Goodbye sugar!
You may have heard of the Australian bestseller, 'I Quit Sugar', by Sarah Wilson. After reading her interview and recipes in YOU Magazine, I was intrigued.
Dietary essentials are carbs, protein and veg... sugar is actually the one thing we don't need.
'That's easy!' I thought, 'all I really need to cut out is cake, chocolate, sweets etc. I still get to eat meat, carbs, dairy... '.
The first meal time was a party.
But that kind of diet has no longevity. I need food for lunch at work, food for on the go, and meals that are sustainable. So I stepped foot inside Sainsbury's to find some sugar-free delights. Here's a tip - THERE ARE NONE. I was wandering the aisles like a lost little match girl for an hour, clinging olives and salami close to my chest, gasping at how much sugar is in everything.
The world is literally against people who are trying to cut out sugar. There was an aisle for products that had no gluten, no dairy, no wheat... most food groups. 'LOW FAT!' is everywhere, but it's all packed with obscene amounts of sugar. 'Healthy' cereals were really shocking. I have realised that porridge is the best thing to have for breakfast, but what to have on it? Fruit? No. Honey? No. So now cinnamon has become my new best friend and I'm eating and buying lots of weird shit like cocoanut flakes and kale.
To be fair, it does sounds drastic, but as long as I've got bacon, eggs, cheese, fresh bread; nothing processed, then I'm good to go. Which is probably the best option anyway, isn't it? There are loads of really bloody nice looking recipes in Wilson's book and I'm keen to give this a proper try. Plus I get to swap sugar for natural fats... helloooo crackling! The only issue I see me facing really is the expense of specially made food and the effort that comes with making each meal ahead of time with fresh ingredients. I'd love to be able to cut out sugar completely, but the 21st century may beat me down. We'll see.....
Dietary essentials are carbs, protein and veg... sugar is actually the one thing we don't need.
'That's easy!' I thought, 'all I really need to cut out is cake, chocolate, sweets etc. I still get to eat meat, carbs, dairy... '.
The first meal time was a party.
But that kind of diet has no longevity. I need food for lunch at work, food for on the go, and meals that are sustainable. So I stepped foot inside Sainsbury's to find some sugar-free delights. Here's a tip - THERE ARE NONE. I was wandering the aisles like a lost little match girl for an hour, clinging olives and salami close to my chest, gasping at how much sugar is in everything.
The world is literally against people who are trying to cut out sugar. There was an aisle for products that had no gluten, no dairy, no wheat... most food groups. 'LOW FAT!' is everywhere, but it's all packed with obscene amounts of sugar. 'Healthy' cereals were really shocking. I have realised that porridge is the best thing to have for breakfast, but what to have on it? Fruit? No. Honey? No. So now cinnamon has become my new best friend and I'm eating and buying lots of weird shit like cocoanut flakes and kale.
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| So smug |
To be fair, it does sounds drastic, but as long as I've got bacon, eggs, cheese, fresh bread; nothing processed, then I'm good to go. Which is probably the best option anyway, isn't it? There are loads of really bloody nice looking recipes in Wilson's book and I'm keen to give this a proper try. Plus I get to swap sugar for natural fats... helloooo crackling! The only issue I see me facing really is the expense of specially made food and the effort that comes with making each meal ahead of time with fresh ingredients. I'd love to be able to cut out sugar completely, but the 21st century may beat me down. We'll see.....
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| Goodbye, my sweet. |
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