Episode 158, Sugar




The Paleo View show

Summary: Intro (0:00)News and Views (0:56)The Paleo Parents annual glamping trip and the much needed time playing on the lake and getting some sunshineSarah's rainy weekend and the projects her and the family worked onReset & Thrive BundleHow impressed Sarah is with all the new contentThe amazing feedback we have been getting from people on all the amazing resourcesHow the exclusive two-week meal plan was created from the e-cookbooks included in the bundle, and Stacy's obsession with Salads without grainSarah loves Paleo in a PinchStacy is also really excited about Grass Fed Girl's program that is in the bundleAnd Sarah is hoping to do Nicole Pittman's 30 Day Gratitude WorkbookThe lifestyle things that are in the bundle and why Stacy felt so strongly about including these resourcesThe Reset & Thrive Library will only be on sale A FEW MORE DAYS and these bundled resources offered at such a big discount will never be offered again!!This week's show will be about the different kinds of sugars, which is a popular topic in the paleo communityRecognizing the role of sugar in a healthy living template, and getting to a place where you are limiting sugar in a way that supports you and your health goals - which is an individual decisionThe habits that tend to go hand in hand with challenges, and how this mirrors yo-yo dieting behaviorsScience with Sarah (32:20)If you are going to accept that a little bit of sugar is going to be ok once in awhile and will not derail your efforts, there is huge range of things to chooseWhen we look at the science of how these different sweet compounds impact the human body we start to see some thematic elementsYou can find all this information in The Paleo Approach and in a number of posts on Sarah's blog:http://www.thepaleomom.com/2012/03/is-sugar-paleo.htmlhttp://www.thepaleomom.com/2014/12/paleo-fructose-fructose-based-sweeteners-im-looking-agave.htmlhttp://www.thepaleomom.com/2015/01/paleo-splenda-erythritol-stevia-low-calorie-sweeteners.htmlhttp://www.thepaleomom.com/2015/07/is-fructose-a-key-player-in-the-rise-of-chronic-health-problems.htmlhttp://www.thepaleomom.com/2013/03/teaser-excerpt-from-the-paleo-approach-the-trouble-with-stevia.htmlThe main classes of sugarThe negative impactsSarah's recommendations on habits that will not be hurtfulSarah's recommendations on sugar options that have nutrientsQuantity is the first thing to consider, nutrients found in the sugar is second, and third is to consider what else you are consuming the sugar with to evaluate how your body respondsWhy coconut sugar and palm sugar are recommendedThe anti-sugar view in the communityFavorite Robb-ismsThe most important thing is that you make the best choices for you as often as realistically possiblePaleo is guidance on how to make informed choices, it is not a defined set of rulesKresser's book The Paleo Cure is a great resource on this subjectHow and why Stacy and Sarah make the decisions they do with their lists of yes and no foodsWe will be back next week to address all the sugar questions that we receive, so feel free to submit them and we may be able to get them into the mixSarah has a book signing this weekend - find the details here if you are in the Atlanta areaOutro (1:11:03)