All carbohydrates are sugar

[Guest guest]

Giving up sugar is very difficult because one has to give up eating all

carbohydrates. There are many kinds of sugar. The body doesn't need carbs to

survive but they are certainly delicious and do give us energy. The problem

seems to be that if we can't digest something it just sits there or floats

around the body causing trouble. People talk a lot on this list about giving up

sugar so I thought this information might be interesting.

 

It seems to me that even if one is very diligent and careful they aren't going

to want to do that (give up all carbs) for the most part and one might be

interested in looking into the enzymes that help the body to digest whatever

sugar it has in it. Fortunately there seems to be more and more enzymes being

developed that do this.

Here is a Wikipedia page that gives more information about sugar than any of us

want but it gives one an idea that it is a complicated business.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbohydrate

The following two links are from Kirkman labs about two products that help the

body to digest sugars more efficiently. More and more I read about the inability

to digest sugar being the cause of a lot of illness.

http://www.kirkmanlabs.com/products/enzymes/enzym_dppiv/Enzym_Complete_II_Isoges\

t.html#description

http://www.kirkmanlabs.com/products/enzymes/enzym_dppiv/CarbDigest_Isogest.html

I know that enzymes have helped me to feel a lot better and I keep looking for

newer and better ones. (Also, probiotics have really made a difference as well.)

Arline

[Guest guest]

I think it's important to differentiate between types of carbohydrates and the sugars theycontain. There's a vast difference between, on the one hand, yams, potatoes, and carrots and, on the other, lettuce, green beans, and green peppers. HollisGiving up sugar is very difficult because one has to give up eating all carbohydrates. There are many kinds of sugar. The body doesn't need carbs to survive but they are certainly delicious and do give us energy. The problem seems to be that if we can't digest something it just sits there or floats around the body causing trouble. People talk a lot on this list about giving up sugar so I thought this information might be interesting.   It seems to me that even if one is very diligent and careful they aren't going to want to do that (give up all carbs) for the most part and one might be interested in looking into the enzymes that help the body to digest whatever sugar it has in it. Fortunately there seems to be more and more enzymes being developed that do this. Here is a Wikipedia page that gives more information about sugar than any of us want but it gives one an idea that it is a complicated business. http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ CarbohydrateThe following two links are from Kirkman labs about two products that help the body to digest sugars more efficiently. More and more I read about the inability to digest sugar being the cause of a lot of illness. http://www.kirkmanl abs.com/products /enzymes/ enzym_dppiv/ Enzym_Complete_ II_Isogest. html#descriptionhttp://www.kirkmanl abs.com/products /enzymes/ enzym_dppiv/ CarbDigest_ Isogest.htmlI know that enzymes have helped me to feel a lot better and I keep looking for newer and better ones. (Also, probiotics have really made a difference as well.) Arline

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There is no argument there and for the sugar we eat maybe we need help to digest

it. When I say that one " has to give up all carbohydrates to not eat sugar "   or

something like that, it is a matter of understanding what are the foods that

contain sugar (all carbohydrates). Certainly one has to pick and choose

(differentiate) and make choices??

 

" still think that trying to lower your sugar consumption is a healthy thing to

do. "

 

Arline

 

Blueeberri

Subject: Re: All carbohydrates are sugar

To: VulvarDisorders

Date: Thursday, September 11, 2008, 9:22 AM

Good point that carbs do turn to sugar.

I lost so much weight on the candida diet that I had to eat some carbs.

I gave up fruit and added sugars.I gave up breads. I ate rice pasta, brown rice

and I still ate baked potatoes with no sour cream. I used fruit

sweetened catsup, so that had some sugar.  

But I found that cutting out the added sugars, sodas, pastries, etc.  made

enough of a difference to me to feel better. Cutting out some is better than not

cutting it out at all in a lot of situations. They have done studies and

basically most Americans eat too much sugar. There is sugar and corn syrup added

to just about every processed food. I still think that trying to lower your

sugar consumption is a healthy thing to do.

 

Blueeberri

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[Guest guest]

Here is a resource which will tell you the amount of carbohydrate in various

foods.

http://www.truehaus.net/food/basic.html

Ora