tired/sugar low, not enough sugar?

Annieke · Post by **Annieke** » Fri 01 Feb 2008 10:43

So today I made a litre of apple juice with 5 tbs OO and 2 teasp. raw honey. Since sipping the juice I've been feeling sleepy the whole time, my eyes want to fall shut.

How much sugar should I add for 5 tbs of OO, to balance things out in favor of the sugar?

Yesterday I had 5 tbs OO and 3 teasp. of regular sugar added to the juice. No sugar low, but I felt like I could've used more energy still.

Post by **Oscar** » Fri 01 Feb 2008 10:51

I personally use 6-8 tsp sugar per liter, but it also depends on my level of activity for that day.

Annieke · Post by **Annieke** » Fri 01 Feb 2008 11:01

OK, I'll experiment with using more sugar, see how I feel with that. Right now I think the amount of OO I'm using sort of overrides the effects of the sugar. In which case it would make sense to add more sugar.

dionysus · Post by **dionysus** » Fri 01 Feb 2008 14:54

I add no sugar

Annieke · Post by **Annieke** » Fri 01 Feb 2008 18:05

I've been thinking about that too, this afternoon. Maybe it's the added sugar that causes the problem... We'll see next monday, I'll try one day without added sugar and one day with as much or more sugar than olive oil. See wgat happens.

welshie · Post by **welshie** » Sat 02 Feb 2008 09:21

I never add sugar to my oj either (don't like the idea of it)- but i've always felt tired since doing this diet

Post by **Oscar** » Wed 06 Feb 2008 11:54

It could actually be that for you the amount of oil is too much, so go ahead and experiment.

@welshie: I replied in your diet diary thread.

Annieke · Post by **Annieke** » Sat 09 Feb 2008 15:24

I've added no additional sugar to my juice this whole week, did add olive oil. This was perfectly fine, I was alert all day and had no problems with low energy or feeling tired!

dionysus · Post by **dionysus** » Sun 10 Feb 2008 03:05

Post by **Oscar** » Wed 13 Feb 2008 11:54

Great!

YouTube · Post by **RRM** » Wed 13 Feb 2008 17:33

Annieke wrote:Yesterday I had 5 tbs OO and 3 teasp. of regular sugar added to the juice. No sugar low, but I felt like I could've used more energy still.

Well, it may be that you do need more energy.

Annieke wrote:I've added no additional sugar to my juice this whole week, did add olive oil. This was perfectly fine, I was alert all day and had no problems with low energy or feeling tired!

Please be very cautious, as you may now be constantly undereating without the highs and lows of the sugar added.
It may be that you need the extra sugar but with much more frequent small intakes, so that there are no highs and lows either.
So, you need to monitor your weight very closely in the coming days and weeks.
If you lose weight, you need to take in more energy more frequently.

Annieke · Post by **Annieke** » Wed 13 Feb 2008 18:29

Thanks RMM, I'll do that, so far I'm still good. Just weighed(?) myself yesterday and it was still up where it should be, so that's nice!

tired/sugar low, not enough sugar?

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