Rebeck725

Looks like I stirred up quite a discussion over types of sugar - I have ADHD and am definitely sensitive to sugar, which is why I look for low GI alternatives. I don't think the question is WHETHER all sugars turn to glucose in the body, but how fast they do. The slower, the better.

There are a lot of great cookbooks with recipes that take only 20-30 minutes to make. My personal favorite is "Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home." The recipes in that one are all vegetarian, but not vegan, so they include dairy and eggs, as well as beans and tofu, for your protein. There's tons of cookbooks for 20-minute…

I was having a hard time meeting my daily calorie count, too, because I take meds whose side effects include suppressing my appetite. I've started making a high-protein smoothie in the morning - one banana (frozen is good, but it doesn't have to be), 1 cup other fruit, 1.5 tbsp nutritional yeast, 1/2 cup plain Greek…

Try Fage 0% Total with Honey - the honey comes in its own little packet on the side - take a spoonful of the yogurt, scoop up a little honey, and you'll be in heaven!!

I read somewhere that natural sugars in fruits and vegetables shouldn't really count toward the daily food allowance. As long as you're cutting out foods with high fructose corn syrup and granulated cane sugar, you should be okay. I've started baking with coconut sugar - calories are about the same, but the glycemic index…