WHILE ON SUGAR: “Although I was eating a so-called ‘normal’ diet – that is, the foods that every else eats – my health was poor. I felt awful much of the time. I was suffering from low energy, fatigue, lethargy, anxiety and dry skin. I couldn’t sleep at night, but I also had trouble getting out of bed in the morning. I would get unsightly and painfully itchy hives when exercising or sweating. My vision was becoming more and more blurry. I could go on and on about my pains and uncomfortable sensations.”
TURNING POINT: “When I attended the world-renowned The New Center for Holistic Health in Syosset, New York to get a license in Massage Therapy, I began to hear about diet and its relationship to health. At one of the first lectures I attended, the professor spoke about `the four white poisons’ – white sugar, white flour, dairy and white salt. As we all know, these ingredients are typically in just about EVERYTHING we eat. I thought, ‘OK, I’ll try this out.’ To make the long story short, life got a little better each and every day that I abstained from those foods.”
SUGARFREE BLISS: “All my symptoms are gone. Occasionally now, I eat a piece of pie or some other dessert. Inevitably, either that day or over the next few days, I will experience some symptom. Maybe I will get a little itchy or have poor digestion or feel lethargic. It’s really quite profound. In my practice as a massage therapist and acupuncturist, I can’t stress enough to patients that the key to attaining lasting results is eating whole, natural foods and abstaining most of the time from the four white poisons, especially sugar.”
– Scott K., L.Ac., LMT, 33, Merrick, New York (Sugarfree since 1995.)