The Day I Gave Up Sugar
Jeremiah 6:20 Why do you bring me incense from the country of Sheba? Why do you bring me sweet-smelling cane from a faraway country?
A few years ago, I was carrying an extra twenty-five kilograms or fifty-five pounds in body weight around with me. Now, I don’t know if you’ve ever picked up a twenty-five kilogram suitcase, but it’s incredibly heavy. And that’s what I was carrying around on my body, twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year.
My father had died at age 74 from diabetes and I knew that if I didn’t do something about it, I was headed down the same path. I was in my early fifties when I decided that I had to do something. But I’d lost weight many times before, only to stack it right back on again. What I needed was a permanent solution. Now.
So, I started reading and investigating.
It turned out that one of the truly big culprits was all the sugar and refined carbohydrates in our diets (not the fat). Think about it, back in the early 1900’s people ate bacon and animal fat like there was no tomorrow. And yet, heart attacks, stroke, diabetes and obesity were rare. Besides, I’d tried the low-fat thing for years, and it hadn’t worked.
What convinced me was the statistical correlation between the increased consumption of sugar and refined carbohydrates, and the rapid rise in cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
Did you know that sugar isn’t mentioned once in the Bible? Why? Because it simply didn’t exist. Sugar cane is mentioned only twice, but as an exotic rarity:
Why do you bring me incense from the country of Sheba? Why do you bring me sweet-smelling cane from a faraway country? (Jeremiah 6:20)
Back in the late 1800’s the average Brit was eating around seven kilograms or fifteen pounds of sugar a year. Today that’s up around seventy kilograms or one hundred and fifty pounds – because it’s in absolutely everything. Did you know that BBQ sauce is 42% sugar? Really? And the crazy thing is, that we think this is normal.
So, I took the plunge and took the sugar and refined carbs out of my diet. I threw out all the food in our pantry that contained sugar and white flour. Do you know what was left? Almost nothing.
But the result was, that I lost twenty-five kilograms or fifty-five pounds without even trying. Maybe it sounds crazy. Thing is, it worked.
That’s God’s Word. Fresh … for you … today.
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Ethan Crawshaw
Hello Sammuels, So glad you are enjoying the programs on your morning commute. I chatted to Berni and he said: ...
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Hello Sammuels,
So glad you are enjoying the programs on your morning commute. I chatted to Berni and he said: “Sugar and refined carbs are in pretty much every processed food that’s on sale. That’s why I stay away from processed foods altogether (things that come in boxes, cans and packets) and mostly go shopping in the meat and veggie departments (steering away from starchy vegetables).”
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Samuels Vee
Hello Bernie, Thank you for the great program you do each morning. On most mornings on my way to work I hear your ...
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Hello Bernie,
Thank you for the great program you do each morning. On most mornings on my way to work I hear your program. It is food for my daily spiritual energy intake.
I would love to hear more about how you do without sugar and and refine carbs.
It is inpractically everything you consume. So please tell me how you manage.
I need this for myself and my 14 year old daughter . We are both topping our 200 lbs and I am struggling with high blood pressure and borderline diabetes. Everyone says excercise, and i know we need to find time as a working single mom, it sometimes get so tiring after work and most times when i get home my daughter is sleeping . I know as a mom i need to start somewhere to help us both.
Thank you so much for what you do.