Sugar?

[shootingstar]

I would agree that "low-fat" foods, as advertised, may be loaded with sugar to provide palatable taste.

There is a book in low glycemic diet/foods that is backed by medical research that my sister (a physician) recommended to me a few years ago. It's helpful how to assess certaint types of food that have high sugar or GI index.

I looked into it because I had a near diabetes 2 reading a few years ago.

No, I have not sworn off sugar. But in the past few years I'm just eating WAYYY less of:
*white rice, I don't even have brown rice. I just haven't spent time/effort experimenting with the latter.-- I have white rice 4-5 times ....per yr. This was a drastic change to my 40+ year long diet!

* No heavier pastas and rice vermicelli. I now eat lighter wheat, not egg based Asian pastas or pasta made from egg white. Works best for me.
* Bread-- Only 3-4 times per month.

But I haven't cut out desserts yet. (Bad) I tend to prefer less sweeter white wines --I seem to get a sugar crash vs. red wine.

Yes, I do feel better overall if I don't indulge. But I'm not perfect. Yes, most likely it is helping me control weight overall since I'm cycling less annually (because I now live in a city that has snowier, icier winters) now compared to 5-10 yrs. ago.

I have sugarless cornflakes with skim milk and fresh fruit. Works for me. Or microwaved oatmeal. I consume 2 litres of skim milk per wk. Usually in cereal and tea. I see it as a good thing for me. I don't equate skim milk at all with sugar/high glycemic. Where did that idea come from? (And my doctor-sister never recommended I eliminate milk from my diet.)

I didn't exactly go cold turkey. Just .....lost interest in certain foods. That tactic seems to work best with me --especially when one has an arsenal of other delicious alternatives.

Other tactics: I only eat rice...at restaurants. I don't buy it to stock home pantry.