General Newsletter – Aug 2008
Welcome to the August Newsletter – hopefully if nothing else, it will turn you against fructose this month.  We also have bulk specials which are really great value – see below. 

Xylitol in Sachets
As part of my Nutrition Solutions range, I now have xylitol in gorgeous magenta and silver sachets – like the “sugar tubes” you find in restaurants, only nicer! These are immediately available from us, or from Creeds super natural nutrition health store in Steenberg Village, Tokai. 

Are you taking prescriptions drugs without knowing it?
A report by What Doctors Don’t Tell you confirms what I’ve said for years - every time you drink a glass of water you are absorbing micro-dosages of scores of prescription drugs that have got into the system.  Tests of public water supplies in the UK & USA have discovered that processing plants and chlorination are not blocking tiny traces of pharmaceuticals from entering the system. In fact, chloride in the water has a magnifying effect, and is worsening the problem. 

There are multiple AIDS drugs used in this country, and we may be taking these dangerous chemicals into our bodies every day if this report is true. If it is, then what of the psychotropic drugs, anti-depressants, antibiotics and chemotherapy drugs entering our system constantly? Unless you have the sense to get yourself a water-distiller, there is no other way to get rid of all drugs, pathogens, poisons and viruses from the water you drink.  The report goes on to say that in the USA, experts have discovered:

• more than 60 pharmaceuticals are in the water supply in the Philadelphia area alone;
• anti-epilepsy and anti-anxiety drugs are in the water supplied to 18.5 million homes in Southern California – ghastly thought.

It’s never been more important to own a distiller, and if you take care of it, it will last you a life-time.  This is true “health insurance” and the only proven way to remove all the nasties - see my website for loads more information on Distillers. We have just a few left at the old price, so we’re offering our newsletter readers first come first served.  New stocks coming in will continue to rise, as the USA is in an economic downturn too so get a distiller while they are still reasonably priced. 

‘BULK’ AT LOWER PRICES
You can now purchase dozens of products from us in ‘bulk’ – for as little as one kilogram constituting “bulk”! Please contact us at pa@sallyanncreed.co.za for a full list of products which will apply (different specials each month). These are organic products of the highest quality.  While prices remain steady we’ll share the ‘price-break’ with you!  Products include: spelt flour, spelt flakes, xanthan gum, rolled oats, millet flakes, all nuts and seeds, lecithin, xylitol, dates, MaxiFOS, Stevia, creamy oat flour and many others.

NEW RESEARCH
More evidence that Fructose Makes you FAT
A brand new study released on last month again shows fructose is linked to fat build-up in the body!  Fat build-up from fructose consumption may be greater than what occurs when we eat other types of sugars, such as glucose and sucrose, according to a new study – so it’s even worse than sugar.  Researchers from the University of Texas recruited six young, healthy, lean people to take part in their study, which compared the formation of fat (lipogenesis) following consumption of pure glucose, or combinations of glucose and fructose. The results are published in the Journal of Nutrition. "Our study shows for the first time the surprising speed with which humans make body fat from fructose," said Elizabeth Parks from the UT's Southwestern Medical Center. 

"[Fructose, glucose and sucrose] can be made into triglycerides, a form of body fat; however, once you start the process of fat synthesis from fructose, it's hard to slow it down," she added. Blood triglyceride levels were between 11% and 29% higher after consumption of the drinks with any fructose in them.  "The message from this study is powerful because body fat synthesis was measured immediately after the sweet drinks were consumed," Dr. Parks said. "The carbohydrates came into the body as sugars, the liver took the molecules apart like tinker toys, and put them back together to build fats. All this happened within four hours after the fructose drink. As a result, when the next meal was eaten, the lunch fat was more likely to be stored than burned.” 

"This is an underestimate of the effect of fructose because these individuals consumed the drinks while fasting and because the subjects were healthy, lean and could presumably process the fructose pretty quickly. Fat synthesis from sugars may be worse in people who are overweight or obese because this process may be already revved up," she added. The metabolism of glucose and fructose is different, said the researchers. In humans, triglycerides are predominantly formed in the liver. This organ decides what to do when it encounters glucose. The sugar is either stored as glycogen, burnt for energy or turn the glucose into triglycerides. On the other hand, fructose bypasses the liver and floods the metabolic pathway, said the researchers.  

"It's a less-controlled movement of fructose through these pathways that causes it to contribute to greater triglyceride synthesis," said Parks. "The bottom line of this study is that fructose very quickly gets made into fat in the body."  The work was supported by the National Institutes of Health, the Cargill Higher Education Fund and the Sugar Association.  Research from the University of Florida in 2005 reported similar results. In that instance the research implicated a rise in uric acid in the bloodstream that occurs after fructose is consumed. That temporary spike blocks the action of insulin, which typically regulates how body cells use and store sugar and other food nutrients for energy. If uric acid levels are frequently elevated, over time features of metabolic syndrome may develop, including high blood pressure, obesity and elevated blood cholesterol levels. (Journal of Nutrition, June 2008, Volume 138, Pages 1039-1046 "Dietary Sugars Stimulate Fatty Acid Synthesis in Adults".  Authors: E.J. Parks, L.E. Skokan, M.T. Timlin, C.S. Dingfelder) 

Yes, it’s shocking but true – there are still either uneducated or unethical people selling fructose under the ‘health’ guise. In fact, you will know a person’s true understanding of ‘health’ by their attitude to fructose; the entire nutrition fraternity now understands it to be extremely dangerous.  (I won’t allow it in my shop at all). Joseph Mercola has a lot to say about Fructose, and one of his latest rather long articles on it, has this to say (just a quoted snippet for you): “Not only does it contribute to our obesity epidemic, but it has also been linked to:

• Pancreas dysfunction, diabetes and insulin resistance
• High cholesterol and heart disease
• Cancer
• High blood pressure
• Anemia
• Liver damage
• Infertility
• And much much more!

Fructose contains zero enzymes, vitamins or minerals — and it leeches micronutrients from your body.  Why is it found in so many products? Because after air, water, and salt, it’s the cheapest ingredient in the American food chain (and we know how the food industry likes to save money).  At the end of the day, for people who peddle fructose, it’s all about the money.” Why not use xylitol instead, which actually does something for you?  See my site for articles on fructose and xylitol.  [See my site too for the comparison of sugar vs fructose vs xylitol.] 

Scary Fact: Most people in the US and other Western nations fail to obtain 75% percent of the established (and extremely low) recommended daily allowances (RDAs) for minerals, according to research conducted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). 

BYE FOR NOW

Next month is Spring – so God bless you till then!