Eating too much sugar help

[carrottopper]

I'm within a normal range of weight and normal bmi for my height but I eat loads of sugar. I have chocolate every night and snack on sweets. I eat lots of fruit and veg but can't kick the sugar habit.

Anyone else?? If I'm not over weight, is it really a danger to my health?

I am the same but I am overweight

Watching with interest. I'm about a stone overweight and know it's due to my sugar addiction. I crave sugar every day.

Have you tried the blood sugar diet? There is an active thread on this very site. It's great and is a sustainable way of kicking your sugar habits into the long grass and for people who want to lose weight. Have a look and see what you think.

Fruit and root vegetables just turn to sugar anyway, so they're not any better!

I am like this on and off. I find it takes a couple of weeks of determination to avoid sugar and 'reset' your palette. I find switching to dark chocolate helps as it's richer so I'm satisfied after less. Also avoid replacing sweet treats with loads of fruit, as pp said it's all sugar! Fruit teas (check for hidden sugar) are good after a meal when you just want a 'something'

Ps in answer to health question: yes. Every time you eat something super sweet your insulin level spikes and over many years it's thought this can lead to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Sugar is also very inflammatory and implicated in the hardening of arteries which leads to high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease (more so than saturated fat it is now thought).

Look up sugar free friends and the sugar free challenge on fb. I'm the same - quite badly addicted to sugar but I've done 2 weeks of no sugar and found it surprisingly easy. However no sugar does really mean no sugar: no white carbs, no sweetener (ok so maybe I cheated there) and so on. It involves a lot of meal prep which you have to do because if you don't have something quick and easy to prepare you are far more likely to reach for the ready meal. It also means absolutely nothing processed, ever.

I've had a day off today and honestly I'm looking forward to laying off the sugar again.

Sugar is as bad for your health as drinking. It hardens the arteries and causes fatty liver.It causes inflammation in the body, destroys your skin and teeth, and will give you diabetes eventually even if you are slim.

Google the dangers of sugar- youtube videos and see what I mean!

The 'NHS' limit is 6 teaspoons a day (30 mgs) but even that is too much according to many experts.

I rarely eat any. I don't buy or eat sweets, cakes etc are a rare treat, and my only 'sin' is a teaspoon or so of honey in plain yoghurt.

You need to change your approach to food. Snack on things like nuts and some fruit (but not too much as it's got lots of sugar in too) and stop buying confectionary.

I'm with you op. It's just so hard to make the right food choices ☹️

You could either:
(a) cut out sugar completely
(b) cut down on the amount you currently have

Either way your body will thank you. Good luck.

I'm the same OP I'm fairly fit for my age. Exercise, am slim and toned and mostly keep to a healthy diet..clean eating etc.
But I always feel like a big fraud... I have an incredibly sweet tooth!! Last week I bought a jar of that well known biscuit spread and ate the whole lot in 3 days.. no one knew