How to Stop Eating Sugar

candylilacs

https://nytimes.com/guides/smarterliving/how-to-stop-eating-sugar

I saw "That Sugar Movie" last night!

Previously, it's all I had talked about with my husband, the chance to use less sugar.

L1zardQueen

To co-workers?

singingflutelady

I hope not to science minded people as that documentary is pretty bad.

janejellyroll

Breakfast is the most dangerous meal of the day!

And here I was thinking that as a first world resident with great access to food and a relatively reliable food safety system, I had it made.

toxikon

Instead of using sugar in my baking/cooking, I just use stevia or erythritol (or a combo). I honestly don't taste the difference and I tolerate sugar alcohols well, so I like that I can save some calories that way.

So if I'm craving something sweet like cookies, instead of buying sugary ones, I will make my own at home with stevia.

zyxst

I can't deal with anything that says sugar makes you fat except the sugar in fruit.

jgnatca

Nope. Nu-uh. Can't make me look.

candylilacs

I have a major commercially successful cereal everyday, what would be my A1C? I can't have it, and know I can't eat Chobani flips.

diannethegeek

I stopped reading when it got to suggesting breakfast should be bland. That's straight out of Dr. Kellogg's "breakfast is the most important meal" handbook to keep factory workers from masturbating at work. I haven't seen it come around again as a purity test in a long while. Or course, it would be Taubes who resurrects that nonsense.

lemurcat12

Eh, unless someone I trust tells me it's interesting, I'm not bothering.

I currently love smoothies for breakfast, and mine has sugar from zucchini or winter squash, kale or spinach or both, avocado, and strawberries, most commonly. Love it.

I don't usually consume added sugar with meals. If I have sugar I generally am choosing to have some, as with the banana spring roll with vegan ice cream I made the other day.

The exception is some dry rubs and condiments (hot sauces, often) may have a bit of sugar, not enough to bother, and some breads have them (I don't eat much bread since it's usually not worth the calories, but I had some pita today).

The percentage of sugar people consume from savory items is actually quite low, I think it's a made up issue. How you cut back on sugar if you consume too much is look at your diary, see where it's coming from, and eat less of those things.

Most of my sugar is from fruit (some from veg) and I'm perfectly happy with that, and not worried about sugar. The current obsession with sugar is silly.

kam26001

candylilacs wrote: »

I have a major commercially successful cereal everyday, what would be my A1C? I can't have it, and know I can't eat Chobani flips.

I had my A1C checked last year. I eat 300g of carbs and at least 100g sugar a day for many years. No sign of diabetes yet. Talk to your doctor if you think sugar is negatively impacting your health. But a bowl of cereal shouldn't be a problem for someone with normal functioning organs.

<5.7 was the reference range

psychod787

I eat 400grams of carbs a day, yes lots of fiber, but I test my own a1c. 5.2. That's from some One who had a fasting bs of 339 once and an a1c on an office visit of 6.3. The home test kit I use are actually proven to test higher than lab drawn blood. Average fasting b.s. of 85 at this time. My sugar intake , according mfp, is 130gms a day. Now that shows all of the "sugar" in my quinoa and broccoli. Will this change? Who knows. I do limit my fats to 80gms a day and protein to nearly 200.

fb47

Sugar is not that bad. I am not saying you should have a 100% diet with stuff filled with sugar, but like everything else, in moderation.

kimny72

OP, don't get health information from documentaries. They are entertainment, and cherry pick subjects and data to try to convince you that their pet cause is correct. At best, you should use it as motivation to learn more about a subject, from better sources.

AnvilHead

singingflutelady wrote: »

I hope not to science minded people as that documentary is pretty bad.

That Sugar Film isn't even a "documentary". It's a one-sided, agenda-driven hack job made by an actor (not a scientist or researcher), relying upon information from crackpots like Gary Taubes (who is a journalist, not a scientist or researcher). It's full of cherry-picked half truths and junk science and not even worth the waste of time to watch it, let alone relying upon any of the "information" in it.

candylilacs

I have A1C in December 2017 at 7.0. That's in diabetes range.

Critical reasoning forbids me to take what he's saying at face value (That Sugar Film) but at least the New York Times is taking the reins. Forgive me, but it's at least having a look-see.

bbell1985

If you want to eat less sugar just eat less sugar. You know...the things with sugar. Don't eat them. Or eat a lot less of them.

Or just eat the damn sugar.

jgnatca

Have you had any dietary training yet, @candylilacs ? Do you have a glucometer yet? My diabetes is in remission from significant weight loss but I had it for a decade and took all the training. Testing my blood sugar after various meals were a real eye opener.

You’d be surprised how various carbs (not just sugar) affect your blood sugar.

Then have a meal eating the same carb with a little protein and fat and see the difference.

My diabetic go to cereals all have fiber and no added sugar. They include oatmeal, Cheerios, and shredded wheat. I raged all over Special K because of its abysmal fiber count. After all that menu cruising, I routinely eat my oatmeal with raisins (sugar) and Yogurt.

candylilacs

Dietary training? Are you Canadian?

Here in America, the doctors lecture you (aside from, "I heard this all before," and they'll be interrupting you, "You haven't heard this before because I haven't said it yet"). Yes, I've had a registered dietician.

I look around at all this failed attempts at dieting. And that's when it hit me....because of sugar. So, I don't go to sweets -- but if do have them, I need to have them.

CharlieBeansmomTracey

candylilacs wrote: »

Dietary training? Are you Canadian?

Here in America, the doctors lecture you (aside from, "I heard this all before," and they'll be interrupting you, "You haven't heard this before because I haven't said it yet"). Yes, I've had a registered dietician.

I look around at all this failed attempts at dieting. And that's when it hit me....because of sugar. So, I don't go to sweets -- but if do have them, I need to have them.

I have never failed at dieting. still lose fat and weight and still eating sugar and all the good things in life. if you are failing at dieting its something else causing the failure. its not sugar unless its making you go over your maintenance calories. I got fat eating too many fruits and veggies.

JeromeBarry1

I read part of the way into it and decided that it was not going to help me much at all. I don't use grain-based breakfasts, don't drink sugary drinks, and indulge in desserts only occasionally. There is a valid point in the NYT using its platform to counter the long and successful campaign of the sugar industry to blame fat. Unfortunately, the proof is in the scholarly studies and there's no popular way to present it that we can't ridicule.