Sunday, September 04, 2016

Small small insights - sugar


Natural sugar (from fruit) is packaged so that there is not too high a concentration of sugar. You can't eat huge quantities of it - your stomach gets full. So there's a built-in limit. You also get some other nutrients for free. With refined sugar,  you can get a highly concentrated dose of sugar and nobody's checking.  No extra nutrients either. 

I've cut down on refined sugar a great deal. One of the noticeable effects over time is that your mood is more stable. You don't go through a cycle of sugar craving followed by eating something sweet and getting a sugar high. I never noticed that I was going through this cycle until I cut down on the sugar.

Stick to fruit sugar.


A previous post on food/cooking: http://despoki.blogspot.in/2009/01/some-thoughts.html 

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