Re: What's wrong with Sugar? Convince me it's poison, please?
When you eat sugar, your cells go into panic mode. Your body manufactures a chemical akin to morphine to calm your system down from the panic. That's why sugar is addictive--you're actually a druggie, a morphine addict.
I need to get that Sugar Blues book. I did *really* well after AJ was born and I first started going to my kick-butt nutritionist. I don't know when I started slipping, but I've turned into a stress eater over the last couple months, and nothing but sugar makes me happy. It depresses me to think how awful PJ's system is from what I've eaten while BFing her. AJ's system is so much cleaner, I'm sure.
I use agave when I bake. Agave doesn't affect your blood sugar level. My mom recently found a beet-based sugar that is supposed to be great for diabetics--I can't remember why, but I remember my nutritionist being totally stoked because it subs cup for cup for real sugar and is the same consistency, as opposed to agave which is a liquid.
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