Trying to eat healthier, (edit for me this means lower sugar, less carbs, more protein) and it seems like everything that is sweet, sweet-ish, or a snack but also sold as healthy has peanuts or is peanuts. I’m not allergic to it, but I am tired of peanut butter cookies, peanuts in a snack bar, peanuts on their own, peanuts in a snack mix.

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    9 months ago

    Raw fruits are low-carb, good for you, snackable, affordable, and sweet. Apples, bananas, tangerines, cherries, grapes. They’re fucking delicious. And best of all, no peanuts.

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      9 months ago

      Idk, in my experience a lot of apples are high in sugar. Gotta stick with the more tart ones to keep the sugar content down. Cherries are the ones I don’t thing about when I’m shopping for snacks, thanks for the reminder!

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        9 months ago

        Whole, modern, domesticated fruits do contain quite a bit of sugar, but that sugar is locked up in fiber. There are lots of anti-sugar crusaders that consider whole fruit to be a “gimme.” Gary Taubes (Good Calories, Bad Calories) and Robert Lustig (Sugar: the Bitter Truth) are two that leap to mind.

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          9 months ago

          I’m just going by my sense of my body’s reaction. Eating an apple seems to have the same effect on me as eating a candy bar. My aversion to needles stops me from constantly testing my blood sugar levels to actually know.

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      9 months ago

      Fruits are good for you but they’re absolutely not low carb. Most fruits are like 90% carbohydrate.

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      9 months ago

      Raw veggies are a good one with less sugar. “Baby” carrots, mini bell peppers, mini cucumbers are all great, easy options to keep on hand for munching on.