Comments on: Get the Sugar Out http://blog.q-taro.com/health/get-the-sugar-out/ back from the dead Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:46:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: rick http://blog.q-taro.com/health/get-the-sugar-out/#comment-4448 rick Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:08:28 +0000 http://blog.q-taro.com/health/get-the-sugar-out/#comment-4448 Not that anyone would want to know but I have boxers with that valentine candy print on it. Ha. Not that anyone would want to know but I have boxers with that valentine candy print on it. Ha.

]]> By: Robbie http://blog.q-taro.com/health/get-the-sugar-out/#comment-4447 Robbie Thu, 15 Feb 2007 03:50:44 +0000 http://blog.q-taro.com/health/get-the-sugar-out/#comment-4447 I'm not much of sweets lover and rarely if ever eat chocolate on its on, however once a year I go mental for a confection. It's those damn little valentines sugar hearts! Seriously, I buy them bulk at the grocery store. Last year I had to stop grocery shopping for the week around Valentines Days. <a href="http://www.friedmanarchives.com/Miscellaneous/images/Valentine%20Candies.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.friedmanarchives.com/Miscellaneous/images/Valentine%20Candies.jpg</a> I’m not much of sweets lover and rarely if ever eat chocolate on its on, however once a year I go mental for a confection. It’s those damn little valentines sugar hearts! Seriously, I buy them bulk at the grocery store. Last year I had to stop grocery shopping for the week around Valentines Days.
http://www.friedmanarchives.com/Miscellaneous/images/Valentine%20Candies.jpg

]]> By: rick http://blog.q-taro.com/health/get-the-sugar-out/#comment-4446 rick Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:27:33 +0000 http://blog.q-taro.com/health/get-the-sugar-out/#comment-4446 You bet your ass I'm gonna blog about it. Getting stuff from girls rocks! Weeds out the posers who just pretend to be nice. ;) I'm still holding out for the honmei -choco this year though. *fingers-crossed!* You bet your ass I’m gonna blog about it. Getting stuff from girls rocks! Weeds out the posers who just pretend to be nice. ;)
I’m still holding out for the honmei -choco this year though. *fingers-crossed!*

]]> By: Roy http://blog.q-taro.com/health/get-the-sugar-out/#comment-4445 Roy Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:29:36 +0000 http://blog.q-taro.com/health/get-the-sugar-out/#comment-4445 Yeah, it's true. But Guys have to reciprocate on March 14th which is "White Day," a totally made up day in Japan. When I was a teacher I would get chocolate by the truckload, it was awesome. Yeah, it’s true. But Guys have to reciprocate on March 14th which is “White Day,” a totally made up day in Japan.

When I was a teacher I would get chocolate by the truckload, it was awesome.

]]> By: Andy http://blog.q-taro.com/health/get-the-sugar-out/#comment-4444 Andy Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:59:56 +0000 http://blog.q-taro.com/health/get-the-sugar-out/#comment-4444 Is it true that in Japan, gals buy guys chocolate? Not the other way round? What a wonderful place in Japan! Gals are very seriously spoiled in HK. Is it true that in Japan, gals buy guys chocolate? Not the other way round? What a wonderful place in Japan! Gals are very seriously spoiled in HK.

]]> By: Spike http://blog.q-taro.com/health/get-the-sugar-out/#comment-4443 Spike Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:44:16 +0000 http://blog.q-taro.com/health/get-the-sugar-out/#comment-4443 hehe Roy, you used to live in canada eh =D. I am still living here haha since i was 5. Gotta love em sweets, as long its balanced it should be alright. I should give that book a read. hehe Roy, you used to live in canada eh =D.
I am still living here haha since i was 5.
Gotta love em sweets, as long its balanced it should be alright.
I should give that book a read.

]]> By: Leo http://blog.q-taro.com/health/get-the-sugar-out/#comment-4442 Leo Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:17:19 +0000 http://blog.q-taro.com/health/get-the-sugar-out/#comment-4442 I've starting cutting back on anything that lists High Fructose Corn Syrup as the one of the first three ingredients. I read an article a while back that the body doesn't register HFCS as a caloric intake. And its a struggle because I am sugar addict. And Shari's lemon tart recipe was good. Sorry Shari, forgot to thank ya for it. I’ve starting cutting back on anything that lists High Fructose Corn Syrup as the one of the first three ingredients. I read an article a while back that the body doesn’t register HFCS as a caloric intake. And its a struggle because I am sugar addict.

And Shari’s lemon tart recipe was good. Sorry Shari, forgot to thank ya for it.

]]> By: Stoneman http://blog.q-taro.com/health/get-the-sugar-out/#comment-4441 Stoneman Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:37:35 +0000 http://blog.q-taro.com/health/get-the-sugar-out/#comment-4441 People at work scold me for drinking diet colas. So what? It's better than drinking a whole can of it. 1 calorie is better than 160. Plus I need the caffeine. I gotta have it. Stoneman People at work scold me for drinking diet colas. So what? It’s better than drinking a whole can of it. 1 calorie is better than 160. Plus I need the caffeine. I gotta have it.

Stoneman

]]> By: Roy http://blog.q-taro.com/health/get-the-sugar-out/#comment-4440 Roy Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:41:20 +0000 http://blog.q-taro.com/health/get-the-sugar-out/#comment-4440 Lemon tarts!! Yummmm...I will definitely try to make them but I'm a terrible baker.. Lemon tarts!! Yummmm…I will definitely try to make them but I’m a terrible baker..

]]> By: Shari http://blog.q-taro.com/health/get-the-sugar-out/#comment-4439 Shari Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:36:09 +0000 http://blog.q-taro.com/health/get-the-sugar-out/#comment-4439 I also eat more sweets in Japan than I did in the U.S. and I know from experience that the more sugar you eat, the more you want to eat. If you can go for a week without it, you can probably go for a lot longer. It takes a couple of days to break the cycle but it gets easier. I think I eat more sweets in Japan because less of the really excellent food I used to get in the U.S. is around like fresh turkey breast, seedless grapes, etc. If a lot of the healthy food you see isn't attractive to you, you're more likely to eat the unhealthy stuff which is attractive to you. Part of the low carb mentality was that sugar had less of an impact on the development of Type 2 diabetes than refined carbohydrates. I don't know if that is true or not but the general idea was that insulin resistance was worse for people who ate carbohydrate-rich foods with a high glucose index. That's not to say sugar is better for you than, say, a piece of bread but it might explain why you haven't developed type 2 diabetes. ;-) It also helps if you consume protein with sweets (like eating chocolate-covered nuts instead of a simple chocolate bar or having it after a meal with fish, chicken, etc.) I suggest you try my sugar-free lemon tart recipe for yummy-sugarless goodness. It isn't good for you but it isn't as bad for you as pastries and whatnot. It aways gets rave reviews when I serve it. <a href="http://myso-calledjapaneselife.blogspot.com/2007/01/lemon-tart-sugar-free.html" rel="nofollow">http://myso-calledjapaneselife.blogspot.com/2007/01/lemon-tart-sugar-free.html</a> I also eat more sweets in Japan than I did in the U.S. and I know from experience that the more sugar you eat, the more you want to eat. If you can go for a week without it, you can probably go for a lot longer. It takes a couple of days to break the cycle but it gets easier.

I think I eat more sweets in Japan because less of the really excellent food I used to get in the U.S. is around like fresh turkey breast, seedless grapes, etc. If a lot of the healthy food you see isn’t attractive to you, you’re more likely to eat the unhealthy stuff which is attractive to you.

Part of the low carb mentality was that sugar had less of an impact on the development of Type 2 diabetes than refined carbohydrates. I don’t know if that is true or not but the general idea was that insulin resistance was worse for people who ate carbohydrate-rich foods with a high glucose index.

That’s not to say sugar is better for you than, say, a piece of bread but it might explain why you haven’t developed type 2 diabetes. ;-) It also helps if you consume protein with sweets (like eating chocolate-covered nuts instead of a simple chocolate bar or having it after a meal with fish, chicken, etc.)

I suggest you try my sugar-free lemon tart recipe for yummy-sugarless goodness. It isn’t good for you but it isn’t as bad for you as pastries and whatnot. It aways gets rave reviews when I serve it.

http://myso-calledjapaneselife.blogspot.com/2007/01/lemon-tart-sugar-free.html

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