My Sugar Free Year - Day 3

Friday, July 16, 2021
Day 3
 
Here’s some more clarification on what is considered sugar free in my sugar free year adventure.
I’ll be eliminating all added and processed sugars.  This means the obvious sugary foods such as cakes, cookies, candies, ice cream, donuts, pies, and pastries, etc. which I’ve really been off of for the most part for many years, so not a big problem.  Although, those home-made cookies that make it into the house during the holidays are quite tempting. After all, they come once a year for a special time. This also means sweetened beverages such as soda, vitamin water, fruit juice, flavored coffee beverages or any added sugar in coffee or tea.  Again, not a big deal for me because I already don’t put sugar in coffee or tea, drink soda, or juice. This also includes all forms of alcohol, and no kombucha, which is fermented tea with sugar.
 
Did you know that 80% of all grocery store products have hidden sugars?  Things like breakfast cereals, flavored oatmeal, granola bars, trail mix, barbecue sauces, condiments such as ketchup, jams and jellies, pasta sauce, commercial soul, salad dressings, frozen and prepared meals, baked beans, some canned fruit, and flavored dairy products such as yogurt.  Most of these contain added sugars.
 
Fresh or frozen fruit with no added sugars IS MOST DEFINITELY okay.  Fruit does contain fructose and glucose, but it is packaged by nature with fiber, water, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and polyphenols and that’s what you want for your healthy body.  Blended fruit is fine, but again no juice because you’ve then taken out all the fiber and concentrated the sugars and the reaction to the body is a spike in insulin to bring down the rush of sugar you just drank. I am allowing dried fruit with NO added sugars, even though it is concentrated sugar and should be used sparingly.
 
Sugar (lactose) is natural in dairy products, but this is not ADDED sugar. So dairy products are fine, as long as there is no sugar added. 
 
Thanks again for being here with me on my adventure!  Maybe it’s becoming yours too!
 
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