FEATURE ARTICLE: THE SWEETNESS OF LIFE
Some ideas on how to make healthy substitutions for tasty meals:
- Dark chocolate for milk chocolate
- Brown rice for white rice
- Whole wheat pasta for white
- Nuts in lieu of chips
- Oat meal (rolled or steel cut) in lieu of processed sugary cereals
- Whole oranges for orange juice
- Whole food sweeteners like stevia, agave nectar, honey or maple syrup for processed white cane sugar
Since people with a sweet tooth abound in Europe and the U.S.A., (including me!) remember this tip:
When you eat sugar, combine with fiber, protein or fat. This slows down the absorption rate of the sugar and thus does not trigger excess insulin. Insulin is produced by the pancreas to lower sugar in the blood if there is a sudden increase. Then the blood sugar suddenly drops - that's what causes the crash people feel after eating too much sugar. When we feel a drop in blood sugar, adrenalin and cortisone (stress hormones) kick in to make us hungry for the very sweets (carbs are mostly sugar) that caused the problem. Too much of this rollercoaster may lead to insulin resistance and eventually diabetes II.
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for another week with Richard and Katherine Hamilton, old buddies from when we taught at the International School of Geneva in the 1980s. 
