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Agave: Is It a Safe Sweetener Alternative? I Recommend Skipping It

Agave nectar has become quite controversial of late. Lately, many people — especially folks who are concerned about their health — have been eagerly consuming it, but I believe they’re doing so without knowing the full facts.
After repeated questions from people about whether or not they can safely consume agave, I posted on this Sugar Shock Blog, most recently here and before that, here.
My conclusion? Briefly, I’m really wary of this sweetener, which is really high in fructose. I have too many questions about agave.
To put it bluntly, I won’t ever consume agave since I know about the dangers of fructose, which I learned more about last weekend from Dr. Richard Johnson at a Food Addiction Summit in Washington state.
Richard (I got to know him while hiking there) is the author of the fascinating book, The Sugar Fix: The High Fructose Fallout That Is Making You Fat and Sick.

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Jack LaLanne: Sugar is Ruining Millions of People’s Lives

Did you know that fitness icon Jack LaLanne used to be a sugar addict 80 years ago?
Tonight, at a food addiction and obesity conference on Bainbridge Island, I had the pleasure of interviewing him.
Check out this video from years ago, where you can see how Jack was so ahead of his time.
Now watch this interview I conducted with Jack last Saturday, at this amazing conference.

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Kick the Sugar: Improve Your Health & Life Just Like Jack LaLanne

Sugar? Does it rule your life? Are you trying to get out from under its control?
I guarantee you that if you cut out what I call culprit carbs, your life will completely change. Indeed, I truly became reborn when I took the plunge to banish sweets and refined carbs.
In fact, last week, on April 15, marked 11 years off sugar for me. This year, I celebrated quietly by exercising, working, getting ready for a trip and holding a special 10-minute announcement radio show.
But last year, for my 10-year anniversary I held a wonderful, two-part Gab Fest With the Gurus, who shared information about the value of removing sugar from your life.
Right now, I’m listening to the inspiring interview I had the pleasure of doing with Jack LaLanne in 2007 right around this time. I’m actually preparing for an exciting, first-of-a-kind Obesity and Food Addiction Summit this weekend at which I’m presenting a Lifetime Achievement Award to the Grandfather of Fitness and interviewing him. I’m also appearing on a panel.

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Help Me to Help You — The White-Out Diet Will Be In Your Hands Jan. 2010, Helping You, If You Spread the Word Now

Special Announcement:
Greetings, wonderful, savvy people,
Today, exactly 11 years since I first kicked sugar and refined carbs and got a better life.
And today, I’m launching an unusual pre-book-deal, marketing campaign.
The economy is prompting me to do something really different so that I can get a book deal for my next book, The White-Out Diet, which I know could help many.
Please see this email (below), which I just sent to members of my mailing list.
If you can help, I’d really, really appreciate it!
Anyhow, my goal is to help millions, and I think I can, but I need wonderful people like you to spread the word! Please read on.
Thanks in advance ever so much! See letter below.
Warmly and gratefully,
Connie
Subject: Help me, please… The White-Out Diet, my next book, is coming with your help — benefits galore
Dear [Your Name Goes Here],
Would you like to lose weight for good,
banish fatigue, boost your energy, feel and look
more youthful, get more oomph in the bedroom and
build a life of passion, purpose and pizzazz?
Well, The White-Out Diet, my next book
(the follow-up to SUGAR SHOCK!), is intended to help YOU
achieve ALL of that — and more.
This book, I hope, will come out in January 2010.
But here’s the catch: I need your help so that this book
will become a reality and be available to you through bookstores,
libraries and online retailers.
You see, while this fun, easy-to-read,
friendly, compassionate book can help
you in so many ways, these challenging
economic times are prompting me to
rely on you.
Let me explain.
Like all other industries, the
publishing industry has been hit
by the economic downturn.
Publishers are tightening their belts and making less acquisitions.
So my literary agent explains to me.
More importantly, major publishers only want to make book
deals with people, who are household names
— movie stars, TV personalities, celebrities and so on.
And publishers only want authors with a “Big Platform”
— this means millions (or least hundreds of
thousands) of followers, fans and friends.
Therein lies my challenge.
While editors at publishing houses loved my White-Out Diet
concept and my background as author of an acclaimed
book (SUGAR SHOCK!) from a major publisher (Berkley Books,
part of the Penguin Group), their enthusiasm was dampened
because I’m not a household name — yet.
And while I do have a Big Platform,
it’s not big ENOUGH — yet.
But I’m determined to get The White-Out Diet published so it can help you.
So I realized that it’s time to put the Law of Attraction into action.
And I’d be grateful to you for any help you can give to make this happen.
The White-Out Diet is a great book, and it deserves to be in your
hands next January, 2010, so it can help you.
Ultimately, this challenge presents an
incredible opportunity.
It’s time for me to become pro-active,
creative and what I call “author-preneurial.”
I’m even planning some outrageous, exciting activities
to drum up the necessary attention in The White-Out Diet, because
I KNOW this book can really enhance, improve and change your life.
(Got any clever, out-of-the-box marketing and promotion ideas? Know any celebrities?
Please share this info with me
ASAP, but privately.)
So would you be kind enough to act now (spending only about a
minute or two) to support the campaign to get The White-Out Diet
into the hands of people who need it?
Act now, please. Just go here:
=====>>>>>
http://www.WhiteOutDiet.com

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Agave: People Are Getting Duped Into Consuming this High-Fructose Sweetener

110px-Agave_attenuata_Pot_2250px This is getting downright tiring!
People, especially health-conscious folks, are often getting duped by agave. They’re being led to believe that it’s a safe sweetener.
Please, people, do NOT consume this sweetener until you read the following warning that I posted back in December 2008.

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Artificial Sweeteners: Do We Need Yet Another Fake Sugar Product?

Aren’t there enough artificial sweeteners already on the market to potentially harm you?
Now Ajinomoto is seeking FDA approval for Advantame, a new sweetener that’s derived from the same amino acids as aspartame and vanillin.
Oh goodness, why do we need another aspartame-like sweetener?
Before you ingest ANY aspartame or aspartame look-alike, I urge you to do some research.
Find out about its 92 reported side effects of aspartame (NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, and Equal-Measure).
Read about aspartame’s controversial approval process.

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Top 15 Foods to Rev Up Your Energy, Heal You & Make You Thrive With Jonny Bowden — Listen Today or Later

The Thrive (Don’t Just Survive) series continues today with an exciting program featuring my friend, the renowned nutritionist Jonny Bowden.
Join us at 5:30 today (Wed., March 11) — this program is free for a limited time. Just sign up here. Here’s more info about this event.
The Top 15 Foods to Rev Up Your Energy, Heal You & Make You Thrive!
With Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
Wondering what to eat to stay healthy, trim and energetic? Getting confused by all the conflicting information about there? Jonny Bowden, who has helped millions of people around the world to get the body of their dreams and to feel full of energy and vitality, till give you the scoop on the wonder foods that can make the difference between feeling wiped out and ready to crawl under the covers or feeling so enthused that you’re bounding out of bed each day with excitement and enthusiasm. Jonny is author of The 150 Most Effective Ways to Boost Your Energy, The 150 Healthiest Meals on Earth, The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth and The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth.
Sign up now to join us later. (Remember, you can listen live or later.)

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Smile & Then Spread Grins Galore By Sharing This Great Video!

You will feel so exhilarated and happy after seeing this “Validation” video!
Thanks you so much, Warren Whitlock (follow him here on Twitter), for mentioning it last night on the Twitter Tuesday program with Phil Johncock (follow his tweets, too).
And thanks ever so much to the Rich Prosperity and Success Blog, too for sharing this joy-spreading video!
Watch it now and smile! It’ll make your day. Then share this with your friends, family members and fans, too to bring them good cheer, too.

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Institute for Integrative Nutrition — Kudos for Being Featured on Bravo

Kudos to the Institute for Integrative Nutrition — which I attended — for this inspiring news piece on Bravo.
The show, hosted by Lou Gossett, Jr., quotes the inspiring IIN founder, as well as the world renowned Deepak Chopra and acclaimed health counselors Andrea Beaman, former Bravo Top Chef, and Theresa Kennedy, an expert on health and productivity management and motivational speaker.
Watch the video now.

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BlogTalkRadio — Thanks for Featuring Suzanne Somers Interview

Thanks to BlogTalkRadio.com — where I host my Gab With the Gurus Radio Show — for featuring my recent interview with Suzanne Somers on both the blog and also The Daily Mix. (The excerpt begins at 4:00.)
Listen here to the entire Suzanne Somers interview.

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