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For the people who eliminated sugar from your diet, how did you do it?
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creatureofchaos wrote: »No joke. And fructose has a different absorption rate than glucose. You ignored that.
Why do you think this is important, given that we pretty much always consume a mix of fructose and glucose when consuming sugar?1 -
creatureofchaos wrote: »No joke. And fructose has a different absorption rate than glucose. You ignored that.
I didn’t ignore that. It has no relevance to the question of whether added sugar (which contains both fructose and glucose) has a different impact on insulin than intrinsic sugar (which contains both fructose and glucose).
Glucose is glucose. Fructose is fructose. Regardless if the source is a cookie or an orange.2 -
I cut out sugar, I try to stay at 20 net carbs or so. that's carbs from nuts or vegetables, low sugar fruits. I avoid the simple sugars that would spike my blood sugar such as sugar, honey, pineapples, -- different sources but still same effect. I use stevia and other sweeteners that don't affect my blood sugar.0
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gorditalindaz wrote: »I cut out sugar, I try to stay at 20 net carbs or so. that's carbs from nuts or vegetables, low sugar fruits. I avoid the simple sugars that would spike my blood sugar such as sugar, honey, pineapples, -- different sources but still same effect. I use stevia and other sweeteners that don't affect my blood sugar.
So you still consume some sugar. (OP was specifically asking about sugar from veg and fruits.)
One of my better (as I define it) days last week involved nearly 30 g of sugar from just vegetables (a huge amount), mushrooms, and plain beans. When I add in the sugar from an orange, some cherries, and some cranberries (all of which I had that day), I was quite a bit higher than that (without added sugar), and I see no reason why that day would have been worse, from a nutrient perspective, if I'd had less sugar.
I am also not overly worried about my blood sugar, it's fine, and I think eating a healthy, nutrient dense diet with a mix of macros and lots of fiber (I had 75 g that day, which seems crazy, but that's beans!) is probably going to keep blood sugar fine in the vast majority of people (excepting those with T1D, of course, who may still need other help).0
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