I recently went totally free of sugar substitutes, and though I initially gained 5 pounds I have now stopped the rising weight.  What I would like to say though, is that I feel really great, I feel like I now have the energy to do more and be more active.  I also wonder why no one ever told me before that the sugar free crap was making me sick, perhaps they didn’t know like I didn’t know, I have been having “sugar free” stuff since some where around 1996 or so, it has been a long time since I have known anything else!  But since I have gone sugar free a few friends have told me things they never have said before. Examples; “I have always thought that fake sugar was always bad karma, something for nothing”, and “Did you know that when you use sugar substitutes your body thinks it is about to get a load of sugar and ramps up insulin production and then it doesn’t know what to do when it has no sugars to deal with, and that can make you gain more weight!?!?”.  I had never thought or heard anyone say these things about fake sweets, and I have not been healthy for about as long as I have been on fake sugar….you know I wasn’t feeling good about myself, I was gaining wait in high school, I start with fake sugar I loose some weight but still feel bad, and have struggled ever since.

I am not blaming all of my woes on fake sugar, but how many people are sick all of the time because of this?

I have now cut back on real sugars, and am using things like agave syrup which is a natural sugar that is sweeter than sugar cane and corn syrup and has a lower glycemic index too boot.