[Magdalen] Eliminating sugar?

[Grace Cangialosi]

LOL! Never heard of Swerve...what a funny name!

> On Jan 26, 2015, at 4:35 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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.
>> 
>>