Not blaming high-fructose corn syrup, I’m blaming sugar in general.
As a society, we consume an insane amount of sugar. Sugar in soft drinks, sugar in our heavily sweetened coffees, sugar in our foods, Hell they’ve even got these new packets that color and flavor your bottle of water with sugar.
Sugar is not bad, and it has its place; but as a society overall, we consume entirely too much sugar. Our fathers and grandfathers grew up on a “meat and potatoes” diet and seldom had issues with cardiovascular disease, Diabetes, strokes, Crohn’s disease, etc. Sugar can be linked to many more problems than can fat (mono, poly, unsat) or protein.
I speak from experience having shed 135 lb. in 16 months and keeping it off for more than 5 years on a strictly low-carb, no sugar diet.
Sugar in natural context (in fruits, or honey) is better in the diet than extracted sugars. BTW I thought those little packets were sweetened with aspartame.
Good for you!!! But I do think you should be eating some good carbs every day... Do you lift weights? Have a good cardio program? Very important for cardio and joint health and keep lean muscle.
Congratulations on your weight loss/control success!! That is an amazing story.
My favorite for salad dressing is either Dorothy Lynch, or to mix some bleu cheese dressing with French dressing. YUM