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   blinry (blinry@chaos.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Apr-2025 21:29:23 JST blinry

   • ​Piko

   @piko and I just finished 40 days of not eating sugar or sweeteners! Fresh fruit was the only sweet thing that was allowed – seemed unhealthy *not* to eat those.

   We searched through the kitchen and put everything that was disallowed into a box. Was surprised by how many food items randomly contain added sugar. Having them out of sight definitely made this easier!

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     I used to roll my eyes at people who went "sugar-free", but still ate fruit – after all, they contain lots of fructose and glucose! But after trying it, I now think this is a valid thing to do, because *replacing* table sugar with fruit seems strictly more healthy!

     Two takeaways from this phase:

     1. Sweetening food with fruit works very well! We made coleslaw with cut-up grapes, for example. And in general, if something should taste sweeter, we added some sweet fruit, like banana or apples.

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     • ​Piko

     2. Many things are fine without sweetening them!

     Just putting cocoa powder in plant milk makes a perfectly delicious drink!

     @piko's "too-delicious" sugar-free apple cake even sparked a long discussion on whether it was allowed :D https://chaos.social/@piko/114093751535823600

     We got some 100% dark chocolate, which is some serious business – but I think I'm getting used to it.

     I even got chewing gum without sugar or sweeteners (the brand is "Falim"), which just takes like nothing :D Not sure I'd recommend this…