Sugar abstinence report: There is a big difference between sugar and sugar!

Since I threw away all sweets last week and branded my husband and daughter as never eating sweets again, the follow-up situation is as follows:

Since I threw away all sweets last week and branded my husband and daughter as never eating sweets again, the follow-up situation is as follows:

Sir:?

I haven't touched any sugar or even fruit since my emotional outburst that morning (it's not a bad thing to eat fruit, but he can eat a big bag of super sweet cherries at a time, isn't it too much? )。 That day, he took a long nap, went back to sleep after dinner, and didn't want to talk much. The next day, he was in a better mood than the first day, but he was still a little cold to his daughter when he first got up, and he looked very tired all day. On the third morning, I got up in a much better mood, and my gentle and considerate father was still singing when he was busy camping in the car! Since abstaining from sugar for eleven days, his mood has become very stable. Even if you are tired for a few days in the middle, your mood is within the controllable range, and you won't be furious and crazy because of a little thing. The difference between touching sugar and not touching sugar is very obvious!

After this dramatic rage, he frankly admitted to me: "I found that sugar is my wine." After I became addicted, it was very painful not to eat. At first, it was difficult for him to stop touching sugar. Two days after he resumed eating sweets, his body will have a series of reactions: acne on his face, difficult wound healing, dental plaque and numbness in his toes. By his own admission, not eating sugar really made his mood more stable, dental plaque began to decline and acne disappeared. It is also because of this experience that I found that "sugar" is really his drug. I used to see him hesitate to break the precepts, thinking that eating a little should be fine, so I encouraged him to eat. Now I find that he is untouchable! For the happiness of our family, I decided to keep an eye on him and stop touching sugar!

Daughter:

My daughter, who seldom eats sweets in Taiwan Province Province, came to the United States for a sweet adventure! That morning, my father cooked me a terrible meal for no reason, and now my mother has decided not to let her eat sweets and vitamin fudge. I explained to her, "You can't eat sugar just because you did something wrong. It's mom's fault. I shouldn't let you eat it. You see, eating so much polysaccharide has made your temper so bad. I don't want you to become like this! " The daughter who was just scared to cry by her father (who rarely killed her) witnessed the power of sugar blood. She accepted her mother's decision very obediently, without any resistance (just as if her father drank too much, his son would swear never to touch alcohol in his life). In the next two days, she kind of asked if she could eat vitamin fudge. I said without emotion, "no, I can't eat." I explained it to you. " She never asked again. Interestingly, the next day, my daughter turned back into a polite little angel, saying "thank you, Ma Ma" and "thank you for pulling out". I haven't heard her say that for months. Why did you suddenly find your conscience?

But I was so stupid and naive. I said I wouldn't give sugar, but on the sixth day I gave my daughter a box of sugary yogurt (I still can't find sugary yogurt in America. These sugary yogurts are so sweet that I'm bored to death. The sugar content of a box of yogurt is17g, which my daughter loves! )。

That morning, we drove to Apache Trail in Arizona. My daughter didn't eat sweets for several days, so she ate the "lemon yogurt" I gave her in the car. Halfway, we arrived at the scenic spot of an abandoned mining town. My daughter walked into a souvenir shop and found two glowing frogs and dinosaurs, clamoring for them. I said, "You bought an expensive big shark yesterday. Do you remember mom saying that you can't buy anything for the next week? " Usually my daughter will explain it a little, but as long as I insist on not buying it, she will never be bothered again. But today is different. As soon as she heard it, she stopped buying it. She immediately paced the floor with her feet and kept repeating loudly: "I want to buy it!" " ",and then very abnormal began to cry (I want to emphasize" abnormal ",because normal she is very reasonable, almost never cry like this).

After that, even if I gave in (for example, I could only buy one), she still clamored for two! No matter how I squatted down to explain to her, she wouldn't listen. She cried outside from the shop, and the whole ghost town was full of her crying! I tried everything to calm her down! I struggled all the way back to the car behind her back, and she cried and made noise, saying not to go, but also to go. She doesn't listen to me at all. I was so anxious that I had to yell at her with all my strength: "You've had enough!" What the hell are you crying about? When my daughter heard my roar, she suddenly became quiet, just like ringing a bell. After getting on the steam seat, the car was shaking and short of breath, and she fell asleep at eleven in the morning. Mr. Wang shook his head and said, "Sugar! It's sugar! I also suspect that my daughter's exaggerated crying is because she ate sugar.

Two hours later, she opened her eyes and gave me a sweet smile. I asked her, "Do you know what happened to you this morning?" She shook her head and said she didn't remember. I said, "You cried all the way and bought two toys, don't you remember?" After listening to my words, she remembered frogs and dinosaurs, but she didn't remember crying at all! This is really great! It's like being drunk unconscious the night before, but the next day I don't remember what happened yesterday at all, or even how I got home. She cried for at least half an hour and now she doesn't remember anything? What a strange thing!

Since the gentleman who is good at eating sugar judges that everything is because of sugar, I naturally dare not touch sugar for my daughter again. The next day, we went to the Natural Science Museum, and my daughter ran into the souvenir shop to open the door. I shook my head at the door and said, "No shopping!" When you were crazy yesterday, did mom tell you not to go to the thrift store again! ",the daughter listened to, immediately came out, without a complaint. In the next few days, we took out what happened that day as a joke. Every time my daughter listens and laughs, she still thinks of the two frogs and dinosaurs, but she still doesn't remember crying. I asked her, "Why did you have to have those two toys at that time? She couldn't answer, and even said that the frog's light was broken. I asked her, "Then why don't you want those two toys now?" She said, "Because I have another crocodile that can shine! Look, is she rational enough now? This is the normal her!

What's even more unexpected is that when we went shopping at the vitamin store today, we thought our daughter would think of fudge and clamor for it. However, our daughter who no longer eats candy passed the children's vitamin fudge shelf and turned her head and walked away. When I got home, I asked her why she didn't clamor for fudge. She said, "Because I don't think fudge is that delicious!" " Now it makes me feel that I am really a successful mother!

The daughter who gave up sugar for eleven days has returned to the same little gourmet as before: warm goat's milk, sweet boiled asparagus, delicious, salmon and vegetable porridge, and salted rice cakes are her favorite snacks. Without sugar, her taste buds became simple again. She likes to eat the dishes cooked by her parents, but lacks interest in over-flavored restaurant food. She won't clamor for "only fudge, not breakfast", but keeps shouting: "Ma Ma, I want a cup of hot goat's milk! 」!

Before, I never knew that sugar could have such a great influence! I always thought it was okay to eat a little. I don't eat it often anyway. Just don't eat too much. I didn't know until I came to America that the influence of sugar was so great! Seeing the great difference between sugar and sugar on my daughter, I can't help thinking of those crazy crying children. Do they also eat sugar? However, there is one thing I can't figure out: if I keep eating sugar, my daughter won't cry so much, but why can't I control my behavior after a few days of giving up sugar? My husband is also in this situation)?

However, I'm sure that for people who love sugar very much, "sugar" is not a problem of eating more and eating less, but a problem that they can't stop eating! Children, in particular, love candy, so if they eat one, they have to eat another. Adults will eventually become a bottomless pit if they don't step on the brakes. Every meal needs sugar. If it's not sweet, they won't eat it. To make matters worse, many adults provide snacks outside meals for fear that their children will be hungry. Almost all processed foods contain a lot of sugar (ketchup, jam, sweet cream, salad dressing, biscuits, fermented drinks, pudding, yogurt, flavored milk, ice cream, soda and so on). If children who are still building up their taste memory continue to eat sugar and processed food, this eating experience will affect their appetite for life, and in the end, like my husband, they will ruin their health and have to go through a very painful process to quit themselves and their families (so I am grateful that my mother wouldn't let us eat sugar when I was a child, and I had to open the refrigerator to steal sugar to make coffee when I was a child).

I'm not a doctor, and I didn't read the medical report (my husband will read it himself). I just recorded these changes from the perspective of a pure bystander. Sugar addiction is really terrible, and just like giving up drugs, cigarettes and alcohol, it's hard to give up addiction! Once you are addicted, you must take it all the time, otherwise there will be withdrawal symptoms (such as my husband's emotional outburst and my daughter's crazy crying), but if you keep eating and eat a lot of sugar, you will eventually kill people slowly, and this process of killing people slowly will not be detected without vigilance.

I like jamie oliver's speech on TED Talks: teaching every child about food (traditional Chinese subtitles can be selected at the bottom right). I recommend every parent to read it and re-examine the diet of the whole family.

Did we give the children too much sugar?

* For the complete story of abstinence from sugar, please read Miss Jaguar's new book "We are taking an adventure: a camping car trip to start a new relationship between parents and children"

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