I have just decided on a whim that I no longer want to support the dairy industry and cut it out of my diet cold turkey. I've already trialed a run and I felt great but it was so difficult. Never realized how much dairy was in my diet in basically everything I ate and it wasn't long before I ran out of things to eat that didn't contain it. Even subjected myself to eating cereal with water which was extremely unpleasant. It's been hard but I know you're the community to ask for help because you've probably went through this sort of thing before.
I broke out of the "sugar is the devil" propaganda a long time ago. Sugar's fine, and healthy. It's overconsumption that's making people sick.
Always go for the "why are apples healthy when they're basically pure sugar" and the answer's always "Urh umh it has fiber and nutrients, um you know I don't actually know"
Health science is corrupted by capitalist interests so bad that it's a complete joke and borderline unusable at times.
the sugar is tied into a more complex structure and gets into your system slower. this is important for insulin stuff
also, fruits have lots of water and absolutely contain less sugar than pastries and candies and such. 2 or three apples to a single twinkie