Guest guest Report post Posted November 15, 2009 I'm not sure that meat can cause bad temper, but I know that sugar is a great behavior modifier. It is a very adictive substance and requires the typical 2 week detox time just like all adictive substances. I know I became a b*$ & %@ during my detox. I have made much health improvements since then including my eyes have have gone from a -10.00 prescription to a -7.25 since the summer of 2006 and my headaches have gone, plus my A1C has improved greatly. The eyes have been the most improvement that my eye doctor couldn't explain with anything other than the change in processed/refined sugar in my diet. I do have the occasional soda, especially when my allergies are flaring because it loosens the mucus, but other than that, I don't eat candy or other things like that. I will make baked goods, but will substitute natural honey or raw sugar as much as possible and reduce the sugar required since once you remove sugar from your diet you notice sugar in your foods more, just like removing salt from your diet. My mother removed salt because of her kidneys and she notices salt in foods so much more. Now if she could get my father to do the same by throwing out all salt. We do use kosher or sea salt as opposed to iodized because it requires much less to do the same job. Back to sugar....When I was a nanny in college, I had a child that was a terror because she was gobbling down sugar at school and crashing when she got home. We removed all sugar from her diet and told the school to do the same. We saw a dramatic change in her behavior and only allow sweet treats as dessert with her supper and only in a small serving. She obviously had a sensitivity to sugar that caused a major shift in her behavior and her grades in school as she could now concentrate on her school work more. She was 8 at the time and could be reasoned with. She could see the change in her behavior and positive affects, so it wasn't something that had to be argued about after the detox period which was a fight since we all go through b & ^$% periods in detox. I also detoxed off of caffine when I did sugar as caffine has the same affects. I went through a long period where I couldn't do either without an instant headache. I now can do small doses, especially my morning cup-o-Joe, black! Only one cup though, I don't want to be back to where I started. I hope this helps. Dena in GA Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
