Dear Healthy Friend,

Processed sugar is one of the worst things you can possibly put into your body. Those “innocent”, tasty little white grains not only weaken your immune system, they could fuel cancer cells and increase your risk of diabetes, heart disease and other health problems.

Dr Douglass uncovers some interesting research on sugar and the hidden dangers you may not be aware of... Keep reading...

In the name of good health,

Taryn Strugnell
Managing Editor of Nutrition & Healing

P.S. With temperatures heating up, you’re probably swopping your boots and closed shoes for those strappy sandals. But the last thing we want anyone to see is unsightly calluses. Dr Wright has some advice on how to get rid of that rough, hard skin so you have perfect summer feet.

Limit your sugar intake... here's why
Dr WC Douglass
Editor of Healthier News

The American Heart Association (AHA) recently released some guidelines for sugar consumption: Women should have no more than 100 calories of sugar each day; Men are allowed only slightly more - 150 calories per day.

One teaspoon of sugar has 15 calories – so it’s no surprise how quickly those numbers add up.

Along with those guidelines, the AHA released a list of foods they consider "surprisingly high" in sugar. It's a long list that includes tomato sauce, flavoured alcohols, baked beans, barbeque sauce, lemonade, flavoured popcorn and granola bars.

Just one 330ml can of non-diet cold drink has about 130 calories that come solely from sugar. And think about how much sugar people dump into their morning coffee.

Salad dressings are deceptive, too. Everyone gets the idea that a salad is always a healthy option, but drenching it with salad dressing is like sprinkling your greens with chocolate. Just one cup of reduced-calorie French dressing contains a whopping 58 grams of sugar  – that’s almost 4 teaspoons of sugar!

With the list of sugar's negative health effects piling up it's time to think twice about what you're funnelling down your throat.

Remember, sugar can lead to increased risk of breast and colon cancers, diabetes, kidney damage, depression, hypertension, moodiness, migraines and more.

And the excess kilograms that you’re packing on from sugar have their own dangers - so it's best to avoid sugar as much as possible.

Get rid of calluses for good

Q: I've got very thick heel calluses. I've tried everything from lotions to scraping to soaking and nothing seems to work. Is there anything that will help?

Dr. Wright: In the 1970s, I read a book about nutrition and general medicine written by a Yale professor. In that book, he observes that heavy heel calluses are a sign of long-term vitamin A deficiency. He recommends vitamin A supplementation for individuals with this problem.

Since then, I have recommend the same treatment for my patients and have found it quite reliable, although in many cases it takes three to four months to start seeing results and complete disappearance of the calluses could take eight months or more.

For adults, the dose is 75,000 units of vitamin A per day until the calluses are gone. Then decrease your dose to a "maintenance amount" of 15,000 to 25,000 units per day. (If the calluses return, you can increase the quantity once more.) In over 20 years, I've never observed any adverse effects with this treatment.