Every January I have a “no sugar” challenge with some friends, and it’s really surprisingly hard.
It’s not allowed to use sugar, and when using processed food one should check how much sugar it contains, if it’s more than 5% it’s not allowed. It’s always surprising how much food is over this 5%, even if we see no reason why it should contain sugar.
This year I took a cheat-day (as my mother brought a birthday cake for me), and it felt so overly sweet it was almost difficult to eat, showing how accustomed to sweet taste we usually are.
There are so many diets, I’m keeping it simple for me: Whenever possible avoid highly processed food, instead I’m cooking a lot by myself with fresh ingrediences. This year I want to grow more vegetables by myself, last year I already had zucchini, broccoli, tomatos and some herbs 