For the people who eliminated sugar from your diet, how did you do it?
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I am always amazed by people who can eliminate sugar from their diet. I have tried, but I am finding it hard. I love my fruits, vegetables, and dairy but all of those have at least some sugar in them and I don't think I can cut them out completely.
What is the secret to the people who said they cut out all sugar? Anyone with an open diary I can look at?
What is the secret to the people who said they cut out all sugar? Anyone with an open diary I can look at?
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If you enjoy fruit, veg and dairy, why are you trying to cut them out?
Sugar is not the devil7 -
Why on earth would you want to cut all sugars? You'd be eating, what, meat and oil? I'm sure there are a few people who are complete carnivores, but it by no means the norm.
Unless you have a medical condition, you don't really need to worry about sugar. I don't even track it.5 -
tinkerbellang83 wrote: »If you enjoy fruit, veg and dairy, why are you trying to cut them out?
Sugar is not the devil
I don't plan to, believe me. I am just amazed at the people who cut out all sugar and gave those up.1 -
tinkerbellang83 wrote: »If you enjoy fruit, veg and dairy, why are you trying to cut them out?
Sugar is not the devil
I don't plan to, believe me. I am just amazed at the people who cut out all sugar and gave those up.
I think they would be a-kin to unicorns.1 -
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When most people say theyve given up sugar they mean added sugars, not sugars in fruit, veg and dairy
Right time for a biscuit15 -
Cutting out sugar entirely is not only extremely difficult. It is also completely unnecessary and unhealthy.
Following this approach carries the potential for micronutrient deficiencies, lack of fiber...it's just not good.
BTW, sugar isn't bad for you. In fact, it's vital to your survival. If you don't eat it, your body will produce it from other sources in order to keep you alive.2 -
ruqayyahsmum wrote: »When most people say theyve given up sugar they mean added sugars, not sugars in fruit, veg and dairy
This. If someone says they've given up sugar ^^ that's what they likely mean.
Ask them what they mean.
AND DON'T CORRECT THEM ABOUT FRUIT/DAIRY/VEG.
Then you're just "that" guy.
*ets: Unless you're on MFP being pedantic for the sake of accuracy and education. IRL - we know what people mean - and the correction won't go over well.
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Don't cut out vegetables and fruits. Or dairy.
I cut way back on foods with added sugars. I started reading labels. It's a challenge because so far (in the U.S.) most packaged foods don't differentiate between the sugar that's naturally occurring and added sugars, so you have to read and compare. Take pasta sauce for example. Some brands would have 8 grams (ish) per serving, the sugar in tomatoes, others would have 15 for the same serving size. Bread: the tiny amount needed for bread, versus the kinds with more added sugars (several kinds, usually). Then I read the ingredients and could see why.
You have to know all the names of sugar in foods.
I did this... about 17 years ago now. I basically cut way back on all heavily processed so-called convenience foods. It's doable. And for me, I think it helped with appetite and my ability to achieve my diet goals.3 -
Don’t expect a lot of support from the forums in regards to cutting out added processed sugars from your diet. There are a lot of “experts” that can’t seem to grasp that added sugars ARE a problem for many.
It’s hard but not impossible to cut out added sugars. The trick is to find all the hidden sugars in your food such as ketchup and salad dressings. It takes a good 30 days for cravings to go away, and expect some “flu-like” days as your body starts to detox. Find healthy substitutes such as fruit and medjool dates. You may also find that other foods might trigger sugar cravings such as white flour. You just need to figure out what is best for you.
There are a lot of websites and books on the subject for more in depth information.
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moosmum1972 wrote: »Don’t expect a lot of support from the forums in regards to cutting out added processed sugars from your diet. There are a lot of “experts” that can’t seem to grasp that added sugars ARE a problem for many.
It’s hard but not impossible to cut out added sugars. The trick is to find all the hidden sugars in your food such as ketchup and salad dressings. It takes a good 30 days for cravings to go away, and expect some “flu-like” days as your body starts to detox. Find healthy substitutes such as fruit and medjool dates. You may also find that other foods might trigger sugar cravings such as white flour. You just need to figure out what is best for you.
There are a lot of websites and books on the subject for more in depth information.
Your body doesn't treat added sugar or natural sugar any differently.
Is this a fact? Or what the sugar commercials tell us? I would truly like to see well cited studies on this, and have looked. But haven't seen much of anything.
Regardless, I think most folks would be well served by cutting back on sugar. And added sugars seem like the obvious place to cut back.13 -
You mentioned that, yes. Thanks.moosmum1972 wrote: »Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »moosmum1972 wrote: »Don’t expect a lot of support from the forums in regards to cutting out added processed sugars from your diet. There are a lot of “experts” that can’t seem to grasp that added sugars ARE a problem for many.
It’s hard but not impossible to cut out added sugars. The trick is to find all the hidden sugars in your food such as ketchup and salad dressings. It takes a good 30 days for cravings to go away, and expect some “flu-like” days as your body starts to detox. Find healthy substitutes such as fruit and medjool dates. You may also find that other foods might trigger sugar cravings such as white flour. You just need to figure out what is best for you.
There are a lot of websites and books on the subject for more in depth information.
Your body doesn't treat added sugar or natural sugar any differently.
Is this a fact? Or what the sugar commercials tell us? I would truly like to see well cited studies on this, and have looked. But haven't seen much of anything.
Regardless, I think most folks would be well served by cutting back on sugar. And added sugars seem like the obvious place to cut back.
Sugar is sugar......doesn't matter where it comes from. It's all broken down the same way in your body.
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Don’t expect a lot of support from the forums in regards to cutting out added processed sugars from your diet. There are a lot of “experts” that can’t seem to grasp that added sugars ARE a problem for many.
It’s hard but not impossible to cut out added sugars. The trick is to find all the hidden sugars in your food such as ketchup and salad dressings. It takes a good 30 days for cravings to go away, and expect some “flu-like” days as your body starts to detox. Find healthy substitutes such as fruit and medjool dates. You may also find that other foods might trigger sugar cravings such as white flour. You just need to figure out what is best for you.
There are a lot of websites and books on the subject for more in depth information.
This thread wasn't about cutting out added sugar, it was about cutting out all sugar so that's kind of a moot point really.5 -
...and here we go. What, ten posts in?
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There is sugar and there is sugar4
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