# No sugar allowed

**URL:** <https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/t/no-sugar-allowed/9920>\
**Category:** Complementary Therapies\
**Created:** [September 13, 2017, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/t/no-sugar-allowed/9920 "2017-09-13T06:03:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![dominee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@dominee](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/u/dominee)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2017, 6:03am UTC](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/t/no-sugar-allowed/9920/1 "2017-09-13T06:03:10Z")

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Hi

My Rheumy told me yesterday that I need to adopt a vegan diet (+/- fish) and no sugar!

The vegan diet won’t be a problem for me as my husband is vegan so I pretty much vegan anyways, my problem will be no dessert!

Has anyone else cut sugar from their diet and found benefits?

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**Author:** ![bernardrocke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@bernardrocke](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/u/bernardrocke)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2017, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/t/no-sugar-allowed/9920/2 "2017-09-18T18:47:14Z")

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Hi, new to this chat group. I have been suffering with Fibromyalgia over 10+ years. After several ups and downs with depression and anxiety, I decided to take control. Taking control means that i have to look at my diet. Sugar and Gluten are two no-nos if you want to control the pain levels.

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**Author:** ![Lynne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.livingwithfibro.org/lynne/32/6929_2.png) [@Lynne](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/u/Lynne)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/t/no-sugar-allowed/9920/3 "2017-09-21T22:37:08Z")

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So, does your doc mean no eggs or dairy or other animal products except fish? And then no gluten or sugar. Ouch.

However, this is very I interesting. I’ve certainly known people with various idiopathic illnesses that benefitted from ditching one or both. (How cruel. Sugar AND gluten.) I know it can be done, once you get your mind around it. I too will be interested to hear from others…  
😊  
Lynne

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**Author:** ![Lynne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.livingwithfibro.org/lynne/32/6929_2.png) [@Lynne](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/u/Lynne)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 10:41pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/t/no-sugar-allowed/9920/4 "2017-09-21T22:41:40Z")

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I realize I posted this under the wrong query (right subject, gluten, sugar) but I can’t seem to move it.  
Apologies.

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**Author:** ![Lynne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.livingwithfibro.org/lynne/32/6929_2.png) [@Lynne](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/u/Lynne)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/t/no-sugar-allowed/9920/5 "2017-09-21T22:44:44Z")

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Hi Dominee, I posted a thought about your query in the wrong spot, below, but beyond that, I have another thought.  
I was going to post something about my extraordinary success with D-Ribose, a supplement which is a sugar our bodies make. Wonder if that’s permissible.

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**Author:** ![dominee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@dominee](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/u/dominee)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 10:21am UTC](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/t/no-sugar-allowed/9920/6 "2017-12-16T10:21:41Z")

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Hi Lynne I’ve only just seen this message. Thanks! I’ll look it up and I’ve it an try as a sugar substitute.

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**Author:** ![Lynne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.livingwithfibro.org/lynne/32/6929_2.png) [@Lynne](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/u/Lynne)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 12:08pm UTC](https://forum.livingwithfibro.org/t/no-sugar-allowed/9920/7 "2017-12-16T12:08:55Z")

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Hi Dominee,  
I should caution you about overdoing the D-ribose: it will produce undesirable intestinal side effects in some if you take too much at once. When I stick with the recommended 500mg at a time, all is well. But I have kind of a twitchy gut, and have unthinkingly overdone it on occasion, and spent a little time in the bathroom…ahem. Not cramping, just, um, bathroom time.  
Good luck to you!  
Lynne