I'm glad I never got into drinking much soda, even with the high sugar I hear that the diet sodas with the artificial sweeteners are worse for your health. There are ones with Stevia for the sweetener, I bought some for my sister years ago when she visited because she has diabetes, but they tasted terrible. I also just drink plain carbonated seltzer water, not even club because club has the sodium and that's not needed. Safeway sells a brand in 2L bottles that's inexpensive and nothing but carbonated water. Also drink Perrier, same thing no calories, sugar, salt, carbs, etc.
My parents never put sugar in their coffee, so I grew up not caring for it either, but the Coffee Mate creamer I use isn't too healthy. I try not to eat too much bread, will use wheat pasta, wheat hamburger buns, etc. most of the time. My mother, father and sister had diabetes, my mother died from a diabetic stroke that lead to coma, my sister is on meds for diabetes. I have to watch myself too, so things don't get out of hand in that department. Take supplements like Chromium Picolinate and Bitter Melon to help things along with blood sugar.
I stopped going to the gym quite awhile ago, but take long walks daily with the dog in the park and will life weights now and then, nothing like I used to. Lucky not to have high cholesterol or high blood pressure problems like others in my immediate family.
Any juices I drink are not from concentrate and have no added sugars. But I do have a sweet tooth and what I gain with not drinking sugar, I lose with frequent ice cream, pie and other treats. I just try to keep the portions in some control, not like when I was younger. But back then I didn't pack on the pounds so easily.
My parents never put sugar in their coffee, so I grew up not caring for it either, but the Coffee Mate creamer I use isn't too healthy. I try not to eat too much bread, will use wheat pasta, wheat hamburger buns, etc. most of the time. My mother, father and sister had diabetes, my mother died from a diabetic stroke that lead to coma, my sister is on meds for diabetes. I have to watch myself too, so things don't get out of hand in that department. Take supplements like Chromium Picolinate and Bitter Melon to help things along with blood sugar.
I stopped going to the gym quite awhile ago, but take long walks daily with the dog in the park and will life weights now and then, nothing like I used to. Lucky not to have high cholesterol or high blood pressure problems like others in my immediate family.
Any juices I drink are not from concentrate and have no added sugars. But I do have a sweet tooth and what I gain with not drinking sugar, I lose with frequent ice cream, pie and other treats. I just try to keep the portions in some control, not like when I was younger. But back then I didn't pack on the pounds so easily.
