An article in the Telegraph describes the problem with sugary drinks and how it changes your metabolism from a study done at Bangor University, from consuming them for just one month!. There is no doubt sugar consumption creates problems - the more sugar the worse the problem.
Has any substance had a more negative impact on human health? Apart from the obvious trio of obesity, tooth decay and diabetes, sugar is also a cancer 'fuel' and it wreaks havoc with the acid-alkaline balance.
Personally, I never add sugar. Though avoiding it altogether is easier said than done, as it is everywhere. Even 'healthy' foods like baked beans or cranberry juice have it and in not inconsequential quantities.
I have one sugar in my tea or coffee, i do not enjoy it without, i would love to give it up completely, i dont want artificial sweetners, and wondered if there is anything else to take instead.
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I have one sugar in my tea or coffee, i do not enjoy it without, i would love to give it up completely, i dont want artificial sweetners, and wondered if there is anything else to take instead. 😀
One is to try Truvia powder and use less and less each day or so. Truvia is an extract of a plant called Stevia - so, if you can find a plant you can use the leaves instead.
Xylitol is similarly more natural being an extract from the sap of birch trees and a good sweetener with very low calorific value.
However it may be better to just reduce the amount of sugar just a tiny bit each day so that you end up having just a few grains - and then it is no big deal to do without.
You will also need to look at labels of any processed food and drink - baked beans has over 2 teaspn sugar per serving, and a fizzy drink being consumed by a rather overweight girl the other day had over 10 teaspoons of sugar in it! She had no idea! One has to learn to be vigilant 😉
Thanks Caroline,
Yes i think i will have to cut it slowly, i can drink it without, i just dont enjoy it so much, and i dont drink fizzy only on the odd occassion.
I will try harder.:D
Thanks Caroline,
Yes i think i will have to cut it slowly, i can drink it without, i just dont enjoy it so much, and i dont drink fizzy only on the odd occassion.
I will try harder.:D
It took me 10 days to lose the taste for sugar in tea (many years ago), but about 6 months for coffee. Just keep going. The desire for sugar will leave you eventually!
Sugar IS Addictive: Both Physiologically & Psychologically!
Answer simply: YES!
And the research in question is very skeptical as I am certain the "who funded the research in the 1st place " will reveal more about the biasy they try to create to SELL to the average public that Sugar ISN'T addictive, when it clearly is!
Both 1)Physiologically ...
(other wises you cannot explain the horrid [COLOR="Red"]WITHDRAWAL symptoms for a starters! No amount of headache tablet will shift this head pain..that's altered biochemistry from body being so used to high sugar in blood ...nothing else!)
...and 2)Psychologically!
(Otherwise people's [COLOR="red"]CRAVING for sweet things cannot be justified that has memory associations pleasure / reward re-inforcement attached to it!)
It IS because of THESE reasons above and our human ability to re-adjust needing Time
with new learnt skills, that it takes a bit of patience to wean our selves off Sugary food items.
Aspects of our Willpower , personality type, current motivation..all plays a part in how successful we can be on this type of addiction (life long for some!) .
With warmest wishes 🙂
Vathani
Well, this thread is a bit old but I found it quite resourceful. All your contributions are just awesome!
You don't know how much I want to run away from sugar but am finding in quite hard. I love lots of sugar in my tea and the thought of taking tea without sugar is unimaginable.
Can sugar be replaced with honey?
Can sugar be replaced with honey?
Of course sugar can be replaced with honey! The thing is it won't be much better as there is even more sweetness in honey, weight for weight. So swapping will achieve nothing, except unprocessed honey has the benefit of having phytonutrients in it that are missing in normal sugar - including brown. Brown sugar is often white which is coloured with caramel, burned sugar! The only way of getting the benefit of the phytonutrients in sugar is to use blackstrap molasses - not black treacle as this is a mixture of sugar syrup and a bit of molasses.
The main problem is that sugar is addictive (as explained by Awakening Dawn) because our bodies are programmed towards it, it can be a difficult habit to break. Reducing just a little at a time can make it easier as I explained earlier.