Eliminating added sugar from your diet

[Driller]

Anyone do this or want to do it?

In my 20s when I had more time, less stress and more courage I eliminated all added sugar from my diet. It felt really good to be working out regularly and eating clean.

I started doing this a few weeks ago, caved in after 4 days and had some chocolate ice cream but went at it again and have completely lost that sugar craving sensation you get after a meal. It is very liberating looking at cakes, biscuits etc and having no desire to eat them.

Energy and motivation levels seem to be up as a result. Every who does any sport should try this

[Driller]

No, definitely not given up fruit. Maybe I should have said "artificial" sugars or "extracellular" sugars.

Doing my best to eliminate all hidden sugars though so just fresh meat, fish, veg, fruit and milk/butter/natural yoghurt.

ETA homemade banana cake with no sugar, just fruit for eg.

Edited by Driller on Friday 18th September 09:11

[Driller]

Also a lot of the sugar in fruit is held in cells i.e. intracellular sugars so is less available than pure added sugar.

[Driller]

MrBarry123 said:

Driller said:

Also a lot of the sugar in fruit is held in cells i.e. intracellular sugars so is less available than pure added sugar.

Which I understand is why smoothies and/or juicing fruits is considerably worse than eating them in their natural form as these cells are broken down, meaning the sugar escapes?

Yeah, I've heard that so called "pure" fruit juice has sugar in it and that makes sense. I also read that they somehow make concentrated sugar out of the natural sugar in these juices thus getting around the "no added sugar" thing.

[Driller]

I think that if it's the kind of food that has "low fat" written on it then you shouldn't be eating it in the first place.

[Driller]

I don't think there's anything wrong with the normal level of fat in natural foods in a balanced diet, yoghurt included.

If they have to play on the "low fat" thing to sell to the masses, then I find it usually means there's all sorts of other st in it.

[Driller]

So how are we all doing? I had a few fallings off the wagon as far the sugar goes but have been back on track for a while now.

Also have given up tea and coffee and, although I was never big drinker, even stopped the odd glass of wine.

The headaches you get after a few days of stopping caffeine speaks volumes IMO.

I think it's an interesting experiment considering how few people in the western world do this.