I don’t eat sugar except in fruits and vegetables and I haven’t had weight issues since I started this plan. I had to take strong meds to get pregnant with my son, but after starting this type of lifestyle my reproductive issues were reversed (which my obgyn said was impossible) and I got pregnant again without the use of meds. I eat full fat cream cheese, yogurt, and sour cream and I drink whole milk. I use olive oil, butter, and grapeseed oil liberally. My children are the same way. My son hates juice but loves whole fruits. He still drinks whole milk while his peers have been switched to low-fat milk. People roll their eyes at me all the time for the way my kids eat. It seems I’m a bad mom because they’ve never had McDonalds but instead ask for avacados at snack time.
Juice is mostly sugar water. Best avoided other than as a treat - or as a treat with a shot of grain alcohol (for adults)! ;)
Chewing is part of feeling sated - so it is probably best to avoid any major caloric intake through drinking.
As a Californian I can assure you that Avocados are a GREAT snack!
I used to watch a friend's kids and she was all about organic and made sure they had cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower at nearly every meal which are the top veggies on Atkins. I'd bring my lunch with cauliflower fixed like baked potatoes which she thought was a great idea but freaked out when I told her it was Atkins. Strange. Change an ingredient or two and people go nuts screaming how Atkins is bad. If I hadn't said the word "Atkins" she'd have made it for her kids rather than acting like it might jump onto their plate and poison them. Once again, too many sheeple believed the msm when they were out to take him down and laughed when he died from a fall on his icy stoop.