Low Sugar Diet and Sugar Free Diet

Avoidance of all sugar (including the natural sugars found in fruits) has formed the basis of some of the latest diets, helping people lose weight for a time, but often resulting in ling term crankiness and sometimes even constipation. The humans began ingesting large amounts of sugar and starch in the form of grains (and potatoes) into their diets. Eliminating flour and sugar effectively reduces the amount of empty calories from your diet.

Many of these foods (based on refined carbohydrates) are also high in fat (pizza, donuts, etc). In general, your best bet fruits are these, but do check carb counts. Counting calories or weighing or measuring is not a part of the Sugar Busters plan. These are sort of arranged by sugar content, taking volume and weight, into account. The fruits lowest in sugar are some of the highest in nutritional value, including antioxidants and other phytonutrients. The two main problems with sugar is that it can adds up quickly to a lot of calories and to low nutritional intake. 

All foods have some natural sugars, but sugar itself the white or brown stuff we put in our cookies, is a purely optional taste sensation. The fruits like tangerine, pineapple and dried fruit have high sugar. Sugar Busters is not a low-carbohydrate or high-fat diet. That 65% of Americans are overweight, and 27% clinically obese, in a nation addicted to sesame seed buns for that hamburger, with a side of French fries and a Coke, is no coincidence. The diet is about 40 percent carbohydrate and 30 percent or less fat, of which no more than 10 percent should be saturated fat.

Beneficial lower sugar diet

• Cereal with milk & walnuts, toast with jelly and fruit
• Cut the sugar cravings. Head them off at the pass by eating real foods containing complex carbohydrates such as whole grains, proteins from meat, eggs and cheese and fiber found in vegetables.
• In your diet plan, and in the member's area  you are given many ways to cut back on sugar and fats.
• Fruits which are lowest in sugar rhubarb, blackberries, plums and apples.
• Any meal or snack high in carbohydrates generates a rapid rise in blood glucose. To adjust for this rise, the pancreas secretes the hormone insulin into the bloodstream, which lowers the glucose.
• Adding fat or acid to your carbs helps to lower the glycemic index of the dish. Both fat and acidic foods slow the conversion of the food to sugar in your body. So, add a bit of healthy fat - or ingredients like vinegar and lemon juice when you cook.
• Sugar busters diet basically requires you to keep a check on the intake of foods high in refined sugars like potatoes, corn, white rice, white bread, beets and many more. The ultimate aim of this weight loss diet plan is to reduce your dependence upon refined foods that stand in the way of achieving good health.
• The No Flour, No Sugar lifestyle encourages selection of foods without significant sugar and refined flour content, based on interpretation of food labels. Exercise is also mentioned (half an hour a day). No counting of calories is suggested, however the book does list foods to major on and foods to avoid.
• Raw sugar and brown sugar is better than cane sugar. Basically, brown sugar, white sugar and raw sugar have about the same effect upon the body and similar nutrient values. They are all sweeteners with very low nutrient values. Honey is stickier, so it actually is worse on teeth and gums, but it may have a greater sweetening effect (so you might use less of it to get the same sweetness in a food).