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Sugar Free Challenge 2 - Tuesday

Cooper27Administrator•

4 years ago•8 Replies

Morning all

It's day 2 of this round, you might start noticing the lack of sugar today makes you feel a little worse for wares.

As with last week, I'm dedicating today to hydration. The three reasons I want to cover this:

1) Sugar is quite dehydrating, but unfortunately dehydration is one of those things that we often mistake for hunger, resulting in reaching for a quick energy fix.

2) We can take in a lot of sugar through the things we drink, so we need to think about how the things we drink can impact our sugar intake.

3) Drinking enough water can help with any headaches or cravings you'll experience today.

I forgot to drink enough at the weekend, and I'm still playing catch up today. My aim is to drink at least 2L today, and I'll make sure my food has enough salt to help with electrolytes.

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Rachmaninov24 years ago

I have cut down on my salt intake and I’m having a low acid forming diet at present. I have just started drinking alkaline ionised water with electrolytes, do you know if drinking ionised water can be beneficial? 🙂

Cooper27Administrator• in reply toRachmaninov24 years ago

I'm not really familiar with ionised water, it's a bit of a complex topic, as they're used in water treatment for a very specific purpose and I don't know what the purpose in the body would be.

I had a quick google and it seems to be mentioned alongside alkalanised water quite a bit, which would make me wary. Alkaline things neutralise stomach acid to an extent and low stomach acid hinders nutrient absorption and can lead to acid reflux, so it's not something I would use myself.

You might like lemon water. Although lemon is acidic, once it passes through the stomach, it becomes alkaline in the gut which offers the same general benefit.

Rachmaninov2• in reply toCooper274 years ago

Thank you for your help Cooper. 🙂

Rosepetal60Gluten Free4 years ago

I do drink a fair amount of plain water but not as much as the 3 pints I used to drink & should be drinking. I must get back into the routine.

Day 2 of no added sugar meals: Redbush tea. Then Banana for breakfast. Lunch: soft light cheese with tuna + 3 walnut halves. Evening meal: Haddock fillet cooked in oven with Sweet potato Oven baked chips and served with peas. Needed a sauce really, but didn’t make one. Had half an apple and 6 grapes for desert.

Cooper27Administrator• in reply toRosepetal604 years ago

The tea will help towards your liquid intake too I should have mentioned it, but I forget about tea/coffee/herbal tea because I don't like them

Don't forget spice mixes if you want a bit of flavour on your fish - I quite like cajun spices or I've found some really nice ready-made spice mixes in the shops.

Rosepetal60Gluten Free• in reply toCooper274 years ago

There is plenty of choice in my selection of teas, flower type, fruit type, herbal type such as Ginseng, to name a few. And the Black tea for OH. And of course the caffeine free Redbush tea. I can’t tolerate most spices, but do like cinnamon, nutmeg. Herbs, yes, so could have made a lovage sauce if I’d thought about it to give the food some moisture. May do that on one of the other days. Hoping to make a Cornloaf today for the evening meal. Got everything in now. GF Porridge oats was the last thing on the list of ingredients from memory.

Cooper27Administrator• in reply toRosepetal604 years ago

Oh that's a shame. I think this was one of my favourites, if you can tolerate the ingredients:realfood.tesco.com/recipes/...

I've made without the pesto or paprika and it's still delicious.

Rosepetal60Gluten Free• in reply toCooper274 years ago

Thank you for this, I’ll print it off and put it in my recipe folder. And leave out the Paprika & red pesto. I must have been in a fog yesterday, could have made ratatouille or just had plain tinned tomato’s.