Hello Alice,

I guess I am a bit different from the other responders and have told all my close friends and family. I am 54 days sugar, white and fruit free and am very proud and empowered by it. I have done a lot of researcH beyond PNP and apparently nobody should be eating sugar! I also live in NYC where there is a raised conciousness about diet. I know plenty of vegans and raw fooders.

Maybe I am like this because I had already learned the people lesson when I quit drinking 7 years ago. I actually had a few friends argue beligerantly with me when I stopped drinking. That was much worse than this and I have a much differnt circle of friends now.

I am a supportive friend and if I get the opposite of support in return I do not keep that friendship.

I think it is very important to share the information and a few of my friends and family are reading the book. This all came as a shock to me that I was sugar sensitive and would have welcomed someone sharing the info with me.

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'...

: x