sugar addiction, it is a fact

elona

kittie

Please don't make things a struggle and be kind to yourself.

I find sometimes I have a late breakfast/brunch of an omelette
then make a huge pot of soup and have some later and freeze some for dds or for me. Other times I have a big breakfast and then
something about five o 'clock with maybe a snack of yoghurt or fruit.

I am trying not to fall into the trap of thinking it is not worth cooking just for me. If I feel that what I cook can be frozen and help out my dds then that gives me extra motivation.

Hadrian

What a load of unmitigated billocks! I'm 76, in rude health (Deo Gracia) and have always spooned sugar into me as if it were going out of fashion! Ma was 92 when she died, used to put 5 spoon fulls of the stuff into an old fashioned cup!:rotfl:

PennyForThem_2

Hadrian wrote: »

What a load of unmitigated billocks! I'm 76, in rude health (Deo Gracia) and have always spooned sugar into me as if it were going out of fashion! Ma was 92 when she died, used to put 5 spoon fulls of the stuff into an old fashioned cup!:rotfl:

Yeah - sympathise. Aunt smoked like a chimney and lived until 80's (died last century) but it was respiratory disease that killed her lol.

It is all in the genes. I believe this and it is beginning to be scientifically proved. Roll on gene profiling.

With gene profiling we would know what would have an adverse affect on our health etc

margaretclare

Hadrian wrote: »

What a load of unmitigated billocks! I'm 76, in rude health (Deo Gracia) and have always spooned sugar into me as if it were going out of fashion! Ma was 92 when she died, used to put 5 spoon fulls of the stuff into an old fashioned cup!:rotfl:

If I did that I can guarantee I would weigh at least 30 stone. We've just had an unpleasant reminder. A friend of ours died last Tuesday, was 57, had had a stroke and diagnosed diabetic. He didn't eat properly but he did like chocolate and jelly babies...go figure. He died of a blood clot in his heart.

teddysmum

I was about to add that being told you have diabetes will cure many of their addiction.


When I was diagnosed over 6 years ago, being informed of the consequences, I really improved my diet (though it wasn't a really bad one, but I did like my desserts and confectionary in moderation).


However, as years go by , one lets things slip, especially if HbA1c readings are good, but since my July blood test followed by a decline instead of improvement, I'm on a warning and know you cannot get away with cheating.


I once had an uncle addicted to smoking, but being told by his doctor that, if he continued, he'd be dead within a year, he was instantly cured. He threw his last pack on the fire and never smoked again.

mardatha

My hubby is very bitter because he always ate a healthy diet and I always stuffed myself with sweeties - he had 3 heart attacks and diabetes, I just got ME. I have experimented with and without sugar, and there doesn't seem to be any connection between my ME and sugar consumption. But I do eat a lot less sweet stuff than I used to, and I never touch junk food or soft drinks.

margaretclare

teddysmum wrote: »

I was about to add that being told you have diabetes will cure many of their addiction.


When I was diagnosed over 6 years ago, being informed of the consequences, I really improved my diet (though it wasn't a really bad one, but I did like my desserts and confectionary in moderation).


However, as years go by , one lets things slip, especially if HbA1c readings are good, but since my July blood test followed by a decline instead of improvement, I'm on a warning and know you cannot get away with cheating.


I once had an uncle addicted to smoking, but being told by his doctor that, if he continued, he'd be dead within a year, he was instantly cured. He threw his last pack on the fire and never smoked again.

I wish that could have been the case with my late husband. How many similar warnings he had over 20 years, I can't count. Starting from the first myocardial infarction aged 38, coronary bypass surgery when it was still fairly new in the UK, to his death 20 years later, nothing really sank in, nothing managed to convince him.

DH tells how, as a young man, he used to smoke, about 5 a day and he liked some 'special' cigarettes, Russian or Egyptian or something. One day he woke up having difficulty breathing. His GP confirmed a chest infection and he never smoked from that day on. He carried the remains of a packet around with him until they fell to bits. Nowadays, if any of the medics ask, he's classed as 'never smoked'. He said nothing was so scary as not being able to breathe. If only that scared some people enough, but it isn't always.

margaretclare

teddysmum wrote: »

I was about to add that being told you have diabetes will cure many of their addiction.


When I was diagnosed over 6 years ago, being informed of the consequences, I really improved my diet (though it wasn't a really bad one, but I did like my desserts and confectionary in moderation).


However, as years go by , one lets things slip, especially if HbA1c readings are good, but since my July blood test followed by a decline instead of improvement, I'm on a warning and know you cannot get away with cheating.

But there is also such a thing as 'denial'.

We think that our friend who died a week ago was in denial about his diabetes diagnosis.

DH was diagnosed in 1981 and he changed his lifestyle overnight. He made it his business to find out as much as possible and has kept up with changes over the years. He's met many people who are in denial. It's very dangerous and can result in all the side-effects, limb amputations, visual damage, you name it.

teddysmum

margaretclare wrote: »

But there is also such a thing as 'denial'.

We think that our friend who died a week ago was in denial about his diabetes diagnosis.

DH was diagnosed in 1981 and he changed his lifestyle overnight. He made it his business to find out as much as possible and has kept up with changes over the years. He's met many people who are in denial. It's very dangerous and can result in all the side-effects, limb amputations, visual damage, you name it.

I know.


I used to go to Diabetes UK meetings and some of the medics giving talks mentioned people who said they only had 'slight diabetes' , so don't need to take care.


You either have it or don't (discounting pre-diabetes). If you have it, it is almost certain to get worse , unless you die from some other cause before it can develop.


I've been lucky to get away with over 6 years on diet and exercise (though the latter is getting harder because of another problem), but someone in our group managed many years,then rapidly went to tablets then insulin.


Yesterday was awful, as I was shopping in Tesco, where they had a display of their yummy bakery mince pies (the ones with stars on top) and I had to walk past...but it is possible.

margaretclare

teddysmum wrote: »

I know.


I used to go to Diabetes UK meetings and some of the medics giving talks mentioned people who said they only had 'slight diabetes' , so don't need to take care.


You either have it or don't (discounting pre-diabetes). If you have it, it is almost certain to get worse , unless you die from some other cause before it can develop.


I've been lucky to get away with over 6 years on diet and exercise (though the latter is getting harder because of another problem), but someone in our group managed many years,then rapidly went to tablets then insulin.


Yesterday was awful, as I was shopping in Tesco, where they had a display of their yummy bakery mince pies (the ones with stars on top) and I had to walk past...but it is possible.

Couldn't agree more. DH is always meeting people who say they 'only have it slightly' or mildly. He laughs. It's like saying you're a little bit pregnant, or you're only mildly dead. You either have it, or you haven't.

I've been warned that I'm 'at risk' of it solely because of my age (the risk increases with the years) and the fact that I just cannot lose those extra 2 stone. I did lose some, but not enough. Fortunately I'm not all that fond of sugar as such, I can live without it pretty well, I don't eat biscuits or sweets at all. I think what has helped there is that I remember the days when we were rationed to 3 or 4 ounces of sweets a week. I don't recall it being such a deprivation. What modern kids would think of that I can't begin to imagine.

Everywhere I go that there's tea and biscuits - my age-group again - people are always surprised that (a) I don't take sugar and (b) I don't eat biscuits. Really surprised! Is it a stereotype, or is it so normal that I'm actually outside the norm?