Do "sugarphobes" also avoid drinking any alcohol?

ethanol is metabolized like a 2 carbon fat though...

Hmmmm...I love sugar so I wouldn't know.

I think the sugarphobes intentionally avoid consuming anything they may enjoy, because they have convinced themselves that things that actually taste good are automatically bad.

Some of the crazier ones have managed to convince themselves that these things that taste good actually taste bad. It's a fascinating psychosis.

I like to mix booze into my sugar water.

That's pretty much how they make port. No wonder it's so good.

I like to mix booze into my sugar water.

Maker's mark, sugar water, lemon juice. I just blew your mind. I will accept tales of drunken shenanigans as payment.


(yes I know it's a whiskey sour stop salting my game)

I wonder if people who avoid eating pure sodium and pure chlorine also avoid eating sodium chloride.

only if they are pinko commies

Do paleo people realize there is sugar in fruit?

There's a difference between fructose and sucrose.

Educate yo-self: http://youtu.be/dBnniua6-oM

I'm guessing they don't drink and they probably hate kittens too.

I don't hate kittens... or puppies.

Ignorant people who don't realize that most "paleo people" follow the paleo diet mostly for medicinal reasons, I do though... stop lumping all of us "paleo people" into one category of religious fanatics... some of us eat this way out of necessity. Thanks.

I get it - this was a chance to get your small pic of yourself on Right?

Come on - there are no sugarphobes they do not exist have you seen one??? How can you tell one is out there

Most aliens know that sugars are different - ref honey, molasses, raw cane etc = and what makes them different is their natural qualities

You work for Tate and Lyle Right??

Do paleo people realize there is sugar in fruit?

paleolithic man didn't have developed language skills, so even if one of them figured this out, there's no way he could have told the others.

:frown:

pfft shows how little you know there's total cave paintings in the south of france clearly showing an apple with a big red cross through it and several messages of grunt grunt oog oog fruit diabetes grunt grunt obesity grunt oog oog high fructose corn syrup...me hump woman now. Very graphic but even then paleo people knew they knew.

I doubt that I count as a full-fledged sugarphobe since I still have some in my diet and I'm not against all kinds of sugar, just the highly processed kind with no other nutritional value. I would put alcohol in that category and I avoid it because of its effect on the liver (the sugars). Teetotaler? No, I guess I drink about 2-3 beers a year (usually a half beer with a meal of seafood or wings) and a drink or two during our Christmas celebration. Because it's just not worth the calories to me. If you drink to the level of having a buzz, you're really overdoing it on the sugar/alcohol in most cases. I don't think it's going to kill anyone unless they do it all the time. I have (as a middle aged woman now in my 50s) witnessed the liver failure and subsequent premature death of several friends who relied more on alcohol sugars than food for sustenance at times. It's very sad, but I don't think everyone who has a drink or a few is headed down that path.

It's all about priorities. Alcohol may not be a priority, but I'll sugar if it's in organic ice cream or home baked goods. In small amounts and mixed with good nutrition, there's no harm in it to the body, as the body is always self-healing. It's when you overwhelm the body's ability to heal from your damage with the sheer volume (and without adding any real nutrition to aid in that detoxification process) that you really get into trouble.

Most of the dangers of processed sugars are long term. Many can enjoy years, decades or even a lifetime of enjoyment of sugar and alcohol based on a lucky balance of genetics, lifestyle and activity levels (activity helps your body cope with the alcohol and junk too). There are so many factors that play into it, and many don't really start feeling its effects until their later years. Hindsight is always 20/20. I'm glad I never developed the alcohol habit, but the caramel habit has done me just as much damage, I'm pretty sure.

now i want a drink :drinker:

me too! the pinot in the fridge is calling my name and it doesn't seem to care that it's only 10:30am on a thursday

Hmmm.. I manage a liquor store and I've noticed most frequent alcohol buyers also purchase chips, pop and chocolate bars without any apparent guilt. The ones who don't buy the confectionary items are also usually the ones who are on the hunt for gluten free, low carb, organic or diet booze..... undoubtedly under an assumption that those are healthier. Those products are also priced far higher.