Giving Up Processed Foods

[smilingcat]

My sympathies with the migraine. I HATE HATE migraine.

+1 with all those who said about the soft drink and artificial sweeteners. High Fructose corn syrup included.

Also did you change your sports drink or Goo to a different brand? I don't trust many of the sport supplements with synthetic sounding names of the ingredients and additives. My body is okay with Cliff bars, Luna bars, Fig Newtons and hate Goo, shot blocks...

You may want to check out your sport supplement.

[Aggie_Ama]

Smiling Cat- I can't do anything in sports drinks with artificial sweeteners. Nuun uses sorbitol and it causes my stomach to cramp. I only do Gatorade, which the low cal does not have HFCS or artificial sweeteners. But my resolution (ot really because I am just doing this at the start of a month, any month would have worked) is to first give up artificial sweeteners and also cut back then eventually eliminate HFCS.

In the race the day before the migraine I had nothing but Gu and Gatorade. I think it was a combination of dehydration and then something else. I will keep focusing on tracking that.

Incidentally I had a Mexican Coke last week (my first) which is not made with HFCS, it was amazing. Tasted much better, worth the calories.