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Stop SUGAR SHOCK! Minute, Vol. 2, Sept. 21, 2005
(c) Copyright 2005, All rights reserved, Connie Bennett, A Sweeter You, LLC

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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Stump the Savvy Sugar Sleuths (We Help The Mom of a Tot)
2. Rant, Rave & Read the Shocking Sugar News at www.SugarShockBlog.com
3. Get free online support to kick sugar

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Forgive my delay in e-mailing your next Stop SUGAR SHOCK! Minute e-zine. I’m trying to get on a regular schedule but please don’t hold me to it! But see my SugarShockBlog.com below for constant content.

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Visit SugarShockBlog.com — Your Online Home to Rant, Rave & Get Heard

Please visit my SUGAR SHOCK! Blog! It’s your provocative online home for up-to-date news, rants, raves, insights, information, musings, and comments about the dangers of sugars and artificial sweeteners. It’s also an ideal venue for tips and tactics to kick sweets.

What’s so cool about a blog is its immediacy — you can comment right away about something I’ve posted, you will get heard throughout cyberspace! Isn’t that exciting?

So check out www.SugarShockBlog.com to learn about:

– The movement to boot junk food out of the schools
– Junk-food marketing to kids
– Trends in food labeling, lobbying and legislation
– News about obesity and diabetes
– Current research relating to sugars and artificial sweeteners
– Clever looks at obesity (such as episodes of The Simpsons)
– Americans’ quickie-carbs habit and descent into SUGAR SHOCK!
– Blogging trends
– Hopeful and not-so-sweet health and fitness developments

In my blog, I also seek:

– To entertain and even amuse you
– To present helpful tips and tactics to help you break your sugar habit
– To present motivational stories to entice you to assess your sugar
consumption
– To inspire you to join my free online KickSugar Group

Visit your provocative SugarShockBlog.com now. Read some posts, and then speak out and get heard all around the Internet. 

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Stump the Savvy Sugar Sleuths

Folks, today, I’m launching a new feature, "Stump The Savvy Sugar Sleuths," in which I’ll answer some of your sugar questions, often with the help of a cutting-edge doctor or nutritionist. This feature will be
part of my Stop SUGAR SHOCK! E-zine.

Hi Connie,
I’m the mother to a very picky 2-year-old girl.  One of the few things she eats is oatmeal, but the brand she likes has quite a bit of sugar in it. I’ve been thinking of replacing it with plain oats, and
adding crushed fresh fruit to sweeten it.  However, aside from the fact that she may refuse to eat the plain-oat-and-fruit mixture, the brand of oatmeal she eats is fortified with all sorts of good vitamins and minerals — iron, calcium, zinc., etc., while plain oats aren’t (at least, not the brand at my supermarket). My question: Does the sugar in her oatmeal affect her body’s ability to absorb the vitamins and minerals?  Would I be better off giving her the plain oats with fruit,
even without the vitamins? Thanks!
Jennifer

Jennifer, Good question. Although I know the answer to this, I decided to turn to some of my favorite, knowledgeable  medical experts, who’ve been amazingly helpful to me while I was researching and writing SUGAR SHOCK!

First, you’ll hear from the always-informative Fred Pescatore, M.D., M.P.H., a traditionally trained, but nutritionally savvy physician. The New York-based Dr. Pescatore is the kind of doctor I wish everyone could see. His resume is quite impressive. For example, he has authored several books, including The Hamptons Diet; he’s former medical director for the Atkins Center for Complementary Medicine in New York City, and he’s contributed to DiabetesinControl.com.

Dr. Pescatore says:

"The only reason the oats you give her is fortified with vitamins is because all of the vitamins naturally found in the oats were removed when it was processed and all the sugar was added back in to replace them," Dr. Pescatore says. "If you buy organic whole oats, then all of those vitamins, minerals and nutrients are NATURALLY found in the oats. 

"My advice is to give your daughter the plain oats with some fruit thrown in — or better yet, curb her sweet tooth now and start weaning off of the sugar. Many babies are picky eaters and only become more picky when you allow that behavior to flourish. Feed your kids what is best for them, not what they want. They are not going to starve themselves to death."

Next, we’ll hear from the remarkable sugar expert, Nancy Appleton, Ph.D., author of Lick the Sugar Habit and Lick the Sugar Habit Sugar Counter. Dr. Appleton (www.nancyappleton.com) is a bona fide pioneer; she has been exhaustively researching and speaking out about sugar’s dangers since the 1970s. Not only is she one smart lady, but I like to think of her as one of my mentors. (Actually, both Fred and Nancy have been incredibly gracious to me.)

Dr. Appleton explains: "The sugar so upsets the body chemistry that the minerals not only do not absorb but can become toxic in the body. Toxicity is the cause of disease. Give your child a vitamin/mineral supplement if you want — but not the sugary oatmeal.

"Hopefully your child will accept oatmeal with fruit in it.  If she will not eat the first oatmeal, try another and another and different fruits.

"If worse cones to worse, try some stevia on it if worse, but not Splenda," she advises. "You also could try oatmeal, covered with a little butter. Also experiment with millet, which is the best grain you
can eat. All grains are acid forming, but millet is the only one that has an alkaline effect."

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Got a question? Fire away. Stump me; stump other experts! We’re happy
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