Actually, I can. I was the Queen of All Things Sugar until I got diabetes two years ago.

Here's the bottom line ... MOST carbs are the enemy. I eat 30 carbs a day ... 6 in the morning, 12 at noon, and 12 at night. You WILL detox and you WILL feel like crap for about two weeks. Then your system cleans out and the cravings are gone. I baked cookies for my sons yesterday and ate NONE of the dough (huge former weakness) and NONE of the baked cookies. Just don't have the urge AND I have the knowledge that it harms me.

Here's my bottom line sugar detox: for TWO weeks eat NOTHING but protein and low carb veggies. NO: bread, sugar, potatoes (even yams right now), beets, peas, or legumes (beans.) String/green/wax beans are fine.

IF you're dying and might hurt someone, get some sugar free jello WITHOUT maltose and put whipped cream on it. REAL whipped cream. FAT is not the enemy. CARBS are. Fat in combination w/carbs is deadly ... we all know that, but a lot of us blame only the fat.

Use olive oil (cold pressed) cold and canola oil for cooking.

You can DO this! Your weight will become stable at IT'S ideal place, you're have more energy (hard to believe, eh?), you'll just plain old FEEL better, and a lot of weird symptoms will go away.

YOU CAN DO THIS. Msg. me if you need/want to.

Try the 12 Steps and apply sugar instead of any of the other substances.

Breana -

4sons is right on! I followed similar diet instructions a couple of years ago and had good results.

When I detoxed off of sugar (including carbs)it was the most intense withdrawal experience I have ever had. It was not easy but well worth it. It does take about two weeks. I used to walk into my local grocery store, where a friend of mine worked, and beg the clerk to sell me funny bones....Some days I would have traded my mother for a funny bone. The only way to stop is to stop. Secure a good book or recipes which are sugar free....

You can do it and it is worth it.

Strangely, I do not miss sugar at all. I am not just saying that I really don't miss it....ok, some days...but very rarely....and in fact when I see people eating the junk we all used to eat, I see it as poison...and why on earth would I want that in this body...my temple of the holy spirit?....ok, I'm getting a little lupy...but a sugarless life is a better life and I am grateful I am living it....you might want to read the book, "Sugar Blues" it is dated but helpful....Sugar is a nasty drug in my opinion best to be avoided....

Good luck!

Andrew

I have no room whatsoever to speak about sugar, but only in regards to chocolate, which we talk about a lot on this site. Anyway, Breana, when I read about the sugar cravings, I always wonder if you have been checked for Diabetes. You didn't mention whether or not you have been checked. This is key to you craving if you are in fact diabetic. It's simple to find out and well worth it. If it's true, then you need to knock off the sugar and you've had good advice here from 4sons. Check with the dr. about the cravings ok? OK! Best wishes with this one. Anybody tries to take my piece of chocolate is messin with the wrong guy! Sincerely, DarlaC

Try substituting Stevia in your coffee and teas or even in your baking.
Good luck!

Thanks for the advice one and all. I am not diabetic and my Hb AIC is good, but my father had put on a bit of weight and had sugar problems til he got the weight off. And fortunately don't sweeten my tea or coffee. i must confess, i just ate three pieces of brown sugar fudge. It's like the more I say I won't eat anything with sugar the more I crave it. (Don't think about white elephants syndrome) Pray, please, pray!

i used to have the same problem too. there are different non-sugar sweetners you can use that are good for you, like stevia and a couple of others. you just have to do a little research. but i believe that artificial sweetners like nutrasweet and splenda are worse for you than actual sugar. it is hard to go off sugar completely all at once. what helped me was fruit and lots of if.
I first just worked on getting myself off the sugar. anytime i craved it, i would eat some fruit. needless to say, i ate alot of fruit. lol.
after your body gets used to it, you won't even need all the fruit. a little bit is ok, but it should be fresh and no more than 1-2 pieces a day after you have weined yourself off of sugar. after i had succeeded on the sugar thing, then i got rid of breads and the other carbie stuff. 100% whole wheat is ok in moderation. (no more than a slice or two of 100% whole wheat bread)
the key to me being able to stay on this diet is that i allow myself to cheat occassionally. i will have carbs or something andd then take a nap. but i only do it occassionally and only when i kno i have nothing to do for a few hours. (eating carbs makes me really sleepy)
Since cutting the carbs out, i have had so much more energy.
also, i allow myself a piece or two of dark chocolate. i love chocolate and i don't eat as much of the dark stuff b/c it tastes so much stronger. now, the milk chocolate, i could eat all day. lol. i hope this helps

Hi breana,

I had a problem with a sweet tooth also, and converting to my new diet was not easy at first. I went on a high protein low carb diet that I am still on. I actually lost weight on it. I turned my cravings to fruit at first to wean off of sugar (sucrose). I use acacia honey (not most commercial honey that is mostly corn syrup) for sweetening tea, and clover honey for cooking. I eat limited fruit daily. Incidentally, two good food sources as a precursor for glutathione production are watermelon and asparagus. The following link lists
food groups by their glycemic load (a factor based on the glycemic index and its affect on your blood sugar level)level.http://www.mendosa.com/GI_GL_Carb_data.xls.

If you can find a low sugar diet that works for you and stay on it for thirty days, you should have your sugar addiction licked.

Good luck,

wellatlast

4sons that was excellent advise. Did you read the Schwatzbein Principle? She pretty much says the same thing you do. I'm still doing sugar and I just checked out the antifungal drug I'm on and it says not to eat sugar.

I know how you feel dearest... I am hypoglycemic and my body just doesn't digest carbs well. I know I need to limit my carb intake (the good carbs vs bad carbs argument), however this is MUCH easier said than done. I think ALL my teeth are "sweet teeth"! I love everything sugar. Even when I get motivated and say to myself "You can do this, just focus and think how much better you will feel next week", I never make it more than a few days. My willpower is nonexistant. I made it a whole 10 days once, eating 50 grams of protein a day, the occasional potato, and LOTS of veggies. I lost 8 pounds in that 10 days, so I know it's good for my body. But I just can't stick to it. Sorry I don't have any advice for you, I just wanted to let you know that I am in exactly the same position (Even sending my boyfriend out to buy me candy!) Feel free to message me if you need to. Maybe we can do this nasty detox thing together?

4sons has hit the nail on the head. I have also stopped carbs and feel much less addicted to the sugar. You can try the chocolate low carb protein bars instead of chocolate bars, and a protein shake with frozen fruit.
Also, are you on amytriptiline? That increases your sugar cravings too.

I noticed my cravings decreased when I did a course of probiotics... too much sugar-loving yeast in my system, probiotics balanced it out.

You've received a lot of good advice. I went completely off sugar about three months ago and it was very hard. Eating sweet fruit helped to wean me off. My sugar cravings were pretty bad but they are gone now.

YES,, I have it too,, Im addicted to "gobstoppers".. I try to make a box last for at least 3 days,, somedays I can and others ,, forget it.. If I can find something to help me stop this insane addiction, I'd be really happy!

Search ask this question on the Fibro board and you will get some great advice also.

Cheers
Ali5tair