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

[darxus.livejournal.com]

That must be nice. I always want to eat all of the candy. I have to be feeling pretty sick from it to stop eating it. Which takes a couple bags in a sitting.

Thanks for the protein info. But I'm pretty sure I haven't been low on that in a while.

[moonshadow.livejournal.com]

That must be nice.

Yeah, I get that a lot. :) I wish I could share the wealth somehow. But really I'm just so blessed in the way that my body works with food. Other than, you know, the "allergic to everything under the sun" issue.

[darxus.livejournal.com]

Immediately after eating 4 servings of brown rice, 3.5 servings of canned chicken, and several cups of water, I still had a strong craving for mountain dew.

[moonshadow.livejournal.com]

It is more of a long-term thing, at least for me. Like, eat good things for three weeks, bad things seem less desirable.

[greylady.livejournal.com]

I'm curious about a couple of things.

1. Do you eat fast? It takes a while for your body to realize that you've eaten, so if you're eating quickly, it might be your blood sugar not having risen enough yet.

2. Have you tried watering down your drinks? With juice, 1/3 juice to 2/3 water is still pretty juice-tasty... with soda, you can use carbonated water...

It takes about 21-30 days to train your body away from a habit... is it possible that you're just in the habit of drinking a lot of sweet things?

[darxus.livejournal.com]

Yes, I probably eat too fast.

I don't want to get that close to sugary drinks. I'm doing fine with water.

Yes, I'm in the habit of consuming lots of very sweet things, and I realize the longer I go without them the easier it will be.