Experience with Sugar Blocker Plan/Diet?

[free at last]

I am curious if anyone has followed the Sugar Blockers Diet/Plan. I believe you cut starch (for me, bread and potato chips) because it quickly turns to sugar. Any more info on this?

[NoSugar]

Experience with Sugar Blocker Plan/Diet?

free at last;1476928 wrote: I am curious if anyone has followed the Sugar Blockers Diet/Plan. I believe you cut starch (for me, bread and potato chips) because it quickly turns to sugar. Any more info on this?

Hi, Free

Is this a specific book or program? There are several diet plans in which you avoid sugar and other carbs. I have not heard of this particular program, however.

NS

[free at last]

Experience with Sugar Blocker Plan/Diet?

It's the Sugar Blockers Diet by Robert Thompson. I saw it in Prevention magazine. It calls for starting your meal with nuts, then a salad, include vinegar and oil of some kind, and always have some protein. Suggests you cut as much bread, potatos, crackers out as possible and eat as many vegies as possible. Thought it sounded reasonable but wondered if anyone had experience with it.

[NoSugar]

Experience with Sugar Blocker Plan/Diet?

free at last;1476941 wrote: It's the Sugar Blockers Diet by Robert Thompson. I saw it in Prevention magazine. It calls for starting your meal with nuts, then a salad, include vinegar and oil of some kind, and always have some protein. Suggests you cut as much bread, potatos, crackers out as possible and eat as many vegies as possible. Thought it sounded reasonable but wondered if anyone had experience with it.

I haven't seen that one, Free. It sounds like a variation on a pretty popular theme . It is pretty important to always have some protein and fat in all of your meals, I think.

[free at last]

Experience with Sugar Blocker Plan/Diet?

Thanks. I figure anything is better than Pringles -- my comfort food when I am stressed (now that I am not drinking wine!)

[drinkingal]

Experience with Sugar Blocker Plan/Diet?

I think pringles are made out of reconstituted potato, I'm pretty sure I remember reading that on the pack once, (that's how they get them all the same shape). Carbs like that are broken down into simple sugars very quickly by your body. All of the things you mention about this diet sounds healthy, nuts, vegetables, salads, vinegar for acidity, protein at each meal and some fat. Bread is another carb that is broken down quickly but if you eat grainy bread it's better but that flour in bread doesn't take much for your body to break down. Things like that are basically processed foods that aren't in their natural state anymore, whole potatoes are not unhealthy, but they have a high carb content so it's best to eat them in moderation and not huge amounts at once.

[free at last]

Experience with Sugar Blocker Plan/Diet?

Thanks, No Sugar and Drinkingal, for the info. Am trying to make certain I eat as healthy food as possible during this initial phase of sobriety. Cheers.

[NoSugar]

Experience with Sugar Blocker Plan/Diet?

drinkingal;1476958 wrote: I think pringles are made out of reconstituted potato, I'm pretty sure I remember reading that on the pack once, (that's how they get them all the same shape). Carbs like that are broken down into simple sugars very quickly by your body. All of the things you mention about this diet sounds healthy, nuts, vegetables, salads, vinegar for acidity, protein at each meal and some fat. Bread is another carb that is broken down quickly but if you eat grainy bread it's better but that flour in bread doesn't take much for your body to break down. Things like that are basically processed foods that aren't in their natural state anymore, whole potatoes are not unhealthy, but they have a high carb content so it's best to eat them in moderation and not huge amounts at once.

I agree with your thinking, DrinkinGal.

I've found that for myself and many others, if your sources of carbs are tons of vegetables that grow above ground, a moderate amount of fruit with emphasis on citrus and berries, and a moderate amount of vegetatables that grow below ground, you'll feel great, might lose weight if and there are many wonderful (real) foods to choose from. It might deter you when you realize what is not on this list but like with AL, once you get some of those foodstuffs out of your life, you will feel so much better and at some point, find it hard to remember what the big fuss was about.