If you are eating no 'sweet' sugar yet addicted to pretzels, pizza, bagels, and cereal with low fat milk - and thinking you're healthy because it's 'whole grain', like I was over a year ago, you may be killing yourself.
Your body doesn't need to ingest any carbs at all to survive, only protein and fat are required, and you can tolerate a lot more energy from fat than protein.
I count myself among the 33%-50% of the population that is carb intolerant and should avoid carbs at all cost. I've been on a wheat free, LCHF, close to ketogenic diet^H^H^Hlifestyle for a year and have been astounded at how well it works.
Sure, some people can tolerate low fat high carb diets even as they get older. But they're making a lot of other people sick by pushing those diets on us.
Before, I would have cravings and seek out food when I wasn't really hungry. Now, when I get hungry, I eat until I am no longer hungry, then stop. Afterward, I'm not hungry and not thinking at all about food for at least the next 6-12 hours. The hardest part is coordinating social meal schedules with people who now seem to be either eating or talking about food almost constantly.
Without sugar, I don't feel deprived or lacking one bit. And since my "dog food" is mainly comprised of three commodity food ingredients, it's very easy on the budget, too. I have noticed myself becoming more smug, though, so I have to be careful not to judge other people for their food choices.
eggs, chia seed, coconut oil, diatomaceous earth, Azomite, KCl, NaCl, pulverized vitamin pills, MgSO4, borax
It may still need a tiny bit of KI, methylsilanetriol, and betaine, but those are a bit harder to obtain. I tried to work out the ratios such that a 2200 kcal portion would come in above the minimum requirement and below the tolerable upper limit for all nutrients, where those amounts are known. Since commercial vitamin pills usually go on the USRDA values, it isn't exactly how I want it, but I have been using the color imparted to my urine by the massive excess of some of the B vitamins to determine if I need to drink more water or not.
I prepare the non-egg ingredients separately, and combine them before cooking. The result is similar to scrambled eggs, except somehow manages to have less flavor than eggs alone. Seasoning is essential for palatibility. Capsaicin and onion powder seem to work best.
Here's another recipe. Unsweetened soy/almond milk, large scoop of sugar-free whey protein powder with vitamins. One banana, and/or other fruit/veggies, ground flaxseed for fiber.
The long standing conventional wisdom that you want to be a sugar/carb burner is correct. Your cells function best on a steadily available supply of glucose backed with plenty of glycogen. Fructose is protective against stress, so a decent amount of sucrose is desirable.