The no sugar no flour diet is exactly what it says it is. The idea behind this diet is you avoid the junk calories you would get from foods containing sugar or flour. Note that sugar comes in many forms. If you read a label, you may not see sugar at all--but the product may be loaded with sugar in the form of maltodextrin, fructose, corn syrup solids, high fructose corn syrup, and so on. Usually when you see flour on a label, that flour has been so highly processed it has the same effect on you that table sugar does. Thus, by avoiding flour as well as sugar you minimize empty calories. Another issue with flour-based products, is they typically also include hydrogenated oil--which is very, very nasty.
What's wrong with flour and sugar:
Let's include "flour," from this point forward, in "sugar"--with the assumption we mean highly processed flour. Note that flour is usually highly processed. When we say sugar, we are talking about all highly refined carbohydrates plus root vegetables and cultured grains (e.g., corn) but not carbohydrates in general.
Here are some drawbacks to sugar in your diet:
Provides nutrient-free calories, rather than the "calories plus nutrition" you get in whole foods.
It makes foods more calorie-dense, meaning you get more calories from the same amount of food.
Typically, sugar is added and unnecessary. When you eat a piece of broccoli, you get the carbohydrates in the broccoli. You get enough carbohydrates from your normal foods (fruits, vegetables, and barely processed grains) without adding more.
Sugar causes unwanted responses. Because sugar (as defined here--highly processed carbohydrates) is highly glycemic, you get a huge and harmful insulin response. One result of this is your body converts the sugar to fat for storage.
This is from an article on http://www.supplecity.com/articles/diets/nosugarnoflourdiet.htm
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