| Your diet plays a major role in activating or | | | | the addiction can be, all cigarettes made in the U.S. |
| suppressing the inflammation responsible for | | | | since World War I have contained added sugars, |
| autoimmune diseases like Chronic Fatigue | | | | usually from corn. Do you think the cigarette |
| Syndrome (CFS), Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), and | | | | companies chose corn syrup for the great taste it |
| Fibromyalgia. I can't stress this enough. For that | | | | adds to their products? |
| and other reasons that will be discussed shortly, I | | | | Corn syrup (fructose) is cheap and twice as |
| would like you to start thinking in terms of: "Is | | | | sweet as cane sugar. In 1994, the average |
| what I'm swallowing making me healthier or | | | | person ate 83 pounds of fructose. Corn syrup |
| sicker?" There is little if any neutral ground. Just | | | | causes an increase in blood lactic acid, especially in |
| about anything you put into your mouth will have | | | | people with diabetes. Fructose from corn syrup |
| a negative or positive consequence on your | | | | inhibits copper metabolism and decreases mineral |
| autoimmune condition. It is as if everything that | | | | availability, two substantial factors in autoimmunity. |
| you swallow is sending a signal to your immune | | | | Fructose also breaks down into a substance that |
| system to either cause more inflammation or less. | | | | weakens your body's natural anti-inflammatory |
| Corn is a food that sends a signal to the immune | | | | molecules. The body does not metabolize fructose |
| system to produce more inflammation in the | | | | the same as other sugars. Fructose converts to |
| body. Studies have shown that corn can irritate | | | | fat more than any other sugar. Corn fructose |
| patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and the | | | | certainly isn't the diabetic-friendly and harmless |
| National Fibromyalgia Association (NFA) suggests | | | | sugar substitute that it is advertised to be. |
| corn should be avoided because it can aggravate | | | | Those with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, |
| Fibromyalgia. | | | | Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Fibromyalgia should |
| Besides promoting inflammation, corn has been | | | | avoid all sources of corn for a one-month period |
| called the leading cause of chronic food addiction in | | | | to see if their condition improves. |
| this century. To give you an idea of how powerful | | | | |