Re: depression/sugar

[Guest guest]

> hi robin, i was hospitalized for severe depression once. since i

gave up

> sugar (it was a LONG SLOW and pretty painless process) depression

is

> almost all but a memory.

Goodness! I'm so glad your doing better. That must have been a

terrifying experience.

I have been trying to get sugar out of my family's diet for so long

and nothing has worked yet. My best bet is to find awesome recipes

where they don't even notice that the white sugar is missing. I

haven't come across any recipes like that yet, now being gluten free

as well. Any ideas/recipes?

Have any of you figured out how to make the gluten free peanut

butter cookies without all the white sugar? Are there any cookbooks

out there that are gluten free and white sugar free?

Robin

[Guest guest]

Hi Robin,

i think one of the problems inherent in the SAD is the use of baked

goods, excessive or otherwise. cookies with lunch, or when you come home

from school. birthday cakes. pies. ice cream every day in the summer

(okay, ice cream is not a baked good, but you get the picture).

as health conscious people, we have simply tried to make baked goods

'healtheir' but i found by experience that this does not help anyone get

off sugar; it's a poor substitute and only prolongs the problem.

the foundation of radiantrecovery.com and her books is breakfast with

plenty of protein EVERY DAY within one hour of waking up. then you build

on that foundation with other steps til you are eating 3 meals a day with

plenty of protein, you grad. elim. white flour and substitute whole

potatoes and whole grains, and you eat fruit/ veggies at eat meal.

believe it or not, once you eat this way for about 6 mo. you WANT to go

off sugar (in her program you are forbidden to go off sugar til you are

ready and you KNOW when you are ready).

it's really quite a miraculous program based on science. the

biochemistry of protein is such that it decreases the desire for sugar.

on this list I've heard the same about fats. so my guess is, if you

combine the 2 programs, with plenty of protein and fats and veggies and

fruits, the sugar cravings go away.

like i said, i eat no baked goods or sweets of any kind now, except bread

and fruit. and the miracle is, i don't miss it. i have no need to find

substitution. fruit is the best sweet in the world. and some fruits

(apples ) actually help regulate blood sugar.

so, you are all asking about your kids. she also has a support group

(among many others) for getting kids off sugars.

there are also recipes for substitutes but they involve no sweeteners of

any kind. only fruit.

i have no baked goods, no desserts, ever, in my house except bread and

fruit. so our son is used to it.

he's 13. was breast fed til he was 4. i have been feeding him this way

almost ever since. he's borderline gifted and talented (made it into

algebra in 7th grade and took his SAT's upon invitation) and is a good

natured, happy, well behaved boy. i credit the nursing, his diet, the

love we have for him and our faith.

anyway.

p.s. if i were to eat 'healthy' cookies (no such thing; even sally's) i

would STILL eat the whole plate. i just cannot eat them at all. and i

am SO MUCH the better for it.

Have any of you figured out how to make the gluten free peanut

butter cookies without all the white sugar? Are there any cookbooks

out there that are gluten free and white sugar free?

Robin