They have sugar at parties or when they go to friends places.
MY SUGAR STORY FREE
I think my eldest daughter cried one morning, but she soon forgot about it and now it’s all they know.Īre your children sugar free outside your home? I removed them slowly, one by one as they ran out and replaced them with healthier options. I shudder to think of all the sugar the kids were eating for breakfast. We never had juice available for the kids so that was easy. Once I had conquered my own sugar addiction, my next point of call was to slowly remove the terrible, high sugar, processed foods that had accumulated in my panty. How did you make the transition to a sugar free home? Adding cinnamon and vanilla are other ways to bring out sweet flavours. I always add a good pinch of salt to all my baking as it brings out the sweetness in the food.
I use Stevia, Natvia and Rice Malt syrup. When I bake, I choose from a variety of different sweeteners or a combination of a few. There are many alternatives to using table sugar. Whole fruit (not the juice) doesn’t cause big problems because it’s balanced by the fibre. While fruit does have fructose, it also houses lots of fibre. I would probably have half to one small piece of fruit a day. Fructose exists in large amounts in different sweeteners such as table sugar, honey, maple syrup, agave syrup, golden syrup, juice etc. When I think about sugar I think about the “fructose” part of sugar. What do you consider sugar? What about fruit? I was always thinking about sugar! I drank litres and litres of choc milk during my pregnancies. I could never eat a biscuit without eating the whole packet. Looking back I am pretty sure I was addicted to sugar. I later found out the hunger manifests as the body is trying to seek out the sugar in the food you will allow yourself to eat. The most difficult part of quitting sugar was the terrible withdrawals I felt in the days that followed. What has been the most difficult part of your sugar free journey so far? The reduction in my appetite was very noticeable. I read both books in a matter of days and started cold turkey over a year ago. I guess I really connected with that message and it just made sense to me. It is the fructose part that messes with your appetite control system and makes you eat too much. You are avoiding the fructose part of sugar (sugar is 50% glucose and 50% fructose). The basic principle of quitting sugar is this. I soon discovered that the current nutritional advice dictated in this country was purely based on bad science that has spiraled out of control.
Don’t they? What I found out later was that fat is not as unhealthy as it is made out to be. I had always considered saturated fats to be avoided at all costs because we all know they make you fat. David also writes about saturated fats in the books. I was interested because here was an idea that I had never really come across. Here was someone saying that sugar was the culprit of obesity, not the lack of exercise or the amount of fat we were eating. I came across the Sweet Poison books by David Gillespie during a trip to BigW with the kids and I was intrigued. I wanted to lose a few kilos and get back into the beautiful dresses in my wardrobe! The sheer thought of eating lettuce leaves mixed with daily exercise was just too much to take on. What led you to the decision to quit sugar?Īfter having my third child I found myself with a bit too much extra weight on me. I asked Taryn to share some of her experiences so far with us… A self-confessed sugarholic, she quit sugar over a year ago and then set out to create a sugar free home where no one (hubby or three young children) feels like they’re missing out. One mama who is a lot further along this path than I is Taryn Rucci of This is Taryn. I mentioned wanting to ensure we eat a whole lot less numbers (preservatives and additives) and a heap less sugar. As part of this vision I really want to educate myself more about the best foods to prepare and serve to my family, looking at what we put into our bodies and the effects our choices have on our everyday health. A few weeks ago I shared my vision for my family for 2013, calling it the Year of Positive Eating.
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