Exercise Alters Our Microbiome
I dropped all forms of sugar and corn syrup a few months ago. I was never a health nut. Quite the opposite.<p>It&#x27;s incredible how much your physiology alters just from that. Water tastes good now. I used to drink water with crystal light, because it was so bland.<p>Shed 20lbs without even exercising.<p>I eat bananas, apples, peanut butter and chicken. Learned to cook a few things. You sort of have to, if you want to avoid sugar and corn syrup.<p>Any ingredients with dex-,  wheat, corn starch, -ose, dairy, added sweetener, agave, artificial sweeteners, etc – you can drop it, if you try. No pasta, no bread. No white potatoes.<p>I wonder how much the input to our body affects us vs exercise? It seems substantial.<p>And it&#x27;s crazy how much more you have to spend on food just to make it work. Easily 2x or 3x.<p>EDIT: To clarify, the interesting part is that I&#x27;m never hungry. I eat as many bananas and apples as I want. When I want some variety, my go-to is Nathan&#x27;s hotdogs with no additives (no dextrose&#x2F;corn starch), or throwing coconut milk into chicken with spices and garlic. For whatever reason, the weight keeps coming off, for months now.<p>Grain and dairy seem worth avoiding. I don&#x27;t know why.<p>FWIW I drank diet soda before this, but it was easy to eat sugar: chocolate covered pretzels were my feel-good food. It&#x27;s easy to dupe yourself into thinking you&#x27;re eating healthy by doing one thing in one area, but totally the wrong thing in a different area but &quot;in moderation.&quot; My only solution was quitting it cold turkey.