The Sweetest Scam of All Time

The correct answer to the following question will shock you.

Would you survive longer on a diet of just water OR on a diet of water and refined sugar?

The answer: You would survive longer on just water.

Sound impossible? Just ask the five sailors who were ship wrecked in 1793.

The ship was filled with sugar, thus giving the marooned five a diet of sugar and water. When they were finally picked up, nine days later, they were in a wasted condition due to starvation.

The story of the five sailors intrigued French physiologist Francois Magendie to conduct a series of experiments in which he fed dogs a diet of sugar. All of the dogs died.

Magendie proved that as a steady diet, refined sugar is worse than nothing.

How can sugar be worse than nothing? Plainly put, refined sugar is an anti-nutrient.

It starts out as sugar cane, and then goes through an extensive refining process that destroys all of the enzymes, fiber, vitamins and minerals. What you're left with are empty, naked calories.

The problem is that your body needs the enzymes, fiber, vitamins and minerals that were taken out in the refining process in order to metabolize sugar and use it as energy. So it takes those nutrients from your own body.

So while you are enjoying that chocolate bar, sugar is draining vital nutrients from your body. Like a sweet parasite.

And it doesn't end there…

Sugar creates false hunger (as a result of the insulin rush and then ensuing plummet in your blood sugar levels), which makes you overeat. This means a constant struggle with your weight in which you never seem to achieve your ideal size.
Sugar promotes aging (due to the advanced glycation end products, or AGEs, that occur when insulin levels are consistently elevated as a result of eating too much sugar). Sugar has even been dubbed the negative fountain of youth.
Sugar weakens your bones - making you vulnerable for osteoporosis, and weakens your teeth - making you vulnerable for cavities (both due to the calcium being pulled from your bones and teeth in order for your body to process sugar).
Sugar in excess is stored as fat (after your liver has no more room to store it, sugar is converted to fat and deposited on your belly, thighs, hips and the backs of your arms).
Sugar can impair brain functioning (as a result of depleted B-vitamin production).
If you're still not convinced of the danger of sugar here are more ailments linked to its overconsumption: varicose veins, constipation, hormonal imbalances, ADD and ADHD, increased emotional instability, depressed immune system, increased risk of cancer and degenerative diseases.

The average modern person consumes 46 teaspoons of sugar every day. That comes out to roughly 175 pounds of sugar each year.

And it's no wonder, since sugar industry is big business. They sneak sugar into any product that they can.

Go through the foods in your home and you'll see that sugar has been added to everything from ketchup and spaghetti sauce to crackers, oatmeal, peanut butter and even ‘healthy' items like weight loss bars.

Where does this leave you?

You are in a unique position. Your personal judgment determines the foods that you eat and the foods that you avoid. It is my hope that you approach sugar with new eyes.

While all other foods offer you caloric energy PLUS some nutritional benefit, sugar doesn't. Sugar is simply caloric energy with a sweet habit forming taste, and a hoard of health risks.

Use your judgment wisely and limit your sugar consumption - you'll love the benefits of low sugar living.

And while you're at it contact me to start a training program that will turbo-charge your results.

(Oh and if you're ever in a ship wreck with only sugar and water at your disposal - just drink the water!)

Dedicated to your fitness success,

Joel Molina
1822 Fitness, Inc.
www.1822fitness.com
joel@1822fitness.com

Have a PLAN!

We have heard in many occasions that "failure to plan is planning to fail" And this statement is totally true. The problem lies when knowledge never meets action. The other day I heard a mother say to her daughter "knowledge is power!" as she was dropping her to school in the morning. I said to myself "no, that's not true". If you have all the knowledge in the world and do absolutely nothing with it, is just knowledge or great information. But if you take that knowledge and put into action, becomes power. I have discovered that people talk about the importance of planning but few people actually take that information and apply it or put it in action. There are many reasons why planning your training program is important but I'm just going to touch a few of them. Having a plan every time you go exercising is very important because it will help you stay focused on your long term goals, it will help you with keeping track of your progress, it will help with time management, and last but not least, it will help you create a system, a life style. Let's start with the fact that having a plan every time you go exercising will keep you focused on your long term goals.

The fulfillment of a long term goal is the accumulation and achievement of many short-term goals. When we go to the gym with a plan in mind, and better if it's written down, of what we are doing that day, that becomes the goal of the day and when that goal is achieved you're a step closer to the fulfillment of your ultimate fitness goal.
Having a plan when going exercising will help you keep track of your progress. Specially with the technology we have now a days, like phone applications where we don't need a piece of paper or a training log to keep track of what we've done that day; it's really easy to record and save your weights, reps and sets, body composition, etc...Everything within the palm of your hand.
Another benefit of having a plan when going exercising is time management. We live in a very intense, busy society that everything has to be done quick. I call it the "microwave society". We can't afford to be in the gym for 2-3 hours every time we go. And many times that's the very reason we don't go because we know it will take us 2-3 hours to complete the workout. If we have a written down plan of what we are doing that day we can get it done in 30-50 minutes and gives us almost 2 hours that could be spent with the ones we love. When I workout, I always bring a stopwatch and do my workout routine in a 30-30 format. I've done full body workouts in 20 minutes and walked out of the gym like if I did 1:30 minutes of work. Next time you go, bring a stopwatch and do a 30-30 and let me know if it's not a great workout format that saves time and produces results.
Finally, the advantage of creating or having a plan every time you go exercise helps you create a system. And systems are vital for success. Once you fall into the routine of having a plan every time you go to the gym, eventually that routine will become a habit, and that habit a lifestyle, and that lifestyle will get you to where you always dreamed to be.

So, next time you go to the gym, have a PLAN!!!

And if you want me to do that for you, just contact me TODAY and I can get you started on a program that will change your LIFE!!

If there anything else that you personally do to fulfill your fitness goals, please leave your comments below. Share your thoughts with me...

Dedicated to your fitness success,

Joel Molina
1822 Fitness, Inc.
www.1822fitness.com
joel@1822fitness.com