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I cut out sugar about two years ago. I recently had blood work for a yearly physical (almost 2 years later than it should have been). All my levels (cholesterol

• dorchadas 5y ago
  I've mostly cut out processed sugar, with a few holdouts. It was hard at first to give up sweet tea, but now that I've done it I just found sweet tea tastes weird. The last (big) holdout I have is with protein bars. I can't seem to find any, let alone any with decent amounts of protein, without sugar or even more sugar alcohols. So right now I stick to a set of pure protein that has only 2g of added sugars and 2g of sugar proteins. All the rest of my sugar is natural (usually from bananas or other fruit), and I still manage to keep it under 30g a day for the most part. It's made a tremendous difference not only in my health, but also my body shape I've found. I'm still getting the same amount of exercise as I used to, but as the weight falls off it seems to be more fat than muscle. It's also forced me to eat somewhat better, though I still do too much processed stuff (I just check it for sugar first).
  • __turbobrew__ 5y ago
    Have you looked into Quest protein bars? Lots of protein and no sugar.
    • dorchadas 5y ago
      I haven't heard of those. I'll look into them and see if any are at my local Kroger. But I'm fixing to move countries so I hope I can find better options there. I know other stuff has less sugar than America (bread was a real pain in the ass to find without sugar!)
  • moltar 5y ago
    Search for keto bars. A big explosion of selection in the last couple of years.