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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) describes a sense of exhaustion and post-exertion malaise, even when you have gotten enough rest and sleep. The disease is characterized by six months of incapacitating fatigue experienced as profound exhaustion and extremely poor stamina, and problems with concentration and short-term memory. The cause is unknown, but it is a...
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.
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
Good luck!
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
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
Also, are you on amytriptiline? That increases your sugar cravings too.
Cheers
Ali5tair