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Stuart G

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37. I've cut way back on sweets.

Mon Feb 3, 2014, 11:14 PM

Feb 2014

It has not been perfect, but no ice cream, candy, cookies, doughnuts, cake or pie for over 3 years and 6 months. Occasionally, I have some diet soda or even regular soda, but not often. I feel better, but still have cravings and dreams about it. I am trying to get rid of extra salt in the diet, that is not easy..Here is a great book on this addiction

Salt, Sugar and Fat, How the Food Giants Hooked Us

Michael Moss...now in paper back.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/18/books/salt-sugar-fat-by-michael-moss.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/salt-sugar-fat-how-the-food-giants-hooked-us-by-michael-moss/2013/03/22/50d0dc06-8768-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394_story.html

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Sugar kills [View all] malaise Feb 2014 OP

I've cut way back and added a lot of vegetables to my diet, but I still have to have a little bit of liberal_at_heart Feb 2014 #1

Same here- lots of fruits and veg malaise Feb 2014 #3

If I'm going to ingest 140+ calories of fizzy liquid Warpy Feb 2014 #2

We only use brown sugar and I make home made drinks malaise Feb 2014 #4

mmm Sorrel and homemade Jamaica! BrotherIvan Feb 2014 #6

Made lots yesterday malaise Feb 2014 #8

And healthy too from what I've heard BrotherIvan Feb 2014 #10

I like turbinado sugar Warpy Feb 2014 #32

I'll have to check that out malaise Feb 2014 #51

me too-- can't stand the cloying taste of sugary sodas and such.... mike_c Feb 2014 #5

Do not be ashamed of eating ice cream. Brigid Feb 2014 #9

Alcohol is about the same as sugar: simple carbohydrate empty calories. nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2014 #29

True, but soda doesn't make you a better dancer Major Nikon Feb 2014 #39

It's not as bad as DiHydrogen Monoxide whistler162 Feb 2014 #7

OMFG!! Timez Squarez Feb 2014 #11

I guess it depends upon how deep it is and how well we can swim. Ed Suspicious Feb 2014 #25

Some of the worst offenders are foods supposed to be healthy. MH1 Feb 2014 #12

TJ's Non-Fat Yogurt with dollop of TJ's Strawberry Preserves (or other) 2banon Feb 2014 #47

No sugar tonight in my coffee, no sugar tonight in my tea. adirondacker Feb 2014 #13

That song takes me back Art_from_Ark Feb 2014 #34

Candy is dandy but liquor is quicker Baclava Feb 2014 #14

It's a complete poem by Ogden Nash. nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2014 #30

I'm really enjoying agave for my sweetner. I get it in bulk Coyotl Feb 2014 #15

There hasn't been any sugar in my house for years. RebelOne Feb 2014 #16

Been off the stuff for months. Paid for it at christmas... lindysalsagal Feb 2014 #17

I gave up sugar to a large degree last year due to a lab indicating high tryglicerides adirondacker Feb 2014 #21

I was always under the impression Awknid Feb 2014 #35

That's entirely personal. They don't make me crave carbs, and I'm not worried lindysalsagal Feb 2014 #50

Yes, but to be more specific, *excessive refined sugar* is what kills. nomorenomore08 Feb 2014 #18

I would frame it as excessive simple carbohydrates Major Nikon Feb 2014 #40

I absolutely realize that juice has just as much sugar as soda. And I do drink both. nomorenomore08 Feb 2014 #41

The problem with most juice is that people tend to like it with the fiber filtered out Major Nikon Feb 2014 #45

I love chocolate ice cream, but I love mint chocolate chip even more!!! yawnmaster Feb 2014 #19

but I love mint chocolate chip even more!!! AlbertCat Feb 2014 #22

They are trying to make us happy AND kills us!!! eom yawnmaster Feb 2014 #28

I'm told that my grandmother told my mother Awknid Feb 2014 #36

I like that way of thinking. eom yawnmaster Feb 2014 #49

We all gotta go somehow...n/t PasadenaTrudy Feb 2014 #20

The article doesn't seem to be seeing Mr.Bill Feb 2014 #23

I suspect quakerboy Feb 2014 #48

The key is to eat it in moderation, Jamaal510 Feb 2014 #24

+1 nomorenomore08 Feb 2014 #42

I think they should put warning labels on sugar, like we do TheDebbieDee Feb 2014 #26

We have cut way back nadinbrzezinski Feb 2014 #27

Aspartame makes my brain feel good! Hmmm yummy cancer and seizures L0oniX Feb 2014 #31

Luckily there's also stevia. I drink "diet" Vitamin Water sweetened with that stuff and it's great. nomorenomore08 Feb 2014 #43

K&R!!! DeSwiss Feb 2014 #33

What's strange is that it's found in stuff that isn't remotely (or at least not obviously) "sweet." nomorenomore08 Feb 2014 #44

It's a cheap filler. DeSwiss Feb 2014 #46

I've cut way back on sweets. Stuart G Feb 2014 #37

i seemed to develop a sweet tooth as i got older JI7 Feb 2014 #38

And high fructose corn syrup is even worse! grahamhgreen Feb 2014 #52

I TRIED to give up sugar... CoffeeCat Feb 2014 #53