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Nine months ago I quit sugar to see if that would help my chronic sinus congestion (it did). I had a killer headache for about two weeks, then I was fine. After
by chrismealy 12y ago
Nine months ago I quit sugar to see if that would help my chronic sinus congestion (it did). I had a killer headache for about two weeks, then I was fine. After my pants started falling down I noticed I'd lost a ton of weight. I lost 25 pounds and I still eat a ton of carbs.
- peteretep 12y agoYeah, I lost a ton of weight too. Felt great. Just wish I could have stuck to it.
- radicalbyte 12y agoDid you guys just drop sugar (i.e. sugar, honey, cake, biscuits, candy etc), all high-GI carbs or all carbs?
- peteretep 12y agoJust sugar for me, carbs were fine (although I wasn't eating very many high GI carbs anyway)
- doctorfoo 12y agoThat's interesting - I have chronic congestion. How much sugar did you eat before you quit? What did "quitting" mean to you? (Just no sweets/cakes/biscuits, or did you go more extreme - no chinese food!?)
- chrismealy 12y agoI didn't think it was that much ... per day maybe couple of cookies, or a chocolate croissant, or hot chocolate. But almost always some kind of treat everyday. When I quit my nose cleared up in about 5 days, but the sinus headaches lasted another two weeks. That's when I knew something weird was going on. If I have almost any dessert now I'll have a sinus headache the next day. I can get away with a teaspoon of honey in the morning and that's about it. Berries are ok but I'm still not sure about fruit (bananas are definitely not ok). But I can eat good bread three times a day and I'm fine.
- doctorfoo 12y agoThanks for the information. I'm definitely going to try this.