Imagine a warm, early summer-like evening. The sky is going from pinks and oranges to violets and blues as the sun sets. There’s a soft breeze gently moving the aromatic flowers and green trees around you. Soft jazz plays in the background as you sit down to enjoy a wonderful outdoor meal with a small…
Category: sugar
And It Only Took 41 Years…
That is going to be the new and improved Nutritional Facts Label that will go into effect in Summer 2018. You can read all about it here . There’s going to be multiple articles, books and political debates about why this is important (for both sides)
Sugar, Let’s Take a Walk or How to Travel Sugar-Less
Traveling, traveling, traveling, traveling, traveling, traveling, traveling, traveling…Damn I love to travel. I am that one SOB goofball who does not mind the TSA at the airport, or flight delays, or “From this point it will be 90 minute wait to board this ride” line. It not that I’m a sadist (or masochist – I can never get those two terms…
Oh no, Virginia – This is Not a Weight Loss Blog
Not going to lie – I am truly appreciative and surprised by the number of people who read this fledgling of a blog. The only thing that surprises me more are the number of people contacting me asking questions, sharing stories and offering support. The Internet can be a big festering bowl of “NOPE” sometime. However, not only…
5 Things I’ve Experienced Giving Up Refined Sugar – Part 5: Candida!?! What the Hell is Candida?
One of the “cool” things that happen to you when you have a horrible, soul sucking, really gross looking skin rash is that a doctor will take a swab or scraping of your skin to figure out what kind of horrible, soul sucking, really gross looking rash you have. Or, at least your doctor should. The first doctor…
5 Things I’ve Experienced Giving Up Refined Sugar – Part 4: Politicians Make the Worst Doctors
There’s a scene in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” where !!!SPOILER ALERT!!!! Indy is in the cave with the knight surrounded by chalices and one is the famed Holy Grail that Jesus drank from at the Last Supper. Before Indy can explain to the knight what is happening, the bad guy with his cohort comes in…
5 Things I’ve Experienced Giving Up Refined Sugar – Part 3. Would You Like a Little Sugar with Your Sugar?
When I came home from the doctor that advised me to cut all refined sugar from my diet, the first thing I did was down three of the pain killers he subscribed me. This helped me get over the fear of purging all things sugar from my house. Truth be told, the items that were straight…
5 Things I’ve Experienced Giving Up Refined Sugar – Part 2. Where are You Going, Ass?
So, you’re probably thinking to yourself “Yea, yea, yea..but did you lose weight?”. I understand that. In this society we have a “body currency” we’ve been brought up to embrace and try to achieve at all costs (I’ll rant about that in another post). Quick answer – yes; I have lost weight and still am….
5 Things I’ve Experienced Giving Up Refined Sugar – Part 1. Suck it, Adult Acne!
Two months….It’s been two months since I have had any refined sugar in my diet and Good Lord, it has made a difference in my life. It hasn’t been all rainbows and unicorns but not as bad as I thought it could be. However, there have been some very interesting “experiences” I have had in…
Sugar, We Need to Break Up
Dear Sugar,
It’s been a long time coming but you and me are done.
Sugar Freedoms 