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January 1 2012: I Quit Sugar

Today I’m going to do something drastic (for me anyway).  I’m going to stop eating SUGAR.  Yes, that’s right. I’m actually going to completely eliminate sugar (fructose, more specifically) from my diet for the next 8 weeks as an experiment to see the difference it makes in my body.  Its not going to be easy and it hasn’t been a spur of the moment decision. You see, I’m totally and utterly addicted to the sweet things in life.  Its all I think about all day – cakes, biscuits, pastries, honey on toast, pancakes with maple syrup, croissants, but most of all, chocolate.  After reading  a couple of books that described the effects that sugar has on your body, I’m sort of disgusted with some of the things I’ve been eating.  So I found this 8-week Quit Sugar program (www.sarahwilson.com.au) and decided that I’d give it a go.

Just to clarify a point here.  Quitting sugar is not about losing weight (although that can be a welcome side effect for some).  Its about breaking the sugar addiction that so many of us have, and then being able to make calm, rational decisions about the food we put in our mouth, without having that screaming little voice inside our head telling us that ‘just one piece of Lindt chocolate never hurt anyone’.  I see it as an experiment.  If after the 8 weeks I don’t feel any different, then at least I can say I gave it a go and there was no harm done.  I’ll be sure to keep you posted along the way.

Eliminating sugar (fructose) is much harder than you think.  Of course, most sugar that we eat is found in obvious foods and drinks such as soft drink, lollies, chocolates etc.  But this diet requires elimination of all added suger, in all foods. For example, some of the foods I will be cutting are:

-          ALL fruit and fruit juice

-          tomato sauce, BBQ sauce, seafood sauce etc

-          yoghurts with any added sugar or fruit

-          honey

Day 1 Menu:

Breakfast: a boiled egg and a piece of Rye Sourdough toast with butter and Vegemite. 

Lunch: BBQ pork, grilled haloumi cheese and salad. 

Afternoon tea: chai tea, some more nuts, full fat greek yoghurt with cinnamon.

Dinner: pasta with mushrooms and cream sauce.

As you can probably tell, the aim of the diet is not to eat less.

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Man gives up added sugar and alcohol for 1 month, things get ugly by Day 4

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I want a milkshake.

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Cut Down on Refined Sugar

It may sound obvious to anyone with knowledge of physiology, but eating too much sugar is the way to gain weight! If it is not kept down, the result could be obesity.

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No Sugar Challenge: Day 16

Thursday, January 24, 2019

I got home too late to post this update last night, so I’m doing it this morning! After class yesterday, I got together with some friends at one of my friends’ dorm. He cooked us dinner, which was really nice! The main dish had some sauce which tasted quite sweet, so I’m pretty sure it had sugar in it. And same for the store-bought veggie spring roll! But oh well! As I said on Sunday, I think it’s more important to embrace food as a social experience than it is to avoid every little gram of added sugar. (This is also my view on vegetarianism now -- I used to be more strict). At the same time, I did not have any of the baklava that one of my friends brought, but instead contented myself with rice cakes and cheese that I brought.

Breakfast: Half a grapefruit; Oatmeal with cinnamon, salt, walnuts, sunflower seeds, and blueberries; A hard-boiled egg; Cup of Earl Grey tea

Lunch: Leftover lentil stew from Monday

Late afternoon pre-class Snack: 2 rice cakes with peanut butter

Late dinner: Dish my friend cooked with chicken, pineapple, red pepper, and rice; 1 veggie spring roll; 1 rice cake; 2 babybel cheeses

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Are you ready to change the way you cook, eat and feel? Trying to quit sugar, but not really sure how to do it and, more importantly, sustain it? Are you wanting to eat REAL food; simply, easily and with ZERO fuss? The I QUIT SUGAR COOKBOOK is the companion cookbook to the highly successful I Quit Sugar: a Sweet 8-Week program.

http://www.katequitsugar.com/i-quit-sugar-cookbook-108-sugar-free-recipes/

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Sexy Savoury Life

Lose the sugar and regain your sweetness

When I controlled my addition for sugar I became a sweeter person. It's a fact, when you are in charge of your emotional state you welcome happiness into your life and consequently become a more joyful person to be around! 

It may sound contradicting specially as we believe that "we are what we eat" so if I have heaps of medoj dates I will become deliciously creamy, intensely sweet and irresistibly soft. God, who does not want that, right?!

Please do not get me wrong, I absolute love dates and understand all the nutritious benefit of occasionally have few of these nectar of oasis. However, at the time I replaced my daily chocolate bar for tons of raw cacao balls I definitely gained vitamins, antioxidants, healthy fats, but in terms of sugar ingestion I was replacing six by half-dozen.

And here comes the simple explanation: "We are what we are capable of digesting". Without bothering you with all the intriguing details, the way the body breaks down complex carbs, refined sugars and natural sugars is the same. It transforms into a simpler molecule that can be quickly used as energy essential to make your systems working.

In simple terms, the destiny of sugar is to be reduced to glucose and we are all familiar with the effects of the spikes of glucose in our body: immediate feeling of happiness, crash and then intense craving for more. A vicious circle that justify your addition and explain mood swings. 

The good news is that you should not bring yourself down for not having control over your candy addition as your body is biologically programmed to be constantly asking you for more. But now that you are aware of it, it's time to regain control of your mind.

I do not support the idea of quitting sugar unless you have a serious health challenge like a growing tumour or a severe case of bacteria grow like candida. As these bad boys thrive on sugar, in a very logical way if you don't feed them they won't grow - of course you will also have to support your immune system in many other ways to overcome any health issue, but controlling the ingestion of sugar is definitely a key step.

The reason I say "controlling the ingestion of sugar" is because people have demonised the sweet things, but that is probably because they forgot the brain needs glucose to function.

So here are my recovery steps to support you conquering Mount Marshmallow:

- Schedule Sugar: plan ahead when you have your "fix". I normally have fruits for breakfast 2/3 times a week and a healthy desert on the weekends. Commit to what is sustainable for you and have discipline to stick to it and gradually reduce your intake.

- Exercise 3-5 times a week to get your endorphins and dopamine  flowing. They are the hormones that brings you sense of happiness and reward. Please do choose an activity you enjoy, have fun and make it a habit.

- Detox the mind: get rid of toxic thoughts and people that do not serve you and take you out of balance and straight to that ice cream pot. Meditation is like a mental shower, so if you are new to it I strongly recommend trying the app Headspace, it has transformed my life.

- Include more naturally sweet vegetables in your diet like sweet corn, sweet potatoes, raw bell peppers and carrots. Stevia is also a life saving herb.

Last but not least: learn how to love yourself more than you love sugar. That is the not so straight forward one, but actually definitely the most important. You need to constantly remind yourself how awesome you are, manage your internal language, be kind towards yourself,celebrate your achievements and be conscious that simple steps and daily choices is what makes us.

Have a sexy sweet & savoury life!

NB - Sugar Additive in remission 

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SUGAR FEEDS CANCER, WEIGHT GAIN, PREMATURE AGEING

In 1700, the average person consumed about 4 pounds of sugar per year.

In 1800, the average person consumed about 18 pounds of sugar per year.

In 1900, individual consumption had risen to 90 pounds of sugar per year.

In 2009, more than 50 percent of all Americans consume one-half pound of sugar per day—translating to a whopping 180 pounds of sugar per year

Eating Fructose (Sugar) Is Far Worse Than Eating Fat

However, the physiological problems of fructose metabolism extend well beyond a couple of pant sizes:

Fructose elevates uric acid, which decreases nitric oxide, raises angiotensin, and causes your smooth muscle cells to contract, thereby raising your blood pressure and potentially damaging your kidneys.

Increased uric acid also leads to chronic, low-level inflammation, which has far-reaching consequences for your health. For example, chronically inflamed blood vessels lead to heart attacks and strokes; also, a good deal of evidence exists that some cancers are caused by chronic inflammation. (See the next section for more about uric acid.)

Fructose tricks your body into gaining weight by fooling your metabolism—it turns off your body’s appetite-control system. Fructose does not appropriately stimulate insulin, which in turn does not suppress ghrelin (the “hunger hormone”) and doesn’t stimulate leptin (the “satiety hormone”), which together result in you eating more and developing insulin resistance.

Fructose rapidly leads to weight gain and abdominal obesity (“beer belly”), decreased HDL, increased LDL, elevated triglycerides, elevated blood sugar, and high blood pressure—i.e., classic metabolic syndrome.

Fructose metabolism is very similar to ethanol metabolism, which has a multitude of toxic effects, including NAFLD (non-alcoholic fatty liver disease). It’s alcohol without the buzz.

These changes are not seen when humans or animals eat starch (or glucose), suggesting that fructose is a “bad carbohydrate” when consumed in excess of 25 grams per day. It is probably the one factor responsible for the partial success of many “low-carb” diets.

One of the more recent findings that surprised researchers is that glucose actually accelerates fructose absorption, making the potential health risks from HFCS even more profound.

You can now see why fructose is the number one contributing factor to the current obesity epidemic.

Limit is 25GM of fructose (sugar) p. day through natural means

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The Sugar Detox Diary - Week 3

Monday to Thursday was a breeze but come Friday Lesley was faced with a dilemma - does she drink Adelaide's finest (tap water) at a top notch Black Tie function, or does she have a couple of glasses of Shiraz? The Shiraz won and as a consequence so did the dance floor. In fact, we partied until 1.30am in the morning and that's a MASSIVE night out for us.  Then along came Saturday and a trip to the Barossa Valley with friends for some wine tasting. Oops...there's another couple of glasses of red wine in the system.  A late night and a couple of days of wine consumption brought on an odd craving come Sunday night for a Strawberry Milkshake. Naturally, the craving was ignored and she can start this week with her head held high. 

Now, according to I Quit Sugar, you can have Red and White Wine. You can also have pure spirits with Soda Water. This isn't a license to tip it in. As Sarah Wilson explains, booze has it's own set of metabolic interactions so should be kept to a minimum. 

Week 4 is about facing your Demons. The eating plan is the same but Sarah says Lesley might have moments of weakness where she starts to bargain with sugar. Thoughts like "surely it wouldn't hurt if I just had one chocolate?" might pop into her head. Willpower will be tested and she may need to remind herself of the reasons why she's quitting sugar. 

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चीनी छोड़ें और इन पांच फायदों का लाभ उठाएं | 5 Reasons to Quit Sugar

चीनी छोड़ें और इन पांच फायदों का लाभ उठाएं | 5 Reasons to Quit Sugar

चीनी छोड़ें और इन पांच फायदों का लाभ उठाएं | 5 Reasons to Quit Sugar कभी आपने सोचा है कि अगर आपने चीनी छोड़ दी तो आपके शरीर के साथ क्या होगा? एक सरल लेकिन प्रभावी  तरकीब के रूप में इसका काफी स्वास्थ्य लाभ हो सकता है .. आईये जानें कैसे.. चीनी आप मानें या न मानें लेकिन आज हम चीनी का सेवन किसी भी चीज से ज्यादा करते हैं। इस व्यस्त महानगरीय दुनिया में, हम जाने-अनजाने में अधिक चीनी खाने की प्रवृत्ति…

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The various labels of sugar

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