Anyone else going sugar free in 2015?

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  • KixIce
    KixIce Posts: 17
    no? sugar is in basically everything but goodluck
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    i think the best idea is always to get the facts, comprehend the information related to it, and then make an actually informed decision.

    And by comprehend, I mean - understand it well enough to confidently put it into practical, correct use.
  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    DterMined2012 wrote: »
    malibu927 wrote: »
    DterMined2012 wrote: »
    REFINED SUGAR IS DEADLY

    Explain?

    Have you been under a rock??? Do you not read, don't you watch TV?

    http://www.macrobiotics.co.uk/sugar.htm

    http://www.livestrong.com/article/441681-the-effect-of-refined-sugar-on-the-body/

    http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/sugar-problem/refined-sugar-the-sweetest-poison-of-all

    http://amazingdiscoveries.org/H-deception-health-refined_sugar_calcium_insulin

    JUST FOR STARTERS!!!!!!!!!


    Scholarly, well researched and peer reviewed bollocks all! /sarcasm

    Nothing but sugar scare mongering.......Robert Lusting would be proud of you.

  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    i grew up in the Louisiana swamps, chewing on sugar cane stalks.

    just felt nostalgic for a second.
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    FredDoyle wrote: »
    DterMined2012 wrote: »
    MrM27 wrote: »
    DterMined2012 wrote: »
    malibu927 wrote: »
    DterMined2012 wrote: »
    REFINED SUGAR IS DEADLY

    Explain?

    Have you been under a rock??? Do you not read, don't you watch TV?

    http://www.macrobiotics.co.uk/sugar.htm

    http://www.livestrong.com/article/441681-the-effect-of-refined-sugar-on-the-body/

    http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/sugar-problem/refined-sugar-the-sweetest-poison-of-all

    http://amazingdiscoveries.org/H-deception-health-refined_sugar_calcium_insulin

    JUST FOR STARTERS!!!!!!!!!

    Strong evidence.

    Oh wait.......it isn't.

    not wasting my time, thanks for the discussion :)

    There is no evidence in your links. Just a bunch of naturopath nonsense.
    Come with peer reviewed studies or don't bother.

    this makes me wanna start a blog called peerreviewedstudies.com

  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
    I went sugar free back in 2011...when I stopped tracking sugar.
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    Serah87 wrote: »
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    omg just looking at this on a loop is making me sneeze

  • ForecasterJason
    ForecasterJason Posts: 2,577 Member
    Here's a peer-reviewed source on the dangers of sugar.
    Lustig, R. H., Schmidt, L. A., & Brindis, C. D. (2012). Public health: The toxic truth about sugar. Nature, 482(7383), 27-29. doi:10.1038/482027a
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    MB_Positif wrote: »
    I went sugar free back in 2011...when I stopped tracking sugar.

    #doinitright

  • gamesandgains
    gamesandgains Posts: 640 Member
    No
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
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  • jesiann2014
    jesiann2014 Posts: 521 Member
    yoovie wrote: »
    i grew up in the Louisiana swamps, chewing on sugar cane stalks.

    just felt nostalgic for a second.

    Ah, me too! My pawpaw had a syrup mill. Nothing like the yummy super sweet taffy left over from syrup making!! Thanks for that trip down memory lane. :)
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    ForecasterJason wrote: »
    Here's a peer-reviewed source on the dangers of sugar.
    Lustig, R. H., Schmidt, L. A., & Brindis, C. D. (2012). Public health: The toxic truth about sugar. Nature, 482(7383), 27-29. doi:10.1038/482027a

    Where? You failed to provide a link.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,148 Member
    edited December 2014
    MakePeasNotWar wrote: »
    i don't know this family's story, but did they switch from a standard American diet to a mainly whole foods diet with lots of vegetables?

    I haven't cut out all sugar (I still eat a ton of fruit) but I have switched to a very high nutrient diet as a way to help treat my autoimmune disease. I would guess about 60% of my food ( by volume, maybe not calories) is fruits and vegetables and the difference in my health and energy is amazing. I don't really eat added fats and sugars anymore, not because I think they are necessarily bad, but because I'd rather "spend" my calories on something with plenty of micronutrients and some fibre to fill me up.

    It seems clear to me that humans have evolved to run on sugar. I wonder if the benefits they saw were due to the increase in fibre, vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients in their diet, rather than cutting out the body's preferred energy source.

    Here's an article about it by Eve Schaub. They didn't go sugar free, they went added sugar free, but as you know saying sugar free sells more books. http://www.everydayhealth.com/columns/my-health-story/year-of-no-sugar-one-family-grand-adventure/

    OT: My diet is complicated enough with staying under 2k of sodium per day and sticking to 1600 cals a day. Having to add all the synonyms for sugar to my brain so I can make certain it's not on any ingredient list of my food is too much. Taking away sugar would drive me insane enough to commit murder.

  • caution86
    caution86 Posts: 2 Member
    I'm going sugar and carb free for the moment
  • ForecasterJason
    ForecasterJason Posts: 2,577 Member
    brianpperkins wrote: »
    ForecasterJason wrote: »
    Here's a peer-reviewed source on the dangers of sugar.
    Lustig, R. H., Schmidt, L. A., & Brindis, C. D. (2012). Public health: The toxic truth about sugar. Nature, 482(7383), 27-29. doi:10.1038/482027a

    Where? You failed to provide a link.
    http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v482/n7383/full/482027a.html

  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    ForecasterJason wrote: »
    brianpperkins wrote: »
    ForecasterJason wrote: »
    Here's a peer-reviewed source on the dangers of sugar.
    Lustig, R. H., Schmidt, L. A., & Brindis, C. D. (2012). Public health: The toxic truth about sugar. Nature, 482(7383), 27-29. doi:10.1038/482027a

    Where? You failed to provide a link.
    http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v482/n7383/full/482027a.html

    Now read it ... go beyond the headline. It's an opinion piece, not a peer reviewed study.



  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    jesiann2014 wrote: »
    yoovie wrote: »
    i grew up in the Louisiana swamps, chewing on sugar cane stalks.

    just felt nostalgic for a second.

    Ah, me too! My pawpaw had a syrup mill. Nothing like the yummy super sweet taffy left over from syrup making!! Thanks for that trip down memory lane. :)

    oh my god... seriously! Right back at you!! I miss it down there! Sugar plantations everywhere, burning the fields and making perfect sunsets. oh man, sugar is a thriving heart in the southern economy. Lots of generations of hard working families.

    nothin but love, South! <3

  • ForecasterJason
    ForecasterJason Posts: 2,577 Member
    brianpperkins wrote: »
    ForecasterJason wrote: »
    brianpperkins wrote: »
    ForecasterJason wrote: »
    Here's a peer-reviewed source on the dangers of sugar.
    Lustig, R. H., Schmidt, L. A., & Brindis, C. D. (2012). Public health: The toxic truth about sugar. Nature, 482(7383), 27-29. doi:10.1038/482027a

    Where? You failed to provide a link.
    http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v482/n7383/full/482027a.html

    Now read it ... go beyond the headline. It's an opinion piece, not a peer reviewed study.


    According to my university's library, Nature is an academic journal. And the journal's website lists it as being highly cited science journal along with the fact that they publish peer-reviewed research. http://www.nature.com/nature/about/index.html

  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    sugar free? LOL, derp.
  • jesiann2014
    jesiann2014 Posts: 521 Member
    yoovie wrote: »
    jesiann2014 wrote: »
    yoovie wrote: »
    i grew up in the Louisiana swamps, chewing on sugar cane stalks.

    just felt nostalgic for a second.

    Ah, me too! My pawpaw had a syrup mill. Nothing like the yummy super sweet taffy left over from syrup making!! Thanks for that trip down memory lane. :)

    oh my god... seriously! Right back at you!! I miss it down there! Sugar plantations everywhere, burning the fields and making perfect sunsets. oh man, sugar is a thriving heart in the southern economy. Lots of generations of hard working families.

    nothin but love, South! <3

    Yes Ma'am!! I'm still down here. Can't see me moving too far away any time soon... And yes, I ALWAYS have homemade cane syrup in my pantry! What else do you put on cathead biscuits???
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,964 Member
    ForecasterJason wrote: »
    brianpperkins wrote: »
    ForecasterJason wrote: »
    brianpperkins wrote: »
    ForecasterJason wrote: »
    Here's a peer-reviewed source on the dangers of sugar.
    Lustig, R. H., Schmidt, L. A., & Brindis, C. D. (2012). Public health: The toxic truth about sugar. Nature, 482(7383), 27-29. doi:10.1038/482027a

    Where? You failed to provide a link.
    http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v482/n7383/full/482027a.html

    Now read it ... go beyond the headline. It's an opinion piece, not a peer reviewed study.


    According to my university's library, Nature is an academic journal. And the journal's website lists it as being highly cited science journal along with the fact that they publish peer-reviewed research. http://www.nature.com/nature/about/index.html
    Lustig. Uh no.

    The journal is rated OVERALL as an academic journal. What's not relayed here is that it just doesn't cover biology, but geology, palentology, etc. And those have LOTS of peer reviewed studies vs the "studies" like Lustig's.

    Refined sugar isn't evil. Just like white rice isn't evil. Over consumption is the overall issue which is why obesity reigns in the US. There are a few more countries that consume sugar in higher amounts than the US yet don't have the same obesity issues.

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  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    ForecasterJason wrote: »
    brianpperkins wrote: »
    ForecasterJason wrote: »
    brianpperkins wrote: »
    ForecasterJason wrote: »
    Here's a peer-reviewed source on the dangers of sugar.
    Lustig, R. H., Schmidt, L. A., & Brindis, C. D. (2012). Public health: The toxic truth about sugar. Nature, 482(7383), 27-29. doi:10.1038/482027a

    Where? You failed to provide a link.
    http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v482/n7383/full/482027a.html

    Now read it ... go beyond the headline. It's an opinion piece, not a peer reviewed study.


    According to my university's library, Nature is an academic journal. And the journal's website lists it as being highly cited science journal along with the fact that they publish peer-reviewed research. http://www.nature.com/nature/about/index.html

    Thank you for confirming that you didn't read the article. Just because Nature does publish peer-reviewed research does not mean this piece is a peer-reviewed study. It's from the "comment" section of the magazine ... not the "research" area.

    Critical thinking and comprehension are needed to discuss scientific literature.
  • samantha1242
    samantha1242 Posts: 816 Member
    No, I don't plan on cutting out sugar ever. I like some sugar, but I have cut back over the years.
  • thingal12
    thingal12 Posts: 302 Member
    A few years ago (2005/2006) I gradually weaned myself off sugar in terms of adding it to my iced tea/hot tea/and coffee. I also weaned myself off Soda (diet, I left regular soda years before that). I did it for my health, not specifically to help me lose weight. I can't say I lost a considerable amount of weight from doing it, but I did gain more energy and have less 'sugar crashes'.
  • Aemely
    Aemely Posts: 694 Member
    If you have a problem overeating sugary foods, then by all means, cut back on sugary foods! I have been substituting sugar for fake sugar and reducing the quantity of added sugar in coffee, but I don't have a problem eating a bit of chocolate which is satiating with good fats.

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    OP, it doesn't look like you need to lose any weight from your photo?? Are you having low blood sugar problems (fainting, feeling woozy, etc.)?

    http://www.healthline.com/health/hypoglycemia#Overview1
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  • SuggaD
    SuggaD Posts: 1,369 Member
    Nope. Limit sugar....yes.

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