Hi all...I'm very much at the start of the RR journey, just reading the book. I was wondering whether you 'explain' your sugar sensitivity to others and what the reactions are?

I know on one level it doesn't matter what people think but I worry about the reaction I will get. I worry that people will think I am making up some 'disorder' or a faddy diet or that I'm being really attention seeking by saying I have a 'food sensitivity'.

I've been on a 'diet' previously (I know this isn't a diet) and it's amazing how different people's reactions can be. Part of me wants to be really up front and just say 'I don't have sugar'. I'm also wanting to stop drinking, I don't drink much at all so it won't be an issue, but instantly people think you're really odd if you don't drink.

I really want to be able to talk to my parents about this (I'm 37 and so no longer live there or anything) but I know they are both in a lot of denial about their own habits and that they will be dismissive. They are lovely great parents don't get me wrong but my mum is just so old-school. To me this lifestyle change/abstinence is as important as if I was a smack addict trying to ditch the heroin. I guess I just don't know how to get people to take me seriously.

Sorry, massive ramble there...hope it makes some sense. I'm really keen to know how other people have talked to friends and family about this? I can't just say 'I'm on a diet'...

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