Halloween Treats?

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Halloween Treats?

• How Does Sugar Affect
• Your Body?

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Metric Conversion

• One can of Coke contains 40 grams of sugar.
• There are 4 grams of sugar in one teaspoon.
• How many teaspoons of sugar are in one can of
  Coke?

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What Does 10 tsp of Sugar Look Like?
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• Can you imagine eating
• 16 sugar cubes in one sitting?
• You probably have. Thats a little less than
  what is contained in a 20 ounce bottle of cola.

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What Does That Much Sugar Do To Your Body?
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• Sugar Has HUGE Effects on Your Immune System

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• Eating or drinking 100 grams of sugar, the
  equivalent of two- and-a-half 12-ounce cans of
  soda, can reduce the ability of white blood cells
  to kill germs by 40 percent.
• This immune-suppressing effect starts less than
  thirty minutes after ingestion and may last for
  five hours.

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Halloween Candy

• A typical fun size candy bar, that will fill
  your bag this weekend, contains 12 grams of
  sugar thats equal to 3 teaspoons!!
• You only need to eat 8 of these to wipe out the
  function of half of your white blood cells for up
  to 5 hours!

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Sugar also promotes sugar highs
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• Sugar then causes sugar lows, also known as the
  sugar blues.

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• Sugar gives you quick energy, but only for a
  brief time due to the rise of the blood sugar
  level. The body quickly releases a rush of
  insulin, which rapidly lowers the blood sugar and
  causes a significant drop in energy and
  endurance.

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Sugar Intake and Diabetes

• Diabetes is caused by the failure of the pancreas
  to produce adequate insulin when the blood sugar
  rises.
• A concentrated amount of sugar introduced into
  the system sends the body into shock from the
  rapid rise in the blood sugar level. The pancreas
  eventually wears out from overwork and diabetes
  then rears its ugly head.

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Sugar and Acne

• In a recent New York Times article, a scientific
  study confirmed that an increase in sugar intake
  can increase acne outbreaks.

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Sugar and Your Teeth

• Consumption of processed foods (which are laced
  with sugar) cost the American public more than
  54 billion in dental bills each year

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More Sugar Facts

• The average American eats 61 pounds of refined
  sugar each year, including 25 pounds of candy.
• Halloween accounts for at least two pounds of
  that.

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Is Sugar Nutritious?

• Refined sugar contains no fiber, no minerals, no
  proteins, no fats, no enzymes, only empty
  calories. When you consume sugar your body must
  borrow vital nutrients from healthy cells to
  metabolize the incomplete food. Calcium, sodium,
  potassium and magnesium are taken from various
  parts of the body to make use of the sugar. Many
  times, so much calcium is used to neutralize the
  effects of sugar that the bones become
  osteoporotic due to the withdrawn calcium.

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• 8.4 Metric Tons of sugar are produced each year
  in the United States
• More than 50 of that sugar is produced from
  beets.

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How is Sugar Made?

• Sugar cane and sugar beets are first harvested
  and then chopped into small pieces, squeezing out
  the juice, which is then mixed with water. This
  liquid is then heated, and lime is added.
  Moisture is boiled away, and the remaining fluid
  is pumped into vacuum pans to concentrate the
  juice. The crystals are then dissolved by heating
  to the boiling point and passed through charcoal
  filters. After the crystals condense, they are
  bleached snow-white usually by the use of pork or
  cattle bones. ...During the refining process, 64
  food elements are destroyed. All the potassium,
  magnesium, calcium, iron, manganese, phosphate,
  and sulfate are removed. The A, D, and B,
  vitamins are destroyed.

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What About Sugar Substitutes?

• The scientists who discovered sucralose (now sold
  as Splenda) were originally trying to create an
  insecticide.
• An assistant in the lab thought he had been
  instructed to taste a compound hed only been
  asked to test.

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Halloween, You the Flu

• Flu and cold viruses are in our community,
  infecting many, making those infected feel
  miserable for days.
• As you consume vast amounts of candy this
  Halloween, dont forget its effect on your immune
  system.
• Without your helpful white blood cells around to
  kill viruses, the viruses will take full
  advantage!

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Healthy Halloween Fact

• Pumpkins can help YOU glow!

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Health Benefits of Pumpkins

• Pumpkins are orange because of the beta-carotenes
  they contain. Beta-carotenes are a member of the
  carotenoid family of plant pigments - strong
  antioxidants that have the added benefit of
  boosting immune function. The ability of
  beta-carotenes to boost immune function helps the
  body ward off cold and flu viruses

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Halloween To Do List

• Be safe
• Have fun
• Wash Your Hands (a lot)
• Brush Teeth (really well)
• Add pumpkin puree to your pancakes Sunday morning
• Eat lots of veggies for the rest of the day!

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Be Safe, Have Fun, Stay Healthy!