| During the first year of your recovery from alcohol, | | | | syrup. In alcoholics, this form of sugar more than any |
| what you don't eat is probably more important than | | | | other contributes to reactive hypoglycemia and the |
| what you do.o Eliminate table sugar, sweets, pastries, | | | | soar and crash cycle of sugar consumption. |
| and soft drinks sweetened with cane sugar or corn | | | | Some facts bear repeating: |
| syrup.o Eat fruit in moderation. Do not eat dried fruit, | | | | Praised and prohibited, source of enjoyment and |
| citrus, or grapes.o Avoid bread, potatoes, and rice.o | | | | source of tragedy, alcohol is the world's most common |
| Unless you have been diagnosed as having cirrhosis, | | | | food. Although alcohol is an extremely "processed" |
| eat a protein food (preferably lean meat or soy) three | | | | food, it relieves hunger better than carbohydrate, |
| times a day.o If you are still drinking, remember that the | | | | protein, or fat. For social drinkers, here is the untold |
| combination of alcohol and sugar is especially | | | | story of how alcohol interacts with your metabolism |
| detrimental to your health, fructose even worse than | | | | and how your body determines whether alcohol is |
| sucrose. A bourbon and Coke is bad, a margarita is | | | | benefit or a detriment to your health. |
| worse. Dessert wines are more detrimental than dry | | | | If you are a problem drinker, one of the most important |
| wines. | | | | things you can do to manage your health is to avoid |
| Because of the pervasive effects of alcohol on | | | | sugar. Alcohol aggravates the crash that follows a |
| appetite and metabolism, nutrition for alcoholics requires | | | | sugar high, making you want to drink to boost your |
| supplements rather than whole foods. One of the | | | | blood sugar levels temporarily only to have them crash |
| most important things you can do to manage your | | | | again. You can break this cycle by avoiding sugar. |
| health if you drink heavily is to avoid sugar. Alcohol | | | | Eliminate table sugar, sweets, and pastries. Be |
| aggravates the crash that follows a sugar high, making | | | | especially careful to eliminate soft drinks sweetened |
| you want to drink to boost your blood sugar levels | | | | with high-fructose syrup. In alcoholics, this form of |
| temporarily only to have them crash again. You can | | | | sugar more than any other contributes to reactive |
| break this cycle by avoiding sugar. Eliminate table | | | | hypoglycemia and the soar and crash cycle of sugar |
| sugar, sweets, and pastries. Be especially careful to | | | | consumption. |
| eliminate soft drinks sweetened with high-fructose | | | | |