[Magdalen] Eliminating sugar?

[Jay Weigel]

Oh, and since S/O was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, he doesn't do any
kind of sugar and if I'm baking something for a special occasion (about
twice a year) I use Swerve.

On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 4:33 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Amazingly, we have almost stopped eating bread! I never thought I would,
> but S/O did and it doesn't make sense to buy it if just one person eats it.
> I do buy the "sandwich thins" for the rare occasions we have burgers but
> otherwise we use whole grain wraps for "sandwiches".
>
> My suggestion would be to try "clean eating".....shop the perimeter of the
> store, avoid anything refined, and don't eat white stuff (white flour,
> sugar, white potatoes, white rice) or processed food...stuff in boxes or
> things with a lot of ingredients. That's what is working for us.
>
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 4:19 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I know that over the years some of you have mentioned eliminating sugar
>> from your diet, and I'm wondering if there were some resources that you
>> found particularly helpful.  One of my doctors recommended this a couple
>> of
>> weeks ago, mainly because I've been gaining weight due to some
>> medications, and gave me a paper to read as well as a book recommendation.
>> But I know, just from looking at food labels, that it's hard to find
>> anything without added sugar--even bread!  I'm all for using fresh fruits
>> and vegetables and grains, but there are limits, after all.
>>
>> And even before my conversation with my doctor, I'd hear something on NPR
>> about the amount of added sugar Americans eat, and it's something like 23
>> teaspoons a day!  Yikes!! And I don't even add table sugar to anything I
>> eat or drink.
>>
>> Thanks in advance...
>>
>> Grace
>>
>> --
>> Grace Cangialosi
>> Ruckersville, VA
>>
>> It's a good thing Mary didn't have to wait for a Doctrine of the
>> Incarnation
>> before she said "Yes" to God.
>>
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