I think that dates and fruits and anything with naturally occurring sugar should be fine to consume. And chocolate is supposed to be very good for you. Even agave nectar doesn't have as high a glucose index as long as it's raw but I notice a difference in how I feel when I use it instead of cane sugar. Anyway you are on the right track.
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Yes, I feel the same, sugar is not great in anything, but atleast if it naturally occurring in fruit, especially when there are the added layers of nutrients, then that balances it out I think- as long as it's in moderation and early in the day so you've go all day to wear it off.
I think too many people (me included) have a habit of eating their sweets after their dinner at night, then they sit down and watch tv and have no release for that sugar hit- especially when it is over processed sugars and starches too...
I have noticed a difference too.
When I was young and used to drink alcohol- mainly spirits and liqueurs in my cocktails, I would always feel very internally 'shaky' the next day WITH the hangover.
Then I stopped drinking in 2010 after my first heart attack but was eating sweet processed biscuits and chocolate at night.
The next day I would always wake up with that same internal 'shaky' feeling. So I stopped (I always like to test my theories on myself..) and the early morning shakes stopped.
I then went for quite a long time without eating any then one night, my ex partner bought some and ofcourse, I ate them...🙄..then the next morning I had the same shakes back. It's like a internal shaky feeling- almost like anxiety in the chest....so stopped again and now the only shaky feeling I have in my chest is actual anxiety sometimes...so that's good to be able to define what is what- what is real and what is sugar induced.
I also don't get these type if shakes when eating my fruity sweetness, so it's been a great experiment and good to know what my triggers are and how they make me feel.
I have a similar self-experimental story with dairy, but I'm not sure if I have told you about that already? If not, it's definitely an interesting story- which nearly killed me and nothing to do with typical symptoms of lactose intolerance either..
You should post about the lactose story. 😀
Actually you're right I should too, but in the Ladies of Hive community as publishing it in the plantbased community is preaching to the converted and there's no point in that as it does affect so many women, but I'm sure that it does affect men too...