Anyone Successfully Quit Sugar?
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I would assume since its a hormone balancing diet this is doctor recommended?0
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I've been 98% off obvious sugar for 2 months, no honey or any effective sugar like stuff - just decided one day and went cold turkey. I wasn't super high on sugar, but a coffee yogurt every night and a chocolate bar once a week, and maple syrup on a home made gluten free waffle adds up.
I still have a small quantity [3 tablespoons a day of a pasta sauce I love that has some sugar. Two days go I switched that to tomato paste. Two weeks ago I went ketogenic when I realized many carbs are sugar in disguise.louise13dunstan wrote: »I have been sugar free 2months by going ketogenic. Its not for everyone but works for me. Never felt so positive and full of energy
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Thank-you for all of these posts. I really appreciate the info espceicially the two people who mentioned that it helped them with chronic pain control and energy. This is one of the major issues that I am hoping that it will help with.
For the people who did it gradually, what steps did you follow? (Thanks to the person who mentioned the pasta to tomato paste gradual transition...)
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Never. But I've tried many times, especially since logging and realizing just how much sugar I'm really eating all day!0
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Ooh, I'd hope you wouldn't switch from a pre-made pasta sauce to tomato paste, as tomato paste on pasta doesn't sound good at all. It's really easy to make pasta sauces at home and add no sugar if you prefer (I've never added sugar to any of mine).0
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I've been 98% off obvious sugar for 2 months, no honey or any effective sugar like stuff - just decided one day and went cold turkey. I wasn't super high on sugar, but a coffee yogurt every night and a chocolate bar once a week, and maple syrup on a home made gluten free waffle adds up.
I still have a small quantity [3 tablespoons a day of a pasta sauce I love that has some sugar. Two days go I switched that to tomato paste. Two weeks ago I went ketogenic when I realized many carbs are sugar in disguise.louise13dunstan wrote: »I have been sugar free 2months by going ketogenic. Its not for everyone but works for me. Never felt so positive and full of energy
Just out of curiosity, if you really weren't consuming that much sugar, why did you feel you should try to give it up?
Also, what do you mean when you say many carbs are sugar in disguise?
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BlueSkiesGirl wrote: »Hello,
I would like to quit sugar as part of a hormonal balancing diet ...
Has anyone quit sugar successfully and if so please share your story.
THanks!
What is this hormonal balancing diet, and how does sugar impact it relative to other foods/food groups?
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BlueSkiesGirl wrote: »Hello,
I would like to quit sugar as part of a hormonal balancing diet ...
Has anyone quit sugar successfully and if so please share your story.
THanks!
I eat very little added sugar...really, only occasions like birthdays and such where there is cake or pie. I will have the occasional soda...like maybe 3-5 per year.0 -
It's funny how a chemical compound can get such a different level of acceptance depending on how it is ingested although the compound remains chemically constant.0
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I think a better way to approach this would be, "I am trying to reduce my calorie intake, and reducing foods with added sugars seem like a good place to start because generally they are the most calorie dense variety..."brianpperkins wrote: »It's funny how a chemical compound can get such a different level of acceptance depending on how it is ingested although the compound remains chemically constant.0 -
I think a better way to approach this would be, "I am trying to reduce my calorie intake, and reducing foods with added sugars seem like a good place to start because generally they are the most calorie dense variety..."brianpperkins wrote: »It's funny how a chemical compound can get such a different level of acceptance depending on how it is ingested although the compound remains chemically constant.
I think that is totally reasonable and would provoke far fewer arguments...
Even better if the person said, "I've been diligently tracking my calories and macros for several weeks now and have noticed that a disproportionately large percentage of my calories come from foods with added sugars..."
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Agreed...WinoGelato wrote: »
I think a better way to approach this would be, "I am trying to reduce my calorie intake, and reducing foods with added sugars seem like a good place to start because generally they are the most calorie dense variety..."brianpperkins wrote: »It's funny how a chemical compound can get such a different level of acceptance depending on how it is ingested although the compound remains chemically constant.
I think that is totally reasonable and would provoke far fewer arguments...
Even better if the person said, "I've been diligently tracking my calories and macros for several weeks now and have noticed that a disproportionately large percentage of my calories come from foods with added sugars..."
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I think a better way to approach this would be, "I am trying to reduce my calorie intake, and reducing foods with added sugars seem like a good place to start because generally they are the most calorie dense variety..."brianpperkins wrote: »It's funny how a chemical compound can get such a different level of acceptance depending on how it is ingested although the compound remains chemically constant.
If only that were how people presented the subject. It isn't. Thread after thread gets started that demonize sugar while trying to claim that a molecule somehow has different properties depending on how it is consumed. The approach that WineGelato proposed requires analysis when simply ranting that X (sugars, fats, grains, whatever the scapegoat de jour happens to be) is "bad" is so much easier.0 -
Yep...brianpperkins wrote: »
I think a better way to approach this would be, "I am trying to reduce my calorie intake, and reducing foods with added sugars seem like a good place to start because generally they are the most calorie dense variety..."brianpperkins wrote: »It's funny how a chemical compound can get such a different level of acceptance depending on how it is ingested although the compound remains chemically constant.
If only that were how people presented the subject. It isn't. Thread after thread gets started that demonize sugar while trying to claim that a molecule somehow has different properties depending on how it is consumed. The approach that WineGelato proposed requires analysis when simply ranting that X (sugars, fats, grains, whatever the scapegoat de jour happens to be) is "bad" is so much easier.
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WinoGelato wrote: »
I think a better way to approach this would be, "I am trying to reduce my calorie intake, and reducing foods with added sugars seem like a good place to start because generally they are the most calorie dense variety..."brianpperkins wrote: »It's funny how a chemical compound can get such a different level of acceptance depending on how it is ingested although the compound remains chemically constant.
I think that is totally reasonable and would provoke far fewer arguments...
Even better if the person said, "I've been diligently tracking my calories and macros for several weeks now and have noticed that a disproportionately large percentage of my calories come from foods with added sugars..."
Exactly this.
Or I am trying to reduce my calorie intake, so will start by cutting way down on less filling, lower nutrient, and higher calorie items.
For many that would be sugary foods, although for others it might not be much of that, but more fries or chips or some such.
For me it was takeout Indian food. (Which isn't really low nutrient, but was unnecessarily high in calories for something I had as often as I did.)0 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »WinoGelato wrote: »
I think a better way to approach this would be, "I am trying to reduce my calorie intake, and reducing foods with added sugars seem like a good place to start because generally they are the most calorie dense variety..."brianpperkins wrote: »It's funny how a chemical compound can get such a different level of acceptance depending on how it is ingested although the compound remains chemically constant.
I think that is totally reasonable and would provoke far fewer arguments...
Even better if the person said, "I've been diligently tracking my calories and macros for several weeks now and have noticed that a disproportionately large percentage of my calories come from foods with added sugars..."
Exactly this.
Or I am trying to reduce my calorie intake, so will start by cutting way down on less filling, lower nutrient, and higher calorie items.
For many that would be sugary foods, although for others it might not be much of that, but more fries or chips or some such.
For me it was takeout Indian food. (Which isn't really low nutrient, but was unnecessarily high in calories for something I had as often as I did.)
Great now I'm craving Tikka Masala, Naan, and Samosas with Chutney. Why do you sabotage me @lemurcat12? Why!?
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I haven't quit sugar but I do try to keep my sugar levels down (below the goal MFP sets for me if possible), and now consume far less than I used to.0
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I have largely eliminated sugar from my life. I think I usually have between 0-7 g of sugar per day. The sugars I do get are from low GI fruits (avocado, berries, cucumbers, tomatoes) or from processed foods like a pepperoni stick.
I started eating a very LCHF diet to stop the prediabetes I am developing. I was not overweight by much, and am now not overweight, so simply losing weight wasn't enough to help me. I also wanted help with my autoimmune arthritis and my knee and hip osteoarthritis. I needed to reduce inflammation because OA, and that much pain, was ridiculous for someone in her late thirties, early forties who enjoys sports. My pain has decreased by a large amount, especially my AI arthritis. My OA has improved, but there are bone issues now that a good diet won't fix... It did help though. As a bonus, my skin cleared up, my hair thickened, migraines went away, I have more energy, and I am noticeably sharper mentally - I didn't realize how foggy I was until I got out of it.
I eat to be in ketosis. The first week or so were tough. I didn't up my sodium, potassium, and magnesium enough to avoid the keto flu. I feel very good now though, and a nice benefit was that I found it much easier to eat at a caloric deficit and lose weight.
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