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SUGAR BLOG 1 SUGAR: MORE A DRUG THAN FOOD

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Published: Tuesday, November 09, 2010

BEAT THE SUGAR ADDICTION. JOIN OUR STAY OFF SUGAR CLUB & SUGAR CHALLENGE

Okay, let's all lay our cards on the table. Are YOU addicted to Sugar? Do you suspect that you are? Working together, we can BREAK that addiction. I promise you! We will do it in a series of steps that will NOT be painful.

Do you crave something sweet after every meal?
Do you crave sweets in the middle of the afternoon?
Do you have to have sugar in your coffee, tea�.more than you know you should?
Do you start your day with something sweet like cereal, pastry or a muffin?

If so, you just might be addicted to sugar ALONG WITH MILLIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE! Sugar addiction can be just as powerful as addiction to drugs like heroin or cocaine. Once the body starts craving it, the cravings demand to be fed. The result of sugar addiction is obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, loss of brain function, hormone imbalance, premature aging and depression and/or anxiety.

SUGAR IS MORE A DRUG THAN A FOOD!

That is why you have to detox from it! Researchers have discovered that sugar and its substitutes can surpass the reward feeling associated with cocaine use!

HERE IS SOME ABSOLUTELY COMPELLING RESEARCH:

At Princeton University, internationally famous neuroscientist Dr. Bartley G. Hoebel has spent 40 years studying appetite and addictive behavior. Using laboratory rats, Dr. Hoebel gave them a 10% sugar and water solution. He was shocked when after just a few days the rats became addicted to the sugar solution. He says "The rats would run to the front of the cage and try to get the sugar. Sometimes, when I stuck the nozzle of the sugar-water bottle in front of the cage, they got so excited that they'd rip the stopper right off the bottle.." He found that when the rats got food and sugar water at the same time, they would turn away from the food to slurp the sugar water. When the sugar was taken away, the rats would experience severe withdrawal symptoms including shakes and chattering teeth as if they were de-toxing from a drug high. They would even walk across an electric floor that was giving them shocks in order to get to sugar water! Poor babies!

Could this be what has happened to you? If sugar throws off your body chemistry, no hormone or enzyme will work properly. Do You want this drug controlling YOUR body?

HOW DO I KNOW IF I AM TRULY ADDICTED?

I feel moody if I don't eat sugar

The smell or sight of sugary foods gives me a high or a "rushy" feeling and I begin craving the food
When I am not eating sugar, I am thinking about it
I cannot go one day without sugar
When I do eat sugary foods, I have no impulse control or portion control and I will eat too much

DID YOU KNOW?

Sugar Addiction is a sign of a brain neurotransmitter deficiencies of serotonin and/or dopamine. They are responsible for our search for rewarding foods.
According to Dr. Robert Rakowski, neurotransmitter imbalances can be passed down to the 4th generation! So you are not just stopping your own addiction but possibly those of your children and grandchildren. Have you noticed, each generation seems to be getting worse with their eating habits? Stop the cycle!

WHAT WILL I DO ON THIS PLAN?

You will slowly decrease the amount of sugar you are using�.we will take it one step at a time.

We will balance your brain's chemistry to beat the feelings of sugar withdrawal.

You can notice the difference in as little as 1 week!

Over time, you will beat the addiction entirely.

I DID IT AND I WANT TO HELP YOU. IT FEELS FANTASTIC! NOW LET'S GET GOING!

Part 1 - What Has Happened To Us?

Believe it or not, despite the epidemic of obesity, people are consuming MORE SUGAR THAN EVER BEFORE! How can this be?

Do the words "fat-free" ring a bell?

Well, guess what? Fat free goodies have more sugar than the original products because manufacturers needed to add something to make the products taste good after they removed the fat. Ever since we started slashing the fat and consuming low fat , we have gotten fatter! American products have become more sugary in recent years. In France, the per capita sugar consumption is 5 1/2 times less than in America. They have less obesity & heart disease than we do. The average American is eating 180 pounds of sugar per year or about 1/2 pound per day! If you never ate sugar again, you would be just fine because sugar has no nutritional value. During the refining process all nutrients are stripped. Refined sugar acts more like a drug in your body than a nutrient!

Another Factor: Portions have gotten bigger!

The average muffin used to be 2-3 ounces, now it is between 4-7 ounces
Some cookies are 8 times bigger than ever before. You have seen them, they are the size of a small frisbee!
The portions of pasta served in American restaurants have grown about 6 times larger
Hamburgers, sodas and french fries at fast-food restaurants are almost 5 times their original size

WHY DON'T FRENCH GET FAT?

The products sold in Paris contain much less sugar than those sold in the U.S. (I personally also believe that the French women were not put on all of the synthetic hormones that the poor American women were given and that is another blog entirely!

WHY YOU HAVE THE CRAVINGS:

If you crave sugar, there is a problem with your brain chemistry: your serotonin levels are probably low and the brain is looking to raise them. People will describe the cravings as actually hearing a "white noise" in their head that actually gets louder and louder until they submit to the craving.
GUESS WHAT? That noise can be silenced FOREVER! Nourishing your brain's neurotransmitters with the correct nutrients and balancing your hormones can completely do the trick!

LET'S GET SMART ABOUT SUGAR.....WE ARE SO SMART ABOUT SO MANY OTHER THINGS IN OUR LIFE...WHY IS THIS LITTLE WHITE GRANULE GIVEN SO MUCH CONTROL?

About High Fructose Corn Syrup

In the 1970s, something awful happened to us: corn sweetener. The sugar blends in corn syrup (called dextrose, dextrin, fructose, and/or high fructose corn syrup) are actually a class of chemicals. You may mistakenly believe that it comes from fruit because of the word "fructose". It does not; it is a starch and it does NOT EXIST IN NATURE!

High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is ubiquitous today. It exploded onto the market because it is so cheap to

produce. Here is what it does to your body:

Raises cholesterol and low-density lipoproteins (LDL) in your bloodstream

Significantly raises triglyceride lelvels in the bloodstream

Creates WRINKLES!! Your cellular metabolism breaks down and collagen is DAMAGED.

If sugar throws off the body chemistry, no enzyme or hormone will work properly, making you sick or fat or both.Your brain does not recognize HFCS as sugar. Therefore you do not get the signal to stop eating it. THIS IS THE WORST FORM OF SUGAR. It will actually age your cells!

Why has this fake sugar been foisted on us?

HFCS is:

Cheaper-Sugar costs around 30 cents per pound, HFCS is 10 Cents per pound. This profit is at the expense of YOUR health unless you fight back!

Easier to process

Has a long shelf life

Keeps baked goods soft

Gives food a nice brown toasted color

IT SOUNDS GOOD, BUT IT IS ESSENTIALLY POISON TO YOUR SYSTEM!

Part 2 - Are You Addicted to Sugar?

This is an eating disorder!

Why Do I Have A Sweet Tooth Anyway?

God gave us a sweet tooth for a reason. Humans do not make our own Vitamin C as animals do. Vitamin C is found mostly in fruits and God gave us taste buds that make these sweeter tasting foods desirable. End of story?

No, or course not! Man got involved and started adding sugar to so many other products and our taste buds began to crave those products. God did not intend for you to crave a Dunkin Donut!

How do I know If I am Addicted To Sugar?

Let me re-iterate.

If you experience withdrawal when you go too long without something sugary. This includes headaches, mood swings, irritability, fatigue and feeling depressed
If you cannot go too long without eating sugar
If eating sugar makes your symptoms go away.
You may have symptoms of asthma, acne, food allergies, irritable bowel
You have developed PCOS and/or insulin resistance
After eating sugar you become cranky, agitated, edgy
After you eat sweets and have the quick rush, you will actually go into a dark mood.

Case in Point:

It is not just that a chocolate chip cookie tastes good to you and you would like to have one. Instead your body absolutely cries out for that cookie to the point of anxiety and compulsion. You have activated your addiction, akin to an alcoholic and his alcohol. It is not because you have weak willpower, but that the "drug" of sugar has captured you.

Sugar becomes a trigger; when you eat some you cannot stop. If you can stay away from sugar you will not have those repeat triggers.

Part 3 - How Much Sugar is Too Much?

THE ANSWER IS: NOT MUCH!

For healthy people, about 2 teaspoons of added sugar at one time about twice a day is enough for your body to handle. If you have any health issues, I believe your body is not truly equipped to handle any sugar!

Start reading labels today! Take the grams of sugar for each serving and divide by 4. That equals one teaspoon of sugar! If a carton of yogurt contains 12 grams of sugar, that is 3 teaspoons of sugar. Imagine sitting and eating 3 teaspoons of white sugar for your breakfast or lunch or snack. No wonder we are feeling tired, anxious, depressed or just plain awful! WATCH THOSE LABELS! You can do it easily. Make a game out of it and just REFUSE to purchase those foods or to eat them. Your body is precious and your health is your wealth. Do NOT give it up to sugar!

What about artificial sweeteners? The use of artificial sweeteners has NOT helped us. In fact, since artificial sweeteners were introduced, total consumption of sweeteners has increased! Also, 65% of Americans are now overweight!