcast

Show notes:

• Obesity is on the rise, so the food industry concentrates on sugar substitutes instead of good nutrition.
• A former President of the FDA was charged with a conflict of interest for owning stocks in the food industry.
• Why is there such a focus on sweeteners to promote weight loss and better health instead of focusing on good nutrition? The American Diabetic Association promotes NutraSweet as a safe alternative to sugars…is that a little fishy?
• The problems with artificial sweeteners – The main problem is that they just give people an excuse to eat poorly.
• Remember aerosol cheese? That certainly wasn’t real food!
• Aspartate the main ingredient in NutraSweet has been shown to kill brain cells.
• Dr Janet Hull’s web site and the story of her life threatening hyperthyroidism
• Healthy recipes to satisfy your sweet tooth in a healthy way.
• You can use dates and raisins as a sweetener in many different recipes.

Next week: To be announced.

Alan LeStourgeon

Tags: sugar substitutes, nutrasweet, nutrition, artificial sweeteners