Tag Archives: sugar

Vitamin C: Some Little Known Facts

Posted on October 19, 2020 by amusico

Did you know that most animals and plants synthesize their own vitamin C from food they eat? This is accomplished via a biochemical pathway that employs 4 enzymes which convert glucose to vitamin C. In mammals (like humans), the glucose … Continue reading →

Posted in Cancer, Children's Health, Diabetes, Nutrition, Overall Health and Wholeness | Tagged blood sugar, depressed immune function, immune function, insulin receptors, phagocytization, sugar, vitamin C, white blood cells | 5 Comments

Sugar and Inflammation: My Experience

Posted on April 1, 2019 by amusico

When I work with clients, regardless of whether they are trying to lose weight, normalize blood sugar or cholesterol, dealing with arthritis and joint pain or some other health issue, inflammation is at the root of it. Chronic inflammation has … Continue reading →

Posted in Brain health, Cancer, Diabetes, Heart Health, Nutrition, Overall Health and Wholeness | Tagged arthritis, disease, inflammation, joint pain, nutrition, oxidative stress, stress, sugar | 12 Comments

Dental Health: 3 Surprising Ways Food Impacts It

Posted on November 13, 2017 by amusico

If I asked you what you thought was the most important diet/dental link, what would you say? Would you say not eating candy and sugary foods because they cause cavities? You certainly wouldn’t be wrong. If you said eating a … Continue reading →

Posted in Nutrition, Overall Health and Wholeness | Tagged carbs, dental health, diet, grains, gums, healthy fats, nutrition, phytic acid, processed foods, sugar, teeth | 3 Comments

Nutrition: What the Health Documentary

Posted on September 11, 2017 by amusico

I have worked with people who have varied types of diets. While I don’t particularly like labels, I am what I consider a “qualitarian” – someone who eats animal products within a plant based diet, my overriding concern is food … Continue reading →

Posted in Diabetes, Heart Health, Nutrition, Overall Health and Wholeness, Weight loss | Tagged animal products, carbs, diabetes, health, heart disease, inflammation, nutrition, quality, sugar, veganism, weight gain, What the Health | 6 Comments

Healthy Heart: Finally the Truth About Cholesterol from My Husband’s Experience

Posted on March 7, 2016 by amusico

People who know my husband understand what a truly big deal this is. When we were first married and cholesterol wasn’t a big issue as it is today, my husband went to one of those health fairs at his gym … Continue reading →

Posted in Heart Health, Nutrition, Weight loss | Tagged cholesterol, gluten, grains, health, heart health, nutrition, statin dangers, sugar, Today's the Day, weight loss | 9 Comments

Improving Health: Just Choose One Thing

Posted on January 18, 2016 by amusico

We have become a microwave society – we want everything done in a matter of seconds! Unfortunately when it comes to your health, what took you years to create in your body, will take time to reverse. You can’t eat … Continue reading →

Posted in Nutrition, Overall Health and Wholeness | Tagged health, hydration, making changes, nutrition, real food, sugar, water, wheat | 7 Comments

Healthy Blood Pressure: Is Salt Really the Problem?

Posted on January 26, 2015 by amusico

One of my very first coaching clients came to me because he wanted to lower his blood pressure without going on pharmaceutical drugs. I created a Get Healthy Game Plan for him and one of the recommendations was to include … Continue reading →

Posted in Heart Health, Nutrition | Tagged cholesterol, diet, high blood pressure, hypertension, nutrition, salt, sugar | 4 Comments

Healthy Children: Let’s Rethink the #1 School Lunch Beverage

Posted on November 17, 2014 by amusico

Well it is served in school, and it’s obviously not soda, thankfully, but it’s almost as bad! And what I really find mind-boggling is that we are still calling healthy fat “bad” and replacing it with sugar, which has been … Continue reading →

Tagged bone health, brain health, children, dairy, fat, milk, nutrition, obesity, osteoporosis, sugar | 2 Comments

The Most Destructive Thing in a Woman’s Life

Posted on August 19, 2013 by amusico

If I asked you what you thought was the most destructive thing in a woman’s life you might just come up with quite a few answers. Perhaps you might say, abuse, stress, low self-esteem, fear or unfairness. What if I … Continue reading →

Posted in Cancer, Diabetes, Heart Health, Nutrition, Weight loss, Women's Issues | Tagged cancer, destructive, fertility, health, life span, nutrition, sugar, women's health | 6 Comments

You Only Know What You Know

Posted on July 8, 2013 by amusico

Just about every other day there are results of a new study or new research telling us something we believed to be true about health isn’t really true. For instance the recent NY Times article “Don’t Take Your Vitamins” telling … Continue reading →

Posted in Cancer, Children's Health, Diabetes, Fitness, Heart Health, Nutrition, Overall Health and Wholeness, Weight loss, Women's Issues | Tagged coconut oil, diet, fructose, health, high fructose corn syrup, nutrition, omega 6 oils, Omega-3's, sugar, weight loss | 9 Comments