Sugar free detox
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ReverendNewman wrote: »Today is my first day of sugar detox, if u will. I'm dropping my coffee, which I add tons of sugar and lite cream. AND I'm dumping all diet sodas.
If you're truly "detoxing " from sugars, avoid fruits and vegetables ... then find a way to eliminate the sugars your body creates on its own ... otherwise it isn't a detox.0 -
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lemurcat12 wrote: »
If someone wants to quit added sugar for a while, they should. Might help. My guess is that if your deal is being unable to stop eating cookies that cutting out salad dressing or ketchup or Roman Meal bread or whatever probably won't matter--but whatever floats your boat. Katie Couric's dishonesty with respect to the tomato sauce argument just annoys me every time I think about it (although I'm all for cutting out jarred marinara, as I'm a marinara snob myself).
I'm a marinara snob too, and I have to say... Bea's Brooklyn Best is pretty dang good. I haven't had the marinara, but the Roasted Garlic and the Tomato Basil are both tasty.
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I was hoping he'd edit to add something logical.girlviernes wrote: »
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brianpperkins wrote: »
I was hoping he'd edit to add something logical.girlviernes wrote: »
Do you engage in wishful thinking often?0 -
girlviernes wrote: »brianpperkins wrote: »
I was hoping he'd edit to add something logical.girlviernes wrote: »
Do you engage in wishful thinking often?
It was a hope ... not an expectation.0 -
brianpperkins wrote: »ReverendNewman wrote: »Today is my first day of sugar detox, if u will. I'm dropping my coffee, which I add tons of sugar and lite cream. AND I'm dumping all diet sodas.
If you're truly "detoxing " from sugars, avoid fruits and vegetables ... then find a way to eliminate the sugars your body creates on its own ... otherwise it isn't a detox.
We have Katie Couric to thank for calling it a "detox".
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The myfitnesspal community is so cool! Everyone here is an expert and they know so much and they're SO nice!0
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brianpperkins wrote: »ReverendNewman wrote: »Today is my first day of sugar detox, if u will. I'm dropping my coffee, which I add tons of sugar and lite cream. AND I'm dumping all diet sodas.
If you're truly "detoxing " from sugars, avoid fruits and vegetables ... then find a way to eliminate the sugars your body creates on its own ... otherwise it isn't a detox.
We have Katie Couric to thank for calling it a "detox".
I have never, ever liked her. And now this is all her fault? Great, just great.
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brianpperkins wrote: »ReverendNewman wrote: »Today is my first day of sugar detox, if u will. I'm dropping my coffee, which I add tons of sugar and lite cream. AND I'm dumping all diet sodas.
If you're truly "detoxing " from sugars, avoid fruits and vegetables ... then find a way to eliminate the sugars your body creates on its own ... otherwise it isn't a detox.
We have Katie Couric to thank for calling it a "detox".
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buffbuffbuffbuff wrote: »The myfitnesspal community is so cool! Everyone here is an expert and they know so much and they're SO nice!
You're welcome.0 -
buffbuffbuffbuff wrote: »The myfitnesspal community is so cool! Everyone here is an expert and they know so much and they're SO nice!
Thanks!
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I have tried this and it does work but eventually you have to bring sugar back into your life. I just think anything in moderation works best.0
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buffbuffbuffbuff wrote: »The myfitnesspal community is so cool! Everyone here is an expert and they know so much and they're SO nice!
You forgot to include "stunningly attractive."0 -
buffbuffbuffbuff wrote: »The myfitnesspal community is so cool! Everyone here is an expert and they know so much and they're SO nice!
I know! I love it here, the people are great and I have learned a ton! :bigsmile:0 -
brianpperkins wrote: »ReverendNewman wrote: »Today is my first day of sugar detox, if u will. I'm dropping my coffee, which I add tons of sugar and lite cream. AND I'm dumping all diet sodas.
If you're truly "detoxing " from sugars, avoid fruits and vegetables ... then find a way to eliminate the sugars your body creates on its own ... otherwise it isn't a detox.
We have Katie Couric to thank for calling it a "detox".
I love you for Couric'ing Barrowman.
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buffbuffbuffbuff wrote: »The myfitnesspal community is so cool! Everyone here is an expert and they know so much and they're SO nice!
Why yes, yes we are.
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Fruits are my source of sugar these days. I've cut out chocolates and sweets and now I just take one spoon of brown sugar or unprocessed honey in my tea and eat a few grapes and an apple or banana everyday and that does it for me.
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mamapeach910 wrote: »buffbuffbuffbuff wrote: »The myfitnesspal community is so cool! Everyone here is an expert and they know so much and they're SO nice!
Why yes, yes we are.
It's nice when these sugar threads inevitably turn into sweet positive vibes!0 -
buffbuffbuffbuff wrote: »The myfitnesspal community is so cool! Everyone here is an expert and they know so much and they're SO nice!
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coreyreichle wrote: »You need sugar to survive... And, I just leave it to my liver and kidneys to detox. After all, there's a few hundred thousand years behind their successful design.
Just wish the engineers had been a little less obsessed with that, and worked on a better design for the female reproductive system.
What?0 -
Fancy_Nancy2 wrote: »Yes I want to stop for a bit of refined sugar and reduce the amount of extra sugar get to a whole food diet. Not all sugar. Sugar is just so bad for us and we aren't meant to have as much as I have been eating.
do you have a medical condition that makes you sensitive to sugar?
If not, then there is no reason to avoid it.
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mamapeach910 wrote: »brianpperkins wrote: »ReverendNewman wrote: »Today is my first day of sugar detox, if u will. I'm dropping my coffee, which I add tons of sugar and lite cream. AND I'm dumping all diet sodas.
If you're truly "detoxing " from sugars, avoid fruits and vegetables ... then find a way to eliminate the sugars your body creates on its own ... otherwise it isn't a detox.
We have Katie Couric to thank for calling it a "detox".
I love you for Couric'ing Barrowman.
It was inevitable. This whole thread has been about 101 Courics of pure *kitten*.
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girlviernes wrote: »ReverendNewman wrote: »Today is my first day of sugar detox, if u will. I'm dropping my coffee, which I add tons of sugar and lite cream. AND I'm dumping all diet sodas.
You might want to taper the caffeine. Just a suggestion
Yep, I thought it was the sugar causing me problems when it was the caffeine.0 -
Liftng4Lis wrote: »Your body detoxes by itself.
Numbers 1 and 2.0 -
mamapeach910 wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »
Also, bee barf.Librarymind wrote: »I am really surprised at the negativity in some of these posts. I have gone sugar-free many times, both with and without natural alternatives such as raw honey, and my body really responds well to being sugar-free. It makes me feel better all over for as long as I keep it up.
That's the point. You aren't really going sugar free. Honey, even raw, organic, gmo free, gluten free, and dairy free honey is still sugar.
Tasty bee barf.
But then I like dairy too! ;-)
Dairy's not quite as gross. Unless it's yogurt, then it's bacteria barf.
Tasty tangy bacteria barf.
I've started leaving my bacteria barf in the yoghurt maker for twice as long. So, so tangy. Ad thick!!0 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »pollypocket1021 wrote: »coreyreichle wrote: »
Glucose is not sugar.
Maybe, instead of paying for forum access, as was suggested by another poster, you have to identify which of a list of items are forms of sugar. That seems to the the crux of any and all disagreement and animosity in this thread, that there are some very vocal people who just can't comprehend the fact that there are various molecules that are classified as "sugars" and are found in "healthy" foods.
Form of sugar is not the same as saying if you don't eat sugar you'll die. Since your body can produce all the glucose you need from gluconeogenesis, suggesting that you must eat sugar for survival is wrong.
You are ignoring the context.
OP said "I need to 'detox' from sugar."
A couple of people jumped in to say that that makes no sense, because your body needs sugar to survive (NOT, unless I missed it, "you must eat sugar to live").
The point is that removing all sugar from your body ("detoxing" from it) clearly is a problematic concept.
As is the idea that one would do that by drinking juice, of course.
If someone wants to quit added sugar for a while, they should. Might help. My guess is that if your deal is being unable to stop eating cookies that cutting out salad dressing or ketchup or Roman Meal bread or whatever probably won't matter--but whatever floats your boat. Katie Couric's dishonesty with respect to the tomato sauce argument just annoys me every time I think about it (although I'm all for cutting out jarred marinara, as I'm a marinara snob myself).
There actually was a post that said you need sugar to live, which is the comment that the above person is targeting. Glucose is required for the body to function; glucose is a sugar; glucose can be synthesized from the body which negates the need for sugar to be consumed to live.
Beyond that eat the amount and type of sugar that 1) you feel good eating, 2) helps you meet your goals, 3) keeps you feeling satiated in the context of your overall diet, and 4) is sustainable for your lifestyle.
I think we are agreeing. I'm distinguishing between "you need sugar to survive" (or "live") and "you need to EAT sugar to survive/live." The point is that "detoxing" the body from something it needs (to the point of manufacturing it itself) makes no sense.0 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »pollypocket1021 wrote: »coreyreichle wrote: »
Glucose is not sugar.
Maybe, instead of paying for forum access, as was suggested by another poster, you have to identify which of a list of items are forms of sugar. That seems to the the crux of any and all disagreement and animosity in this thread, that there are some very vocal people who just can't comprehend the fact that there are various molecules that are classified as "sugars" and are found in "healthy" foods.
Form of sugar is not the same as saying if you don't eat sugar you'll die. Since your body can produce all the glucose you need from gluconeogenesis, suggesting that you must eat sugar for survival is wrong.
You are ignoring the context.
OP said "I need to 'detox' from sugar."
A couple of people jumped in to say that that makes no sense, because your body needs sugar to survive (NOT, unless I missed it, "you must eat sugar to live").
The point is that removing all sugar from your body ("detoxing" from it) clearly is a problematic concept.
As is the idea that one would do that by drinking juice, of course.
If someone wants to quit added sugar for a while, they should. Might help. My guess is that if your deal is being unable to stop eating cookies that cutting out salad dressing or ketchup or Roman Meal bread or whatever probably won't matter--but whatever floats your boat. Katie Couric's dishonesty with respect to the tomato sauce argument just annoys me every time I think about it (although I'm all for cutting out jarred marinara, as I'm a marinara snob myself).
There actually was a post that said you need sugar to live, which is the comment that the above person is targeting. Glucose is required for the body to function; glucose is a sugar; glucose can be synthesized from the body which negates the need for sugar to be consumed to live.
Beyond that eat the amount and type of sugar that 1) you feel good eating, 2) helps you meet your goals, 3) keeps you feeling satiated in the context of your overall diet, and 4) is sustainable for your lifestyle.
I think we are agreeing. I'm distinguishing between "you need sugar to survive" (or "live") and "you need to EAT sugar to survive/live." The point is that "detoxing" the body from something it needs (to the point of manufacturing it itself) makes no sense.
You're right, it doesn't, because of this..........Liftng4Lis wrote: »Your body detoxes by itself.
Numbers 1 and 2. 0
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