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GLUCOSE IS A SIMPLE SUGAR. IT IS THE BASIC CARBOHYDRATE UNIT EXTRACTED FROM MORE COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES. ONCE THE DIGESTIVE PROCESS BREAKS DOWN THE LARGER CARBOHYDRATES INTO GLUCOSE, IT IS ABSORBED THROUGH THE INTESTINES. GLUCOSE THEN PROVIDES FUEL, OR ENERGY, FOR NECESSARY CELLULAR PROCESSES, JUST AS GASOLINE DOES IN A CAR. AN EXCESS OF GLUCOSE IS CONVERTED TO AND STORED AS TRIGLYCERIDES AND FAT.

REFINED CARBOHYDRATES ARE NEARLY USELESS, AND EVEN HARMFUL, BECAUSE THE REFINING REMOVES MOST OR ALL OF THE NUTRIENTS AND ENZYMES. WHEN GLUCOSE CONCENTRATION IS TOO HIGH, IT LEADS TO INEFFICIENT ENERGY HIGH’S AND LOW’S, AS WELL AS HYPOGLYCEMIA AND DIABETES.

THE PANCREAS PRODUCES INSULIN, WHICH REGULATES GLUCOSE METABOLISM AND ITS STORAGE, AS GLYCOGEN. AN UNDER SUPPLY OF INSULIN RESULTS IN THE ACCUMULATION OF GLUCOSE IN THE BLOOD. THIS IS CALLED DIABETES, WHICH IS AN ADVANCED CASE OF HYPOGLYCEMIA. DIABETES CAN BE FATAL IF UNTREATED; IT IS THE THIRD MOST COMMON CAUSE OF DEATH IN ADULTS.

IN DIABETES, THE PANCREAS DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY, OR AT ALL, SO INSUFFICIENT ENZYMES ARE PRODUCED TO BREAKDOWN THE SUGARS. CANCER CELLS ARE THEREFORE ABLE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD UNCHECKED, SINCE THE IMMUNE SYSTEM CAN’T ATTACK THEM. BECAUSE OF THIS, PEOPLE WITH HYPOGLYCEMIA AND DIABETES ARE MORE PRONE TO CANCER THAN THE GENERAL POPULATION.

IN FETAL DEVELOPMENT, THE PANCREAS STARTS WORKING AT ABOUT DAY 58. A RARE FORM OF CANCER CAN OCCUR WHEN THE FETAL PANCREAS FAILS TO PERFORM. LOGICALLY, IT FOLLOWS THAT A HEALTHY WELL-FUNCTIONING PANCREAS MAY BE AN ELEMENT THAT STOPS OR SLOWS TUMOR OR CANCER GROWTH ALONG WITH OTHER DISEASES IN UNBORN BABIES, INFANTS, CHILDREN, TEENS AND ADULTS.

By Dr. Bill Kellas

JUST AS THERE IS NO ONE UNDERLYING CAUSE OF HEADACHES, THERE ARE MANY PROBLEMS THAT CAN RESULT IN BEING OVERWEIGHT. ALTHOUGH PHYSICAL PROBLEMS ARE MAINLY RESPONSIBLE, AN OVERWEIGHT PERSON FEELS GUILTY ABOUT CRAVINGS AND OVEREATING AND OBSESSES ABOUT FOOD AND DIETS. PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS THEN FOLLOW. ADDED TO THE PHYSICAL PROBLEMS, PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS CAN FURTHER COMPLICATE RECOVERY.

MORE BENEFITS OF Seven Essentials

Help Manage Diabetes

High sugar levels found in the blood and cells accelerates fermentation and growth of micro-organisms that increase toxin levels in the body. Fortunately, high blood sugar often responds well to good nutrition and even better to great nutrition. Seven Essentials is great nutrition! Some of the ingredients found in Seven Essentials that have been found to slow sugar assimilation and to help transport sugar out of the blood are, soluble fiber (from RiSoTriene® and vegetables), glutathione, alpha-lipoic acid, natural B-vitamins and the minerals magnesium, chromium & vanadium.

Lose Weight

Because of the abundant nutrition found in Seven Essentials, many people lose their cravings for unhealthy foods. Others replace meals with Seven Essentials. Both promote healthy weight loss. Also, Seven Essentials, with its soluble fiber, enzymes and essential oils, helps promote general detoxification of the body’s cells, which leads to permanent weight loss.

D I D Y O U K N O W . . . ?

• Over 2/3 of adults in the US are overweight or obese.
• Carrying extra pounds raises the risk of developing diabetes, heart disease, cancer and more.
• Over 35 million Americans have diabetes.
• Out of every 100 pregnant women in the US, about 5 get gestational diabetes.
• After having gestational diabetes, you have a 2 in 3 chance that it will return.
• Many women who have gestational diabetes develop type 2 diabetes sometime in the following years.
• Pregnant women who have diabetes are five times more likely to have still-born births.
• Diabetes may be prevented if you stay at a healthy weight, eat healthy foods, and exercise.

A VICIOUS CYCLE… BINGE EATING CAN LEAD TO OTHER PROBLEMS LIKE WEIGHT GAIN, BAD DIETING AND EMOTIONAL ISSUES. MANY WHO BINGE ARE OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE. CONCERNS ABOUT WEIGHT MAY LEAD YOU TO GO ON EXTREME AND UNHEALTHY DIETS. BINGING CAN LEAVE YOU FEELING HELPLESS, HOPELESS AND DEPRESSED. THIS CAN MAKE THE BINGING WORSE IF YOU TURN TO FOOD TO DEAL WITH YOUR FEELINGS.

An ongoing Framingham Heart Study shows that obese people with type 2 diabetes have a 99% chance of developing heart disease.

A Little Extra Weight Can Shorten Your Life

Research has shown that being obese (30+ pounds over a healthy weight) increases the risk of premature death, but what about those who are 1-29 pounds overweight? Researchers with the National Cancer Institute recently did a study, examining over 527,000 adults. This study revealed that even being a little overweight does increase chances for premature death. Findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine stated that overweight 50 year olds have a 20-40% higher risk of death, and obese people had 100-200% higher risk of death.

"Even carrying a few extra pounds is associated with increased risk of dying prematurely," says Michael Leitzmann, author of the study. Meir Stampfer of the Harvard School of Public Health, says the study shows "in a very convincing and clear way that being overweight is bad for you. When you get in the obese range, the risk of death goes up substantially."

Tim Byers of the University of Colorado Medical School, urges people to take steps to lose weight - or at least stop gaining: walk more, eat smaller portions, reduce snacking. "Everyone who is overweight needs to look at their situation and figure out how they can eat less and move more."

Dr. William Kellas, Ph.D., Founder of the Center for Advanced Medicine, explains that we eat more food than we are designed to handle. This taxes our ability to digest food, which increases the level of undigested food in our intestines, which leads to more toxicity in our bodies. The increased toxins lead to extra weight and less than optimal health. He suggests that an easy way to remedy overeating is to drink an Seven Essentials about 30 minutes before eating. You’ll get great nutrition and curb your appetite!

S H O C K I N G N E W S… The average American eats 48 teaspoons of sugar a day - one teaspoon every hour around the clock! This adds up to 120-130 pounds of sugar per person, per year, and 500-600 calories a day. The 48 teaspoons of sugar multiplied by three feet of sugar cane per teaspoon equals 144 feet of sugar cane daily, but without its beneficial nutrients and roughage to support and regulate processing. Is it any wonder we have so much hypoglycemia and diabetes?

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“The rising obesity rate in the U.S. is a risk to the health of pregnant women and their babies. Obesity among women of childbearing age is at a crisis level. We’re concerned because it means more women are overweight or obese when they become pregnant, and this can have serious consequences for both mother and baby.’’
~Dr. Jennifer Howse, President of The March of Dimes

“Pregnant obese women are at increased risk for pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes, cesarean delivery and postpartum infection. The baby is also at increased risk for neural tube defects, birth trauma and fetal death.’’ ~Laura Riley, M.D., Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Pathology at Harvard Medical School

DIABETES is a disorder where blood sugar levels are abnormally high. Pregnancy brings many changes that can alter blood sugar, or glucose levels.
GESTATIONAL DIABETES may develop or become apparent for the fist time during a pregnancy.
GESTATIONAL DIABETES occurs when pregnancy hormones or other factors interfere with the body's ability to use its insulin. Untreated or poorly controlled GESTATIONAL DIABETES can hurt the unborn baby. With this condition, you can’t produce enough insulin to lower your blood glucose levels. The extra blood glucose goes through the placenta, giving the baby high blood glucose levels, which prompts the baby's pancreas to make extra insulin. Babies with excess insulin become children at risk for obesity and adults at risk for TYPE 2 DIABETES.