Right by our house in Scottsdale Arizona is a shopping center called "The Scottsdale Quarter". It is really beautiful with many unique shops that you won't find anywhere else. There is one store that really caught my eye and it is a drug store for kids. The drugs in this store are actually legal and you don't need a prescription to buy the drugs.
The store is called "It's Sugar". In this store they have everything you can imagine and then some regarding candy. They have things in there that I remember as a kid and I can't believe they still make some of these products. Just walking in there you can gain 5 pounds.
"Jay, I thought this was a drug store, but it is really a candy store". That is where you are wrong. This store is the epitome of a drug store because Americans are hooked on sugar. I believe sugar is the new cocaine. On a daily basis Americans consume about 22 tablespoons of this addictive substance. I'm not sure if you can comprehend the amount of sugar that is, but if you put it in terms of annual consumption it would amount to 150 pounds.
One hundred and fifty pounds of sugar coursing through your body wreaking havoc on your system. Sugar gives you that immediate jolt of energy, but then makes you come down almost as quickly which leads you to want more of it more often. It is like a drug! The crazy thing is that it is legal. Why is it that you can't buy cigarettes until you are a certain age? How about the age you have to be to buy liquor? Why don't they have an age limit on one of the most addictive drugs out there called SUGAR?
You probably thinks I'm nuts, but if you really want to reduce our health care costs I believe reducing the intake of sugar would be a good idea. Obviously, this would be a very difficult thing. Can you imagine needing a prescription to buy candy? My point is that as a society we are creating overweight people by making these products so readily available. I know, I know that we all have a choice and we can choose not to eat it, but have you ever had sweets? They are addicting and that is where the problem comes in.
There is a solution to the problem and I believe I have stumbled across it. It is very simple, but effective. It might seem radical in today's society, but I believe the time has come to take very strong action. Are you ready? The answer is to fill your daily diet with NUTRITION. Could it be that simple? Well it has worked for me since I began eating a very aggressive diet of nutrient dense food from Isagenix. Is there sugar in the Isagenix products? Yes, but it is a different kind of sugar. The sugar that is in these products are natural sugars. It is like eating a piece of fruit, actually about an 8th of an apple. These sugars are not processed like every other product out there.
If you would like reduce your health care costs and your waistline, do yourself a favor and stop eating so much sugar. More importantly, if you have children please think twice before you take them to the legal drug store for kids. Get them off to a good start in life by not getting them addicted in the first place.
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