RE: Multiple Sclerosis. Is It Really Incurable?
i'm seeing these trend (mostly in the "alternative world", but also starting to appear in mainstream thinking too) of identifying the over-consumption of sugar as the culprit for A LOT of conditions and diseases that have been misattributed for years/decades. that and constantly seeing alt-media talking about regulating your body's pH. but yea, you're right about this stuff being unbelievable to many. honestly, I totally assumed it was all psuedoscience bs and just ignored it at first (actually for a long time, but this always happens when i think back to even just a few years ago--it's so crazy how easily/deeply we can be programmed); now, i really think there's a lot of merit to these claims.
i did some casual research to verify the alt-media claims against excess sugar and high acidity. so far, it definitely looks like the excess sugar in the blood leads to higher acidity in the body. the combination and cycle of excess sugar fueling the growth of undesirable microorganisms causes stuff like cavities and (sugary, acidic environment in the mouth fuels bad bacteria growth and calcium loss in general), osteoporosis (same, high acid environment leeches calcium), obesity and heart disease (we kind of know about this already, at least indirectly) and even alzheimer's and dementia (linked to diabetes, which goes back to sugar again). MS is a new one though, didn't know about that. anyway, i bet many more conditions/diseases will be added to the list of stuff that can be linked back to excess sugar.
i have two health-related recommendations i've personally tried:
first one is stevia, which has been available for a while already, but should be even more well-known than it is. as far as i know, it's the only sugar-substitute that can be had in its purely natural organic form. you can use it in place of sugar almost all the time (not necessarily for all recipes though, because the sweetness is much denser, so you need some filler if volume is a factor; but perfect for coffees, teas, cereal, oatmeal, etc.)
the other recommendation is for mouthwashes that promote an alkaline pH. there's probably many different brands so do your research, but I can verify that this really really helps if you have a problem with cavities. they taste like burning, but trust me, it works.
the over consumption of sugar appears to be a super set of consuming contaminated foods with high glycemic index. the high fructose corn syrup has been repeatedly found to contain high levels of toxins, such as, mercury, used in processing, glyphosate, an herbicide, which also acts as an antibiotic and chelator of essential minerals, as well as disrupting sulfation and methylation pathways and corrupting protein synthesis. there is much more to all of this. sugar feeds cancer, too much sugar wears out the pancreas, glycolytic metabolism increases the rate of aging by increasing the rate of mitosis. sugar over consumption also decreases pH, making the body more acidic. this subject is more complicated than the usual alt health info. i failed to take any of this seriously until it almost killed me.
there are volumes that could be written on all of this and more. i'll continue to find the relevant information, as presented by reputable people, as long as i can afford the time to do so in this venue. if i have to pay my bills digging ditches, i won't have time. for now i am enjoying passing this information on. it allows me to piece things together, and i hope it helps someone.
mm thanks for the info on high fructose corn syrup. always assumed it was bad, but never had any concrete information. both my parents are diabetic, so at least for me, all this info is very useful.
these are the largest industries by dollar amount, so i assume that they have plenty of incentive and money to fund advertising, run campaigns, influence media, etc. for the purpose of shaping our perspectives on these topics.
1.Retail and Food -- $5300 Billion
but yea, i should've taken this into account much earlier. and i'm sure many of the largest corporations collude across industries, especially when they're complementary, like food and pharmaceuticals.
for the most part, i think the oil industry spawned the chemical industry which, in turn spawned the pharmaceutical industry. also, the chemical industry makes the fertilizers and pesticides for the agricultural industry which is who makes the alcohol. so yeah, very connected.
here's what i do, i've found a few fairly comprehensive resources, like here,
http://oneradionetwork.com/?s=diabetes
i will go and fill up my mp3 player and listen to it all. then listen to it all, again, then again. i try not to seize too tightly onto any one idea. you will undoubtedly find many ideas contradicted by others. this is the beginning. anything that seems to stick out, i'll go and research it, that leads to other avenues, and on and on. i find that anything that i'm very interested in learning is easier if i immerse myself in it. this is very much like learning a foreign language. right now i'm learning heart disease. fascinating, and not at all what i've always been told.
if i don't understand something the first time, i don't always stop in the middle and look it up. the brain does an amazing job of sorting things out unconsciously. if i have a book that is particularly dense, i will read it, without stopping to look anything up. then read it again. the brain can make many connections just from context. inevitably, there are things that need to be explored further, but it is faster to weed out the things that you already know, but don't recognize because of unfamiliar terminology. this keeps me from becoming overwhelmed. it makes learning enjoyable rather than maddening. the more subjects i get through, the easier it gets.
occasionally, if i have been learning too much, too fast, for an extended period, i have to go do some creative stuff to engage the other half of my brain for a while. i never force anything. learning has become my entertainment. after a while, major connections between subjects fall into place, remember to breathe. sometimes it can be jarring. eventually it becomes one interwoven structure of facts all pointing at each other. don't worry if you become incomprehensible to many people. people will think you are making these wild intuitive leaps, but really, all it is, is the right knowledge and logic.
i hope this wasn't too rambling. i've been trying to put together a systematic method that can be taught for a while. let me know if this helps. i might learn diabetes next. there are so many people with it.
BOOM! ok yea that first paragraph totally makes sense. hah you have no idea how much i value those kind of insights. i usually have to stumble around for a while before i randomly make a connection like that.
and no, it wasn't too rambly. and how old are you?? because i feel that you probably have a thought/learning process that's similar to mine, except it always seems like you're a couple of steps ahead. like i'll jump into a subject obsessively for a while, regardless of whether i consciously get all of it, and then just trust my brain to digest it in time.
so yea, new studies are saying that about half of all americans will develop diabetes. that's on par with cancer i think :/
heart disease is, so far, more complicated than cancer. it turns out that even though we are terrorized, by the medical community, with cancer, it is pretty easy to deal with, provided you have the will to do it.
i have lots of pieces of the diabetes puzzle, and a slew of basic tools to counter it, the whole picture has not resolved as of yet.
oh, i'm 46. i'm probably not your average 46 year old.
sometimes i get these dumps from the intuitive part of my brain. it's like i've been shoving it full over time, not paying attention to it, because i'm having so much fun just learning. then i get the racing brain, and all of these connections, that i haven't consciously made, start rushing in. it can be almost too much. like a rockin' roller coaster ride, but i know it will eventually end, and too soon. part of my steemit experience is to practice writing again, so i can get those experiences out of my head more effectively.