Sugar Detox

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.

so by "all or nothing" with sugars you didn't actually mean that, gotcha

Not sure if I agree with some of the posts about sugar being essential. I recently gave up all sugar and all carbs except low glycemic veggies and I feel fine...but I also increased my saturated fat AND sodium. I'm doing a ketogenic program because the low carb/low fat/high protein thing used to give me crazy headaches.

I allow myself 1/2 cup of coconut water in the morning which has tons of potassium and other electrolytes. I think this might be another reason why I haven't had the 'low carb flu' with the headaches and all that. Sodium is essential when cutting out carbs to maintain electrolyte balance.

Good luck on your journey.

Well sugar isn't toxic so there is no "detox". If one is speaking of sugar "reduction", then just reduce your intake of sugar. As mentioned, you NEED glucose in the body for it to be efficient. And an extreme "no sugar at all" attempt will shock the crap out of someone who consumed a lot of it on a regular basis.

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Too much sugar is toxic, which is why we produce insulin to transport it for fuel, muscle / liver storage or to be converted into body fat.

our body's first reaction is to get that *kitten* out of our blood stream as fast as possible (that's just a joke by the way).

Yes I know insulin is a fantastic hormone that does so much more than just deal with sugar. But one of it's functions is too transport glucose around our system.

Yes I know insulin is a fantastic hormone that does so much more than just deal with sugar. But one of it's functions is too transport glucose around our system.

It doesn't move glucose "around our system" because sugar is toxic.

moderate amounts of sugar are not toxic, but too much is.

Yes I know insulin is a fantastic hormone that does so much more than just deal with sugar. But one of it's functions is too transport glucose around our system.

It doesn't move glucose "around our system" because sugar is toxic.

moderate amounts of sugar are not toxic, but too much is.

What is the overdose dosage? I kinda wanna party tonight