Sugar...

Yes gj. "^in high doses^"

Eat the sodding chocolate Cari.

Why doesn't the italics thing work just because you put in quote marks.

I think the quotation marks should have been inside the italics thingy

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I think it might if you left a space, jings, " like this "

Ooh, let's try merlot's idea too: "like this". Woohoo!

"blah blah blah"

Oh yes! Clever Metlot!

I agree with jings about calories in (or rather, not in) being what makes the difference (diabetes, etc, aside).

or whatever she's called.

Quote jingl 'Yes gj. "^in high doses^"' ...

and that is the very point. Young childrenb are growing up now with lots and lots of sugar- perhaps the majority of which 'hidden', in all sorts of savoury and foods which are labelled as 'healthy' like fruit drinks and yogurts, as well as 'traditional' sweet foods. Do you really think the NHS, doctors and the gvt (which makes tons of money on the back of sugar btw) - are backing a campaigna against excessive sugar unless there is a VERY good reason for doing so. Far from bla bla bla- truly. Of course calories are calories- but you truly need to do a bit of research about how carbs turn into sugar very quickly and add massively to the sugar intake indirectly. As well as understand the Glyceamic Index of foods- which is not directly related to calories as such.

Going a bit off-piste now.

OP is about weight loss.

Even the scientists can't agree about that stuff.

Just stick to taking in less fuel than you burn.

You do NOT need to know the GI of foods to diet successfully.

weight loss is highly linked to sugar. A very interesting article from the Huffington Post, and Professor Lustig, Consultant Peadiatrician- do Google it. He explains the issues very well, here is the introduction:

Still believe a calorie is just a calorie?

If you do, you fly in the face of mounting and incontrovertible evidence that some calories -- in particular, "sugar calories" -- are jeopardizing both your and your family's health. Physicians and politicians who cling to the dogma that "all calories should be treated equally" imperil our country's health care system, food supply and standing in the world for the next hundred years.

It is very useful to know which foods, like carbs, turn to sugar almost immediately as eaten, truly.

I agree with that too, jings, and what's more I reckon I'm pretty good proof of that. I eat what the hell I like and am not overweight. Please note i did not say how much the hell I like, though actually, once you've trained your body not to want more than it needs, I guess you do eat as much as you want, you just don't want to eat too much. That's how it works for me anyhow.

DH, on the other hand, has followed all kinds of diets over the years, (except the one that just says eat less), to no avail.

BTW, jings, I hope your virus has cleared up. I had one that lasted eleven weeks once. It didn't make me lose weight, which was probably a good thing.

Yep. Gone now, thanks Bags. All better.

Why did your dr tell you to up your dose of omeprazole though jingl?
(sorry, off subject I know but I've been curious every since you said...)

I'm not sure we should hijack this thread! But never mind.

When the virus started I got a horrible bitter taste in my mouth and my tongue went white. Sorry if tmi. Doc said that was due to acid, and put my Omeprazole up from 10 mgs to 20. He did all the bloods and they came back all good. So he now agrees it has all been caused by the virus. The extra Omep hasn't made a lot of difference, but he thinks it will settle down when I get my strength back. Then I can go back to 10 mgs. Who knows?

Sorry for the hijack people. Blame Ana.

Have you got the recipe Cari- that sounds good ;)

No. Sorry. I don't know why anyone would put courgettes in a cake. They are horrible enough as a veg. Why spoil a good cake?

Put the recipe up Cari please. #tryanythingonce

Lime and courgette drizzle cake is divine

Recipe Merlot? Thanks- sounds great.