@FinallyHere yes isn't it wonderful how our bodies have developed to have all these wonderful hormones (such as insulin) that work all the time, without us knowing it, to keep some kind of balanced homeostasis. We should honour them, and our miraculous bodies, by doing doing eveything we can to help: limiting sugar (and carbs that turn quickly to sugar), keeping ourselves hydrated, minimising stress hormones when we can...
Also we should not be blinded by the 'normality' of a western diet and the 24/7 availability of carbs. Maybe our ancient ancestors would have share the delight of a banana between a family, rather than stuffing it into a roll and adding brown sugar have to admit to this in my past
I return often to the example of our ancestors who would have eaten mostly leafy above ground foods, including nuts and berries, and also whatever meat and fish protein they could obtain, including all the fat and offal. But maybe once a year the tribe would come across a honeycomb and gorge themselves on the sweetness. Then sleep and digest and hope that no sabre tooth tiger came near!
They did not do that once a month 'for a treat'. Or once a week, or two or three times a day to keep themselves going.
Of course some of us have 20th century metabolic challenges or familial allergies etc. and we need to manage our diet accordingly.
But I suppose I'm suggesting that we don't need to eat a whole sweet banana - just because that's how it is currently packaged (old fashioned bananas were often smaller and much less sweet).
@TangledUpInDreams oh your peri peri chiken soup is 100% what I do. Make stock out of everything, work out which 'fridge leftovers' will work with it, add of few luxurious garnishes... 
Tonight we're having a big sharing salad and meat and cheese plate.