I was going to be gone for several hours so I packed up a bunch of food to take with me. I decided to try one of the soy yogurts I bought last week at Whole Foods. I expected it to be gross but I needed some protein. Before one of my appointments, I sat in my car and dug in. It was DELICIOUS. It was lemon flavor and tasted just like regular yogurt.
How could that be? I wondered.
I know I checked the ingredients. Still in disbelief after the second bite, I looked at the nutrition facts. 18 GRAMS OF SUGAR!
How is that possible? I wondered. I checked the label again: the second (!) ingredient was evaporated cane juice. Ugggghhh! I put it on my dashboard and stared at it:
I considered finishing it. After all, it would be
wasting food if I didn't. And I needed some protein. But then I checked the label again -- 6 grams of protein. That meant there were 3 times as many sugar grams as protein grams. Ugh. I dumped it. Big lesson learned here about sugar. If I take nothing else away from this cleanse, I will be far more knowledgeable about my sugar intake. While I don't feel especially different yet on the cleanse, I know all the sugar I'd been consuming cannot have been good for me. Leslie
Other notes:
Yunah -- Your post about fish/your boys -- funny! (And speaking of funny, getting to read Mary's posts is a HUGE side benefit of this cleanse!)
Jen -- Thanks for the Beano recommendation. I guess the beans/gas thing is not an old wives tale after all! :)
is carob ok on the cleanse?
ReplyDeleteI think these food labels are like holograms--they say different things depending on how the light hits them. You have amazing will power Leslie! -Mary
ReplyDeleteYunah -- I'm not sure -- what's in carob, exactly? Or is carob just...carob?
ReplyDeleteMary -- LOL! And YOU are the one with will power considering how sick you've felt the last few days.