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No Flour No Sugar?

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  • Holly_k88
    Holly_k88 Posts: 59 Member
    I didn't say i was giving up natural sugar just added sugar
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    I didn't say i was giving up natural sugar just added sugar
    What's the difference between "added sugar" and "natural sugar"?




    (Fiber isn't the difference. Assume the added sugar is in a fiber-rich food/meal.)
  • Holly_k88
    Holly_k88 Posts: 59 Member
    Added sugar adds no extra value and is empty calories. Natural sugar found in fruit and milk for e.g provides us with a ton of vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals that our bodies need
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    Added sugar adds no extra value and is empty calories. Natural sugar found in fruit and milk for e.g provides us with a ton of vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals that our bodies need

    One of us is confused about what sugar is and is not.
  • mortuseon
    mortuseon Posts: 579 Member
    I didn't say i was giving up natural sugar just added sugar
    What's the difference between "added sugar" and "natural sugar"?




    (Fiber isn't the difference. Assume the added sugar is in a fiber-rich food/meal.)

    I guess if you cut added sugar, you eat less sugar overall and lower your carbs overall (which I guess has an effect on appetite etc)? It's just an easier way of doing things for some people - some find it easier to cut a particular food entirely, some find it easier to eat bits in moderation. I don't think added sugar is inherently bad for you in moderate quantities.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,251 Member
    Ezekiel Bread!!!! Also no sugar is very extreme because all fruits and vegetables have sugar. Yes, you can avoid fruit but a little bit of natural sugar from vegetables or legumes never hurt. Also, there are lots of flour-less (gluten free) diet groceries available everywhere. If you really have a hard time finding anything just go to your local Trader Joe's and you are guaranteed to find something gluten-free and often low sugar/sugar-free.
    I'm a big fan of Ezekiel.
    I very much limit added sugar, and ezekiel bread is my staple "grain". I lost weight because of a calorie deficit. For ME limiting white flour and added sugar made that easier. (12 years at maintenance)
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    Added sugar adds no extra value and is empty calories. Natural sugar found in fruit and milk for e.g provides us with a ton of vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals that our bodies need
    Um, no. Sugar is sugar, natural sugar does not contain vitamins or phytochemicals that added sugar does not. They are identical, from a chemical standpoint. MILK may contain vitamins and minerals, but it's not the lactose in the milk that has them, it's the rest of the milk. Similarly, you can eat something with added sugar that contains the same vitamins and phytochemicals you're talking about.
  • aquarabbit
    aquarabbit Posts: 1,621 Member
    Flour, yes (no gluten for me I found out recently), and it was easier than I thought. With the eating clean thing being so big right now, there are SO many recipes on how to replace those products and still have the foods I love. I make pancakes made from oats and a banana the other day. VERY tasty! I haven't given up sugar though. That seems like it would be really really difficult! I try to limit it, but I don't think I could give it up completely. I love fruit too much!

    Edit for typo!
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    Added sugar adds no extra value and is empty calories. Natural sugar found in fruit and milk for e.g provides us with a ton of vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals that our bodies need
    Apple juice is an added sugar if used to sweeten something. The (small) vitamin and mineral content of fruits isn't due to the sugar, and vegetables have more.
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