PO - I'm Converted Now

rgcraig · #1 07-02-2013, 12:29 PM

I've been reading Jorge Cruise's book - The 100 and I'm convinced that sugar is a toxin.

I'm a carboholic, so it has been very hard for me to accept the fact that sugar is bad, bad, bad for me. However, after reading this, I'm convinced that I have to get sugar out of my life.

I know that you've lead they way and said for years that it's a toxin in our system and I chose to ignore it. I mean all those gorgeous desserts we make are satisfying to the eye and palate, but they are killing us!

I hope to continue learning and make some serious life changes. It's so interesting to read and understand the history behind refined flour/sugar and how it was introduced into our lives and changed us for the bad.

RandyWayne · #2 07-02-2013, 12:32 PM

We'll have you eating nothing but tofu and wheat germ yet!

rgcraig · #3 07-02-2013, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by RandyWayne

We'll have you eating nothing but tofu and wheat germ yet!

Lol -- I'm a long way from that, but I am enjoying my fruits and veggies. Problem is many fruits have sugar in them too, so you have to control that too.

Pressing-On · #4 07-02-2013, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by rgcraig

Lol -- I'm a long way from that, but I am enjoying my fruits and veggies. Problem is many fruits have sugar in them too, so you have to control that too.

Right, and even though I use organic sugar, sugar is still sugar.

My husband made some jalapeno jelly the other day. Four 16 oz jars used 3 LBS OF SUGAR! The only reason he paid attention to that is because I held up the organic container, as he doesn't like spending the money, and said - this is how much sugar you put in those jars. He's been eating it every day. Gonna die young and make a pretty corpse.

Of course, all the paint related chemicals I get into, I could beat him to the punch - organic food or not.

We all have some vice, mine is caffeine. If I am not drinking coffee, I am drinking a cup of English Breakfast. Still only 3 cups a day, but 3 cups is too much for my body. I like the high I get. Just sayin'....

RandyWayne · #5 07-02-2013, 12:37 PM

Just my only sugar intake (and it is big) are the 2-3 cans of coke I have a day, other then that I am NOT a big "sweets" eater. When we go out (or even eat at home) my attitude has always been that if I am still hungry enough to eat dessert, it means I haven't had enough of my main entree.

I'll take a merely good filet mignon over the worlds best pie or cake any day.

rgcraig · #6 07-02-2013, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by RandyWayne

Just my only sugar intake (and it is big) are the 2-3 cans of coke I have a day, other then that I am NOT a big "sweets" eater. When we go out (or even eat at home) my attitude has always been that if I am still hungry enough to eat dessert, it means I haven't had enough of my main entree.

I'll take a merely good filet mignon over the worlds best pie or cake any day.

When I go out to eat while trying to decide what to order, I'm eating the bread and checking out what they have for dessert.