An article very worth reading

[garote]

Since reading this article, and ruminating on it a while, I decided to ramp my sugar consumption way down and see how it treats me. I have to say, it's been treating me well.

Though I already knew about the predominance of sugar in American food and its connection to an obesity "epidemic", I never thought about the nature of the connection. I assumed it was just a matter of volume. But it it's really a matter of intensity...

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[neobitch.livejournal.com]

Bits of the article remind me a lot of how confessionals from 'success stories' of the Atkins Diet sounded. I'm not denying he's on to something, or at least close to something, but he sure does want to sell you on the secret of his weightloss.

That said, since hooking up with the Fabulous Boymeat, who watches sugar and additives in his food like a hawk, I've been eating much less processed food and less sugar, and I know /I've/ been feeling better physically as well. (Much like when I cut fast food out of my diet. Imagine that. Fast food is bad? Heh.)

[garote]

Yeah ... I dismissed Atkins as a fad at first, then as years went by settled instead for a low-key distrust of it. And I still don't trust it. The standard implementation of it is: Low-sugar achieved through high-fat. That strikes me as a handy roadmap to heart failure and hypertension.

But this article is just saying: avoid insulin spikes. And by golly, it helps. :)

[bdot.livejournal.com]

thanks for this! now to just *do* it!!!!

[garote]

It's easier than you think ... just designate a day - Friday for example - to be "sugar day" and defer all your juice, soda, ice cream, candy, cookies, etc to that day.

Couple weeks in, you'll notice your enthusiasm for those things has dropped... and that regular foods that didn't taste interesting to you before, suddenly do.

[bdot.livejournal.com]

that's a good idea! thanks!

[breakpoint.livejournal.com]

My experience with Atkins was that it gets you used to eating less, and it sticks, if you give it a chance.

I don't recommend staying on it long term. I recommend realizing you probably need about half the food most Americans seem to be eating, and if you eat the RIGHT half, you stand a good chance of not being hungry enough to miss the other half.

[garote]

The right half ... I'm guessing that doesn't include bacon cheeseburgers, does it... :D

[bdot.livejournal.com]

if you are on atkins it does! just without the bun.....

[shutupassbutt.livejournal.com]

This article certainly made me more aware of my hypochondria! Thanks Garote!

So.... speaking as a:

[headless-chickn.livejournal.com]

Chronically overweight, yo-yo-dieting, off-the-scale hypertensive, (formerly) off-the-scale diabetic, low-carb enthusiast, with off-the-scale glucose / insulin responses... (no kidding)

This was a fantastic article. Sugar day won't work. That's like giving a crack addict crack day once / week. Just put the pipe down.

Re: So.... speaking as a:

[garote]

hoooorj!

perhaps you're right, and my Big Sugar Friday days are numbered. ...