Comments on: still just as sweet

By: Angela

Angela — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 06:34:58 +0000

Appreciate your post. I also have recently come to terms with my sugar addiction. Earlier this year I ate proteins, fruits and vegetables for 40 days. I noticed after adding sugar back into my diet it creates mood swings, makes me hungry, foggy and even forgetful. I have been living this way for years! Ready to kick it for good. Today was day one, and I was just surfing late at night for some support. Thanks for your post. I know I am not alone.

By: Leo King

Leo King — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 09:00:29 +0000

the thing i like about stevia is that it is tooth friendly’-`

By: Maria Minno

Maria Minno — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:08:09 +0000

What a great idea! I remember going off sugar when I was a teenager, and feeling so much better and not getting headaches. And later in my 20′s I did it again. Why did I go back? I don’t know, maybe it’s just to hard to escape it?

I totally know what you mean about the addiction thing. Several years ago I realized I was “possessed” by the sugar demon. I would put the cookies away and walk away. A half hour later I’d realize I’d eaten the whole package. As if a foreign entity was in control. Probably the systemic candida was calling the shots!

But then I discovered raw milk. I loved it so much I decided to eat nothing but raw milk every day. I got about 5 gallons a week and drank it all, every drop. That’s all I wanted at the time. I finally got kinda tired of it after several weeks and made some bone broth soup, then added vegetables, and so forth, until I was back on my normal healthy diet. But what a change!!! No more sugar demon! No craving at all for sugar! Freedom!

I thought I was totally cured of the sugar demon, but then a couple of years later I discovered iodine tablets (Iodoral). I was so deficient in iodine that I could hardly get enough. They were like candy to me, so I started just taking them all day long. For a while I was taking 10-15 per day. Iodine clears out yeast, among many other interesting things.

Then I finally got caught up on iodine. But what a change!!! After a week of high doses of iodine, I couldn’t eat sweet stuff without feeling gaggy. I totally didn’t enjoy anything sweet anymore. I wanted something sour, savory, bitter, spicy, or salty, not sweet! Buttered carrots and raspberries were way sweet all of a sudden. Honey was just too much. Even the raw milk was sweet. Lettuce leaves were saccharine. My jars of sugar have languished nearly un-used on the shelf now for years, yet I feel that I eat a very sweet diet.

I think it’s great that you are listening to your body so closely and trying out new things and living to tell the tale. Who would have thought that quitting sugar could have such profound effects!

By: Herbwifemama

Herbwifemama — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:48:48 +0000

So, how’s that sugar thing going for you?

I ask because I”m on day6 without it myself. I’m doing surprisingly well. I have not gone off honey or anything but cane/beet sugar and HFCS, however. And I’ve cheated a bit because my Endangered Species dark chocolate has sugar, but as soon as it’s gone, I have sources for sugar free chocolate. I DO have tons of energy, and I’ve found my appetite is regulating. When I’m hungry, I’m actually hungry, but not RAVENOUS. Just hungry. And I don’t feel munchy anymore; if I’m hungry then I am, and if I’m not, then I’m not. It’s great.

I’ll be posting on my blog tomorrow about why I went off sugar, and what I hope to accomplish from it. It’s less about going off sugar, and more about my teeth, but if you’re interested, check it out.

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By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:56:03 +0000

Hi Kate ~ Little late getting to this, sorry.
I have such an addictive personality so quitting sugar was hard for me. I started by adding things like blueberries into salads, and now I just use stevia if I want something like sweetened tea. I still get the urge to eat it though, much like I stlll get the urge to smoke, 9 years after quitting. I guess it’s because I still drink wine etc, which likely unbalances my body. As you say, we have to find a sweet spot (no pun intended!) for our individual selves.
Looking forward to your next update and I hope it all goes well!

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By: Hilary

Hilary — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:07:35 +0000

Hi Kates .. a brave thing to do .. but wonderful you’ve succeeded, realised the benefits and are going to continue. Fortunately I’ve kicked those habits years ago .. occasionally I’ll feel the urge – but usually it passes.

I love the thoughts for recipes you’ve given up above .. makes so much sense .. working out what suits our own bodies and not following others, or doing the expected norm, just makes so much more sense – we feel better.

Thanks .. keep going .. all the best Hilary

By: kates

kates — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:18:09 +0000

You can do it!!!!