seadragon
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- Type of diabetes
- Prediabetes
- Treatment type
- Diet only
John Yudkin wrote 'Pure White and Deadly' about sugar in the 70's. Unfortunately Ancel Keys railroaded through the belief that fat was to blame for everything (with no real evidence aside from cherry picked studies) and here we are in a low fat high carb world with obesity and diabetes at record highs.
I used to love a good Dominos pizza but now I can happily live with out. Even my daughter, a non-diabetic, was shocked when I tested her blood sugar after a high carb meal - Pizza, corn, coke and it was 10.8! Mine after my own very satisfying LCHF meal (not pizza) was about 6.5
Everything is deadly in large enough quantities even water if you drink too much of it so if it helps people to think of sugar as poison I'm fine with that.
People sometimes look at me as if I'm mad when I say sugar is addictive like a drug but the same people talk about 'sugar rush' and 'sugar highs' and getting their sugar 'fix' - so the exact same effects people look for from other drugs. I used to get the sugar cravings, I'd get irritable if I didn't get it. I am a much calmer person now with out the sugar highs and lows. Let them eat pizza - at current rates 3 out of 10 will be diabetic or pre-diabetic already. The other 7 are the lucky ones maybe if they have the genes that can deal with sugar/starch. But interestingly of my immediate family - who are not diabetic - all of them agree they felt better, more energy, less niggling ailments and easy weight loss or maintenance when they\ve cut the carbs and sugar.
I used to love a good Dominos pizza but now I can happily live with out. Even my daughter, a non-diabetic, was shocked when I tested her blood sugar after a high carb meal - Pizza, corn, coke and it was 10.8! Mine after my own very satisfying LCHF meal (not pizza) was about 6.5
Everything is deadly in large enough quantities even water if you drink too much of it so if it helps people to think of sugar as poison I'm fine with that.
People sometimes look at me as if I'm mad when I say sugar is addictive like a drug but the same people talk about 'sugar rush' and 'sugar highs' and getting their sugar 'fix' - so the exact same effects people look for from other drugs. I used to get the sugar cravings, I'd get irritable if I didn't get it. I am a much calmer person now with out the sugar highs and lows. Let them eat pizza - at current rates 3 out of 10 will be diabetic or pre-diabetic already. The other 7 are the lucky ones maybe if they have the genes that can deal with sugar/starch. But interestingly of my immediate family - who are not diabetic - all of them agree they felt better, more energy, less niggling ailments and easy weight loss or maintenance when they\ve cut the carbs and sugar.