What is the solution then?
AM: The solution is to understand that sugar is not a food, i.e. no one needs it, the idea that you need a sweet to be able to work, or else I have no energy, and this is only an excuse. People who say this phrase are sick. They need to have a mechanism for energy which is a psychological factor, because the sugar will increase the peak of insulin and this stage is transient. Soon after cause's hypoglycemia, because first you are full of energy, then you become more tired than a few hours before. This implies stop consuming foods with masked sugar, and begins to see that are immense products. There are the most obvious ones, chocolates, cakes, ice creams and desserts, but then there are others, for example, the wafers must read and the composition of food products. There is also the added sugar in the crisps, or smoked salmon. The idea is to use sugar syrup, or malt (liquid jelly is a substance with the same consistency as honey, only it is of vegetable origin), or dark brown sugar.
It is the opinion of many experts argues that sugar is addictive?
AM: I agree, is not a direct dependence, but by an immune mechanism that occurs at the intestinal level, there is a release of a series of molecules that will interfere with the brain processes, which will give us the feeling that we need to eat more sugar and has to do with the intestinal flora so that is explained. The dependence works as a drug that produces a series of substances that make us want to eat more.
There is also an emotional dependency? There are people who eat chocolate to feel good.
AM: The chocolate has tryptophan and will increase serotonin levels and this is what will cause emotional dependence, is the value we give it. It's actually a chemical addiction, because that substantiates were eating release chemicals and there is no one who can say otherwise. What said is very interesting, because when we are not well we revenge us in food, either all, whether in sweets. If you notice there is no self-respecting American film that does not show a depressed woman who does not "revenge" her sorrows in one of those buckets of ice cream sitting on the couch crying and eating. And even if we don't like it, though is not part of our Mediterranean diet, already exists in our society and we all have ice cream at home. Currently there is a very strong relationship in how I'm feeling and my body, called the end of the fasting day, people usually are in a constant rush and stress in their daily routine, after the end of the day there is a relaxation and end up eating whatever they feel like and after dinner while watching movies eat chocolates or cookies. It all starts in childhood, because adult wrongly say to children: if you behave well give you a chocolate or an ice cream. If you do not well behave you don't eat what you like. Therefore, we relate the behavior and then take it all thru our life, so we eat what we eat for emotional discharges.
We are at a time when there is much talk of food and in particular on animal's products. We've had the mad cow disease, swine pest, the avian flu, i.e., all the animals we consume take all kinds of antibiotics and hormones, because the market demands a constant production of meat. Can we without destroying the planet, continue to consume all kinds of animals?
AM: We must consume animal organic production, because that has to follow certain rules in which animals are subject to certain situations, i.e., they do not inject them antibiotics or hormones, go outdoors and have a less processed food. Second, it is true that we have too much animal protein in our diet. So there are two animals that I recommend people to stop eating, or at least eat less in quantity, pork and beef. These two meats are pro-inflammatory, the other should be consumed moderately and join it all should be fish from high seas, avoid aquaculture. The problem is that people think they can eat meat and fish at every meal which is a lie. There are sources on vegetable proteins.
The cow and the pig are inflammatory because of the chemicals they ingest?
AM: No, the problem comes from the molecules which are present on their muscles and then in the body will cause the release of cytokines that are pro-inflammatory. People with allergic disorders will have more crises and more people with musculoskeletal problem will feel more pain.
This also extends to cheese and milk?
AM: Yes, I think so. Anyone who starts a diet should not eat anything for 3 months, dairy cow, goat and sheep.
And for children you advise the same?
AM: Yes, our society is not ready to accept that there are other varieties of calcium, such as broccoli, brown rice, sesame seeds and seaweed, these are bio available foods. Maybe we can balance so we no scare people, well at least after 3 months, the aim is to check what the reactions of your body are after and then not overload the diet with these products and vary with alternative sources.
