Comment by cjbgkagh

Comment by cjbgkagh a day ago

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I believe most people are not notability adversely affected by sugar and a small subset of the population, like myself, are acutely affected. The former does not invalidate the latter. Sarah Wilson of “I quit sugar” fame started off with a zero sugar crusade then later ameliorated her advice in an apparent effort to generalize her advice for a wider audience. I think advice should be tailored by conditioning on what category a person fits into. I would go further and suggest that a zero sugar diet should also have zero fruit. As a ADHD sugar addict I would generally substitute sugar with fruit and that prevented me from finding out that even my ostensibly healthy diet had too much sugar in it.

Tarsul a day ago

do you substitute your fruits with vegetables? Maybe I should try it as well but then again my daily apple is one of my highlights.

  • cjbgkagh a day ago

    The most direct substitution was cheese, lactose does not appear to have the same effect on me as fructose or sucrose.

    I mostly eat kale for vegetables, this also helps with subclinical insulin resistance and inflammation. I think roasting vegetables may end up being too sweet.

    I did an extended 5 day water fast to kick start the microbiome changes I undertook it as an experiment and the effectiveness in lifting brain fog suggested that it likely had a microbiome component.

    • ThinkBeat a day ago

      It is important to note that extended water fasting will have adverse effects for some people. It is not recommended to do it for that long.

      "" The water fast lasts for 24–72 hours. You should not water fast for longer than this without medical supervision because of health risks. "" https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/water-fasting

    • edwcross a day ago

      Would you mind citing which kind of cheese you eat? Because much cheese has little to no lactose, and also goat lactose does not necessarily have the same effect as cow lactose. Finally, the fats and proteins in cheese affect digestion and possibly sugar absorption.

      • cjbgkagh a day ago

        Honestly when battling sugar cravings it would be rather large chunks of parmesan cheese because I find it rather sweet. I assumed that was due to lactose but perhaps I'm wrong about that. It could also be that even a small amount of lactose tastes sweet after a while of not eating sugar.

        • esperent a day ago

          Parmesan has close to zero lactose. However, it has an extremely high level of free glutamate, up to 1.6%, which is why it tastes delicious and makes other food taste delicious. Probably should avoid it, along with MSG, if you have blood pressure issues. Probably fine otherwise.

    • xdavidliu a day ago

      i thought most cheese has way less lactose, if any, than milk?

      • esperent a day ago

        Really depends on the cheese. Most has less than milk but for some like cottage cheese it's still pretty high. Other hard cheeses like parmesan it's basically zero.

        You could use a rule of thumb that hard/aged cheeses are low lactose. But there's outliers like brie/camembert that are very low lactose even when relatively fresh.