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Good Sugar?

Good Sugar? Sugar is sugar: Stop eating it!

What is good sugar? Everyone is looking for the right kind of sugar. The truth is, there isn’t good sugar. There is just sugar.

An excerpt from Dr. Perlmutter on sugar

“The bottom line is that sugar is sugar. It doesn’t matter, and you have to stop eating it.  There’s also a big push these days to use artificial sweeteners, and when you look at the data, your risk for diabetes and obesity is almost twice as high as drinking sugar sweetened beverages. This is not a call for you to drink sugar sweetened beverages, stop drinking them both. Over time when you stop drinking and eating sweets and sugar, you stop satisfying your sweet tooth and it becomes easier and easier for you to make the choice, and avoid sugary substance.”

What he’s telling you is essentially that blood sugar hormones like insulin, leptin, cortisol and other chemicals are released within your body when you eat or drink sugary substances. This happens almost twice as much when you are exposed to artificial substances like aspartame and stevia because chemically the signal that these fake sugars send is so powerful.

Choose water when reaching for a beverage. Don’t replace Dr. Pepper with Diet Dr. Pepper; it’s not what the doctor ordered.

Link to full video here http://www.drperlmutter.com/the-right-kind-of-sugar/

http://www.drperlmutter.com/the-right-kind-of-sugar/

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Janine Crifasi, DC, CCST

Dr. Janine Crifasi, our newest team member at AZ Chiropractic Neurology, is originally from New York – which explains the accent. She attended Life Chiropractic College West and was the Centennial class’s Most Outstanding Graduate. She practiced in the Bay Area until moving closer to family to raise her son who is attending college.

Dr. Janine is committed to learning and educating people to change their awareness about their bodies’ potential and empowering them with unique methods of retraining their brains to maximize their quality of life through neuroplasticity. Her passion to help others puts her patients at ease and makes her a highly sought-after community speaker. Prior to coming to Chandler, she owned a center specializing in kids with learning disabilities and served as the northeast clinical director of a functional neurology practice, overseeing several functional neurology clinics. 

She has completed her post-doctoral clinical neuroscience studies in Functional Neurology through the Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies and has successfully completed the clinical exam and is now board eligible for the written portion. She is a Board Certified Doctor of Chiropractic for over 26 years. She has received additional extensive training in Spinal Trauma, and the Activator Method, and has a certification in Postural Neurology. 

In an effort to better serve her patients, Dr. Crifasi completed postdoctoral specialty training in blood chemistry, thyroid chemistry, brain chemistry, neuro-immune, and neuro-endocrine functional medicine. This knowledge of the brain-gut axis, and the mechanisms that impact our health, allow her to provide patients with easily implemented modifications enhancing improved lifestyle and nutraceutical recommendations as needed.