SUGAR SHOCK! Blog

Are you an Outdoors Lover? Learn About Lyme With "Under Our Skin" Insiders

Connie Bennett, CHHC — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:53:09 PDT

Do you spend time outdoors? If so, you need to learn about Lyme disease on today's Gab With the Gurus Radio Show at 3 pm EST today. You can listen live or later. (See link below.) Thanks to Blog Talk Radio for featuring this show, on which I'll interview Andy Abrahams Wilson, director of the documentary, Under Our Skin, and the film's senior producer Kris Newby. Also appearing on the show is park-ranger-turned author Jordan Fisher Smith, who's had his own bout with Lyme disease.

Britney Spears: Does She Have Low Blood Sugar & a Sugar Addiction?

Connie Bennett, CHHC — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:46:41 PDT

Britney Spears may be a victim of the blood sugar blues, according to the National Enquirer, which attributes a source stating that she collapsed while rehearsing.. The 27-year-old singer suffers from low blood sugar, according to the Enquirer source, who revealed that Britney's father has been trying to keep her condition a secret. I'm baffled. Why would Britney's father want to keep it hush-hush that the singer has low blood sugar? Having low blood sugar or hypoglycemia is not a condition you want to hide, and you shouldn't be ashamed of it. Millions of Americans have low blood sugar, including Nichole Richie, as I also mentioned back in 2007. In fact, more people have low blood sugar than have diabetes, but many experts believe that low blood sugar can lead to type 2 diabetes. The good news for people with low blood sugar is that you can have a perfectly normal life, but you will need to take good care of yourself. If you have low blood sugar, you should quit sweets and refined carbs, eat frequent meals and get plenty of rest, among other things, as I explained in Sugar Shock! (I learned all of this myself in 1998, when I was deep in the throes of my sugar addiction and suffered from many confusing ailments, including feeling faint and low on energy.) If Britney Spears does have low blood sugar or hypoglycemia, this might explain her alleged interest in sweets, diet pills and alcohol. Back in 2007, I posed the idea on this Sugar Shock Blog that Britney might be a sugar addict. I even posted a press release about it. I raised the issue again here.

Off Vacationing to Walk My Talk: Do You Take Time for You?

Connie Bennett, CHHC — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:29:25 PDT

Lately, I've been striving to walk my talk. Sure, I stay away from sugar and refined carbs and work out, but I just work too hard and don't take enough time for me. So I'm off on vacation now taking some much-needed time for me. Back on July 13 to help you again. Do you walk your talk? If so, I encourage you to do so. I'm already feeling much more invigorated and ready to give back. By the way, if you have sugar issues, did you know that I offer coaching (of course, my time is limited). If you're fed up with your sugar issues, it would be my honor to help you break free of your sugar addiction. And I know we can do that together!

Declare Your Sugar Independence!

Connie Bennett, CHHC — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:09:30 PDT

As we near Independence Day, wouldn't it be nice to achieve Sugar Independence, too? Getting over a sugar habit can enable you to: * Feel liberated and FREE * Get more energy * Lose weight * Get along better with loved ones * Enjoy yourself more * Find your sense of calm * Become more confident * Concentrate better * Have a stronger libido * Accomplish more * And so much more! Let me help you reach Sugar Independence. Just listen and get inspired by these Successful Sugar Kickers Learn how getting over their sugar addiction helped them to feel liberated. There's nothing more motivating and exciting when you're trying to get over a sugar habit than to listen to or read about Sugar Kickers and how they succeeded. FYI, these were preview calls for my Fast-Track, Kick-Sugar Countdown Program. Go ahead. Listen to these liberated people now. If you become liberated from sugar, your life will dramatically change. When you break free from sugar, you can find a deep-seated sweetness in all aspects of your life -- but that doesn't necessarily mean the sweetness from foods. Just listen now to how the lives of these Sugar Kickers became sweeter in so many ways just by kicking sugar. Remember, you CAN kick sugar and have a life of sweetness, too! I have high hopes for your success and wish you a sweet holiday weekend. By the way, if you get tempted over the holiday weekend by candies, cookies or ice cream, just listen to these people tell you how getting over your sugar addiction is the first step to having a better, sweeter life. Did you know that I work with people privately to help them break free of sugar and other unhealthy habits? My schedule permitting, I'd be happy to work with you, too.

Lyme Disease: You Can Get Bitten in the City & Country: Learn About this Controversial Infectious Disease With "Under Our Skin" Creators

Connie Bennett, CHHC — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:56:30 PDT

I'm concerned. People quickly reading this New York Daily News article may falsely conclude that you can only get Lyme disease in wooded or rural areas in Connecticut, New Jersey, Long Island and Westchster County. That's not true. You can get "Bitten in the City," which is what happened to me last year at this time. (You can learn about Lyme disease and my horrible experiences in last year's radio show.) In my opinion, a lot more than 538 New Yorkers got Lyme disease last year. You see, many people have this disease but don't know it, because doctor's often misdiagnose Lyme disease as chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, arthritis, etc.) Anyhow, of course, there's truth to the statement that "city dwellers have less exposure to ticks," as Dr. David David P. Calfee of Mount Sinai tells reporter Katie Charles, but it's false that "Rocky Mountain fever is the only disease known to be transmitted in all five boroughs." Incidentally, because of my experiences with Lyme disease, I'm now inspired to write a book about it. "Bitten in the City: Facts & Fallacies about Lyme Disease" is the working title for this book. Tune in July 14 to my Gab With the Gurus Radio Show for a special show about Lyme disease in which I talk with Andy Abrahams Wilson, director/producer of the poignant documentary, "Under Our Skin."

Sugar Addiction Could Lead to Macular Degeneration

Connie Bennett, CHHC — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:28:45 PDT

As my book SUGAR SHOCK! reveals, eating too many sweets and refined carbs leads to heart disease, cancer, diabetes, obesity and many other illnesses. But did you know that a diet high in sugary foods can also make you blind? Yes, high-sugar diets can significantly contribute to vision impairment. In particular, you can get Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD), which is now the # 1 cause for vision loss in the United States. The following is a post that was contributed by LensShopper.com. Sugar Addiction Could Trigger Macular Degeneration by Anders Wedin, OD. Research shows that excessive sugar consumption is a contributing factor to AMD. At Tufts University, 4,000 people between 55 and 80 years old were studied to test the alleged connection. The results strongly indicated that high blood sugar levels increased the risk of AMD.