Sugar is crap. It tastes really good, but it's way too easy to eat too much of it. It's in most everything processed because people love it. Also if you add enough sugar to something that doesn't taste very good, all you'll taste is sweetness. It makes yuck palatable and it makes it unhealthy to boot.
I miss it though. I've been using the phrase sugar bugs when I talk about carbs with Carboface. It's become our catch phrase for mocking or talking wistfully about the foods we used to love. My niece's dentist used the term to explain why they had to brush their teeth. :)
High Fructose Corn Syrup is a bad idea too, and that's because of the higher fructose content. Fructose is the crap part of sugar. It's the part that messes up you up metabolically if you have too much, not just once in a while - consistently. I don't want to eat anymore of it...even though it is delicious! But it's easy to get fooled when you read ingredient labels, because it's disguised, and often the amount of sugar or HFCS is not even accurately represented.
Sugar or carbs, may feed cancer cells too.
I'm trying to stay away from sweeteners too because they can cause insulin resistance as well. I think the body responds to the sweet taste, and releases insulin in anticipation of the food energy that would be dumped into the bloodstream, and that insulin dump makes you hungry.
I'm not going to give up sweeteners altogether, but I am treating diet drinks and sugar-free jello with some respect. They aren't FREE foods. They are foods I can eat in moderation so I don't miss eating carby treats as much. I do notice that they rev my appetite some, so it's probably good to have them in conjunction with other more filling foods.
And xylitol is a good sweetener. It creates a perfect PH balance in your mouth and promotes healing in your gums. Good news if you have gingivitis.
I have some Omega 3 liquid that is sweetened with xylitol. Carboface was worried that it had carbs so when checking it out, I found this info on xylitol incidentally. My dentist told me it was good to chew sugar free gum as long it had xylitol, and now I know why.
I did a lot of walking today, a few hours worth, and I still feel so surprised and grateful at how I'm much more able to do physical activities. It's remarkable how much MORE and stable energy I get from NOT eating carbs. I think back to how I used to have to carry around food all the time in case I'd have a crashing low blood sugar. It happened ALL THE TIME. My blood sugars were good, if low at times, but really I was taking too much insulin!
Carboface and I were talking and wondering about the exact chemical processes involved that differ when you process carbs, or protein, or fat, for your body's needs. Then he found this interview with Robert Lustig. It's new! And it has a great little animated segment that really explains what goes on when you eat. And this article explains the processes too, same here.
I almost forgot, my weigh in this week - I'm down to 165.5, and Carboface hit 210.
WHAT I ATE TODAY
12:30 pm
2 egg omelet
60g cheddar cheese
1 T spinach cream cheese
1 green onion
1/2 small tomato
1 1/2 slices bacon
arugula
2 cups coffee
4:00 pm
1 oz mozzarella
cucumber
green tea
water
4:50 pm
1 oz cheddar
1 oz mozzarella
cucumber
1/4 cup mixed nuts
lime diet coke
green tea
6:30 pm
1/2 stick pepperoni
1/2 oz cheddar
tea
water
8:30 pm
2 thighs chicken
1/2 yellow pepper
1/2 green pepper
soy sauce
butter
10:00 pm
green tea leaves
11:40 pm
1/2 pack soft tofu
sesame oil, sesame seeds
soy
Rooster hot sauce
1:06 am
1 T miso
4 rounds cucumber
slice ham
green tea
water
3:30 am
1/2 pack soft tofu
soy sauce
BLOOD GLUCOSE
11:08 am
before breakfast
7.8
4:51 pm
before cheese, nuts etc
5.5
8:27 pm
before chicken and peppers
5.1
3:23
before bed
4.9
I miss it though. I've been using the phrase sugar bugs when I talk about carbs with Carboface. It's become our catch phrase for mocking or talking wistfully about the foods we used to love. My niece's dentist used the term to explain why they had to brush their teeth. :)
High Fructose Corn Syrup is a bad idea too, and that's because of the higher fructose content. Fructose is the crap part of sugar. It's the part that messes up you up metabolically if you have too much, not just once in a while - consistently. I don't want to eat anymore of it...even though it is delicious! But it's easy to get fooled when you read ingredient labels, because it's disguised, and often the amount of sugar or HFCS is not even accurately represented.
Sugar or carbs, may feed cancer cells too.
I'm trying to stay away from sweeteners too because they can cause insulin resistance as well. I think the body responds to the sweet taste, and releases insulin in anticipation of the food energy that would be dumped into the bloodstream, and that insulin dump makes you hungry.
I'm not going to give up sweeteners altogether, but I am treating diet drinks and sugar-free jello with some respect. They aren't FREE foods. They are foods I can eat in moderation so I don't miss eating carby treats as much. I do notice that they rev my appetite some, so it's probably good to have them in conjunction with other more filling foods.
And xylitol is a good sweetener. It creates a perfect PH balance in your mouth and promotes healing in your gums. Good news if you have gingivitis.
I have some Omega 3 liquid that is sweetened with xylitol. Carboface was worried that it had carbs so when checking it out, I found this info on xylitol incidentally. My dentist told me it was good to chew sugar free gum as long it had xylitol, and now I know why.
I did a lot of walking today, a few hours worth, and I still feel so surprised and grateful at how I'm much more able to do physical activities. It's remarkable how much MORE and stable energy I get from NOT eating carbs. I think back to how I used to have to carry around food all the time in case I'd have a crashing low blood sugar. It happened ALL THE TIME. My blood sugars were good, if low at times, but really I was taking too much insulin!
Carboface and I were talking and wondering about the exact chemical processes involved that differ when you process carbs, or protein, or fat, for your body's needs. Then he found this interview with Robert Lustig. It's new! And it has a great little animated segment that really explains what goes on when you eat. And this article explains the processes too, same here.
I almost forgot, my weigh in this week - I'm down to 165.5, and Carboface hit 210.
WHAT I ATE TODAY
12:30 pm
2 egg omelet
60g cheddar cheese
1 T spinach cream cheese
1 green onion
1/2 small tomato
1 1/2 slices bacon
arugula
2 cups coffee
4:00 pm
1 oz mozzarella
cucumber
green tea
water
4:50 pm
1 oz cheddar
1 oz mozzarella
cucumber
1/4 cup mixed nuts
lime diet coke
green tea
6:30 pm
1/2 stick pepperoni
1/2 oz cheddar
tea
water
8:30 pm
2 thighs chicken
1/2 yellow pepper
1/2 green pepper
soy sauce
butter
10:00 pm
green tea leaves
11:40 pm
1/2 pack soft tofu
sesame oil, sesame seeds
soy
Rooster hot sauce
1:06 am
1 T miso
4 rounds cucumber
slice ham
green tea
water
3:30 am
1/2 pack soft tofu
soy sauce
BLOOD GLUCOSE
11:08 am
before breakfast
7.8
4:51 pm
before cheese, nuts etc
5.5
8:27 pm
before chicken and peppers
5.1
3:23
before bed
4.9
