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  • 03 Mar 2014 2:19 AM
    Message # 1509379
    Deleted user

    I Picked up the sugar thing at the suggestion of my Daughter-as a sweet tooth -everything sweet except soft drinks so got the book & it all made sense. also saw a TV program at the time so I went cold turkey mid 2013' ( interesting growing up on a farm 'Desert' was a big thing - my Mother always has a fruit pie & custard or fresh fruits & cream 9 in later years  ice cream. p until aged 30 on thre farm weight was no problem- ever leaving the farm & coming to the city since it has been at around 96-98 Ks- 5'10" is and now 69.

    My wife says I was like a @#$%^&* with a sore head for a few weeks ( she was right too!), but we persevered and by Oct I had lost 6-7 Kilos. Unfortunately that's where I seem to be stuck.

    Probably eat too much Fresh fruit -but no other sugar- friends think I'm a nut case (not all to be fair) but feel much better- just need to loose another 10 Ks!! We haven't done any cooking in the Desert area yet- even have the recipe book. Any way that's me- I'm on board

    Cheers Ross Teakle

  • 04 Mar 2014 1:43 AM
    Reply # 1510102 on 1509379
    Anonymous
    Your BMI has dropped from 31 (obese)  to 29 (overweight) . . . so celebrate!
    You've answered your own question . . . . .  too much fruit.  Now ask yourself, do I want to enjoy fruit or do I want to lose weight and get my BMI down to about 22.  [BMI = weight (kg) divided by the square of height (m)].

    Have you kept a record of ALL the fructose you have ingested over a week or two?  You have to weigh the food you eat, read the labels on the processed food, and use the tables in the books to determine the fructose taken in. If it's more than 10 grams a day, there is your answer. And you can get your 10g  from 2 small pieces (100g) of fruit.

    Above all  . . . . . .DON'T  give up :-)

    JohnN
    Last modified: 04 Mar 2014 2:27 AM | Anonymous
  • 26 Mar 2014 12:18 PM
    Reply # 1525421 on 1509379
    Yesterday was my husband's and my first year anniversary of no added sugar. What a joy to have made this change. Not only do I no longer live continually hungry, but my husband had a 50 year chronic (and getting increasingly more debilitating) sinus infection clear up in weeks after starting no-sugar. It's gone. He lost weight also, and I a bit but I wasn't overweight, just starting to add with age. 

    But for me, the amazing and unexpected result came in the form of cessation of hair loss. I am 68 and had begun to lose my hair at a rate that I thought I would soon be a candidate for a wig. The sink would be covered in it. It was most disturbing, but I found what grace I could and accepted that as my deal. 

    One day, however, after having stopped eating sugar for about 8 months, I washed my hair and noticed essentially NO hair in the sink. It just stopped falling out and now has come back. I remember thinking from my sheep ranching years, how fleece loss was always an indicator of ill-health in the flock. So it then made sense to me, how unhealthy I had become with no other outward sign but traumatic hair loss. Who knows what other bullets I've dodged by this change to sugar-free living. 

    Mr. Gillespie, you are the lead voice in a serious area of health, that needs our attention, especially for our children. We have been misled for far too long. Thank you for being that voice and having a mate that has joined you and added so much to what you both have to offer.
  • 27 Mar 2014 1:38 AM
    Reply # 1525924 on 1509379
    Anonymous
    What a lovely story!  Congratulations!  As David says the conditions which can atrributed causally to fructose make a list as long as your arm..

    JohnN
  • 27 Mar 2014 1:44 AM
    Reply # 1525925 on 1509379
    Anonymous
    You might  enjoy another book on the subject which is very readable: The Fat Revolution. If you can't get it locally you can buy it from the author's web site: www.christinecronau.com.au

    JohnN
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