Are you a sugar addict? I am. In 2005 I vowed to quit sweets and have been blogging about it ever since. This website contains product reviews, personal journal entries, the weekly Sugar Challenge, and an ebook for people who want to Stop Being Sweet.

Pass the Butter, Please!

April 07, 2007

This was recently emailed to me

Dr Corey says: Get off the margarine whether it is soy or otherwise.

Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. When it killed the turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the research wanted a payback so they put their heads together to figure out what to do with this product to get their money back. 

It was a white substance with no food appeal so they added the yellow coloring and sold it to people to use in place of butter. How do you like it? They have come out with some clever new flavorings. 

DO YOU KNOW…the difference between margarine and butter?
Read on to the end…gets very interesting!

Both have the same amount of calories.

Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams compared to 5 grams.

Eating margarine can increase heart disease in women by 53% over eating the same amount of butter, according to a recent Harvard Medical Study.

Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in other foods.

Butter has many nutritional benefits where margarine has a few only because they are added!

Butter tastes much better than margarine and it can enhance the flavors of other foods.

Butter has been around for centuries where margarine has been around for less than 100 years.

And now, for Margarine…

Very high in Trans fatty acids. Triple risk of coronary heart disease. Increases total cholesterol and LDL (this is the bad cholesterol) and lowers HDL cholesterol, (the good cholesterol)

Increases the risk of cancers up to five fold.

Lowers quality of breast milk.

Decreases immune response.

Decreases insulin response.

And here’s the most disturbing fact…. HERE IS THE PART THAT IS VERY INTERESTING!

Margarine is but ONE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC…

This fact alone was enough to have me avoiding margarine for life and anything else that is hydrogenated (this means hydrogen is added, changing the molecular structure of the substance).

You can try this yourself:

Purchase a tub of margarine and leave it in your garage or shaded area.

Within a couple of days you will note a couple of things:

* No flies, not even those pesky fruit flies will go near it (that should tell you something)

* It does not rot or smell differently because it has no nutritional value
* Nothing will grow on it. Even those teeny weenie microorganisms will not a find a home to grow. Why? Because it is nearly plastic. Would you melt your Tupperware and spread that on your toast?

Posted in Tips, Tricks, Info & News on April 07, 2007

Sugar Challenge: April 2007

April 02, 2007

Can you make it an hour in the morning without eating sweets or drinking coffee? Give it a try this month and see what happens. Tell us how you do.

Posted in Weekly Sugar Challenge on April 02, 2007

It’s Time To Dump Your Boring Sugar.

April 02, 2007

Not eating sugar is boring. It’s so boring that it becomes nothing. It’s like nothing at all—not eating sugar. It’s easy. It’s so easy it becomes boring. Instead of trying to not eat Oreos or feeling guilty about binging on chocolate covered pretzels, those problems disappear and all that’s left is your boring life.

And then slowly you find you have more energy. So you’re bored, but energetic.

And next thing you know you’re using that energy to do something…interesting.

Maybe you’re taking a bike ride. Maybe you focus on a long neglected project long enough to complete it. Maybe you’re spending more time discovering and cooking deliciously healthy new foods. And then next thing you know, your life has gotten interesting again.

All of this is like leaving a relationship that’s no good for you. Yeah, imagine dating sugar. Some of you are so enamored by sugar you can’t bear the thought of leaving your sweetie behind. For the rest of your life?

Guess what. You’re sweetie loves you too. I mean really loves you. So much so that anytime you want your sugar will always be there for you to use however and how often you please. But you know that just leads to that downward spiral.

So how about it. It’s it time you broke it off with your sugar and moved on. Grow up a little. There’s a million fish in the sea…and they’re all much healthier for you than that rut of a relationship you’re stuck in now.

Posted in Tips, Tricks, Info & News on April 02, 2007

Sugar Challenge: March 2007

March 15, 2007

This sugar challenge is easy. Simply stop eating sweets right now.

That’s right! NOW!

You read this, that means you can do it. Resolve yourself to eating better and start ASAP.

The next time you’re confronted with something sweet, think of this message. You can change things—and only you can change them!

So Stop Being Sweet and start eating smart. If, and only if, you fall off the wagon, let us know where and why.

(Hopefully there will be no posts here.)

Posted in Weekly Sugar Challenge on March 15, 2007

When Will You Stop Being Sweet?

March 15, 2007

Did you know that this blog is one and a half years old!? That’s how long I’ve been off sugar.

Perhaps you came here by doing a search. Maybe someone told you about this website. Either way, you can live a healthier life by changing how you eat starting right now.

What do you need to “get off sugar” once and for all? Why do you keep eating junk food?

Posted in Tips, Tricks, Info & News on March 15, 2007

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