Thanks for all the replies, I'll respond soon. After reading this forum tonight and the regimens I feel totally unhealthy, not sure why I'm alive, lol.
I am trying to combine a low fodmap diet with mainly veganism, but not totally.....using dairy occasionally and fish a few times a week. Re low fodmaps, I'm just trying to find out what upsets my stomach here and there, it's random, and I expect one type of fodmap that my, mainly vegan, diet is giving me too much of...once identified, I will stop the low fodmap diet because I doubt the long term effects are good for us.
Back to sugar. Well, I started the chocolate again. Hear me out.....I started getting my heart skips again.....as I was watching calories and generally being very strict with myself, I thought it was due to that (it's happened before, a lot of things trigger my heart skips and hunger / or even reduced calories without hunger, is one of them)....it's also partly due to hormones as there's something of a pattern to it....
I mention all this because it's confusing where to start with all these factors, to try to eat in a way that would promote longevity above average at least (with all the thought going into it I need the extra time, lol)
I have the willpower to be really strict with my diet (and have done so in the past, not so long ago). The heart skips usually cause me to stop everything and fall off the wagon. They scare me.....and chocolate and fatty food is a quick way to settle them....although if I look closely I usually find I've had too few calories one day that's triggered things.
I think there's an energy problem with me too though, I'm on beta blockers and have very little energy. I used to have loads. I'm gradually coming off the beta blockers, and hopefully I'll feel stronger then.
Just mentioning all these things because I partly wonder if the heart skips are caused by some kind of energy problem. Sorry this is all a bit complex, I will understand if no one has anything to add. I'll report back anything useful later.