Warrior Tiffiny and Fructose Facts...

I got this book last week at BIG W during our usual Friday night venture:

I love how when you are paying attention and open to what the universe is trying to help you with, the answers appear. This is EXACTLY what this book is to me.

Lots of the things I've been struggling with are contained and addressed in this book.

Mainly mindset matters.

But the other factor which really grabs me {in a "by the shoulders and shake REALLY hard"} is how informative this book is.

In the same way that this book ignited my desire to live a life with clean eating and healthy meals for me & my family - Tiff's book has provied me with another jolt/spark, kick up the butt... that I so desperately needed.

Also in the same way Mish's book gave me a light bulb moment with understanding calories. Tiff's book gave me the same light bulb moment with fructose and sugar.

During about week 6 of my last round of Mish's 12WBT I started to let sultana's slip into my diet. Firstly, just a handful here and there - then each day - then several handfuls per day.

And here's the thing about sultanas... sultanas = fructose. Fructose = fat !!!

Facts on fructose (I discovered reading Tiff's book):

>> Sultanas have 30g of fructose per 100g

>> Fructose increases the hormone cortisol (stress hormone)

>> Fructose is invisible to the appetite hormones that tell us when we are full

>> Fructose actually makes us hungrier

>> Fructose is converted straight to fatty acids - you burn 23 calories to convert 100 calories of protein or glucose into body fat - you only burn 2.5 calories to convert 100 calories of fatty acids into body fat!!

What the???

Fat creates FAT, yes we know that, but here I now understand how frucotse = fat + creates fat.

Good to know and actually understand.

So basically sugar should not be more than 10% of your daily total energy intake.

If your diet is around 1000 calories per day then 10% = 25grams, or 5 teaspoons 

Australians consume 30-40 teaspoons of refined sugar per day. That's 6-8 days worth of sugar!!

So my focus right now is to work on my mindset using these tools and information + eliminate sugar = detox sugar from my life, not just for the 12 weeks of Mish's program.

I am still in the process of reading through Tiff's book, and I am sure I will have more gems to share with you soon. It's a fabulous book, the only downside is the lack of nutrional information for each recipe. I would have expected that to be an essential requirement.

So far, so good with my limited sugar & fructose intake.

Bxo 

Comments

[Jacqui]

Fantastic insight! So I'm assuming all fruit has fructose? How much does 25gms equate to? Is there more than this in 1 piece of fruit? Sounds like I have some homework to do!! I don't eat any refined sugars but I do have 2 peices of fruit a day...very interesting!!!

[Chrissey]

How is awesome are her books!? Have you read her first one? I got it from the library and loved it. I have bought this new book, and am about to start reading it (at night while I'm not boredom eating lol).
All the best in the challenge :)