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I decided to give up eating normal bread, drinking soft drinks and eating salted fries after reading this research article!

White Flour:
What starts out as a "good" thing, whole grains, becomes something that is poisonous to our body through processing. Most of us are aware of what happens in the milling process. First the outer shell called the bran (fiber) is removed and is either thrown away or sold at a health food store. Then the germ, which contains all the nutrients is removed because it "gums up" the machinery. The remaining endosperm is ground into a fine powder, but because it is not pure white (pretty), then it is "bleached" with an agent similar to Clorox. But now it contains no nutrients or fiber and no one will buy a product without some "benefit". So the bread maker adds some artificial coal-tar derived vitamins and minerals which have been shown to cause cancer. Now he can pass this on to the public as supposedly good food because it has been "enriched"! Notice this has no fiber and no nutrition! This is only the beginning. There is much more information regarding what this flour does once it is in our system, specifically in the colon.

White Sugar:
The average American consumes 150 tsp/day, and over 150 lb./year. Sugar is in almost all processed and packaged products. Just 10 tsp of sugar will immobilize the immune system by 33%. In the average 12 oz soda pop there is approximately 10 tsp of sugar. Just 3 cans of pop will wipe out your immune system for a whole day. Is it any wonder so many people are getting sicker at younger ages, they are started on refined sugar in infancy. Look at the ingredients on some of the products sold to unsuspecting parents. Remember as mentioned previously, the kidneys in children are not fully formed until they reach about 12 years of age. Sugar has been shown to cause kidney damage. So we are damaging our children's kidneys even before they are fully developed, and because we are shutting down their immune systems they can't even fight off the diseases they are exposed to daily! In addition, When you eat sugar the balance of minerals in your body is upset. The levels of Calcium is increased because sugar leeches Calcium from the bones,( and we all know what happens when the Calcium leaves the bones- Osteoporosis). There is a decrease in phosphorus, in fact all minerals are changed and many become deficient resulting in the enzymes not working well. The enzymes are need to help digest food, so all food doesn't digest. The food sits in the gut and putrefies causing the cells to widen which in turn causes the putrefied food to be absorbed which results in food allergies. Can you see how everything that you put in your body can either help or hinder its function? Even hypoglycemia, which is low blood sugar, is caused by an excess of sugar. The insulin mechanisms are not secreting the right amount of insulin. Because of an influx of refined sugar, too much is secreted causing a decrease in blood sugar, the liver is supposed to release glycogen when the blood sugar becomes too low, but when there is a constant fluctuation between too high and too low, the system begins to wear out, which is why so many people with hypoglycemia end up with diabetes. Their system just can't deal with the problem anymore. For those of you who don't believe that refined sugar has a definite affect on behavior, I challenge you to remove refined sugars from your diet and your children's diet and see if there is not a change. Again, no nutrition or fiber.

Salt:
Refined Table Salt is always toxic to your system. It is not good for you whether you are healthy or sick! It is an inorganic substance, which as we have talked before means it is not able to be used by the body. The body must force more water to be held between the cells in order to keep the salt in suspension, away from the cells where potassium must dominate. The beginning of all Chronic disease is caused by a depletion of potassium due to an increase in sodium. Salt is an enzyme inhibitor. Refined / kiln dried Sea Salt is just as bad as table salt, remember it is still an inorganic substance that your body must try to eliminate! Beware of salt substitutes they are just as dangerous. Instead of Sodium Chloride they used Lithium Chloride and the Lithium displaces the potassium even more readily than the Sodium. Potassium Chloride (lite salt), still is a chloride which is damaging. When taken in pill form, the tablets are so active in picking up liquid, they attach to the mucous membrane of the small intestine. In fact they eat holes in the mucous membrane because they are so powerful. Salt has also been shown to promote tumor growth. Occasionally we will use Celtic Salt or Sun dried Solar Salt, both of these are dried naturally, not under high heat with chemicals) but it is used sparingly. It has been shown to be beneficial in small amounts, but we do not recommend it for those dealing with cancer because of the research showing the promotion of tumor growth.