sugar free vs. fat free

[jacelynn 0]

Hello all.... Ok, so I'm on day three of my all liquid diet and im sitting here starving and thinking my question is... post op is it better to buy sugar free or fat free?

[kcarny 0]

What are you shopping for? Lots of things are both sugar and fat free. Go for those.

[neveragain 9]

I agree with her, but if I am given the choice, I'll usually err on the side of sugar-free. :smile:

[Jachut 487]

Me too - as long as sugar free doesnt mean artificially sweetened! I think avoiding sugar is more important than avoiding fat, as long as you eat the right types of fat - not too many saturated fat (usually animal) products such as cheese, meat, butter and full cream milk.

Personally, I think you need to learn appropriate amounts from all food groups and to learn that sweet foods are not everyday foods. There is no point simply swapping sugar for splenda and continuing on with sweet coffees, flavoured yogurts, sweetening foods etc. You need to just retrain your taste buds to like wholesome foods in their natural state.

if you eat mostly unprocessed foods you probably wont be fat or unhealthy. So if you want yogurt, go for full fat greek or natural yogurt and learn to appreciate the taste of it, once its flavoured, coloured and sweetened, it really is a pretty rubbishy food. Learn to drink plain Water rather than flavoured, just give up soft drinks alltogether, they're soooooooo bad for you anyway. Giving up sugar in tea and coffee is one of the easier dietary challenges, you quickly get used to it plain. Avoid the confectionary coffees etc.

Post op is hard because of the types of thing's you're restricted to, and Protein shakes are always going to be full of artificial sweetener and other unhealthy additives. Just go with what it takes to get you through that period. But you really dont a lot of foods like popsicles and pudding or jellow once you're past clears (I only had one day of clears) during this time either, you can drink milk, V8, Protein Shakes, savoury Soups. That way, you dont need to be deciding whether to go sugar free or fat free, just eat real food.

Edited July 18, 2010 by Jachut

[BetsyB 9]

I find myself eating lots more "regular" foods than I did before. By that, I mean I'm not choosing fat-free, reduced fat, and so on. I eat so much less now that getting enough heart-healthy fat is more of a concern than getting too much.

I do avoid sugar--and do use a couple of products with artificial sweeteners.

But by and large, I am for whole foods that haven't been processed much at all.

[bambam31 168]

If i had to choose it would certainly be sugar free over fat free.

Brad