Comments on: Sugar = Sugar = Sugar

By: CrossFit Intrepid » From the CFI Vault: Know Your Sugars

CrossFit Intrepid » From the CFI Vault: Know Your Sugars — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:01:07 +0000

[...] is that if the ingredient ends in -ose, it’s a sugar of some sort. Our friends at Whole9 ran an article last year that I linked to that covers this exact [...]

By: Melissa @Whole9

Melissa @Whole9 — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:27:34 +0000

Suzanne,

That’s a tricky one. The short answer is that while the ADA classifies glycerine/glycerol (same diff) as a carbohydrate, we don’t view it as a sugar. It’s fine for your Whole30 in a supplement.

Melissa

By: Suzanne H

Suzanne H — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:30:41 +0000

Is glycerine in supplements ok? Or is that the same as glycerol?

By: Wayne

Wayne — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:25:01 +0000

Thanks for the reply melissa – I’m not really addicted to sweets in general, but looking for something for coffee mainly and stevia does the trick.

Love your site and all the great work you do!

By: Melissa @ Whole9

Melissa @ Whole9 — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:33:12 +0000

Nope, Mark is pretty okay with Stevia, for most folks and in the right context. We, however, don’t think any sugar substitute – even Stevia – is a healthy physical or psychological choice in everyday meals and snacks.

We agree to disagree. And that’s okay!

Melissa

By: Wayne

Wayne — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:28:45 +0000

Mark Sisson doesn’t have a problem with Stevia.

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/stevia/

By: Melissa @ Whole9

Melissa @ Whole9 — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:18:19 +0000

Christina – great point! Those things weren’t out (or at least, popular) when we originally wrote this post, but we’ve hearing more about them now. I’ll edit this post to include those two.

Thanks!

Melissa

By: Christina

Christina — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:16:47 +0000

And coconut nectar, and coconut sugar.

By: Melissa @ Whole9

Melissa @ Whole9 — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:00:18 +0000

Jessica:

Oh – sorry to hear that! Lesson learned. You can read more about our take on supplements (which answers all of your questions) here (http://whole9life.com/2010/08/whole9-supplement-evaluation-checklist/) and here (http://whole9life.com/2010/09/supplements-part-ii/).

Best,

Melissa

By: Jessica M

Jessica M — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:00:25 +0000

Ahh! Who knew that lactose was a sugar? I do now! I’ve been having a lot of muscle soreness after a couple really hard workouts, and was taking Traumeel to help with the soreness… which contains…. Lactose! Sigh… looks like I have to start my Whole30 over again… luckily I was only on day 3.

Somewhat related, what’s the philosophy on vitamins during the Whole30? Should those of us that take multi-vitamins continue to take them? Also, do they have hidden ingredients we should be avoiding? (sugar, starch, etc.)