Everyone around me talks about how bad sugar is for you. I used to share my positive experience with Peat's ideas (eating high carbs, minimizing PUFA, focusing on metabolism) but nowadays I mostly just ignore and let people be.
I have kids and a new partner, and the kids especially have more and more questions and lately they come to me asking why their friends are saying sugar is bad, and if it's bad why do we use it? I know they hear it from their parents, and since that's the idea that's trending these days... even other parents/families with whom we spend time with and agree on re vaccines and doctors etc, also say sugar is addictive and evil, the cause of all health problems.
I've mostly focused on explaining sugar (and starch) breaks down into glucose that is energy for our bodies and brains. And avoid foods with additives and vegetable oils as much as possible. Beyond that it can get complicated, and our situation is complicated by the fact that our family is recently blended. So I'm looking for ways to explain, and also how to handle it when your partner/family doesn't agree with you.
I'm not articulate and am so busy with kids I can't cite Peat and other research etc easily. A lot of my belief is also from my experience. I've tried all the different ways of eating-- high fat, paleo, primal, vegetarian etc and they'd all resulted in problems.
I have kids and a new partner, and the kids especially have more and more questions and lately they come to me asking why their friends are saying sugar is bad, and if it's bad why do we use it? I know they hear it from their parents, and since that's the idea that's trending these days... even other parents/families with whom we spend time with and agree on re vaccines and doctors etc, also say sugar is addictive and evil, the cause of all health problems.
I've mostly focused on explaining sugar (and starch) breaks down into glucose that is energy for our bodies and brains. And avoid foods with additives and vegetable oils as much as possible. Beyond that it can get complicated, and our situation is complicated by the fact that our family is recently blended. So I'm looking for ways to explain, and also how to handle it when your partner/family doesn't agree with you.
I'm not articulate and am so busy with kids I can't cite Peat and other research etc easily. A lot of my belief is also from my experience. I've tried all the different ways of eating-- high fat, paleo, primal, vegetarian etc and they'd all resulted in problems.