On a different note, I have been exploring the topics of “toxic oil” and “sugar is poison” ideas that have been floating around. I had wondered about them and finally got to read about it and look a little more closely at it. After much reading, I think I have an idea of where they are coming from. At first I thought they were talking about all oil /fats and sugar full stop, however I now understand that they are talking about the processed ones that are not so good for us and may well have a large stake in our problems with obesity, diabetes, heart disease and cancers. This makes more sense to me.
Why am I so interested? I have always been interested in healthy living and eating. I love food and those who know me, know I love sweet stuff. I have a sweet tooth to rival any in the land. I, and my siblings have never been physically sick from eating too much sweet or junk, ever. We were brought up eating healthy. Junk food was limited but we regularly had sweet treats- all home made. The thought of going without sweet food is very hard for me to accept.
I am often baffled by announcements in general media about certain new super foods that we absolutely must consume to live a healthy life and going into an organic shop is overwhelming for me. I feel baffled by all the things in there that I have never heard of and supposedly should eat. Don’t get me wrong, I am all for no pesticides and ethical and sustainable farming practices especially coming from a farming background. I am also into simplicity.
This is a snippet of what I have learned.
Simple sugar is used by every cell in our body. This is glucose. Also known as dextrose. Simple sugars are ok for us. Any processed sugars are not. Sucrose is not so good for us and any modified sugars are not good for us. Sugars are processed by the pancreas. The pancreas produces insulin. There are many people with insulin resistance and more and more commonly I am seeing it in newborn babies in special care nursery with insulin resistance or low blood sugars in the first few days of life and needing to be on a drip to help stabilise it. This scares me- the fact that newborns are having trouble with blood sugar. Something is amiss.
This all leads me towards the questions I have about why so many babies have reflux type symptoms as small babies. Reflux in infants is often what we see and treat when it is food reaction but difficult at that age to identify. There is too much of it around and I still am confused about why. So this also got me thinking about babies and unsettled tummies and food reactions.
So I continue on my search for understanding about unsettled infants. It is by no means a simple answer but there has to be one out there.
Unprocessed, varied diets with plenty of protein, unprocessed fats and sugars, and plant foods is the best way to get on the right track.
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