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We've been asked by Canderel to find out about Mumsnetters' experiences and opinions on reducing sugar intake.

Canderel say "At Canderel, We’re all about sugar alternatives that still let you indulge yourself. With the average UK person consuming more than their recommended sugar allowance (10% of their daily calorie intake per day)*, we’d like to know how we can help your family manage your sugar intake. Be SweetSmart, swap to Canderel"

Below are a few points to get you started, but feel free to add any other comments you have:

1. Have you been thinking about giving up or eating less sugar?
2. If yes, why? Do you have any tips/tricks you have for helping to beat sugar cravings?

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Putting sweeteners in my tea and chewing gum when ever I get the urge to eat something naughty and high in sugar it works ?

Oh yes, I've been trying for years, for health reasons as well as concerns about my weight. When I can stick to a fairly clean Paleolithic diet, it works very well for me indeed; I have a lot of energy, my mind is clear, and I don't crave the sugar anymore, though I still make sure I have a little treat every week so that I don't feel deprived. Problem is, I've always been an emotional eater, and I always seem to lapse back into the addictive overeating behaviour. I've been trying this time since November to get back 'on the trolley' after a successful 5 months - record time - of Paleolithic eating and weight loss. Many people say things like 'I'm a chocoholic' as a sort of joke, but it's no joke for people like me. You might as well joke about being an alcoholic. For me, sugar is unfortunately very addictive, and hard to give up. I'm really glad, though, that there is growing awareness of the unhealthy and addictive nature of sugar, because it makes me feel a little more supported in what I'm trying to do.

Sprinkling Canderel on cereal and using it in coffee and tea

I have started to make my own soups and pasta sauces you wouldn't believe how much sugar is iin shop bought soups and sauces

I always use a powdered sweetener. It's just as good on cereal etc

I am not reducing my sugar intake - I much prefer it to other sugar substitutes

It's too easy to eat too much sugary foods - they taste so good - but some of it is habit. I always used to have a couple of biscuits with my cuppa and as i had several cuppas a day it really mounted up. I forced myself to cut the constant biccies out and to only have them occasionally. now i don't associate a cuppa with biccies but if I do have them they're a nice treat

I have always avoided sugara, or, at least, the obvious ones. Trying to find out these is more difficult.

Er, sugars, that is

I will try to give up sugar for Lent (but then I will probably start eating it again at Easter, but I will try to eat less of it).

I think it will be healthier and help me to lose weight. I have already cut out a lot of juice and fizzy drinks, and mainly drink water or tea now, but I still have a sweet drink occasionally - but I already find them all too sweet and have to dilute them.

I'd rather lose the taste for sugar than just replace it with sweeteners. I know that if I eat less sugar then after a while things will start tasting too sweet for me, and I will naturally want to eat less anyway.

i have been thinking about eating less sugar but actually i don't think its as bad as everyone makes out. everything in moderation i say. i do however cut sugar by cutting down on processed foods, i try to buy foods with as few ingredients listed as possible. this usually cuts both sugar and all the other crap, which is probably worse than sugar.

I buy no sugar cereals and jam.

I've started to buy full fat yoghurts as low fat yoghurts seem to be full of sugar and / sweeteners. We still eat chocolate and bake cakes and biscuits but have these as treats and part of a meal rather than as additional treats.

I have never used a lot of sugar. I drink tea and coffee without sugar and most meals are made from scratch and I don't add sugar to them. If I need to sweeten something, I often use honey.

I dropped added sugar form my diet years ago, and got used to it fairly quickly- now I couldn't entertain tea with sugar in it! I use sweetener in coffee and occasionally on cereal, and find real sugar too sweet by comparison.
I've brought my kids up the same way, no need to add sugar, and they don't miss what they don't have- occasionally I've sprinkled a little Canderel on their Weetabix instead of mine, and they pull a face!

I've just substituted sugar for Truvia (Stevia sweetner), so I haven't noticed giving up sugar. I don't think you should have too much of it due to its laxitive affect, but I barely used to use sugar anyway. I also bake using lots of mashed tinned prunes and sweet apples, so I don't have to use so much sweetener.

1. I haven't been thinking about eating less sugar.
2. Watch out for low fat foods. They seem to contain more sugar. Read the ingredients on tinned food. For example most baked beans contain sugar for some reason.

I gave up sugar this year as my New Year's Resolution in a bid to reduce my body fat. I cut it out completely and for 3 days I had the most awful withdrawal symptoms. I was dizzy, felt nauseous and had the worst headache all the time. I was told to eat leafy greens to help and take vitamin D, which I did but not sure if that helped or not. I still have the occasional treat once a week but I definitely don't want to go through that again.

I've cut down the amount I take in my tea

I managed to cut out sugar from my cups of tea. I went cold turkey and within a week it tasted like Tea

Over the last year as a family we have cut back on sugar, I want my two young children to have a healthy approach to food and to keep us all super healthy! Diabetes also runs heavily in the family so I wanted to prevent it. I often use Stevia in my cakes in place of sugar, I also add extra natural fruits like raisins to add extra sweetness and cut back on sugar. I sweeten porridge with sliced banana.

we decided last year to cut down on the sugar intake, it was hard at first but we found that not using to sweeten drinks was a start, checking sugar contents of fizzy and still drinks was hardest but with so much in formtion aabout and the internet it was easy to find the best options we have also done the same for treats and found that fruit is still the best option

We have not used real sugar for over 10 years. We use Canderel, but we don't even use this very much. We don't take sugar in tea or put it on cereal, it is really only used in a bit of baking

We have stopped buying drinks with ANY sugar in, and find the change absolutely fine, also we have substituted sugary cereals for Weetabix and porridge oats x

We've been trying to reduce sugar for a while. It started by simply reducing biscuits and cakes, which had the other bonus of saving money. My newest idea, trying pure stevia powder, was a disaster though. Yuk. Not Candarel I might add!