Sugar Addiction

If you are compulsively eating sugar, bingeing on sweet and starchy foods, or finding it very difficult to make it through the day without your sugar “hit,” you are using sugar to meet your needs.
Sugar can give us comfort, security, a sense of order, routine and familiarity. It gives pleasure, joy, a way of connecting [...]

Overcoming Sugar Addiction

Are you someone who can’t stop eating sugar, once you start? Are you plagued with constant food cravings, especially for sweets or refined carbohydrates, such as pasta, bread or potato chips?
I was a compulsive sugar addict for thirty years. But I kicked my sugar addiction for good.
Here are ten steps to break your [...]

One of the most common questions I get about giving up sugar is, “What do I eat?” Or, “What does a sugar free meal look like?”
There is a lot of freedom in the container of sugar abstinence, many different ways to eat:  vegetarian, vegan, low-carb, raw foods, paleo (a hunter-gatherer diet), high protein, clean eating [...]

If you want to stop sugar binges, start by reading my book, Overcoming Sugar Addiction. Acclaimed for it’s combination of personal story and step-by-step encouragement for how you can make the break, this book should be the beginning of your journey. The reading list below will add explanation on the biochemistry of sugar or other [...]

My childhood memories are punctuated with sugar: bakery donuts on Sunday mornings; a pillowcase full of candy on Halloween; Dairy Queen trips in the summer; pies at Christmas. Our home had a junk drawer brimming with potato chips, pretzels, cookies, and tortilla chips. This didn’t include the ice cream in the freezer, the muffin mixes [...]