Americans consume more refined sugars than any other nationality. This extra burden on our pancreas eventually reduces its ability to produce insulin as well as the other enzymes and digestive juices that are needed to properly complete the digestion and absorption of your foods.
     The results of your pancreas malfunctioning or not functioning properly include everything from digestive problems to problems with elimination to diabetes to obesity to heart problems to a multitude of chronic degenerative diseases to what have you. Over the years we have seen many people with chronic, recurring back, neck, and other joint aches and pains find total relief by simply no longer drinking soda pop and drastically reducing their consumption of simple sugars.      No problem, you say. You only drink sugar-free pop and you only eat sugar-free snacks and things. Unfortunately, all artificial sweeteners are the same types of chemicals. The list of harmful side effects and adverse reactions to artificial sweeteners is very similar to and as long as the one for monosodium glutamate (MSG).
     Both of these chemical food additives must be detoxified by your body with extremely dangerous, toxic, and damaging byproduct being produced during the process of trying to

eliminate them. It is almost impossible to decide which is ultimately more damaging to your body, sugar or artificial sweeteners.
     The best, and only reasonable, choice is to avoid, whenever possible, consuming anything containing artificial sweeteners or simple sugars in any form or by any name. For more information about food additives such as MSG and artificial sweeteners see our Food Additives section. If you cannot sweeten things with sugar or with artificial sweeteners, what can you use? The healthiest sweetener you can use is Stevia. This totally natural sweetener is hundreds of times sweeter than sugar and good for you as well. It is available at most health food stores in liquid and in powder forms. There are even books available in these stores on how to use Stevia in recipes instead of sugar.
     What can you and your children drink instead of colas and other types of soda pop? Pure, unchlorinated, unfluoridated, high alkaline pH water; non-caffeinated herbal teas; freshly made vegetable juices; freshly made fruit juices that are diluted fifty-fifty with water; and, occasionally, pure, naturally carbonated spring water.
     For years my boys thought pop was something you made at home with fresh juice and Perrier. Now they are just fresh juice fanatics with their juicers being their number one kitchen appliance.

     For a multitude of reasons we have decided to discontinue the twice-monthly preventive health care classes. In the future all the information will be covered in this newsletter format.
     We are also going to make subscriptions to our newsletter available through the Internet. If you would like to receive your copy by e-mail, please sign up on-line at www.tnhp.net or call or stop by and let us know your e-mail address.      As mentioned in our last newsletter, we have been testing liquid minerals as an alternative to regular tablet or capsule types of mineral supplements. So far we are very pleased with the results.
     The only problem with the liquid minerals is where to store them in the office to keep enough on hand for everyone. Fortunately, the company that produces them has agreed to drop ship orders for us.
     If your testing indicates that you need minerals and if you would like to use the liquid minerals, we will order them for you. They will then be delivered directly to you.