Guest guest Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 Deb, The doc's right about the concentrated sweets. Refined sugar isn't good for those of us with CP, being difficult to digest and although many people eat it, it is one of those products that we've been advised to stay away from. With love, hope and prayers, Heidi Heidi H. Griffeth www.pancassociation.org/anthology#Heidi.html Bluffton, SC SC State & SE Regional Representative Pancreatitis Association, International www.health.groups.yahoo.com/group/pancreatitis/ Note: All comments or advice are personal opinion only, and should not be substituted for professional medical consultation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 Oh Heidi, thank you. My GI and cystic fibrosis doctors have both told me not to eat the CS. It is really hard to stay away but I am trying. Wish me luck it sure is not easy. I think I just needed to hear from someone here. Sometimes I have more faith in you all than the MD's. Take care. Deb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 Deb, I do understand you when you say that it's not easy to resist RS (refined sugars, or concentrated sugars). I'm as much a culprit as anyone else, and I've found that since I've become diabetic that I crave sugary type products more than I ever did before!! It's awful, sometimes....those M & M's, Hersheys with Almond Bars, carrot cake, chocolate anything....beckons like it never did before. I was never much of a candy craver in adulthood, until diabetes! Thank heavens for Splenda, I bake with that, and use applesauce with my brownie mixes, and have learned to create some wonderful substitute goodies, but the candy aisle at checkout still beckons when I'm grocery shopping, so I've learned to turn my head and concentrate on all the latest news in the tabloids....lol! Mark Armstrong furnished us with a wonderful article about four years ago on the PAI site that spoke in detail about the products that people with CP needed to avoid. It said that we should avoid refined sugars, white flour and white rice, and it explained why. I never forgot that, and have since tried to find the article, and it seems to be lost in space somewhere, but I've tried to follow it's advice as much as I can. Good luck with your willpower, too. It's hard, but not impossible! With love, hope and prayers, Heidi Heidi H. Griffeth www.pancassociation.org/anthology#Heidi.html Bluffton, SC SC State & SE Regional Representative Pancreatitis Association, International www.health.groups.yahoo.com/group/pancreatitis/ Note: All comments or advice are based on personal experience or opinion only, and should not be substituted for professional medical consultation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 Heidi, Trying another day to improve on no refined sugar. Yes it is difficult but I like your statement of not impossible. I really only crave sugar candies like werthers and can go through a bag or more a day. Sometimes it is because of my chronic sore throat. I just have to keep telling myself that it is for my health I have to make this change. Thanks for helping and as always I know I am not alone. Deb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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