Tag Archive: sugar

Oct 12

Sugar Challenge: Week 2 Update

Happy, smiling lady

Week 2 has been a lot harder than Week 1. This has been a week of celebrations and parties, all of which have come with their own sweet temptations.  It seems impossible to go anywhere without encountering some form of tantalizingly presented or packaged oh-so-sweet item.  This morning I passed a concession stall in a railway station, …

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Sep 30

When is Sugar not Sugar?

Cakes and breads

When people hear that I am giving up sugar, the first thing they often say is, “That’s impossible”, and they are right.  Sugar is everywhere, and avoiding sugar of any kind would mean foregoing many beneficial foods.  Today I explain which foods count as ‘sugar’ for the purposes of my challenge. How do you decide? It …

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