Re:How Giving Up Refined Sugar Changed My Brain
by tzs on Sunday September 25, 2016 @10:16PM
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I've experienced the vegetables taste better thing, just be lowering sugar rather than giving it up. I currently get about 35% of my calories from carbohydrates, with about 6% of my calories from added sugars.
Before, when carbs were probably 60-80% of my calories, and added sugars were a big part of that, I could taste green beans and carrots, but they were very mild. Corn was a bit stronger, and peas were more of an aftertaste than a taste.
These were all foods that I would eat now and then because they were good for me, but I'd never want them.
Now they taste much stronger, and I often have for dinner just a package of frozen "steam in the bag" mixed vegetables (corn, green beans, carrots, peas) [1]. When I do have those with meat they are an equal partner on the plate with the meat now instead of just something there for their nutrition.
Before, when carbs were probably 60-80% of my calories, and added sugars were a big part of that, I could taste green beans and carrots, but they were very mild. Corn was a bit stronger, and peas were more of an aftertaste than a taste.
These were all foods that I would eat now and then because they were good for me, but I'd never want them.
Now they taste much stronger, and I often have for dinner just a package of frozen "steam in the bag" mixed vegetables (corn, green beans, carrots, peas) [1]. When I do have those with meat they are an equal partner on the plate with the meat now instead of just something there for their nutrition.
[1] https://www.birdseye.com/vegetable-products/steamfresh-pure-...