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Dates and nuts are bigger grenades for me than Diet Coke, glass of red wine or 90 calorie low sugar protein yoghurts.
In my opinion, if you have the discipline to not over eat nuts and dried fruit, you might as well not eat them in the first place, save the calories and get to your weight loss goal faster.
High protein snacks like articially sweetened skyr/quark based yoghurts are very satiating, and don’t bump up your blood sugar like dates and dried fruit.
It may work for you of course, but 2 dates has 32g of sugar and has more calories than some skyr yoghurts.
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My thinking is kind of the opposite, make all the calories count so I am trying to get them from
an actual food because you get all the other nutrients. I don't think you can just look at the
sugar content, it's not the same as eating 32g of granulated sugar, you get a lot of fibre, minerals and vitamins which affects blood sugar levels and how it's digested.
I even saw some articles recommending dates and nuts for people with diabetes.I agree with the yoghurts being satiating but the one you listed isn't really one,
it's a product based on skimmed milk with added whey protein, modified starch, flavourings and 2 types of sweeteners. I would just eat a real yoghurt and add dates and nuts (haha).I am trying to avoid anything that requires discipline with food because I couldn't sustain that in the long term.
Also huel? WTF? Do you live in a war zone?
sohi
I am a bit surprised at some of the food listed here, overall the lists looks sensible but then there
is some grenade thrown in like diet coke, alcohol or protein yoghurts.
Isn't the latest advice that UPF stuff damages you body's natural regulators to deal with food and causes cravings and other issues?
I have a massive sweet tooth so had to switch my snacking to dates and nuts, I don't limit it in any way.