Hi Ellen, Firstly I wanted to say I love your show and watch it everyday without fail.
I was diagnosed with diabetes 2 years ago and as my mother had died from complications from diabetes, it scared the hell out of me. I got home from the doctors and did a lot of research on what I should and shouldn't eat. I cut out all prosessed sugar and also limited sugar in natural foods like fruit. I found it hard for the first couple of days as I was a sugar addict but I knew I didn't have a choice. I feel better than i have in years,
Good luck on your giving it up and keep dancing!!!
Love to you and Portia and mamma

Hi Ellen,

Long ago and far away, I used to see you at your house or the Ellen set, thanks to Joely, and we used to be neighbors on W & W.

I want to share that The Body Ecology Diet is my savior in terms of experiencing a calm body and open Heart like never before.

Not eating fruit while cherimoyas were dropping, living on Maui, and no sugar, no agave, no wheat, wa interesting... but wait...For 3 solid amazing months I invited optimal wellness to take complete control of my life.

Past indulgences were cleared and detoxing inspired many naps; rest is good!, but all in all, every extra pound melted off, daily walks and some yoga brought strength, & the principles very easily made my Spirit, body and mind a resilient team with the intelligence to choose winning foods for what I now teach "inner Permaculture."

I am a certified Permaculture Designer (PCD); PCD teaches how to make your home into an ecosystem; this is my passion & business, and Body Ecology is the place to begin: Zone Zero; The Body Temple.

The Aborgines are having Donna Gates, BE author, to Australia to teach them the diet. Imagine all the indigenous people empowered, and living their peace as they know best. Imagine peace in your own body.

Oh, and I wrote a little book of recipes with BE principles, called "GOOD MOOD FOOD"; make your own reishi chocolate, chocolate mousse, chocolate torte, millet-crust pizza with carmelized onions and shiitake shrooms, caraway foccaccia bread with pumpkinseed oil; Yum! Coconut Kefir is coconut champagne & you can have it all the time, with every meal and before bed for boosting probiotics; pure Heaven. Finally, Heaven on earth!

This is the tastiest food EVER!! It's a miracle.

I am wishing you the hugest highest blessings for your success, and I thank you for all you contribute to improving life on earth. Laughing is key!! Thanks for making me smile and laugh all the time!!! I am grateful!!

Aloha, Claire Kellerman KLARITY Permaculture Design & Arts ~ klarity.org ~

Ellen, I am so glad to hear you are still watching out for that sugar!

I have been following the Jorge Cruise plan (the belly fat cure) which has the goal of 15 grams or less of sugar each day. I have followed this since last spring, and I feel great.

All sugar is counted in this plan... even sugar in fruit and milk, etc.

I must admit, I was surprised when I read a reply here that someone was having a smoothie with an apple and 2 bananas (and other ingredients). One medium banana has 14 grams sugar and an apple has about 14 grams sugar. That is 42 grams sugar just from those 3 servings of fruit!

Another option for fruit lovers, are raspberries, blackberries, strawberries. 1/2 cup of raspberries is only 3 grams sugar. 1/2 cup sliced strawberries, 4 grams sugar.

Hi Ellen, I love, love, love your show...you make me laugh everyday. I have to say I thank God in Heaven that no one sees me get up in my sweats or pjs and dance right along with you when you start "the dance"!
I was disappointed however that you gave out all that Vitamin Water to the audience. It was REALLY nice of you no doubt but ALL THOSE PLASTIC BOTTLES....As Americans we throw out billions of plastic bottles every year and they are winding up in our oceans...so so dangerous. Please at least remind those folks to promise to recycle. It's too late to take them back but PLEASE again remind them to recycle. Thanks and Love ya!!!! Janet Gillam

If you made it to day 9, then I made it to day 8...unfortunately I had already eaten sugar on the day you started...but I'm going strong! I made it 12 weeks last summer...but then fell off it during pumpkin pie season....but I feel more ready to just give it up altogether now! Although if anyone has any recipes on how to make pumpkin pie with no sugar I would be much happier come fall!

Hi Ellen, it is good to laugh and you make me laugh. I woke up one morning and the radio said Ellen Degeneres is going to give up sugar and I thought - yeah - I would like to do that too. Every day I wake up and I say I am not going to have any sugar and every day goes by and guess what???? I have eaten sugar. Well if you can do it I can do it. I will let you know when I reach Day one without sugar. By then you may be back to eating sugar.

Sugarholic

By the way this is Day 9 of still eating sugar!!

i think its great ellen ..is it harder than quitting smoking ciggarettes? cause i'm not a sugar person at all but the smokes..its driving me crazy tryin to quit!! love you love the show..and God bless mama she's a sweetheart!

Ellen!!!!

Congratulations on achieving day 9!!!

Your video you made is funny!

My sister made me peanut butter cookies with chocolate chips in it. She said it called for 2 cups of chocolate chips but she said she only used a cup and a quarter! So that is good!!! anyway... they are really good. I love cookies and I love reeses peanut butter cups so its kinda like a reeses cookie!..maybe not she used chips not a reeses..which leads me to an idea... Why not reeses in my cookie???? HEY!!???

You are brave and I'm sorta jealous in your feel good. Maybe I don't know what feel good is.. I think I feel good... but maybe I don't! I don't know...

I'm tired... just being silly.

Seriously.. Hi Five Ellen!!!! Congratulations! :)
Just think right when you want to give up... you always turn that corner! Keep going!

Hey Ellen!

Great job on the no sugar diet. I just wanted to tell you that I was on the SCD diet for a long time due to a digestive disease. The SCD diet is similar to what you are doing but you are only allowed to have monosaccharides or simple sugars. The first two weeks are the hardest and then your body will no longer crave sugar! It's actually kind of cool, because instead of chocolate I started to crave dried apricots. haha

After a few weeks your body will feel so pure and your enetgy level will be back to normal if not better!

So, keep up the good work and I know it will pay off. I watch your show every day and each day is better because you are part of it!

Love,

Erica

Hey Ellen...love the show. Just wanted to let you know that I've given up processed sugars for over a year now. It wasn't easy at first, but it does get easier as you keep with it. That combined with altering my diet and exercising on a REGULAR basis has helped me lose almost 160 pounds in just over a year. I'm loving life right now and really don't crave any of the processed foods I used to overindulge on. Good luck w/ your "quest" and am looking forward to seeing you on Idol tonight.

Brian