David Gillespie - Big Fat Lies :(

17 Jul 2012 4:34 PM

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Rebecca Lane wrote:luckily the bread is ok - I really don't feel like taking another thing away from him at this point as he has been a good sport about it all so far.

Yes its funny Christian the things in common. I will fill you in and see if I notice any changes with his behaviour and sleep once we get a little further in the sugar free. He has been doing it as long as me but has had two or three mild cheat days with parties and things that came up so I will hope for the best and see what happens.

Yes, it's unavoidable with kids that parties and such will crop up. I eat sugar once a week, because of a family get together, I just try to keep it down, he can do the same. We noticed major improvements when we got Calvin off chocolate and food colourings, so food can make a huge difference, I bet you find the same thing.

17 Jul 2012 5:44 PM

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Brooke Lawson wrote:
http://www.hi-maize.com/HiMaize/USA/Consumers/What+Is+Hi-maize/

Hi maize Is Resistant starch which is a long chain fructose molecule... But im sure it wont hurt him to have this bread, but maybe keep it to just one or two slices a day. In SPQP David says to avoid anything with"resistant" in the name. Maybe If you just avoid it Rebecca?? If he is being such a good sport about everything else

I don't eat this bread Brooke :) Im happy to eat Lawson's grain bread or helgas wholemeal and grains. My son is just extremely fussy and having a harder time adjusting so I will monitor his intake and try and switch the bread in the future if it becomes a problem. Thanks xx

17 Jul 2012 5:58 PM

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btw Brooke is Maize starch the same as Hi Maize because its in the Burgden Rye Bread that David recommends to eat as the best bread :P lol

17 Jul 2012 6:45 PM

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Ah ok... Its a bit of a grey area hey?? oh well. like i said im sure it doesnt hurt

17 Jul 2012 7:39 PM

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I reckon - if you guys saved all the time of checking labels - you could make your own bread.....well at least thats what I am gunna try - then I am in charge of what goes in - Supermarkets make me crazy - the fluro lights , noise etc - and all the mind games they play for the holy buck.....HATE IT.....hopefully soon I wont have to ever go there....thats my aim...

Keep on being savory....

Sharon x

18 Jul 2012 12:39 AM

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Personally, I'd love to do the same, but for now, I know exactly which breads are sugar free, and it's easier to just keep buying them.

18 Jul 2012 3:33 AM

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unfortunately most people don't have the time to make everything themselves so you just do what you can :)

19 Jul 2012 5:36 AM

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It boils down to priorities . . FOR YOU. Do you want to control your weight or (a) stay overweight with all the associated risks to your health &/or (b) please your son?

I suggest you just do your own thing and if he sees the sense in it he will follow. If he doesn't, that's his problem - depending on his age. If he's under 10 (say) than you can just clear the house of all the no-no-s and he'll have to eat what is available. If he's a teenager, see above - he's responsible for himself.

JohnN

19 Jul 2012 5:49 PM

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I am doing it for both of us. Im not having that bread and following everything to the letter but im a little more relaxed with my son because he is just a kid. I don't have any of the bad stuff in the house we were simply debating about the particular brand of bread my son likes which apparently has hi maize or something in it. Do you have kids? He is young and im trying to make things easier for him because thats what you do with kids. Doesn't mean im doing anything wrong or not following the rules, if I didn't want to do the fructose free I wouldn't be.

19 Jul 2012 9:50 PM

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Agreed - we had to tell our kid that he could not eat chocolate, and trying to impose complex dietary rules to a kid you don't keep locked in isolation is hard work. It's easy to comment from the outside, but from the inside, you end up making trade offs and hoping they 'get' the core principles more than anything. If he eats a bit of sugar now matters less than if he learns that he should try to avoid it.