Sugar Detox
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My friend has limited sugar in her diet, she eats "clean and lean" and has the books! Nd it has helped her. She looks great. She tried to convince me todo it. Whilst I would love to look like her and wish I could cut out all my sugary stuff. I get moody and headaches and feel really awful! So I've given up trying haha she tells me it's why my stomach will never be flat! (Which is a bummer)0
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I recently completed a 30 day sugar free challenge (processed) and found it quite beneficial, to the point where it has helped me focus on whole foods and definitely made a difference with cravings. I was a sugar freak - ate way too much of it. Now I'm getting satisfaction from natural peanut butter, sugar free pudding, a little fruit... Stevia made all the difference for me. Also to start I did pans and pans of roasted veggies - beets, squash, yams - that have a lot of natural sugar. I did them with Greek spices. Biggest benefit was mentally I am much sharper and not a slave to cravings and the highs and lows of insulin spikes. Google 'sugar free challenge' you will find lots of ideas for great tasting treats! Good luck.0
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I don't understand... it seems SO clear to me...
Our body use sugars as fuel. It transform all other nutrients, proteins, fats, in sugar, to have the energy to LIVE.
Ok, cut off refined sugar, every sweets, if you like. But... fruits? And where do you think to find the vitamins you need? Will you buy the sintetic ones?
We need sugars... fruits is vital also for vitamins... when people try to cut off ALL sugars feels bad... I mean, headhaches? Hands shaking? Do you think that's NORMAL? That our body is not meant to eat grains, potatoes, fruits? I mean, what do you think our ancestors ate? Do you think that when an ape see a mango, its body tells "no no is poison"?
Bà...0 -
Oh no you need fruit! Its natural and good sugar it wont hurt, your body needs the vitamins and minerals fruit has!
Sugar is just sugar... :huh:
Not even close .. Sugar is a group name for loads of different compounds.0 -
I don't understand... it seems SO clear to me...
Our body use sugars as fuel. It transform all other nutrients, proteins, fats, in sugar, to have the energy to LIVE.
Ok, cut off refined sugar, every sweets, if you like. But... fruits? And where do you think to find the vitamins you need? Will you buy the sintetic ones?
We need sugars... fruits is vital also for vitamins... when people try to cut off ALL sugars feels bad... I mean, headhaches? Hands shaking? Do you think that's NORMAL? That our body is not meant to eat grains, potatoes, fruits? I mean, what do you think our ancestors ate? Do you think that when an ape see a mango, its body tells "no no is poison"?
Bà...
because they are evil….0 -
Oh no you need fruit! Its natural and good sugar it wont hurt, your body needs the vitamins and minerals fruit has!
Sugar is just sugar... :huh:
Not even close .. Sugar is a group name for loads of different compounds.
please elaborate...0 -
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.
You messed up by drinking the OJ.
Cutting all sugars including fruit from your diet for a little while re-sets your body's sugar/insulin. You are just going through withdrawal symptoms. Just like a junkie going off drugs or an alcoholic going off alcohol.
Here are a couple of sites I referenced to detox:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2392930/The-Three-Day-Sugar-Detox-How-banish-sweet-stuff-life-look-younger-AND-lose-weight.html
http://www.rosecole.com/handouts/21DaySugarDetox.pdf
Just like not everyone becomes addicted to alcohol, not everyone is addicted to sugar. I have a bad sugar addiction that snowballs out of control anytime I eat it. So I have detoxed from sugar and it has to be cut from my diet. After the detox and your body has re-set the sugar levels, you can have fruit. You'd be surprised at how many "foods" have sugar in them. The best foods to keep away from sugar is un-processed. If it comes in a box, can or bottle; it probably has sugar added (read the labels).
Start from day one and stick it out.0 -
I think it's important to moderate. I mean, I cut out sweet tea and soda, but I still eat fruit and I make my own juice for a glass a day. Carbohydrates are the only food your brain eats.0
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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.
You messed up by drinking the OJ.
Cutting all sugars including fruit from your diet for a little while re-sets your body's sugar/insulin. You are just going through withdrawal symptoms. Just like a junkie going off drugs or an alcoholic going off alcohol.
Here are a couple of sites I referenced to detox:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2392930/The-Three-Day-Sugar-Detox-How-banish-sweet-stuff-life-look-younger-AND-lose-weight.html
http://www.rosecole.com/handouts/21DaySugarDetox.pdf
Just like not everyone becomes addicted to alcohol, not everyone is addicted to sugar. I have a bad sugar addiction that snowballs out of control anytime I eat it. So I have detoxed from sugar and it has to be cut from my diet. After the detox and your body has re-set the sugar levels, you can have fruit. You'd be surprised at how many "foods" have sugar in them. The best foods to keep away from sugar is un-processed. If it comes in a box, can or bottle; it probably has sugar added (read the labels).
Start from day one and stick it out.
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Hi Tazeher;
I too am doing a sugar detox. I'm 3 weeks in and getting better. I still have headaches but not nearly as bad as in the beginning. Don't beat yourself up over the orange juice; however the next time you have a craving go for low sugar fruit, e.g. apples, tomatoes or strawberries. Keep up the good work.
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Hi Tazeher;
I too am doing a sugar detox. I'm 3 weeks in and getting better. I still have headaches but not nearly as bad as in the beginning. Don't beat yourself up over the orange juice; however the next time you have a craving go for low sugar fruit, e.g. apples, tomatoes or strawberries. Keep up the good work.
Vbolivar
yea, makes perfect sense..next time you are craving sugar just well have some sugar to "detox" from sugar…..do the the sugar detox people even know how ludicrous this sounds?
That is like telling a crack head that it is ok to snort some cocaine every once in a while…..wow0 -
Both of these post deserve a gold star! When I eat, I feel a sense of happiness if it tastes good to me. It is pleasure response in our brains. Not eating in the mid afternoon at work when you are stressed, over worked and need a boost is very hard. When I did it successfully, I had alternatives of good food, with me. Sugar metabolizes very quickly, which will lead to a boost and then a drop off. The drop off becomes an even more overwhelming urge to eat. If the world was not addicted to food we would not have obesity raging around the world, especially in the USA. For some of us, that first bite is like an alcoholic having just one drink. They can't, we can't. Controlling eating is harder than kicking alcohol addiction. You see, if food is our addiction, we always have to let the tiger out of the cage. An alcoholic can do complete abstinence, but we, cannot. Look at that food as a hungry tiger that wants out of the cage looking at YOU like you're' the afternoon snack! Pack healthy. Don't worry as much about the extra calories, if you have something healthy, you can eat it or pass on it. If you have no alternatives, you take a greater risk of letting that tiger out of the cage! Thank you for your frank and open post about this. It helps all of us to stay "honest" with ourselves. Cheers!0
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please elaborate...
There are 3 basic groups of 'sugars' and all 'behave differently in the body - or take more work to metaboise
Monosaccharides (simple sugars : contains : Glucose, fructose, and galactose)
Disaccharides ( contains : sucrose , lactose, maltose etc..)
Polysaccharides (Long chain molecules that take more efforst to break down! starches, cellulose etc)
This link may do way better than I can http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Biochemistry/Carbohydrates0 -
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please elaborate...
There are 3 basic groups of 'sugars' and all 'behave differently in the body - or take more work to metaboise
Monosaccharides (simple sugars : contains : Glucose, fructose, and galactose)
Disaccharides ( contains : sucrose , lactose, maltose etc..)
Polysaccharides (Long chain molecules that take more efforst to break down! starches, cellulose etc)
This link may do way better than I can http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Biochemistry/Carbohydrates
So which one of those sugars is the evil kind? And how do you know they behave differently in the body?0 -
The bread picture on this article is making my mouth water...0 -
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.
Straight orange juice is like the worst thing you can drink if you're trying to eat less sugar. It's practically pure sugar. Next time, eat a piece of fruit, say, an apple.
Weeeel, it depends. There are juices that are 50% added sugar, 30% water, 20% fruit.
But an orange juice 100% fruit? What's wrong with that? If I eat OR drink my orange, it is the same.
No, orange juice is NOT the same as eating an orange. Juicing removes the fiber from the orange. Fiber slows down the breakdown of sugar in your body, slowing the insulin release.
You can also consume the juice of about 10 oranges before you eat one entire orange, which gives you a lot of calories and simple sugar very quickly. Have you ever seen how much juice you squeeze from just one orange? The juice of one orange is no where near the amount of a single serving of orange juice.0 -
please elaborate...
There are 3 basic groups of 'sugars' and all 'behave differently in the body - or take more work to metaboise
Monosaccharides (simple sugars : contains : Glucose, fructose, and galactose)
Disaccharides ( contains : sucrose , lactose, maltose etc..)
Polysaccharides (Long chain molecules that take more efforst to break down! starches, cellulose etc)
This link may do way better than I can http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Biochemistry/Carbohydrates
So which one of those sugars is the evil kind? And how do you know they behave differently in the body?
my thoughts exactly …
I happened across this study a while ago which states that your body treats all sugars whether added or not i.e fruit sugar vs table sugar the same…
http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/62/1/212S.short
here is a snippet;
"Sugars added to foods have no different effect on blood glucose from those of sugars alone. The natural sugars in fruit and fruit juices raise blood glucose approximately as much as does sucrose and less than do most refined starchy carbohydrate foods. The optimum amount of sugars in the diet is not known. "0 -
I think natural fruits are more then fine. If you aren't doing it because of being diabetic. I would eat 2-3 servings of fruit each day for many reasons. There is also natural sugar in some vegetables. Raw carrots are sweet and crunchy and you gotta love those beets.0
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Interesting - thanks0 -
I think it's important to moderate. I mean, I cut out sweet tea and soda, but I still eat fruit and I make my own juice for a glass a day. Carbohydrates are the only food your brain eats.
Actually no, your brain needs fats more than carbohydrates. Ever wonder why they call peanut butter-brain food? and they highly recommend Omega 3s for brain function. Omegas 3s come from healthy fats, not carbohydrates. Recent studies have shown that people who follow high carbohydrate diets have an increased risk of developing Alzheimers.0 -
So which one of those sugars is the evil kind? And how do you know they behave differently in the body?
I'm not saying any of them is evil.
I know because of what I've read .. All 'sugars' need to be broken down in the body to the simplest for (Glucose, to use used or stored in the body ... converted to Glycogen for use by the muscles, for example).
we can not, for example metabolise Cellulose (as some animals can) so I guess (?) it you did eat say 500 cals of Grass - those 500 cals would be pooped out (not THAT is another part of the energy equation that folks rarely seem to mention!! They say Energy IN must equal Energy Out to maintain weight .. but always seem to only mention Exercise for Energy out ... not pooping :-p0 -
I think it's important to moderate. I mean, I cut out sweet tea and soda, but I still eat fruit and I make my own juice for a glass a day. Carbohydrates are the only food your brain eats.
Actually no, your brain needs fats more than carbohydrates. Ever wonder why they call peanut butter-brain food? and they highly recommend Omega 3s for brain function. Omegas 3s come from healthy fats, not carbohydrates. Recent studies have shown that people who follow high carbohydrate diets have an increased risk of developing Alzheimers.
Ever wonder why studies have repeatedly shown ingestion of simple carbs improves performance on cognitive tasks? Weird0 -
I think it's important to moderate. I mean, I cut out sweet tea and soda, but I still eat fruit and I make my own juice for a glass a day. Carbohydrates are the only food your brain eats.
Actually no, your brain needs fats more than carbohydrates. Ever wonder why they call peanut butter-brain food? and they highly recommend Omega 3s for brain function. Omegas 3s come from healthy fats, not carbohydrates. Recent studies have shown that people who follow high carbohydrate diets have an increased risk of developing Alzheimers.
Ever wonder why studies have repeatedly shown ingestion of simple carbs improves performance on cognitive tasks? Weird
On a moderate to high carb diet the brain will use typically about 120g of glucose. The brain will function as effectively on a mixture of ketones and glucose (approx. 30g).0 -
I think it's important to moderate. I mean, I cut out sweet tea and soda, but I still eat fruit and I make my own juice for a glass a day. Carbohydrates are the only food your brain eats.
Actually no, your brain needs fats more than carbohydrates. Ever wonder why they call peanut butter-brain food? and they highly recommend Omega 3s for brain function. Omegas 3s come from healthy fats, not carbohydrates. Recent studies have shown that people who follow high carbohydrate diets have an increased risk of developing Alzheimers.
Ever wonder why studies have repeatedly shown ingestion of simple carbs improves performance on cognitive tasks? Weird
Ritalin causes the same results. Or Cocaine. Or any stimulant.0 -
To all the people who mocked my earlier post. It must be so nice to be able to eat things in 'moderation' and mock others for not being able to control their diets. As someone else earlier said, I can't just have a piece of cake, I have to eat the whole thing. I can't just eat one penguin biscuit, I have to have the entire pack. In one day, I ate an entire packet of maryland cookies, an entire packet of cadbury's fingers, and an entire family sized profiterole gateau.
The only way I can stop binging on sugar, is to just cut it out. As soon as I have a tiny piece of chocolate, or a boiled sweet, then I just want to eat the entire thing. I've tried moderation, and in the past 2 months I've put on 16lbs. Thank you for your mockery.
I am the same way. I have found the only thing that really works for me (to lose weight and lose the cravings) is a low carb (also a low sugar) diet. Even fruits can send me spiraling into a full out binge.
I'm an "all or nothing" kind of person/body type. We are all different and what works for one may not work for another. I'm kind of shocked to see all the bashers on this particular thread. Some of us just can't have certain things - period. For me, sugar is definately one of them too.
Right now, I'm trying to have a fruit here and there to just see how it goes, but if I continue to have cravings, I will cut them off.
Sorry you felt mocked for your comments - I did find alot of the comments pretty disrespectful to not only the original poster, but those of us who truly have to stay away from sugar (carbs, fruit, processed).0 -
I think it's important to moderate. I mean, I cut out sweet tea and soda, but I still eat fruit and I make my own juice for a glass a day. Carbohydrates are the only food your brain eats.
Actually no, your brain needs fats more than carbohydrates. Ever wonder why they call peanut butter-brain food? and they highly recommend Omega 3s for brain function. Omegas 3s come from healthy fats, not carbohydrates. Recent studies have shown that people who follow high carbohydrate diets have an increased risk of developing Alzheimers.
Ever wonder why studies have repeatedly shown ingestion of simple carbs improves performance on cognitive tasks? Weird
Ritalin causes the same results. Or Cocaine. Or any stimulant.
So sugar is a stimulant?0 -
Also, the juice hits your system like a rocket and then lets you crash.....do fruit instead....1.it slows the sugar conversion and gives you energy longer and 2 you will feel more satsfied longer. sugar is my enemy too. i use to eat a bag of york peppermint patties a day.....for me....i went to whitmans sugar free candies and chocolate....when i really need chocolate.....they taste good and make me feel not so deprived and dont give me a sugar crash 2 hours later!:drinker: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.0 -
To all the people who mocked my earlier post. It must be so nice to be able to eat things in 'moderation' and mock others for not being able to control their diets. As someone else earlier said, I can't just have a piece of cake, I have to eat the whole thing. I can't just eat one penguin biscuit, I have to have the entire pack. In one day, I ate an entire packet of maryland cookies, an entire packet of cadbury's fingers, and an entire family sized profiterole gateau.
The only way I can stop binging on sugar, is to just cut it out. As soon as I have a tiny piece of chocolate, or a boiled sweet, then I just want to eat the entire thing. I've tried moderation, and in the past 2 months I've put on 16lbs. Thank you for your mockery.
I am the same way. I have found the only thing that really works for me (to lose weight and lose the cravings) is a low carb (also a low sugar) diet. Even fruits can send me spiraling into a full out binge.
I'm an "all or nothing" kind of person/body type. We are all different and what works for one may not work for another. I'm kind of shocked to see all the bashers on this particular thread. Some of us just can't have certain things - period. For me, sugar is definately one of them too.
Right now, I'm trying to have a fruit here and there to just see how it goes, but if I continue to have cravings, I will cut them off.
Sorry you felt mocked for your comments - I did find alot of the comments pretty disrespectful to not only the original poster, but those of us who truly have to stay away from sugar (carbs, fruit, processed).
So you eat zero carb? If you have anything with sugar, you binge on it, like eggs for example?0 -
To all the people who mocked my earlier post. It must be so nice to be able to eat things in 'moderation' and mock others for not being able to control their diets. As someone else earlier said, I can't just have a piece of cake, I have to eat the whole thing. I can't just eat one penguin biscuit, I have to have the entire pack. In one day, I ate an entire packet of maryland cookies, an entire packet of cadbury's fingers, and an entire family sized profiterole gateau.
The only way I can stop binging on sugar, is to just cut it out. As soon as I have a tiny piece of chocolate, or a boiled sweet, then I just want to eat the entire thing. I've tried moderation, and in the past 2 months I've put on 16lbs. Thank you for your mockery.
I am the same way. I have found the only thing that really works for me (to lose weight and lose the cravings) is a low carb (also a low sugar) diet. Even fruits can send me spiraling into a full out binge.
I'm an "all or nothing" kind of person/body type. We are all different and what works for one may not work for another. I'm kind of shocked to see all the bashers on this particular thread. Some of us just can't have certain things - period. For me, sugar is definately one of them too.
Right now, I'm trying to have a fruit here and there to just see how it goes, but if I continue to have cravings, I will cut them off.
Sorry you felt mocked for your comments - I did find alot of the comments pretty disrespectful to not only the original poster, but those of us who truly have to stay away from sugar (carbs, fruit, processed).
So you eat zero carb? If you have anything with sugar, you binge on it, like eggs for example?
I eat a high protein/low carb diet. 25-50 carbs max and I try to get that from veggies, excluding starchy veggies. When I follow this plan, the weight consistently comes off and will stay off. I don't eat potatoes, rice, peas, or anything that has over a few carbs each serving. I can't allow myself to have a "cheat" day -- this leads to several months of binging. This is why I stay away from most fruits. I have tried to eat fruits - but it does send me veering off course and the cravings become overwhelming - like a druggie needs a drug or an alcholic needs a beer. I am trying to incorporate some fruit - like berries - here and there, but in the past have not been successful when doing that.
I eat eggs almost every day (but don't eat too much of the yolk because they dont digest well) and most fish/seafood and meats. I am not a big dairy person either so occassionally I will eat a cheese stick but even cheese is a trigger food. After the initial 'detox' period, I completely lose cravings and urges to binge when cutting most carbs/sugar out of my diet.
Honestly, to most people, they probaby can't understand this and will argue that anyone can eat anything in moderation - but to a true food addict, I disagree. My mother was an alcoholic and died from that at 49; my father was a compulsive overeater and morbidly obese - he too died at the age of 49. Research has shown over and over that there is a genetic component to alcoholism and just like an alcoholic, I have the same struggles with foods - particularlly carbs/sugars. I don't think this is a coincidence - I think this is a metabolic disorder. When I'm following a low carb diet, I don't crave chips or breads or starchy things. I also don't binge on meats or veggies nor are there any cravings to like eat 3 pieces of steak or chicken! But the moment I start eating more carbs (sugar), all those urges and cravings come back and derail my progress/health.0
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