Sugar free detox
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Fancy_Nancy2 wrote: »I order The 21 day Sugar detox cookbook: over 100 recipes for any program level. To use as my guide
I think this is a scam. I have an insane number of cookbooks, and yet very few of them have sugar in the recipes other than in the dessert section. Yeah, some tomato sauce recipes use sugar and my standard rhubarb sauce recipe does and cranberry sauce (although who makes that in April?) and various things use honey, but really only a small portion of the recipes would have a thing to do with sugar, and modifying them is pretty easy and obvious. The idea that we need a special cookbook so as not to accidentally include sugar in, I dunno, salmon en papillotte is so weird.0 -
brianpperkins wrote: »Fancy_Nancy2 wrote: »Yes I want to stop for a bit of refined sugar and reduce the amount of extra sugar get to a whole food diet. Not all sugar. Sugar is just so bad for us and we aren't meant to have as much as I have been eating.
The body cannot tell the difference between natural and added sugars. The part in bold tells me you believe fear mongering.
Yup.
OP, if you think you are having a hard time moderating sweets (not sugar, apparently, but specific dessert foods), I don't think it would hurt to try cutting them out for a while. Depending on what your issues with them are some people do well "resetting" their palates or (for me) simply their habits. It also might be that you'd do better keeping them in if you feel deprived without them, but simply going for single servings and maybe not keeping them in the house or wherever it is you tend to eat them. (I eat them excessively at work, so had to learn to live with them around. I don't tend to over-indulge in sweets at home, for whatever reason.)
The reason you are getting flack is that the whole "sugar is the devil!" rhetoric of Fed Up is ridiculous and none of this has a thing to do with detoxing.
I personally did cut out sweets for a while, though (later added them back in moderation), and found it not particularly hard and helpful for me.0 -
Yep I did. It was hard for a week....bad mood and fatigue, but now I'm so happy I did it because for me it completely reset my appetite. I started 6 weeks ago, and I'm still on it, because I'm really enjoying the results. And the food is delicious!Fancy_Nancy2 wrote: »has anyone ever done a sugar free detox? How did it go? Did u go back to the sugar? Did you find recipes easy to make? Did you like your food?
I have been aiming for 50g net carbs (carbs - fiber).
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I would say that, for a true detox from sugar, you would need to pull all carbs from your diet, except for those found in non-starchy veggies, a small serving of lentils/black beans per day, nuts. I made this change in my diet, then after a few weeks of getting used to buying/preparing/eating this diet, I also fine-tuned the amount of net carbs I was taking in.Fancy_Nancy2 wrote: »I am wanting to detox from all add sugar. Natural sugar found in fruit and veg is fine but the box of candys I throw away and things like salda dressing that are high I would like to get rid of. I eat way over what I should. I am wanting to do the fed up 10 day sugar detox.
At any rate, whenever you lower the amount of carbs you normally eat, your appetite/blood sugar are likely to need a day or two to adjust.
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In addition, if you give yourself a full 2 weeks at least, you will find that your sense of taste has adjusted to appreciating your new way of eating ...taste buds are replaced within 2 weeks, and the new ones set for the amount of sugar you are eating....your simpler foods taste delicious to you.0
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You need sugar to survive... And, I just leave it to my liver and kidneys to detox. After all, there's a few hundred thousand years behind their successful design.0
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I think the use of the word "detox" is a strong word - almost to a fault - detox is really referring to a medical situation that involves de-coupling the body from the use and abuse of alcohol - since the liver is over-taxed in metabolizing it from the body anytime it's abused.
I did reduce my sugar intake over a year ago and ever since, I feel great, lost 57# of pure fat, and will never go back to it. I used to be a chocolatier, so yeah, I got so used to trying all of my stuff that I didn't even realize how much I was eating - and that carried over once I sold the business in 2009.
Sugar requires "chewing resistance" as it metabolizes in the body so it doesn't store as fat so easily. That means eating sources like fruit - or making something that has enough fiber to mitigate its effects. Take potatoes, there's something called "resistant starch" that is created when a potato is left to cool for up to 2 hours after cooking. Reheat that potato and the chewing resistance of that potato is increased significantly.
Bottom line - find ways to reduce your intake through reducing/eliminating processed foods and eating natural sources - and I think you will find the happy medium you are seeking.0 -
coreyreichle wrote: »You need sugar to survive... And, I just leave it to my liver and kidneys to detox. After all, there's a few hundred thousand years behind their successful design.
Just wish the engineers had been a little less obsessed with that, and worked on a better design for the female reproductive system.0 -
Sugar to survive? Really? LOL0
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Fancy_Nancy2 wrote: »Yes I want to stop for a bit of refined sugar and reduce the amount of extra sugar get to a whole food diet. Not all sugar. Sugar is just so bad for us and we aren't meant to have as much as I have been eating.
do you have a medical condition that makes you sensitive to sugar?
If not, then there is no reason to avoid it.
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Fancy_Nancy2 wrote: »I am wanting to detox from all add sugar. Natural sugar found in fruit and veg is fine but the box of candys I throw away and things like salda dressing that are high I would like to get rid of. I eat way over what I should. I am wanting to do the fed up 10 day sugar detox.
lol no …
sugar = sugar
so you buy salad dressing and then throw it away? Really ...0 -
I did a juice "Detox" once where all you drink are these premade fresh juices for three day. They are comprised of real fruits and veggies, not one of those OTC or GNC juice detoxes. The one I ordered was from Squeezed Online. It was supposed to alleviate your food addictions (mine is sugar). I felt great after the detox, like some one had hit the reset button, but it didn't last more than a few months before I slowly started cycling artificial sugar back into my diet. This time around I'm just going to try every day to have less sugar than the previous day.0
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fitmomhappymom wrote: »I did a juice "Detox" once where all you drink are these premade fresh juices for three day. They are comprised of real fruits and veggies, not one of those OTC or GNC juice detoxes. The one I ordered was from Squeezed Online. It was supposed to alleviate your food addictions (mine is sugar). I felt great after the detox, like some one had hit the reset button, but it didn't last more than a few months before I slowly started cycling artificial sugar back into my diet. This time around I'm just going to try every day to have less sugar than the previous day.
Juice is basically pure sugar, without even the fiber that people always says makes fruit different.0 -
Don't let the negative comments get you down. It is true that our bodies can't tell the difference between refined and natural sugars - however - I personally cut out a lot of the extra treats and sweets. I had a hard time keeping my portions to a minimum and I was eating at least a bag of peanut M&Ms daily along with other treats. It seemed the more I ate - the more I wanted. So, I gave up extra desserts made with refined sugars and replaced it with brown rice, steamed veggies, raw fruits and vegetables. My palatte has changed and I find that the treats are usually too sweet for me. I now have some treats every now and then but I am finding what I like to eat best and find it easier to say no to things I would not really want. (Bonus - I tried to eat some peanut M&Ms last weekend and I found out that I did NOT like them. Who knew?) I did not watch Fed Up - but I have heard some good things and some negative things. Some people need to go through this process for themselves. Every brain is different. So, good luck in this process. Just go easy on yourself if you have a cave-in day. It's okay and you can always make a better choice tomorrow.
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I dont eat purified sugar... I cook from scratch and when I rarely bake I use fruits or a little honey to sweeten
I don't have a sweet tooth, already liked dark chocolate like to eat iwth with a bit of salt on it 0 -
ThisOrderedLife wrote: »I dont eat purified sugar... I cook from scratch and when I rarely bake I use fruits or a little honey to sweeten
I don't have a sweet tooth, already liked dark chocolate like to eat iwth with a bit of salt on it
I do eat refined sugar in baked goods / foods ... I cook from scratch and when I bake I use the recipe
I don't have a particularly sweet tooth either and I like dark chocolate .. and salted caramel and ice cream bars omnomnom
what I do is watch my overall calories, my protein intake and my fibre .. the rest can just fall where it falls ... weight loss and maintenance should be how you can live for life0 -
fitjulz40in12 wrote: »Don't let the negative comments get you down. It is true that our bodies can't tell the difference between refined and natural sugars - however - I personally cut out a lot of the extra treats and sweets. I had a hard time keeping my portions to a minimum and I was eating at least a bag of peanut M&Ms daily along with other treats. It seemed the more I ate - the more I wanted. So, I gave up extra desserts made with refined sugars and replaced it with brown rice, steamed veggies, raw fruits and vegetables. My palatte has changed and I find that the treats are usually too sweet for me. I now have some treats every now and then but I am finding what I like to eat best and find it easier to say no to things I would not really want. (Bonus - I tried to eat some peanut M&Ms last weekend and I found out that I did NOT like them. Who knew?) I did not watch Fed Up - but I have heard some good things and some negative things. Some people need to go through this process for themselves. Every brain is different. So, good luck in this process. Just go easy on yourself if you have a cave-in day. It's okay and you can always make a better choice tomorrow.
And this is what most are saying. If you have an issue controlling yourself around sweets, stay away from them for a while to change your palate and your habits. "Added sugar" from any source is not bad if it is necessary for the dish to taste right. Personally, I have a couple of crock pot dishes (mostly pork) that benefit from a little added sweetness. I use maple syrup because of the flavor. It is "natural" sort of (have you ever watched a sugaring? It takes forever to boil down the sap) but it also is almost 100% sucrose, which makes it comparable to table sugar. I don't worry about it because I don't worry about sugar. I just don't have sweets in the house and buy a single serving when I really want one and have the calories to spend. Oh, by the way, I am T2 diabetic. My Dr. tells her diabetic patients not to worry about sugar, just keep total carbs down to whatever level she thinks is best for them. Mine is 180 g daily.
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These juices were made of only fruits and veggies. Look up the website and you will see what I mean. Obviously my goal was to reduce the amount of artificial sugar, not natural sugars.lemurcat12 wrote: »fitmomhappymom wrote: »I did a juice "Detox" once where all you drink are these premade fresh juices for three day. They are comprised of real fruits and veggies, not one of those OTC or GNC juice detoxes. The one I ordered was from Squeezed Online. It was supposed to alleviate your food addictions (mine is sugar). I felt great after the detox, like some one had hit the reset button, but it didn't last more than a few months before I slowly started cycling artificial sugar back into my diet. This time around I'm just going to try every day to have less sugar than the previous day.
Juice is basically pure sugar, without even the fiber that people always says makes fruit different.
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By "artificial sugar" do you mean "sugar refined from the sugar cane plant"?0
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Did you know that that white granulated sugar that you get in bags and is in candy and everything comes from a vegetable?fitmomhappymom wrote: »
These juices were made of only fruits and veggies. Look up the website and you will see what I mean. Obviously my goal was to reduce the amount of artificial sugar, not natural sugars.lemurcat12 wrote: »fitmomhappymom wrote: »I did a juice "Detox" once where all you drink are these premade fresh juices for three day. They are comprised of real fruits and veggies, not one of those OTC or GNC juice detoxes. The one I ordered was from Squeezed Online. It was supposed to alleviate your food addictions (mine is sugar). I felt great after the detox, like some one had hit the reset button, but it didn't last more than a few months before I slowly started cycling artificial sugar back into my diet. This time around I'm just going to try every day to have less sugar than the previous day.
Juice is basically pure sugar, without even the fiber that people always says makes fruit different.
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