To become more sugar-aware, try this experiment: avoid all sugar for two weeks.  Eliminate sugar from tea and coffee, deny yourself chocolate bars and sweets, don't eat any honey and say 'no' to desserts.  After two weeks have elapsed, try eating a spoonful of white sugar - the taste will seem overpoweringly sweet and it should turn you off sugar for quite a while.

SugarBusters! Diet


Cutting sugar to trim fat. Sugar makes you fat; only by avoiding it, as well as foods that cause blood sugar to rise, can you hope to lose weight and keep it off.

Refined sugar, honey, white potatoes, white bread, beer, rice, pasta and corn are restricted.

Food Combining is recommended.  Eat fruits by themselves.

No calorie counting, no weighing foods, or calculating grams of carbohydrates on this plan.  No going back for seconds or thirds.  The portions needs to be balanced on your plate.

Too much sugar causes the body to overproduce insulin, a hormone that regulates blood sugar levels and fat storage.

By balancing the insulin-glucagon relationship in the body (insulin is a hormone produced by the body to lower blood sugar when it gets too high, and glucagon is a hormone produced by the body to raise blood sugar when it gets to low), you'll lose body fat regardless of your calorie intake.

This diet is based on low glycemic-index (GI) carbohydrates (those with the least effect on blood sugar levels), including high fiber fruits, vegetables, and whole grains; lean meats; and fats.

The lower a food's GI, the less effect it has on blood sugar levels and the better it is for weight loss.

Eating more fruits, vegetables, and whole grains will bring in lots of more vitamins, minerals, and phyto-chemicals (disease preventing compounds found in plant foods).

Physical activity is all but dismissed as a waste of time in the battle of the bulge with this diet.  Very little dairy is included in this diet.

Guess it really does not matter if you exercise if one is going to continue to stuff themselves with food high in sugar.  Sugar keeps us fat!!!

When you fill up your stomach with unprocessed plant foods it takes in a lot of volume..it satiates you. The body gets full of nutrients and it stops you from craving excess calories.

100 pounds overweight, loaded up on steroids and suffering from a debilitating autoimmune disease, Joe Cross is at the end of his rope and the end of his hope. In the mirror he saw a 310lb man whose gut was bigger than a beach ball and a path laid out before him that wouldn't end well- with one foot already in the grave, the other wasn't far behind. FAT, SICK & NEARLY DEAD is an inspiring film that chronicles Joe's personal mission to regain his health. With doctors and conventional medicines unable to help long-term, Joe turns to the only option left, the body's ability to heal itself. He trades in the junk food and hits the road with juicer and generator in tow, vowing only to drink fresh fruit and vegetable juice for the next 60 days. Across 3,000 miles Joe has one goal in mind: To get off his pills and achieve a balanced lifestyle. While talking to more than 500 Americans about food, health and longevity, it's at a truck stop in Arizona where Joe meets a truck driver who suffers from the same rare condition. Phil Staples is morbidly obese weighing in at 429 lbs; a cheeseburger away from a heart-attack. As Joe is recovering his health, Phil begins his own epic journey to get well. What emerges is nothing short of amazing - an inspiring tale of healing and human connection. Part road trip, part self-help manifesto, FAT, SICK & NEARLY DEAD defies the traditional documentary format to present an unconventional and uplifting story of two men from different worlds who each realize that the only person who can save them is themselves.

Here is a link to his movie on Hulu

http://www.hulu.com/watch/289122