https://www.thepermanentejournal.org/do ... TPP/14-229
He brought in 20 of his colleagues and "95% said moving forward, they would use less or even no sugar (19 out of 20 people responding)"For two weeks, cut out all added sugars and artificial sweeteners.
More information pertaining to artificial sweeteners as well:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25231862/
I typically don't have an issue with sugar itself, for me its always been "sugar-free" energy drinks, sparking waters, and the occasional ice cream. But I have failed to completely change my palate over the years. And I think the point of failure there was a focus on calories and giving a pass to zero-calorie drinks. But turns out this is faulty logic - the artificial sweeteners are also preventing me from making the lasting change I'm looking for. Perhaps a drastic change s-curve style is in order. https://earlyretirementextreme.com/bett ... urves.html
I've probably linked that ERE article before but whenever I think about changing habits, that usually pops in my mind - certainly one of the most impactful articles for me at least. I remember stumbling upon it years ago. I also take just about every behavior I want to change as a "challenge" now. Seems to motivate me with the end goal of being a lasting change.
The energy drinks can be replaced with plain instant coffee.
Dig through my journal and you'll see that I failed this once (or twice...) before but I think I'm more empowered now . Over the years, I've used these methods to take cold showers daily, read daily, rid myself of fast food, and consume much less overall. I'm now doing time-restricted eating with the fasting MMG and that has been 100% compliance. So this is one more to add to the list with the no sugar challenge.
Sugar - its laced in damn near everything. Even bread has a few grams. The store-bought pasta has 7-9 grams. This is no coincidence. Unless you're eating whole foods only, just about everything has 2-8 grams in it. I think the food scientists are aware of its addictive properties.
What is to be gained - not only some savings but regular Whole Foods should taste more satisfying.