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I am feeling inspired stella! I think I'll try going sugar free for August. I have done sugar free and very low carb several times in the past and did find it helpful. I got a bit discouraged last time because I was hanging out with some people who were quitting smoking and I said I was quitting sugar and they kind of made fun of me. This forum rocks
Monique, I have read all the info about how fruit and carrots are so bad for you, but I had to rethink this when Steve did his 30-day raw trial. From his
trial summary:
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I monitored my blood sugar using a blood sugar testing device, the same kind diabetics may use. It showed no discernible spikes in blood sugar throughout the trial whatsoever — absolutely none. In fact, my blood sugar remained incredibly steady throughout the trial. My highest blood sugar reading of the trial was 94, which is still medium-low. All that sweet fruit in my diet simply did not have any adverse effect on my blood sugar.
Eating this way gave my blood sugar more consistency than ever. I couldn’t spike my blood sugar on this diet if I tried. Even eating 19 bananas in one day made no difference.
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From all that other information out there, this is not what I would have expected. Since I trust Steve, I have to conclude that maybe other factors are affecting the experiments that show blood sugar spikes from eating fruit. At the very least, I would want to take my own measurements on my own blood sugar before dismissing fruit as "bad" and "the same as any other sugar out there".