Sugar Busters Diet
The Sugar Busters diet is a low-carbohydrate diet focused on eliminating foods containing all refined sugar, white flour and its products (white bread, cake, bagels, crackers, etc), potatoes, and other foods that are high on the glycemic index.
Typical menu:
Breakfast:
Grapefruit, orange, apple - ½ hour before
Whole wheat and bran shredded wheat, skim milk and Equal.
Or: Orange juice - ½ hour before
2 eggs cooked in butter
Canadian bacon or pure sausage
A slice of whole-grain toast (with butter)
Decaf coffee or tea.
Mid-morning snack:
Fruit or almonds, almonds, walnuts or pecans
Or: peanut butter with whole-fruit jelly (both without added sugar) on rye crackers
Or: decaf diet drink or coffee.
Lunch:
Green salad with olive oil and red wine vinegar or balsamic vinegar; or a sugarless dressing (even blue cheese!)
Full-size portion of grilled fish or chicken with green or yellow vegetables
Whole wheat matzos or rye crisp crackers
Decaf coffee, tea, or water.
No dessert.
Mid-afternoon snack:
Fruit or nuts or a piece of a high-cocoa-content chocolate (greater than 60% cocoa)
Or: decaf coffee, diet cola or water
Dinner:
Large green salad
Steak, lamb chops, veal chops, or hamburger steak
Beans (not canned) sautéed in olive oil
Onions
Mushrooms
Bell peppers
Water or a glass of wine
Dessert:
Sugar-free ice cream and diet root beer (float)
Or: a slice or two of cheese
Or: a dozen nuts
David Mendosa writes about Sugar Busters diet, “Sugar Busters is, of course, a low-sugar diet. “If you eliminate sugar from your diet, you do lose your taste for sugar,” Dr. Andrews maintains. “It takes a week or so. Once you do that you don’t have to rush to the cookie jar after you eat supper.” The response to the Sugar Busters diet from dietitians has been muted. Cinda Chima, a registered dietitian and director of clinical nutrition at MetroHealth System in Cleveland, says there were some fine things in the book… “Focusing on higher fiber whole grain products is an excellent idea,” she says. “Most people would benefit from it.” Nonetheless, she doubts if it is especially important in blood sugar control in amounts normal consumed… “I also don’t know how practical the glycemic index is,” Chima says. “The response to foods in the context of a mixed meal is blunted or is less important.”… “I am still convinced that it is a matter of calories in and calories out,” she concludes… The lukewarm reception by dietitians in general doesn’t surprise Dr. Andrews. “They are saying that potatoes and sucrose have about the same glycemic index so you can eat both of them. Their thinking is really strange.” ”
Is Sugar Busters the right diet for you?
That all depends on your lifestyle and eating habits. If you’ve never heard of the Atkins, South Beach, or Zone diets, it is a radically different way to lose weight.
However, a diet high in sugar is likely to leave you feeling listless, suffering intense cravings, and over-consuming calories. So I think it would be safe to say that Sugar Busters will help improve your energy level and trim down your waistline.
But maintaining the Sugar Busters program can be difficult - even for the most disciplined dieters (this is true for any carb-restrictive diet). As with all diets, it is important for you to check with your family physician before starting Sugar Busters or any other new eating plan.
Check out my review of Jim Stone’s “Stop Cheating On Your Low Carb Diet” if you’re looking for an interesting perspective on maintaining your diet in the long term. via Ultimatefatburner.com
