Have you ever heard the saying, “you are what you eat”? Well there is a lot of truth in that statement, more than we realize. In a world that is growing at extreme rates, our food sources have to grow just as fast, if not faster, in order to sustain our nutritional needs. Have you ever wonder how farmers are able to do this hefty task? Well, let’s just say, it is not by normal means. I am not a specialist in this area; however, I am a mother of children with special needs and food allergies, and along the path the God has put me on comes great knowledge and I continue to learn something new every day. I want to share with you the knowledge that God has given to me.

First off, let’s talk about sugar. Sugar has been given a bad rap over the years due to lack of knowledge. Don’t get me wrong, sugar is not the healthiest thing to eat in the world–but it is not the worst either. Sugar makes things taste wonderful and is in most everything that we consume on a daily basis. Things that we wouldn’t even think of having sugar, have sugar. That means that tons of it have to be produced and processed every year to meet demands. Because most sugar is refined (meaning processed), it has additives or chemicals in it. Why is sugar so white? Natural sugar is not white, did you know that? Www.Becomehealthynow.com gives a great description of the process that sugar is put through to get to your table: “Sugar refining is the process of extracting out the sugar (sucrose) from the plant materials and then removing other unwanted materials from the extracted raw sugar. These substances can include remaining stalk fibers, soil, insect parts, molds, bacteria and waxes.”

Now just from this statement alone we can see how chemicals can seep into the genetic make-up of sugar. Next, “To produce the white crystals we call table sugar, bleaching agents such as lime and carbon dioxide are added. The sugar is then further ‘purified’(refined) and whitened by being filtered in a water-added liquid state through beef bone char.” If you would like to read more on the subject of sugar, please check it out for yourself. Next on the list of food issues is food coloring and flavoring, please stay tuned for the next installment of what I know.

I have learned that what we eat is not what our parents or grandparents ate many years ago as most of our food is modified in one method or another to meet demands for today’s needs. I like to think that God blessed me with children that have needs that required a little extra attention, like the food that they are eating and how this food affects their little bodies, in negative ways. By doing the research and seeking answers through the desire that God gave me to do so, I am able to heal my children from the inside out and insure that their health is a priority.

“I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in my will never go thirsty.” John 6:35

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Jamie Henry blogs at  www.henrys-journey.com