"The Diet"

I began my own journey down the path of “the diet” in denial as well.  My own mother who still fails to see the complexities of the execution and that as a diabetic it is absolutely applicable to her own health is the one who first suggested it for our two autistic boys when they were 2 and 4.

Sitting in a training session next to one young, naïve, software engineer who relies daily on 2 big Rock Star energy drinks to get through the day.  This same guy wonders why he crashes at 2:00pm every day, and he does doze off quite often in training.  Maybe it is the mom in me, but I point out his excessive sugar consumption.  Mind you one of these 20oz cans has 31 grams of sugar per day.  So for those of you not so good at math that is:

2 cans x 2 servings x 31 grams of sugar = 124 grams of sugar

So I Google sugar intake calculators and find this handy-dandy calculator and send it to him:

http://www.healthmyths.net/sugar_calculator.php

Today, my friend the software engineer tells me he’s switching to sugar free Rock Star.  So, I go on a quest to get him more information and help him educate himself on healthier choices.  I’ve read several articles about artificial sweeteners, this just happened to be one of the first I came across:

http://www.splendaexposed.com/

I send this out because I see the effect of artificial sweeteners, dyes, etc. on my own children and have done Gluten Free/Casein Free diets for going on 3 years.  It is possible, but you have to change your mind before you change your diet (or that of your children). 

Time will tell for my co-worker.