That’s amazing!

Bacon is not that healthy

Yep. I was having back pain. My chiropractor said he thought it’s inflammation. And I know that inflammation comes mainly from a sugary diet. So I quit.. and within 3 days that pain was gone. So I canceled my follow up appointment. 😅 3 days after my husband quit sugar, the pain in his feet went away. 👍🏻😁

You quit sugar means no bread, no rice, no cereals or just added table sugar ? Thanks Michele ❤️

@@moonerlyn9412 I make sandwiches using big rommaine lettuce leaves. No rice, no cereal and definitely no white sugar ! No pizza, no pasta. Just veggies, meat and nuts and seeds. I’ve always liked peanut butter, but switched to a natural one with no sugar in it. Z👍🏻💪🏻😊 Oh, I see you were asking Michelle. Well, I answered for myself. Lol

@@cjhoward409 thank you too 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻very informative. I'll try to do the same 😊

@Ardwick Crome natural peanut butter has 7-9% g of carbs. That’s not the same as added sugar to peanut butter

Try enjoying healthier desserts, maybe learn to make some. Also try replacing the white rice and pasta (if you consume them) with brown rice or quinoa and a spinach base pasta). See if you can find or order online a 'healthier' soda such as GUS (grown up soda) or similar. Lastly do your own research....nothing drives the point home like what you read and understand for yourself. The slow reduction of sugar in the foods you consume and the drinks will result in almost immediate benefits that you will feel which will in turn increase your desire to stick with the replacements. In short, any significant reduction in sugar consumption beats no change at all. Wishing you the best and you can do it! 👍

Try replacing sugar with fresh fruit. The natural sugars in fruit are slow releasing so you get no withdrawal symptoms.

Drink homemade electrolytes that will help w cravings,i worked for me,down 140lbs and maintaining for 4 years

No. I was on prescription opioids for 4 years. Quit that and it was Hell for over 4 months. No sleep, nightmares, horrible digestive issues, I cried all the time, had restless leg syndrome. Horrible shaking and sweating. I quit sugar and had a headache for 3 days. No comparison ! 😮😅

@@cjhoward409 you suffered needlessly...I used marijuana to get off opiates...no suffering...did you know that animals addicted to cocaine will choose sugar over it if there is a choice...and sugar withdrawal never goes away like drug withdrawal...I never think about alcohol or opiates but sugar is another story

Thanks for the reminder.

That’s why the diet sodas are so bad because they trigger those sugar cravings. Best to quit all that cold Turkey !

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90% of the population are sugar addicts 🤣

@@commonsense3921 Probably 😬

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Many doctors don’t know that much about nutrition.

What the hell good would that do? They don't care about anything that doesn't make them money like writing prescriptions.

Most doctors know nothing about nutrition, they are trained to write prescriptions.

@@KetoKassy exxxactly !!

3 years ago I had full blood work done. I was 54… my Dr after reading my results asked ME what my secret was to having such perfect blood numbers and looking the way I do because I’m in my 50’s but people guess me to be in my early 40’s. Crazy that a Dr would ask me for health advice 😱🤦🏼‍♀️

😮😮😮😮😮😮😮 never thought about it 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

Did you think he/she was a quack back then?

A hundred years ago when Americans ate very little sugar they had much less heart disease and obesity ..it's not steak and potatoes making us fat.its sugar

@@richardlawson6787 s Amount of sugar, the food processing, and the depletion of nutrients

Medical Students lucky if they receive 6 weeks of Nutrition.

Dr. Lustig's work inspired me to create this parody song. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i7KTmsWL2c_DgGg.html

LOVE Dr Lustig!!!

I think that he is the paediatrician that is referenced here.

And we vote with our wallets. If everyone started eating healthier, we’d see less junk food for sale in the stores and have healthier options. Big gas stations just blow my mind because it’s filled with nothing but crap “food”. All of it !

Lustig's Fat Chance: Fructose 2 showed me the way.Complete opposite of the western diet

Good health to you, I bet you are already feeling the benefits

👍❤️Thank you for info .

It would be very good to find her a food coach to help her. Time is of the essence.

Get her on omad immediately...doctor says I'm in the top one percent of all Americans of any age.....I eat once per day and don't drink sugar drinks or candy

yeah prayers always help 🤣😂🤣😂

I Nordic help for

She needs a healthy person around her age to encourage her. And I’m sure there are people here on KZfaq in their late teens early 20’s that are all about health and living healthy lifestyles 😊

Yes if I go to a fast food joint all I see are lard tubs of whole families eating in there. The time it took you to get all the kids in the car, drive there, order, and wait you could have made a good home cooked meal and taken care of your children better. (And no I'm not the one eating in those places).

@@chrissyellem7397 It would be great if families looked upon meal time as a joint effort. It's a burden for one person to do it all, all the time, especially if they put in hours at a job outside the home. Also, the chief cook and bottlewasher would love to come home to a prepared meal that wasn't pizza or takeout.

Wanna amend. Even if you stay at home all day minding a family, it would be nice to sit down to a home cooked meal someone else prepared.

It can be done, that's just another excuse. You can batch cook on Sundays and freeze it or cook simple foods - beans, rice, salads, etc. I hate to cook but I eat lots of the above.

The effects of added sugar intake - higher blood pressure, inflammation, weight gain, diabetes, and fatty liver disease - are all linked to an increased risk for heart attack and stroke.

Refined carbs , not complex , which are most important .

You're killing your kidneys eating a high meat diet.

@@marygathercole9058 I don't see where she says she is eating a high MEAT diet though?

Reading properly is a lost skill for activists. Thanks for helping her.

@@marygathercole9058 My grand parents ate a high meat diet but zero sugar. They didn’t even eat bread. And just drank water. They both lived well into their 90’s. Neither one were ever on any prescription meds 👍🏻😁

Stevia does give an Insulin response btw according to new study you can read about in the book ‘Metabolical’ It’s not a free pass and Will eventually raise blood glucose too

My grandfather lived to 90+ he had to have 3_4 TBS sugar in a one pint cup of tea twice per day!

@Indra S If that’s all the sugar he usually had he was doing much better then most.

That Karo move was common practice back in the day.

Well done, buddy!

@@CHRISTALMOUNTAIN Thanks. I've never really had a big sweet tooth anyway. But now I'm getting older and I'm training for an white collar boxing fight. I need to dial in my health before it's too late. 💪💪

In European countries NORMAL Blood Pressure is 140/90. Big Pharma keeps on lowering the blood pressure numbers just to sell more blood pressure medications and bigger profits

Hear hear,🙈👏🏿👏🏿❤🙌

Babylon

Keep trying!! You got this💕🙏🏽

For the last 3yrs I went from 16oz(500ml) of coffee and 2 packets of hot choc then over ice then to 32 oz of coffee an one packet then over ice then no sugar hot choc then goat milk then coconut milk then choc protein powder then pure Cocoa powder and so on as I learned more but now I just dip a spoon into grass fed chocolate milk an stir my coffee with it. .. it's tough to replace our comforts an social norms but I feel above it now looking down on the soda drinkers and Starbucks phooffy drinks. Lol.. making healthy food taste great is a hobby and a necessity now... -Chocolatier 7yrs ...

Can you spell A D D I C T I O N ???

@@solomonsalsberg5961 Try enjoying healthier desserts, maybe learn to make some. Also try replacing the white rice and pasta (if you consume them) with brown rice or quinoa and a spinach base pasta). See if you can find or order online a 'healthier' soda such as GUS (grown up soda) or similar. Lastly do your own research....nothing drives the point home like what you read and understand for yourself. The slow reduction of sugar in the foods you consume and the drinks will result in almost immediate benefits that you will feel which will in turn increase your desire to stick with the replacements. In short, any significant reduction in sugar consumption beats no change at all. Wishing you the best and you can do it! 👍

Good decision! I'm slowly working my way toward the same. "If the caveman didn't eat it, why should I?" 😆

@@kathygaskins7132 Cavemen did not have a Walmart........now, they work there.....

Keep gallons of water overnight. This will drastically reduce sulphur from liquid to gas.... out of the water. Can't drink or cook with the water straight out of the sink faucet. My cats prefer the still water too.

You had an unusual and very serious medical condition . I'm surprised you didn't need IV hydration and hospitalization. With literally everything going right through you ( constant diarrhea) any fluids you could keep down and any solid food you could tolerate would help you. Hope u r doing better now. If your UC is stable you might consider being tested for lactose intolerance and celiac disease.

@@lindajones4849 Thank you, I'm still doing fine. I'm struggling a bit, but it's been very manageable. As for the lactose, it's ironic you mention intolerance because dairy products are another thing that kept me living happily through the flare. It helped me maintain some weight and I've never had a lactose problem. Milk, cheese, and yogurt all saved my life too. Those were literally the only foods that my body seemed to absorb. Banana, white bread, chicken, and dairy were the only foods that I felt like my body was gaining energy from, and then the sports drink helped maintain my energy. Everything else, my gut would immediately reject. I still can't eat carrots, they go right through me, and broccoli makes me cramp. It's very strange. The only greens I can thoroughly digest are soft green beans, and lettuce. Not iceberg lettuce. Oh and sweet potato is my new favorite veggie, my body can digest it quite well. However, I can still eat very moderate amounts of cooked veggies like broccoli now that I'm doing far better, but I choose to avoid them. It's a very strange condition to be honest, but I've been making it through. I'm surprised myself that I didn't get any IV injections and stuff, I was literally staying strong and holding on to life. I never want to feel that way ever again. Sunshine also keeps me healthy, I don't know what it does, but it rejuvenates me and makes me feel calm and happy. I remember sitting in the sun during my intense flare up, and whenever I was in the sun, my symptoms would quite for longer than usual. The sun has magic powers that scientist aren't talking about!

Get fasting blood sugar and fasting insulin level . Getting the fasting insulin level is important . Your fasting blood sugar is the last thing to rise before you become diabetic. If your blood sugar is normal but your your fasting insulin level is high you r on the way to becoming diabetic but have some time to change your lifestyle and prevent full blown diabetes.

I'm interested in what specific blood work you had. Did you get a FASTInG blood sugar and fasting insulin level? This is VERY important. Suggest asking a doc for a glucose tolerance test because I'm concerned u may be headed for diabetes. Best wishes.

OMG ! Seriously ??? 😅 My mom was a nurse and even she knew that sugar was bad ! The only time we had sugar in our house was for birthdays. And even then, everyone got a tiny slice of cake and one small scoop of ice cream. And about 2-3 times a year we had pizza and we split a can of root beer, 4 ways. 😮 So glad my mom didn’t allow crap in our house to eat. We snacked on veggies and lean meats. My grand kids love red and yellow peppers to snack on and avocados and baby carrots. 😁

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Can you spell F R U C T O S E ??? Dried fruits are Sugar bombs.... spikes your blood sugar just as much as eating a candy bar. Sorry to crash your hopes about being able to keep your Sugar addiction with raisens and fool yourself into calling it healthy.

I believe all the others are less damaging than sugar.....

Whatever allowed me to stay in business...

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I forgot corn on the Cobb. 🤤

how are you doing now!?

@@axmeee I am feeling more normal but still get tired sooner than I did prior to getting off carbs and sugar. My body is adjusting. I'm 63 years old and only fasted once a few years ago and that didn't go well for me. I got light headed and nearly passed out doing yard work. I would get down on my hands and knees before I fell down and gave my body a little time. I gave up on the fast. I have always had plenty to eat and heavy on carbs and sugar so my body just could not cope. I have only had a few teaspoons of honey in my tea and a little bit of raisins since I started the no sugar, no carb diet. I have had no rice, pasta, potatoes, bread, white or brown sugar at all. The amounts or raisins and honey are insignificant. Considering a life time of eating carbs and sugar I think my body is adjusting but more is needed to be "normal" again .

@@nobodyspecial3410 aww you'll get there! you're doing great already, just a lil more of getting used to :)

@trixiek942 I have never drunk coffee, in UK we are TEA heads but I like mine with full fat cream and brown sugar.

@trixiek942 I do think that sugar consumption makes your blood thicker but drinking water can counter it.