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Sugars more addictive than opiods. And it seems based on this sample set - you can add me to it as well - that diabetics crave the stuff. Candy is my Achilles heel…
Edit - add citation https://www.ramsayhealth.co.uk/blog/lifestyle/is-sugar-more-addictive-than-cocaine |
Yes, with me it was getting way out of control.
I'd scoff down a whole family sized pack of sweets/candy then roll off the couch onto the floor and fall asleep. Doc said I'm not diabetic but what I'm doing is NOT healthy. So I went cold turkey for three years and are just easing myself back into eating deserts when I'm at a restaurant or sugary drinks sometimes. |
I get urges every so often. When I’m at the grocery store, I can pass by and not buy anything. But when I do, I intend to overindulge. Many times I throw out the remainder, so it’s not tempting me. I’m weak…
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No, no sweet tooth but my weakness is carbs. Those damn things are extremely additive. Bread, rice, potato all that crap. Hell, they don't even taste good. What's good about rice or a piece of bread? If they are hot, there's a fuzzy feeling when I eat them.
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A carb addiction is a sugar addiction
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I used to drink a lot of soda, but I went cold turkey over twenty years ago. I switched to unsweetened seltzer water. When I was drinking my max it probably wasn't 10 cans per day. It was probably the equivalent of 6 most days with a max of 8 some days. |
I probably have an addiction to sweets also. Some years ago, I realized that I had begun eating way too much sugar. I worked on drastially reducing it and have been fairly successful. For me, I discovered not having those things around was the best way to go. I'm supposedly prediabetic, though I've managed to reduce my blood sugar level from mid 6's to low 6's and the high five range. Sometimes I I feel good when I tell myself I can't eat some sugary thing and pass on eating it. I think one thing that resulted from the high sugar time is visceral fat that I didn't have before, although I don't know if that was just a result of the aging process.
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I don't go for sweets much. Have a hard time walking away from a bag of beef jerky though
Cake, cookies donuts, not so much. Maybe stay out of the bakery section |
I’ve tried going cold turkey no sugar like Greg but I can’t seem to sustain it. My weight has seesawed so when I go fall off the wagon, I gain more than I lost. Doc says he’s going to give me a referral to see a dietician. I’ve gone that route in the past but it’s like joining Weight Watchers for me. I’m all gung ho at the meetings then on the way home I stop for a McFlurry. Damn I weak minded.
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what were your mainstays for meals and snacks? I've got the arthritic fingers of an old man at only 51 and not excited about what is to come. |
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Right now, I'm deciding 400 calorie breakfast wrap or a bagel with peanut butter and jelly. Until I go through the several days of withdrawal, you can guess the answer. |
I'm 58 now.
I love me some sugar. not so much donuts, but a friggen piece of cake is my jam. and pie. and the sweet office ladies always have a huge jar of nice chocolates. I just recently took a blood test and my doc surprised me with , "hmmm..your blood is trending in the wrong direction" it has been three weeks since I have had rice, bread, noodles or SUGAR. COLD turkey! even my doctor was surprised I went with the nuclear option. sugar sneaks pasts the perimeter as in ingredient, but no more SWEETs for me, at least for the near future. clearly, I am not addicted to it, much. I do find now that I stopped, I have zero cravings. maybe just stop? rid your brain and body of the craving? |
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It took 3-4 years for my fingers and foot to feel good again. It's so worth it in so many ways |
Oh, on a side note.
The brain may adjust your tastes and go "sugar bad". But the gut ecology may be out of whack and send complaints if not fed sugar. Work on understanding the gut ecology and what you want to feed it for your health vs what you don't, and the process of quitting junk food can go a lot easier. The gut has an incredible nerve network and it can drag you up or down with it. |
From what I've read the gut biome is incredibly important physically and mentally. The "good guys" feed on fiber only and the "bad guys" on sugar only. And there's 40 trillion running around in your body!
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Yes! Most evenings it is something sweet or a glass of alcohol. Not good.
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I avoid sugar in general but alcohol I make an exception for. I don't over drink and don't drink daily though. I'm just trying to be relatively healthy, I'm not trying to be a Monk!
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I'm a type 1 diabetic and recovering sweet tooth. I was diagnosed at 54. I'm 61 now. My insulin pump only holds 200 units which lasts 3 days. It prevents me from indulging in anything with too many carbs, especially any simple sugars/sweets. It sucks. I love bread, would eat a scone every day for breakfast if I could. Alas, others have more significant issues so I count my blessings, and my carbs daily.
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