RE: I only had two
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While I knew there was a correlation between weight and the diabetes risk, I didn't realise that it was such a direct correlation as to affect your day to day blood sugar regulation. A real reason to keep on top of it even once you've had the diagnosis.
I drastically reduced sugar in my diet a few years ago now, for a variety of reasons. There is a history of diabetes on my mum's side of the family. I wasn't trying to lose weight, but it was a side effect and I actually went down two dress sizes. I've since gone back up one, because I've stopped being as strict, but I can totally agree with the knock on effect of activity and energy.
Did you find you started to taste the flavour and natural sweetness in foods more when you reduced your carb intake?
Additional weight makes it more difficult for the body to handle the sugars and so it generally stays in the blood. This means it's not converted to energy and transported via produced insulin to the organs that need it to function. This is why diabetics need help to rid the blood of sugar - The lack of insulin being produced. Of course, excess sugar in the blood means recirculation problems which is why diabetics who don't manage it often have extremities cut off, feet and legs most often.
When I first found out I was diabetic I went off sugar and lost 13kg in 12 weeks, most of which has stayed off. I think everyone cold reduce sugar intake a bit as it's not the best thing to be having too much of. Back in the day sugar wasn't in anything and now...Well, it's in almost everything we consume. I'm not surprised a slight shift in sugar intake lost you two dress sizes, although...It's not like you're beefy mini, don't lose too much, you'll fade away! :)
About the taste, yes things that people probably don't notice are very noticeable to me. I don't eat much bread and when I do it's usually artisan bread, not Top Top white. If I eat the Tip Top, or other main-stream shit they feed us I realise how sweet it is...It's like eating cake to me. I'm sure you felt the same when you were strictly off sugar.
It's difficult for Faith and I to restrict carbs as we have a fairly low-carb diet anyway, but there's areas we could tighten up and so we have. This weight loss is about the diabetes and not how I look, you've met me, I'm not obese or anything, but to sharpen up a little will see me that little bit more healthy going into my 50's.
Yeah yeah, I'm old! :)
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Lol! I'm not far behind you with age! Starting to notice it more as well!!
Thank you for the lesson on diabetes. I was aware of the side effects, but not the how and why. Makes a lot more sense now.
I figure prevention is better than cure and you're so right, sugar is in so much these days, even things you wouldn't expect. I started getting our bacon from a place caked Kinmana Organic, because it was just smoked and salted, without the sugar or sweeteners. I was told I might not like it, because it wouldn't be like the bacon were used to, but I prefer it. Unfortunately, they've paused their sales while covid is on and I've caved to demand from the family and been getting some from the shop. It sticks to the frying pan, because of the sugars.
Talking of bread being like cake (can't stand that stuff myself, either) I read this article yesterday on an Irish court ruling that the sugar level in Subway rolls classifies them as cake! 😆
Subway cake rolls huh? I don't like lettuce and tomato on my cake...So a good thing I avoid Subway!
It's kind of scary to delve into the sugar thing and then realise what products have sugar in them when they probably shouldn't. It's addictive though and so people demand it. Along with the sugar is salt which balances the sweetness so it's a double whammy.
I like the sound of that bacon, I'll check it out.
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When you catch up let me know. :)
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