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Do you find it impossible to stick to a healthy eating plan? Ever find yourself gorging on sugar, bread, or pasta? Have you struggled with weight issues? Are your moods unpredictable, swinging from one extreme to the other?
This was my painful life experience as a sugar addict. Overcoming Sugar Addiction is the book I wrote to share how I kicked the habit. Part personal story, part how-to manual, the book is *the* place to start if you’re thinking you’ve got a problem. Since its first publication in 2008, the book’s been downloaded tens of thousands of times. Now I’m excited to be working on a 2nd version, a release that updates you on the latest research with our Sugar Addiction support program members, advice on what to eat, and the 7 key principles that keep you sugar free. This 2nd version will be released in PDF, MP3 audio, and (maybe) a printed paper bound volume soon. Learn more.
More about addiction
Yes, sugar can be an addictive substance. The world’s leading expert, and a pioneer in the field of Addictive Nutrition, Kathleen Des Maisons, Ph.D., describes sugar as potentially being as addictive as nicotine, alcohol or cocaine. For those of us who are “sugar sensitive,” we react to sugar as if it were a toxic drug.
Whether the term is “sugar sensitive” or “sugar addict,” its consequences can be severe for people who are susceptible but unaware of the cause of their pain. Let me explain:
Sugar sensitive people have a unique biochemistry which makes them susceptible to a physiological addiction to sugar. While someone who is not sugar sensitive may be able to eat a piece of cake and suffer no ill effects, a sugar sensitive person will eat sugar until they are bloated and sick. A sugar sensitive person will crave sugar even though it makes them feel terrible, often suffering from overeating, depression, and extra pounds.
DID YOU KNOW: The biochemical cravings can be similar to alcohol in how the body reacts to its presence or prolonged absence in the bloodstream. In fact, alcohol is chemically related to sugar. Consequently, people who have problems with one can suffer addictive reactions to the other. This isn’t to say that alcohol abuse is the same as over-eating sugar. But for those who may have a family history of problems with alcohol, this book may open your eyes to why you or someone you care about struggles with mood swings, cravings, and addictive behaviors with food.
You may be sugar sensitive, as am I. And we’re not alone.
“I thought I was the only freak who ate sugar the way a crack fiend smokes crack. It’s relieving to know I’m not the only one, and that there is hope!” – April
“I’m halfway through [Overcoming Sugar Addiction] and I just couldn’t wait to finish it before emailing you! So much of what you’ve written mirrors my own life!…It’s also helped me see that I am normal and not obsessive when I want to control what I eat for health reasons!” – Margot S.
You can control sugar addiction
There is a way out. There is a way to break free from the emotional and physical cost of eating sugar while having a sugar sensitivity. You need four big things to heal from sugar addiction:
1. Find your sugar abstinence. (This is what turns off the switch in your brain that makes you physically crave sugar.)
2. Soothe yourself without turning to food. (This is what turns off the switch in your brain that makes you emotionally crave sugar.)
3. Relax and stay confident with support from others.
4. Embrace this for life, without resentment. (Get over sugar and on with your life.)
Coming to know and experience these four components of breaking addiction are the way to do this long term. If you want your life back, start today by reading Overcoming Sugar Addiction. You can read more about each of the four components on the same page where you can buy this book.
Why give up sugar? Why travel this journey? I’ve received mental, emotional, physical and spiritual benefits from giving up sugar. Giving up sugar literally gave me back my life. It’s been the most positive thing that I’ve ever done for my health – mental, physical and spiritual health. Here are the positive changes that I’ve experienced:
Physical benefits:
- Clearer skin, weight loss, better digestion, diminished sugar cravings, more energy, an increased sex drive, stable blood sugar.
Emotional benefits:
- Stable moods, less irritability, less depression.
- Inner resilience – coping with life’s pain without food.
Mental benefits:
- Mental freedom from obsessing about food, dieting, losing weight, or what to eat.
Spiritual benefits:
- Relief from the shame, pain, guilt, self-hatred and self-loathing that accompanied every binge.
- The freedom to use my time and energy towards using my gifts (and spending time with my loved ones) instead of being caught up in my pain with food.
Want to know more?
- The book is a free download for Sugar Addiction support program members.
- Or you can purchase the Overcoming Sugar Addiction book here.
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