The legendary entertainer, Marvin Gaye, delivered momentously with ‘Got to Give It Up’ in June 1977.  Aside from this soul anthem’s clear message to dance, the title easily transcends to obtaining renewed vigor and providing justice toward ‘self’.  To the same extent, when you eat processed sugar it stimulates the release of dopamine into the brain, which makes you feel pleasure and craving more.  This means that refined sugar is a substance that shares the same receptors in your brain as if you were taking drugs like heroine or morphine, where now the song title has more of a literal interpretation; you got to give it up!

Refined sugar is hidden in fast food, low-fat options and condiments, where trying to detoxify from it can be daunting.  So, instead of buying and consuming processed foods that add sugars, try buying healthier alternatives, like whole wheat cereals and replace adding table sugar with Agave Nectar.  Agave is from a cactus grown in Mexico and is high in calories, but you only need a very small amount.  Also, natural spices and herbs can trick taste buds into thinking you are eating something sweet, such as adding fresh cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, vanilla or allspice to your coffee, cereals and baked goods.

You got to give it up by eliminating those packaged goods containing high amounts of added sugars, everything from tomato sauces to ketchup to peanut butter.  (Check the labels for Fructose, Maltose, Sorbitol, Evaporated cane juice, Syrups, Xylotol, and Sugars ending in "ol" or "ose").  Be especially suspicious of those products labeled as low-fat, as they often contain more sugar to make them taste better.

Take into account, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is deficient in product approval, in particular Splenda.  In essence, it is a human experiment being distributed by a well conceived marketing campaign with Splenda television commercials, print ads and recipes that have effectively caused the sales in granulated sugar to drop more than four percent.  For the simply reason that consumers now believe the hype that products using Splenda are healthier. 

Splenda is the trade name for sucralose, a synthetic compound stumbled upon in 1976 by scientists in Britain seeking a new pesticide formulation.  Sucralose has been implicated as a possible migraine headache trigger, as well as adverse reactions including skin rashes/flushing, panic-like agitation, dizziness and numbness, diarrhea, swelling, muscle aches, headaches, intestinal cramping, bladder issues, and stomach pain.

You got to give it up and stop the greed of eating sugary foods in cars, bedrooms, desks, theaters, work breaks and sporting events.  It is not a comfort food, but a highly intense manufactured chemical that is a health hazard for any body.

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Dean Jones is a marketing strategist with Southland Partnership Corporation and such articles stem from too many enterprises taking advantage of our food and water supply.