Sugar triggers my Uveitis and AS, but it's really bad for my eye flares, so it's no longer worth the few seconds of pleasure the treat gives.

I don't change my food choices over the holidays.

I have a variety of health problems, some of which I manage with diet. As a result of small changes over the years, omitting foods that might exacerbate my symptoms, I have radically changed my palate.

I slowly reduced sugar and sugar substitutes. It took me a long time to get padt sugar cravings but, due to the gradual cut back, I no longer have a sweet tooth. Dates and fruits satisfy any desire for sweets.

For my husband's health, we stopped adding salt to food as we prepare it; at first food tasted bland, but now we are used to it and pre-prepared foods taste way too salty.

I eat almost no processed or pre-prepated food, so 'junk food' no longer even appeals.

These changes took place over years but at least now, I am pretty sure the foods I eat do not detract from my quality of life.

Everything in moderation

I buy treats for the kids at Halloween and hope they all go, the treats that is. What’s left we have over a long period of time although the temptation to over sugar is high but so is the pain.

That’s is interesting as I have Uveitis at the moment and hadn’t considered sugar.