5 Foods I Have Stopped Eating as a Minimalist

1. Sugar

Due to the negative effects that sugar can have on our health, many people have recently started living sugarless lives, and I am one of them. However, sometimes I still crave something sweet, so I tried various alternatives to replace sugar.

One is honey - a natural superfood. I use it instead of jam. Another one is Cobon. This is a natural yeast beverage. It is as sweet as honey but contains over 15 times more natural yeast than honey. Drinking it activates your intestines.

The third product is dates. I have been addicted to dates recently. They are so sweet and delicious that it is surprising that there is no sugar in them. They are also organic and nutritious. I put two of them in smoothies every morning.

2. Japanese sweets and snacks

Honestly, Japanese sweets are delicious. However, they also present a risk, as they contain a lot of dangerous ingredients. For example, famous Japanese potato chips contain a cancerous substance called Acrylamide. In the United States, they come with a disclaimer about the possible risks. Instead of those, if I really want something sweet, I eat dates.

3. Milk

In the past, I would drink milk simply out of habit. When I drank it, however, I would get stomach aches, so I gave it up. I decided to use soy milk instead. The taste is lighter than milk, so I sometimes adjust the taste by adding dates. Having switched to soy milk, my stomach feels much better.

4. Coffee

Coffee was also a long-standing habit. However, like milk, sometimes I would feel sick after I drank it. I also could not sleep because of the caffeine. So, I took the plunge and stopped drinking coffee recently. Now I drink matcha or green tea instead.

Just like coffee, matcha contains a lot of caffeine, but it also contains an amino acid called L-theanine, which counters the negative effects of caffeine. Therefore, I can be calmer after drinking it.

5. Cheap Cooking Oil

I used to use cheap cooking oil because it was economical. However, I learned that when cheap oil is heated, a highly toxic substance called hydroxynonenal is produced. Consuming such a product is dangerous, so I stopped using it. Now I use olive oil to cook.

Minimalist food habits

What you eat out of habit might not fit your body that well, so I recommend reviewing your eating habits once in a while. I hope my experience will help you, and feel free to share your own observations in the comments.