I consumed no evil all weekend.

[darxus]

I have a serious sugar addiction problem. It has concerned cathijosephine a lot. I don't know how anybody manages to consume it in quantities that aren't unhealthy. I saw something that suggested classifying refined sugars as poisons because they displace foods that contain nutrients in diets.

My current list of evil foods:

• Refined / added sugars.
• Refined grains (white flour, white rice).
• Fruit juice (refined sugar)
• White potatoes.

"Sugar sweetened beverages" are particularly evil.

Part of this process was google searching for sugar depression.

The paleo diet is neat (just meat, veggies, and fruits), although I'm not sure about its exclusion of whole grains. An inconvenience that occurred to me last night is that I don't think canned fruit is available in plain water. The blood type diets are interesting (different diet for each blood type), although for me it basically just points back to the paleo diet.

The raw meat diet fascinates me, but I don't really want to spend that much money on meat of sufficient quality.

Update: Apparently all rice has a high Glycemic Index, so I'm going to try to stop eating it.

Comments

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

You can get water-packed canned fruit. These are approved for diabetics:

http://www.cangrofoods.ca/viewpage.cfm?PageID=17

If you're up for a day of home canning, you could also make your own no-sugar-added fruit. My friend surrealestate does home canning and its great for having a winter store of food. And you can use the jars over and over again.

[darxus.livejournal.com]

Those sound very useful, thanks. I guess I'm more interested in canning this moment than I ever have been.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Home canning is great, and very economical. Once you buy those jars, you'll never need to buy them again.

Also, it gives you 100% control over what goes into your canned food. I think that's the biggest benefit that home canners get.

[darxus.livejournal.com]

Looks like all water packed fruit has artificial sweeteners :(