Sugar Blues

[stephalynn]

I just finished reading Sugar Blues by William Dufty. I was never a big fan of refined sugar, but now I am really pissed off that it is in nearly everything you find on the shelves at the store or in a restaurant. The book was written in the seventies, and yet sugar consumption in this country continues to soar as our physical and mental health

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[ladypentacles]

Oooh...thanks for the recommendation. I hate sugar. The past few weeks as my stress level has been going up, I've been eating more of it and have been sorry. I had been sugar-free for almost three months. I'm going back to it! Maybe even starting tomorrow!

And you're right! It is in everything!!! I wish I could help more people understand how awful it is.

[stephalynn]

I know about that stress - sugar connection. I ate so much sugar after my miscarriage, it was no wonder that my hormones were off the deep end for so long. I was really a mess! Part of that time I was on vacation and found it impossible to follow my usual diet. I have no excuse, though, for all the cookies and chocolate I munched in my own home. Did you know that sugar is so empty of nutrients that it actually robs your body of vitamins in order to process it? Of course, I expect that any day now we will hear that they are adding synthetic vitamins to sugar in order to make it "enriched". Our food supply is scary!

Good luck with your health goals and stress levels.