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How to avoid a high sugar diet:

A high sugar diet is related to weight increase, heart disease, diabetes, gall stones and dental cavities. To avoid this you must: Read food labels. Limit intake of alcohol (champagne is said to contain the equivalent of 12 spoons of sugar.) Avoid foods which contain preservatives note that ketchup contains more sugar than ice-cream. Eat less saturated fats.

Special diets:

There are many types of Special Diets, the most important elements being:
1 Suitability to the persons’ state of health.
2 Balanced intake of nutrients. This is particularly important in restricted diets to maintain good health while eliminating or reducing an entire food group - such as a low protein or low fat or low carbohydrate diet, special detoxes and protocols for preparing to fast or ending a fast)
3 Adequacy of the restricted diet for your lifestyle.

For good health the body requires daily restocking of the following: Water, protein, carbohydrate, fat, certain vitamins and minerals. If any of these vital nutrients are missing good health is not possible. Apart from drinking water, water is also provided in most foods and in particular in fruit and vegetables. Meat and fish provide not only protein but also some important vitamins and fat. Rice, pasta and cereals provide carbohydrate for fast energy and together with fruit and vegetables and seeds they also provide fibre for healthy waste elimination and proper bowel function. The food we eat today is processed or raised in such a way that the vitamins and minerals they should provide are either depleted or missing altogether. Fortifying processed foods is not always successful or adequate. It is therefore necessary to supplement those vitamins and minerals to ensure optimum health. This has become necessary for everyone but especially so for the sports person or for anyone whose lifestyle puts high demand on the bodys’ nutrients.

What you need to know about Vitamin C:

Women of childbearing age and using contraception and particularly those taking antibiotics are advised to use caution when self-prescribing Vitamin C.

- Do not take Vitamin C while taking anti-biotics as they will cancel each other and you will not have the benefit of either.

- Do not take Vitamin C at the same time of day as the contraceptive pill – you may become pregnant if sexually active.

Your immune system will use Vitamin C to detox and flush out antibiotics from your body. This will leave you without the protection from infection your body needs from either the anti-biotic or the Vitamin C – leaving your system further depleted. Vitamin C may be taken safely as a single dose 8 hours after the contraceptive pill, but if in any doubt it is advisable to take Echinacea instead as it works with your immune system in a different way than Vitamin C.