Even cyclists should cut sugar

[MikeMusic]

I learn more every day

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/fitness/nutrition/sugar-rush-115591

[Tim]

Very interesting Mike and thanks for posting. I work with a guy who eats more sugar than anyone I have ever known in my entire life . . all day, everyday he's eating something sugary.

Guess who's getting an email with your link in it ;)

[MikeMusic]

I'm learning so much about food from :
New Scientist
Cycling Weekly - and are they on the case with food
and the other half is on a Weight Watchers diet. Carbs being a target to cut right down
If I have a few sweets or a few biscuits I go into some weird mode (yes worse than usual !) and usually get a big sugar down - without the up so I keep well away from sugar except occasionally in tiny amounts.
Took me a while to realise what was going on. Occasionally cycling home I wanted to get off and lie down after about 6-8 miles.
90% sure it was a sugar down

[Tim]

One of the truest statements out there is "You are what you eat"

I'm a lot more careful with my diet these days and have learnt a lot over the past 12 months about my body by keeping a daily food diary. Managed to lose quite a lot of weight without giving anything up or going on a diet. I can't abide anything 'low fat' or sold as a 'diet food', it all tastes bland to me and never satisfies, so I can't see the point in eating it?

[synsei]

There was a very interesting Horizon episode recently which addressed this issue, I will try to find a link to it if I can ;)

[synsei]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03t8r4h/Horizon_20132014_Sugar_v_Fat/

There you go... :)

[wiicrackpot]

Mike, thanks for the link, who'd thought, back in the day sugary drink and Mars Bars was the fuel food of choice because the sugar hit. :doh:

Interesting link too Dave, shows how little i know about healthy eating.

[MikeMusic]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03t8r4h/Horizon_20132014_Sugar_v_Fat/

There you go... :)
It's back in the next day or so. I have it queued on the Tivo

[MikeMusic]

Mike, thanks for the link, who'd thought, back in the day sugary drink and Mars Bars was the fuel food of choice because the sugar hit. :doh:

Interesting link too Dave, shows how little i know about healthy eating.

Quite.
My eating habits have changed massively, mostly by accident, but all seem to be to the good.
Once upon a time I would often eat a packet of biscuits before bed and maybe a pint of cow milk.
8 mugs of tea a day, just at work
and other stuff

[Tim]

Very interesting programme and I saw something similar around a year ago on the BBC, but it focused on just one person trying some pretty severe diets. The breakfast he ate one day turned my stomach as there was so much fat on the plate. But they compared how the body broke down the fats by following the same meal with some exercise (just walking for an hour) and the next time followed by no exercise. The differences were dramatic. I'm continuing to lose weight just by adopting a more healthy attitude toward food and I still eat when I feel hungry, but its a handful of almonds or some dates or fruit, instead of cakes, biscuits or bread. I also refuse to eat anything but butter, but I make sure its not everyday.
I used to get quite an acid stomach and popped antacid tablets regularly, but I have been making my own natural yogurt for sometime now (cheap as chips and so simple) and eat some yoghurt most days. Since I started I have never once had an acid stomach or indigestion.

One thing I have found useful, is that there is a HUGE wealth of information on the internet about healthy eating and the NHS website is pretty good too, with some good recipe ideas. Absolutely no need to buy a recipe book ever again, its all here and its all free :)

[Gordon Steadman]

Its about time that sugar came to the attention. Interesting that China is showing the effects now with, allegedly, 50% of the population being pre-diabetic and 11% actually diabetic. All since they started getting some nasty western habits and stopped cooking proper peasants food.

We still eat peasant!! 90% of our food comes from the garden. I haven't eaten any ready meals for ten years unless you count the two pizzas I've managed in all that time. Do have honey on the cereal every day though. Proper oats or corn flakes at a push.

The main problem here is that it will all be blamed on one thing and people will think that if they cut the sugar, they can indulge in anything else they fancy which is nonsense of course. It'll help but there is a bit more to it. You still have to eat sensibly and exercise. We do all the right things but my wife is still pre-diabetic and likely to have to take some insulin in due course. Her family is all prone to it with her brother on regular insulin. They are also all small, slim and fit.

Balance in all things.

Almost.......you should get the room sorted and the speaker positioned so you don't need those pesky balance controls:eyebrows:

[MikeMusic]

Very interesting programme and I saw something similar around a year ago on the BBC, but it focused on just one person trying some pretty severe diets. The breakfast he ate one day turned my stomach as there was so much fat on the plate. But they compared how the body broke down the fats by following the same meal with some exercise (just walking for an hour) and the next time followed by no exercise. The differences were dramatic. I'm continuing to lose weight just by adopting a more healthy attitude toward food and I still eat when I feel hungry, but its a handful of almonds or some dates or fruit, instead of cakes, biscuits or bread. I also refuse to eat anything but butter, but I make sure its not everyday.
I used to get quite an acid stomach and popped antacid tablets regularly, but I have been making my own natural yogurt for sometime now (cheap as chips and so simple) and eat some yoghurt most days. Since I started I have never once had an acid stomach or indigestion.

One thing I have found useful, is that there is a HUGE wealth of information on the internet about healthy eating and the NHS website is pretty good too, with some good recipe ideas. Absolutely no need to buy a recipe book ever again, its all here and its all free :)
I used to have horrific indigestion caused by cream. Took me a while to work out.
Thanks for the NHS tip. I've been impressed by a lot of NHS web content

[Macca]

I used to have horrific indigestion caused by cream.

That's interesting. I'd like to know what made your indigestion worse? Sunshine of Your Love or tales of Brave Ulysses?

[Tim]

Its about time that sugar came to the attention. Interesting that China is showing the effects now with, allegedly, 50% of the population being pre-diabetic and 11% actually diabetic. All since they started getting some nasty western habits and stopped cooking proper peasants food.
I'm a regular visitor to China Gordon as my best mate lives there and the changes I have seen in the last 10 years are very disheartening, especially amongst the younger generation. They are getting bigger and the kids are all over junk western food in places like KFC and McDonald's. FFS you can even see a bloody McD sign from Tienanmen Square! Their food is wonderful when you get used to the non-cantonese style that we call Chinese food, which by the way I now can't eat after trying the real thing.

Its all quite sad really :(


Thanks for the NHS tip. I've been impressed by a lot of NHS web content
I stumbled on it by accident looking for vegetable soup recipes, but there's a lot of great healthy living information as well as the recipes.

[The Grand Wazoo]

Despite the fact that my x-axis has for a long time outstripped the increment of my y-axis, I've never had anything like a sweet tooth, so anything overtly sugary has always been largely absent from my diet. Spend a little time reading about the US sugar industry, the protection policy and tax advantages that are afforded to it and you'll soon see why it is now shovelled into every food product that it's possible to cram it into and not just in the US.
Sugar is evil - avoid it wherever you can. Only put proper fresh food made from real, natural ingredients into your body.

[Gordon Steadman]

I'm a regular visitor to China Gordon as my best mate lives there and the changes I have seen in the last 10 years are very disheartening, especially amongst the younger generation. They are getting bigger and the kids are all over junk western food in places like KFC and McDonald's. FFS you can even see a bloody McD sign from Tienanmen Square! Their food is wonderful when you get used to the non-cantonese style that we call Chinese food, which by the way I now can't eat after trying the real thing.

Its all quite sad really :(


We were shocked when we first moved here. I thought the French, at least, would be proof to the insidious big mac but no, the damn things are everywhere. I haven't eaten one for so long, I do wonder what it would do to my tastebuds. I can't stand tomato sauce generally but combined with all that grease and crap cheese, the mind boggles.

We have just collected the first of, I suspect, many rabbits - at least it should be after we introduce her to a friend's buck - so some more good, healthy stew on the menu (sorry Stu!! No rabbit curry I promise)

Once you get the taste back for real food, I don't know how it would be possible to eat the crap served up by the average supermarket.

[The Grand Wazoo]

......sorry Stu!! No rabbit curry I promise...

Don't deny yourself the pleasure of young and tender rabbit legs and saddles marinated in a homemade tandoori paste and cooked over charcoal, Gordon. That is one of the finest barbecue delights that I know.

[Gordon Steadman]

Don't deny yourself the pleasure of young and tender rabbit legs and saddles marinated in a homemade tandoori paste and cooked over charcoal, Gordon. That is one of the finest barbecue delights that I know.

Might just be worth making a BB:)

[MikeMusic]

That's interesting. I'd like to know what made your indigestion worse? Sunshine of Your Love or tales of Brave Ulysses?

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