SUGARS OR SIMPLE CARBOHYDRATES
by Dr. Lawrence Wilson
© September
2021, LD Wilson Consultants, Inc.
Sugars are the simplest type of
carbohydrates. They are also
called simple
carbohydrates or monosaccharides and disaccharides.
WE FIND THAT THE LESS SUGARS OF ANY KIND THAT YOU
EAT, INCLUDING FRUIT, THE HEALTHIER YOU WILL BE AND THE BETTER YOU WILL
FEEL. You will also develop much
faster.
Chemically, most sugars are
ring-shaped structures with five or six carbon atoms arranged in a circle or
ring. This ring is under
tension. When we eat sugars, our
bodies are able to open the ring, releasing energy. This is somewhat like opening a jack-in-the-box. Opening the ring structure releases the
energy, similar to releasing a spring that is under tension.
FRUIT
Ripe fruit contains mainly
simple carbohydrates or sugars.
These are also found in other sweet foods such as honey, maple syrup,
corn sweeteners and refined sugar.
Fruits also contain some fiber and vitamins, minerals and other
nutrients.
However, most fruit is mainly
sugar and water. Fruit is
nutritionally extremely overrated. Many who are trying to live healthfully eat fruit because it
is quick and easy to eat. It also
satisfies a craving for sugar. It is
also less expensive than many protein foods.
Children also love it because it
is sweet Also, most ignorant
health authorities, doctors and others recommend it highly.
We
find they are dead wrong. Fruit today is unhealthful because:
á
Most
fruit today is hybridized. That
is, it has been altered for enhanced sweetness, better shelf life or bug
resistance, but not
for better nutrition. Most hybrid
fruit contains more sugar, but almost all contains fewer vitamins and
minerals. If you happen upon an
older apple or pear tree, you will often find the fruit is smaller and less
sweet.
á
Lots
of pesticides are often used to grow fruit. This even applies to organically grown fruit, although fewer
are used on them, there is a lot of cheating. It is just difficult to grow some fruits without chemicals
of some kind, even natural chemicals.
á Fruit is extremely yin in Chinese medical terms. This is harmful today for most everyone. (Why this is so is explained in the article entitled Yin Disease on this site.)
á Fruit acids have an acidic reaction in sick individuals, in spite of what one reads in some books and websites.
á Eating fruit upsets the blood sugar, which, in turn, stresses the adrenals glands even more.
á Fruit today picks up a toxic form of potassium from the N-P-K or superphosphate fertilizers used to grow basically all of it, even the organically grown fruit.
á Fruit is very low in etheric energy.
á Eating fruit contributes to yeast infections, parasitic infections, hypoglycemia, diabetes, heart disease, cancer and many more health conditions.
As a result, we suggest avoiding
almost all fruit. It is not needed
or healthful. The only exceptions
are one or two botija olives per week. Also, green beans (or string beans) may
be considered a fruit, and is a required food for development.
Some people might say that
almond butter and sesame tahini are technically
fruits, although I do not think so.
They are also required foods for development.
If you must have a little fruit,
have one or two berries and that is all!
For more details, read Fruit-Eating.
NONABSORBABLE SUGARS
Just as we cannot digest some
fibrous starches, our bodies do not absorb some sugars. These are found in various fruits and
vegetables, and help make the food sweet-tasting without adding calories or
sugar to the diet.
In the food industry, these are
used as natural non-caloric sweeteners and include mannitol,
sorbitol and xylitol. These are excellent sweeteners if one does
not want the calories that the other sugars provide. They are not without problems, however. They still upset the blood sugar level,
though less than calorie-containing sugars. They can send phony signals to the body that one is eating a
sugar and to prepare to digest the sugar, when in fact the product is not
digested and absorbed at all.
I believe it is best not to
sweeten your food. The best solution is to avoid all sweets. Sweetening your food just a habit, and
with patience and practice it can be changed. However, if you need a non-caloric sweetener, xylitol or mannitol are far
better than the artificial sweeteners such as Aspartame, Equal, Splenda or Saccharin.
The latter are synthetic
chemicals that have been shown to have many adverse effects on the body. Indeed, the term Òaspartame diseaseÓ
describes a range of symptoms from depression to seizures that can result from
consuming diet soda and hundreds of other products sweetened with NutraSweet or
Equal. If you have any unusual
symptoms and use artificial sweeteners, try discontinuing them all for at least
three weeks and notice if you feel better.
One can find non-caloric natural sweeteners such as xylitol, sorbitol or mannitol at health food stores and some supermarkets.
REFINED SUGARS
Most sugars eaten today,
including most honey, is refined.
This means that some or all of the minerals and vitamins naturally
contained in the food are removed.
This is a crime against humanity, as these precise minerals, vitamins
and other nutrients are needed just to digest the food. Therefore, the more that one eats of
these foods, the more sick one becomes.
For example, sugar cane is
processed into molasses and sugar.
The sugar contains almost no vitamins or minerals. Molasses, meanwhile, is considered a
health food, as it is rich in micronutrients. Despite some propaganda to the contrary, eating sugar leads
to tooth decay, hypoglycemia, hyperactive behavior, mood swings, diabetes,
cancer, heart disease and more illnesses.
Unfortunately, most Americans
receive a major portion of their calories from refined sweeteners. The most popular today is high-fructose
corn syrup. It is one of the worst
sugars, but it is widely used, as it is inexpensive. Corn syrup, which is mainly fructose, interferes with blood
sugar and with copper metabolism.
These are just two of its problems.
Other refined sugars are barley
malt and rice syrup, which are little better than refined sugar. Others are beet sugar, and most honey
and maple syrup. Most honey is
boiled, and most maple syrup contains a little real syrup with added
sugar. These ÒfoodsÓ contain
little or no vitamins and are correctly called Òempty caloriesÓ. They contribute to an epidemic today of
obesity, hypoglycemia, diabetes, heart disease, cancer and other
illnesses. Preferably totally
avoid all sugars, even natural ones.
Refined sweeteners are often
listed on food labels as glucose, fructose, maltose, corn syrup, sugar, liquid
sugar or natural sweeteners. They
are added to most processed foods from soda pop and cereals to dressings,
breads, pastries, desserts of all kinds, condiments such as ketchup and
mustard, peanuts butter and hundreds of other foods. They upset blood sugar and raise insulin levels, slowly
causing many health conditions.
THE MANY NAMES OF REFINED SUGAR
One of the major problems with sugar is that it has a large number of
names on food labels. Take the time to look at some things you have in your
cupboard and when you go to the store – watch for these names.
Try to avoid any products with these ingredients. Realize that sugar is
not just the white stuff in the bag – all of the ingredients below are
sugar and have the same harmful effects on the body as sugar.
¥
barley
malt
¥
corn
syrup solids
¥
fruit
juice
¥
honey
¥
beet
sugar
¥
date sugar
¥
fruit
juice concentrate
¥
invert
sugar
¥
brown
sugar
¥
dextran
¥
glucose
¥
lactose
¥
buttered
syrup
¥
dextrose
¥
glucose
solids
¥
malt
syrup
¥
cane-juice
crystals
¥
diatase
¥
golden
sugar
¥
maltodextrin
¥
cane
sugar
¥
distatic malt
¥
golden
syrup
¥
maltose
¥
carmel
¥
ethyl maltol
¥
grape sugar
¥
mannitol
¥
carob
syrup
¥
fructose
¥
high
fructose corn syrup
¥
molasses
¥
raw
sugar
¥
refiners
sugar
¥
sorbitol
¥
sorghum
syrup
¥
sucrose
¥
sugar
¥
turbinado sugar
¥
yellow
sugar
Make a list of all of the foods that you currently consume that contain one
or more of these ingredients. This will help you gain a better understanding of
just how much sugar hides in unsuspecting places. Then get rid of all these foods, ideally.
The brain yeast connection.
Sugar addiction is a common problem for millions of people today. An important reason for it is that
these people have some yeast in the brain that thrives on sugar. This is very common today.
If one does not eat
sugar, the yeast starts to die off.
One might think this is a good thing, and it is. However, many people today actually
like the brain yeast because it produces alcohol. This small amount of alcohol gives them a slight ÔhighÕ all
the time, and numbs their consciousness a little. This reduces feelings such as depression, anxiety, anger, rage
and others.
This is an extremely
common problem and most people and most doctors do not understand it well, at
all. Often, what is needed to
overcome this cause of sugar or sweet craving or addiction is forgiveness of
yourself and others. To read about
this, read Forgiving on this site.
To read more about
yeast in the body – its causes and correction – please read Yeast on this website.
1. Cleave, T.L., The Saccharine
Disease, The Master Disease Of Our Time, Keats Publishing, CT, 1974.
2. Dufty,
W., Sugar Blues
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