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4 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, January 28, 2009
HEALTH NEWS AND FEATURES
Sugar Causes Fatigue
Dumas to hold Book Signings
Carolyn Guilford
The over use of sugar
itself has become a disease.
Over-consumption leads to
hypoglycemia, diabetes, heart
disease, and chronic tiredness.
Balancing the blood
sugar is an important part of
regaining health and energy.
Excess sugar consumption is
one of the major causes of
fatigue. Not only is sugar a
major culprit, but the con
sumption of refined carbohy
drates that quickly turn to
sugar in our blood is equally
damaging.
Sugar tends to change
the way the blood-brain barri
er selects appropriate amino-
acid building blocks of brain
chemicals. Refined carbohy
drate consumption increases
the level of the amino acid
tryptophan, which is the
building block of the brain
chemical serotonin. Serotonin
is a proven tranquilizer. Sugar
creates a cycle of craving and
bingeing. It is highly addic
tive.
Blood sugar disorders
can cause fatigue and are
closely tied to levels of trace
minerals in the body. The
average can of soda contains
eight to ten teaspoons of
sugar. When a person drinks a
can of soda, the blood is hit
with a hefty dose of sugar that
is eight to ten times more than
normal. In response, the body
must mobilize large amounts
of adrenalin and insulin to
clear the sugar from the
bloodstream. Repeated day
after day, this scenario can
lead to significant health prob
lems as well as blood sugar
disorders.
Recent USDA studies
show that the average
American consumed the fol
lowing each year: 134 pounds
of refined sugar excluding
honey; 365 servings of soda
pop (638 cans per year for
people aged 12-29); 200
sticks of gum; 22 pounds of
candy; 63 dozen doughnuts;
60 pounds of cakes and cook
ies; 23 gallons of ice cream.
A diet with too much
sugar causes abnormal levels
of glucose in the blood which
affect the brain, nerves, diges
tive system, and muscles. If
the body is not receiving prop
er nutrition the fundamental
mechanisms of the body begin
to crumble.
Poor food quality begins
with the agricultural practices
that have depleted our soil of
it's minerals for years. If min
erals and nutrients are not
present in the soil then they
are also not present in our
foods. Once upon a time, we
grew our own foods, picked
them from the garden, and ate
them the same day. Now we
buy foods that have been on a
shelf for who knows how
long; the vitamins, minerals,
and enzymes are totally dead.
This, along with poor food
choices, too much sugar and
refined carbohydrates, not
enough fresh fruits and veg
etables, contributes to a
depleted immune system,
weak organs and malnutrition.
Thus, the development of dis
ease.
Nutritional Therapy to
Restore Energy
Begin by eliminating
foods made with refined white
flour, refined white sugar, and
all processed and packaged
food products, including alco-
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hoi, and caffeine. Reduce
dairy foods, fried and fatty
foods, fast foods, pastries, pre
pared meats, and saturated
fats. Eliminate preserved
foods and red meats unless
they are free range from your
health food store. Keep fruit at
a minimum.
Include in the diet as
much fiber as possible from
fresh vegetables and small
amounts of whole grains.
Grain consumption should be
minimal. Small amounts of
millet, quinoa, amaranth, or
wild rice no bigger than the
palm of your hand at mealtime
is adequate. Meals should be
small and frequent in order to
keep blood sugar at a normal
level. Protein should be
included with each meal.
Whenever possible buy
organically grown produce.
Salad and lightly steamed veg
etables should be included in
at least two of your meals a
day. Eating a diet as close to
the way it comes naturally
from nature is the best possi
ble way to eat. It is especially
good for people trying to
regain one’s health.
Green superfoods such
as spirulina, barley grass juice,
and wheat grass juice are good
for between meal snacks as
they help to keep the blood
sugar level. Snacks between
meals should also include nuts
and seeds. Parsley, wheat-
grass, carrot (small amounts)
and celery juices, along with
green vegetables help to build
the blood.
Health-conscious con
sumers are increasingly on the
lookout for sources of concen
trated nutrition - called super
foods -dense in nutrients,
missing in commonly avail
able foods.
For more information call
912) 236-8987
On February 7, 2009,
Savannah native Aundrea
Dumas, the author of The
House That Cooks, will
appear at the following loca
tions for book signings: Seeds
of Faith Christian Book Store,
706 Mall Blvd, 11:00am to
1:00pm; Grand Festival,
Savannah Civic Center,
2:00pm to 4:00pm; and Mount
Herman Baptist Church,
13813 White Bluff Road,
5:00pm to 6:30pm.
As a way to keep her
grandmother MaBelle memo
ry alive, Aundrea; a former
caterer started MaBelle's
Brand, LLC. MaBelle's
Aundrea Dumas
Brand, LLC owns and pro
duces the original
ShrabCakes®. ShrabCakes
are carried in over 200 of
Kroger southeast stores.
Aundrea wanted to pay tribute
to her grandmother by writing,
“The House That Cooks
Love” - a book about real sto
ries, real recipes and real peo
ple. Inside you'll find recipes
like Smothered Salmon, Fried
Steamed Cabbage, Red Velvet
Cupcakes, Cheese and
Macaroni, Shrimp Medley, 7-
Up Pound Cake, Crab
Stuffing, Roasted Shrimp
Potato Salad, Fruit Bread
Pudding, Southern Mashed
Potatoes, Baked Candied
Yams, Monkey Bread, Shrimp
Stew and more. Books are
$19.95.
To learn more, visit
www.mabellesbrand.com.
Mattie's Call Act
Mattie's Call is an alert
system in Georgia for miss
ing 'disabled adults'.
Georgia law defines
'disabled adults' as individu
als who are developmentally
impaired or suffer from
dementia or some other cog
nitive impairment.
September 1, 2006, Mattie's
Call became a Statewide
Alert. This alert system,
similar to Levi's Call and
Amber Alert, works through
law enforcement and public
broadcasting to alert the pub
lic as soon as possible when
there is someone missing
with Alzheimer's or dementia
so they can be on the lookout
for this missing person.
When a disabled adult is con
firmed missing, the local law
enforcement agency will
work with the GBI (Georgia
Bureau of Investigation) and
GAB (Georgia Association
of Broadcasters) to get the
alert out to all the
Broadcasters across the state.
“This is a big deal. Georgia
was only the second state in
Statesboro Alzheimer’s
Awareness Radio-thon
Join the Alzheimer's
Association, GA Chapter,
Coastal GA Region, Georgia
Eagle Radio, Gentilly
Gardens, Sea Island Bank,
Bruster's Ice Cream and
Statesboro Coca-Cola for the
First Alzheimer's Awareness
the country to implement
this type of alert.” says Jenny
House, Programs and
Services Director with the
Coastal GA Regional Office
of the Alzheimer's
Association.
If the missing person is
not located within 24 hours,
there's a 46% chance they
may be found seriously
injured or even dead. “Each
person with dementia is con
sidered an Endangered
Missing person, which
means: stop what you are
doing and find this person,
they are in jeopardy! There
is no 24 hour waiting period
for them. It is critical to
locate them within the first
24 hours.” says House.
Wandering is the most com
mon behavior of people with
dementia and the most life
threatening. Wandering can
happen on foot, car or public
transportation.
There is another aspect
to this law. The law states
that personal care homes
(PCH) must call law
enforcement within 30 min
utes of discovering the
elopement of a 'disabled
adult' from the home. This
coincides with the PCH reg
ulations from the Office of
Regulatory Services which
requires that the report of a
missing 'disabled' person be
made to police within 30
minutes and that the incident
in general is reported to
ORS.
This Alert system was
named after Mattie Moore
who wandered out of her
home the afternoon of April
21, 2004 and was found
deceased December 24,2004
only 500 yards from her
Atlanta home. She suffered
from Alzheimer's disease.
The Alzheimer's
Association wants to encour
age caregivers to enroll their
loved ones with dementia
into their Safe Retum/Medic
Alert Program. It is an iden
tification program designed
for persons with Alzheimer's
or dementia who may wan
der and become lost. There is
scholarship money available
for this program.
For more information
on Mattie's Call or Safe
Return, please feel free to
contact the Alzheimer's
Association at 1-800-272-
3900.
Radio-thon, Saturday,
February 7, 2009. We invite
you to participate in this event
to raise awareness and funds
for Alzheimer's care, support
and programs in your commu
nity. Visit www.alz.org/geor-
gia or call 912-920-2231.
Letter to President...
Continued from page 3
was a Moses for all humani
ty. Moses had the vision and
Joshua made the vision a
reality.
You have been given a
challenge like no other pres
ident since Franklin Delano
Roosevelt. You inherit two
wars and the worse econom
ic conditions since the Great
Depression. I, like many
others, believe you were
anointed to be the leader to
guide our country out of this
wilderness. We will be there
to help you fulfill your cam
paign slogan of "Yes We
Can." We will be soldiers in
your army that will continue
the march toward "The
Promised Land" of full
equality and opportunity for
all Americans.
Tomorrow, I will be
thinking about how James
Weldon Johnson summed up
the aspirations of genera
tions of African Americans
and other disadvantaged
people in the words of his
song "'Lift Every Voice and
Sing." Tomorrow, I will
“Sing a song full of the faith
that the dark past has taught
us." I will "Sing a song full
of the hope the present has
brought us." I will be on the
Mall "Facing the rising sun
of our new day began" with
your inauguration and be
ready to ..."march on till vic
tory is won" in the struggle
to make the American dream
a reality for all Americans.
The Inauguration
Continued from page 3
would Dr. King tell us at this
time?
Yes, I attended the
Obama Inauguration to cele
brate and rejoice that the
March on Washington, and
all of our struggles, were not
in vain. Part of Dr. King's
dream has been realized. The
majority of the American
people were able to look
beyond race to elect an
African American to the
most powerful position in
the world.
I am grateful that I
experienced two of the most
significant events in our
nation's history, and
although I know that Dr.
King was rejoicing with us
at the Inauguration of
Barack Obama as the 44th
President, Dr. King’s legacy
reminds us that as a people,
we have miles to go before
we rest...miles to go before
we rest.
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