Covid-19 & Health Update: Sweeteners & Immune Dysfunction & Cancer

RVAchironeuro • March 26, 2022

Hello everyone:

The good news is that Spring is here and it is always a great time for renewal and upgrading of healthy habits. One ‘habit’ that we should all ditch are artificial sweeteners, and this includes Stevia. Here are the highlights for the problems associated with consumption of artificial sweeteners:

·      Weight gain

·      Intestinal inflammation

·      Alteration of the gut microbiome (in a bad way)

·      Imbalanced immune functions: increases inflammation & decreases defense

·      Causes or contributes to significant increased cancer risk

·      Increases cravings for sweet/bad carb consumption

·      Alters hormonal functions, such as insulin

Bottom Line:

There does not appear to be any upside to using artificial sweeteners, so simply avoid them. Do not replace them by consuming more ‘natural’ sweeteners like fructose, or table sugar or honey or agave or coconut sugar etc. Instead, reduce the consumption of sweeteners overall so that your consumption accounts for a very minor component of your daily caloric intake, say less than 5%. One way to pull a ‘sweet tooth’ is through a choice of foods that do not turn to sugar quickly while undertaking intermittent fasting. That would look like this:

·      Avoid and reduce all processed foods, including all grains. These foods turn to sugar quickly and increase insulin and leptin and increase our cravings for them.

·      Intermittent fasting: get all your calories within a 10 to 12-hour window and no calories at all for 14 hours. Water is your best friend here.

·      This combination will take anywhere from 3 weeks to 3 months to allow your body to access how to burn fat stores…so give it time and be patient.

I cannot tell you how many people are simply amazed at how much better they feel when they cut out sugars and reduce grains. You can do it!!

 

By Mark Smith March 23, 2026
Health News Update: How To Fight Inflammation and Chronic Disease 3.23.26 Hello again everyone: You might wonder why I keep focusing on food…so here are some of the reasons: food choices are the leading cause of death in the U.S. and spreading around the world. Poor food choices lead to inflammation which slowly destroy health. It is that simple, plain, and clear and backed by research. The next question: how do we fight back? Introduction The positive impact of food on health was postulated by the ancient Hippocrates, father of modern medicine with his famous quote: “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food” [1]. In the 21st century, scientists have focused on the effect of nutritional habits in diseases. Nowadays, it is well documented that food plays a noteworthy role in the pathogenesis of chronic diseases namely cardiovascular diseases (CVD), metabolic syndrome, diabetes mellitus type II, and cancer [2–5], as it correlates with others with the lipid pattern, the blood pressure, and the endothelial function. The scientists examine the effect of nutritional habits on disease emergence and progression in both individual nutrient intake and dietary patterns models. Worldwide, two dietary patterns are usually compared—the Mediterranean diet (MD) and the Western diet (WD) [3,6]. The Mediterranean diet reflects the food culture of most Mediterranean countries based on olive oil consumption, seasonal fresh vegetables, cereals, and plants in balance with low consumption of meat [7]. The Western diet, on the contrary, is dominated by high-fat dairy products processed and red meat [8]. However, discordance in the different MD patterns and consumed food doses had been recognized. Without any doubt, those discrepancies could confine and restrict our knowledge on the health benefit mechanisms of the MD [9]. Due to the above, the medical community along with nutritionists and dieticians take a keen interest in MD and its traits [7]. https://www.academia.edu/45378994/biomedicines_Mediterranean_Diet_as_a_Tool_to_Combat_Inflammation_and_Chronic_Diseases_An_Overview?email_work_card=view-paper food choices can fight inflammation and chronic disease Bottom Line: This is a 2020 paper and since then literally hundreds of papers on the MD have emerged showing how the food plan lowers inflammation and the risk for developing multiple chronic illnesses. Even still, lots of research needs to be done to elucidate the many mechanisms of how food impacts our system and how to optimally individualize dietary recommendations. At this point, our best strategy to prevent and/or recover from any chronic condition is to eat as clean and natural as possible. It has become rather obvious that the further away from a natural diet we get, the sicker we become. On top of that, I have yet to see a full recovery from any health issue without the foundation of a predominantly plant-based, unprocessed, whole foods approach…which is why I keep posting about this subject. All the best to you and yours!
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