Dear Healthy Friend

People are finally starting to figure out that they need to eat less sugar, I know I am... so what are some food manufacturers doing? They're sneaking even MORE of this poison into their products!

Dr Douglass reveals some scary facts...

In the name of good health,

Taryn Strugnell
Managing Editor of Nutrition & Healing

Gobbling down sugar by the sack
Dr WC Douglass
Editor, Healthier News

Researchers studying food consumption say sugar intake has skyrocketed... and it's not because people are putting more in their coffee. It's because the consumption of added sugars - sugar, high fructose corn syrup, corn sweeteners and such in packaged foods - has gone up, up and away.

The researchers looked at data on 6,000 people and divided them into five groups based on how much added sugar they sucked down daily. Those on the high end of the scale were choking back 46 teaspoons of added sugars every day.

That's 1.36 kilograms of sugar a week! At some point, you should just consider moving to Brazil and building a hut out of sugarcane.

The researchers also found that, on average, added sugars make up 16% of our daily calories, according to the study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

When I say "our" I really mean "your", because I'm not eating any of it - so someone else is getting my share. And here's what else they're getting: Heart disease, obesity, diabetes and early death.

Better him than me.

The researchers in the new study also found that people with the highest sugar consumption had the highest cardiovascular risk factors... but you'd have to be a fizzy drink company executive to be surprised by that bit of news.

I've said it before and I hope you've listened: The only way to live a long and healthy life is to ditch refined sugar... forever and ever, no exceptions, period, amen.

The new meaning to grab and go

Q: A friend of mine has had great results from chelation therapy and he says it saved him from heart surgery. Can you tell me more about it and how it works?

Dr. Wright: Chelation is literally the process of one molecule "grabbing" another. It happens continually in the human body. For example, when you eat, amino acids bind with minerals in the digestive tract so they can be absorbed into the blood stream. Chelation therapy simply takes this natural process one step further to remove unwanted or harmful mineral or metal substances from the body.

There are several forms of chelation therapy, and the best approach is to work with a physician to determine which would be best for your condition. The more rapid method of chelation is by intravenous injection. This is done in an outpatient setting and requires a couple of hours per session. There are also oral forms of chelation that come in liquid or tablets and can be purchased from natural food stores. Overall, the oral form acts more slowly but has the advantages of convenience and cost. Generally this method is preferable for those with less severe symptoms or who desire long-term health maintenance.