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Sugar Detox

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edited February 18 in Getting Started
Anyone else start with trying to detox your body from sugar? I am starting day three of detox and I am suffering headaches, shaking hands, crankiness and generally want to curl up in a corner and make the world go away.

I did first two days strict, not even fruit or juices but I woke up this morning and couldn't handle it so I drank 8oz of fresh orange juice. I am feeling a little better now, but I was hoping I wouldn't have to do that.

I guess I am just rambling, but I would love to find others in this situation.

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  • Posts: 239 Member
    I've tried to give it up, and failed. I got shaky and real cranky, so I decided that I was just meant to have it, but I try to limit how much I have. Sorry I'm of no help
  • Posts: 1,998 Member
    Are you planning on eating fruit? That might help you satisfy your cravings without eating any refined sugar. I cut out refined sugar, but i couldn't imagine going without fruit.
  • Posts: 159 Member
    Yes, I went through that. I have 8 months off sweets and artificial sweeteners. Might want to get yourself some L-glutamine from the health food store and take it every day for a week or two. It will remove your cravings. Also red meat can cause sugar cravings. After awhile you'll look around at the crap everywhere and wonder why in the world everyone is obsessed with it. You'll be free.
  • Posts: 116
    Really its a bad idea to cut out an entire food group, even sugar. Sounds to me, by the symptoms you described, your blood sugar dropped pretty low. Dangerous.
  • Posts: 5,609 Member
    In to read later
  • Posts: 29,136 Member
    why are you doing this to yourself?

    You can eat sugar and lose weight, just maintain a calorie deficit…

    Curious, are you not eating ANY sugar…? No fruit, breads, honey, etc?
  • Posts: 1,335 Member
    I'm not a dietitian, but don't you need natural sugars for energy? I know that consuming lots of processed sugar isn't healthy, and we could probably all benefit from cutting it out of our diets, but surely moderate consumption of natural sugars from fruit is ok? Maybe you know something I don't, but I think that just about anything in moderation should be ok...you don't want to restrict yourself to the point of getting physically ill.
  • Posts: 2,033 Member
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  • Posts: 12,142 Member
    Anyone else start with trying to detox your body from sugar? I am starting day three of detox and I am suffering headaches, shaking hands, crankiness and generally want to curl up in a corner and make the world go away.

    I did first two days strict, not even fruit or juices but I woke up this morning and couldn't handle it so I drank 8oz of fresh orange juice. I am feeling a little better now, but I was hoping I wouldn't have to do that.

    I guess I am just rambling, but I would love to find others in this situation.

    Sugar is essential for life
  • Posts: 3
    Yes I plan on eating fruit in the beginning I was just trying to limit them until I was thru the detox stage.
  • Posts: 1,549 Member
    If the OJ had added sugar, you would have been better off just eating a piece of fruit. Your body does need some sugar.

    I always add coffee and a bit of cream to my sugar to avoid any concerns. :drinker:
  • Posts: 1,998 Member
    Really its a bad idea to cut out an entire food group, even sugar. Sounds to me, by the symptoms you described, your blood sugar dropped pretty low. Dangerous.
    Refined sugar is not a food group!!!!!
  • Posts: 206 Member
    Not sure I get the belief in a "sugar detox"...
  • Posts: 22,505 Member
    Yes I plan on eating fruit in the beginning I was just trying to limit them until I was thru the detox stage.

    But you can't limit them as much as you are. Your body needs sugar to function.
  • Posts: 29,136 Member
    Yes I plan on eating fruit in the beginning I was just trying to limit them until I was thru the detox stage.

    what are you hoping to accomplish with this detox?

    You realize sugar has fruit in it, right? So you are 'detoxing' from sugar, and at the same time consuming it..

    There is really no need to do this …

    I know you are new here and have been brainwashed into believe that sugar is the devil but it really is not. I eat 50 grams a sugar a day and I am losing and am down to 12% body fat...
  • Posts: 29,136 Member
    Refined sugar is not a food group!!!!!

    sugar is sugar is sugar….at the molecular level it is all the same ...
  • Posts: 59 Member
    Sugar is not a toxin that you need to rid your body of. (not that detoxes actually do that anyway) What exactly are you trying to do?
  • Posts: 116
    Refined sugar is not a food group!!!!!

    Did I say refined sugar? No, darlin, I didn't. OP said they cut out all sugar, including fruit. Last time I checked, fruit was a food group.
  • Posts: 8 Member
    Eat real fruit, skip the fruit juice and your body will still detox off the fake stuff and the cravings will stop.You also gotta cut out white grain/bread and pasta. The stuff turns to sugar as soon as you eat it and your body reacts the same. Eat WHOLE grains. It took about 4 days for me and the weight loss process has been so much easier now that the cravings are gone. Good Luck!
  • Posts: 29,136 Member
    Eat real fruit, skip the fruit juice and your body will still detox off the fake stuff and the cravings will stop.You also gotta cut out white grain/bread and pasta. The stuff turns to sugar as soon as you eat it and your body reacts the same. Eat WHOLE grains. It took about 4 days for me and the weight loss process has been so much easier now that the cravings are gone. Good Luck!


    this is just dead wrong on so many levels….
  • Posts: 3,049 Member
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  • Posts: 1,083 Member
    Eat real fruit, skip the fruit juice and your body will still detox off the fake stuff and the cravings will stop.You also gotta cut out white grain/bread and pasta. The stuff turns to sugar as soon as you eat it and your body reacts the same. Eat WHOLE grains. It took about 4 days for me and the weight loss process has been so much easier now that the cravings are gone. Good Luck!

    Biochemistry, where art thou?
  • Posts: 661 Member
    I'm not sure that I buy in to ANY "detox" but I do strive to limit how much processed sugar I eat. Particularly in the form of baked goods and candy. I think I would go crazy if I couldn't have fruit.
  • Posts: 233 Member
    I think what the OP means is maybe refined/added sugar. The kind that's addictive and found in fruit juices, chocolate, ice cream, cookies, cake... I've been on a sugar detox a few times (I ate fruit to curb any cravings and avoid sugar crashes). Takes 2 weeks before you don't crave it anymore, but it is totally worth it.
  • Posts: 29,136 Member
    I think what the OP means is maybe refined/added sugar. The kind that's addictive and found in fruit juices, chocolate, ice cream, cookies, cake... I've been on a sugar detox a few times (I ate fruit to curb any cravings and avoid sugar crashes). Takes 2 weeks before you don't crave it anymore, but it is totally worth it.

    for the love of everything that is holy…NO

    you can eat ALL the sugar and be in a calorie deficit and lose weight …

    sugar is not evil ….

    look up twinkie diet if you do not believe me…
  • Posts: 1,377 Member
    I guess I don't see the point in not eating any sugar just to go back and eat it again, doesn't that defeat the purpose? Like do you think because you are going on this sugar detox, that it is going to remove some unwanted/unseen sugar that's your body is holding onto in some magical spot? Why not just stop eating the types of food you don't want to eat, and stick with that? You are putting yourself through something that makes you feel like crap for pretty much no reason at all.
  • Posts: 3,049 Member
    I think what the OP means is maybe refined/added sugar. The kind that's addictive and found in fruit juices, chocolate, ice cream, cookies, cake... I've been on a sugar detox a few times (I ate fruit to curb any cravings and avoid sugar crashes). Takes 2 weeks before you don't crave it anymore, but it is totally worth it.
    But sugar is sugar......

    Are they using sugar as an excuse for eating terribly? Yes.
  • Posts: 3,049 Member

    for the love of everything that is holy…NO

    you can eat ALL the sugar and be in a calorie deficit and lose weight …

    sugar is not evil ….

    look up twinkie diet if you do not believe me…
    I read this as "light up a twinkie"
    Damn, now I want a fire roasted twinkie.
  • Posts: 5,214 Member
    I would never quit sugar waxing.
  • Posts: 29,136 Member
    I guess I don't see the point in not eating any sugar just to go back and eat it again, doesn't that defeat the purpose? Like do you think because you are going on this sugar detox, that it is going to remove some unwanted/unseen sugar that's your body is holding onto in some magical spot? Why not just stop eating the types of food you don't want to eat, and stick with that? You are putting yourself through something that makes you feel like crap for pretty much no reason at all.

    you…I like you ..you make sense...
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