Has anyone almost cut sugar out of their diet?

Stevia is great as well as honey!

Stevia is a little interesting to me. People use it to get that sugar kick, but there was an interesting post I read about it inducing a fake blood sugar high.

I'm a little too lazy to bring it up now, but it makes the body think it is eating sugar, and ends up creating the same addiction patterns. For that reason, I don't eat it that much.

Personally, I group stevia in the same class as other artificial sweeteners, but I wouldn't go out of my avoid it (it is preferred to nonsense like aspartame and the like) and it's a natural substance.

NiceCupOfTea said...
No matter how little sugar I ate, I never lost the taste for it. It also made absolutely no difference to my Crohn's.

So post-surgery I eat what I feel like, when I feel like, and I don't give a ****. I don't care how many preservatives it has; in fact I buy American candy which has colourings which were probably banned by the EU 20 years ago - brilliant blue, sunset red, neon green radioactive waste, etc.

I virtually never binge. 'Cos I don't deny myself any particular foods, I can just have a chocolate bar or a few sweets and not crave any more after that. The cravings used to be quite bad with me, but they're not any more.

woot! problem is that this post has little effect here. You need to post this on a SCD/Paleo board to get them rilled up. They'll think you're the devil lol

waaaaa!!??! She eats da candy?!!??! saaaaayyyyy wwhhhat. *while munching on a celery**

NiceCupOfTea said...
No matter how little sugar I ate, I never lost the taste for it. It also made absolutely no difference to my Crohn's.

So post-surgery I eat what I feel like, when I feel like, and I don't give a ****. I don't care how many preservatives it has; in fact I buy American candy which has colourings which were probably banned by the EU 20 years ago - brilliant blue, sunset red, neon green radioactive waste, etc.

I virtually never binge. 'Cos I don't deny myself any particular foods, I can just have a chocolate bar or a few sweets and not crave any more after that. The cravings used to be quite bad with me, but they're not any more.

Hey NCOT -

There was a time last year when all I ate were these cookies. I am talking boxes after boxes of these - an amount that would make a normal person vomit.

Surprisingly, no bowel problems. It was almost entirely psychological for me. It was like my body was telling me it needed not just the calories, but the sugar as well to ease the pain (this was during a rough patch where I wasn't certain about my future). Prior to that I was trying to eat healthy, but some part of me just said F it and wanted some god darn cookies. Paradoxically, my body was better off eating the junk food.

I guess the moral is you gotta eat what you gotta eat, and the body does not lie. I was wrong before and there are times when the body desperately needs sugar.

Best wishes.

"Is Stevia healthier than typical sugar?"


probably - but that's not to say sugar is Unhealthy -

Guardian said...
Stevia is a little interesting to me. People use it to get that sugar kick, but there was an interesting post I read about it inducing a fake blood sugar high.
I'm a little too lazy to bring it up now, but it makes the body think it is eating sugar, and ends up creating the same addiction patterns. For that reason, I don't eat it that much.
Personally, I group stevia in the same class as other artificial sweeteners

BGirl said...
I started using stevia after i read about it on mark's daily apple. He is a primal food blogger. He uses it and says it doesnt have that effect on blood sugar like real sugar does. There was lots of info he posted about it and i felt like it was harmless after i researched it. I started using stevia after i read about it on mark's daily apple. He is a primal food blogger. He uses it and says it doesnt have that effect on blood sugar like real sugar does. There was lots of info he posted about it and i felt like it was harmless after i researched it.

Red_34 said...
Is Stevia healthier than typical sugar?

Some complain about stevia's aftertaste. I thought so at first but apparently I must have become used to it. But most stevia found in the super market is contaminated with additives like maltodextrin and other junk. Here is one brand of pure stevia without any additives:
www.vitaminshoppe.com/p/stevia-extract-organic-28-g-powder/vs-2589#.U9VJarF8FVI

Not only is stevia a good substitute for sugar but it may help control Blood Sugar and Insulin levels:
www.lef.org/magazine/mag2014/feb2014_Sweet-As-Sugar-Health-Benefits-Of-Stevia-And-Xylitol_01.htm?source=search&key=stevia

Extracts from stevia leaves have been used for centuries as a medicinal herb in the traditional treatment of diabetes in South America. Today, scientific evidence on stevia supports its historic precedent in the regulation of blood sugar and insulin.

Guardian7 said...


There was a time last year when all I ate were these cookies. I am talking boxes after boxes of these - an amount that would make a normal person vomit.

Surprisingly, no bowel problems.

Maybe all that butter got your butyrate sorted and mucous thicker?? Could be...who knows..

I have gone sugar free at times and yes, then most candies taste bad to me but I find the addiction re-builds up very fast if I do start again.

I was a chocoholic for years but since finding that it does seem to disagree with me, especially actually the purer stuff, I've mostly stayed off it and it has been similar in that after a period I don't crave it at all

I haven't read all the posts, but no, I haven't managed to cut out sugar, although I know I should, especially as I have had problems with Candida in the past. The problem I have is that I don't smoke now, I cant drink alcohol, and if I have to stop eating things like chocolate I might as well shoot myself!