Life After Sugar

Have you heard of the book "Dopamine Nation", written by Dr. Anna Lembke?

As a psychiatrist, the author explores the exciting new scientific discoveries that explain why the relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to pain . . . and what to do about it.

In this episode, I summarize parts of Dr. Lembke's book.
Disclaimer: It isn't specifically about sugar. 
But I can definitely see a parallel between the need for a dopamine high from drugs and other types of addictive behaviours, and our addiction to highly palatable processed food products, most of which contain refined sugar and flour.

This episode talks about:

• what dopamine is
• what neurotransmitters are
• motivation and pleasure
• the addictive potential of a behaviour or drug
• the brain's reward pathway
• the pleasure-pain balance
• how some brains are more wired for addiction
• food addiction
• the link between alcohol, sugar, and liquid sugar (like soda or juice)
• why we're more vulnerable to overconsumption in our Western culture
• the "dopamine fast"
• the advantages of abstinence
• feeling good versus feeling "less bad"
• how to get smaller doses of dopamine and feel good in other ways than with sugar
• how  Life After Sugar can help YOU live a more joyful life without needing a dopamine high from sugar

Find "Dopamine Nation" here.

To get personal guidance, support, and accountability to live your healthier lifestyle and let go of sugar: Join the the After Sugar Club today!

To get rid of cravings, especially if you're an intermittent faster, download your 5 tips here.

Also check out the Life After Sugar Facebook page, and subscribe to my Instagram account and to the Life After Sugar YouTube channel.

For step-by-step guidance toward freedom from cravings, get your copy of my new book: "Break Free from Sugar Cravings". Available on Amazon now!

For free resources, Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings! 

Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.

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Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum is a nationally known expert in the USA in the fields of chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, sleep, and pain. 

His own personal story is touching and inspiring, and he tells about his own health struggles in this episode.

In this episode, Dr. Teitelbaum also talks about  4 major sources of cravings:

1. low energy
2. feeling irritable when hungry ("hangry") - low blood sugar
3. candida or yeast overgrowth
4. menopause/hormones that trigger anxiety & depression

We also talk about insulin resistance on a cellular level, and he explains how blood sugar and insulin work, and how insulin is involved with fat storage, high cholesterol, diabetes, high blood pressure, metabolic syndrome, low blood sugar, mood swings,  cortisol, and adrenal fatigue.

There is no "one size fits all"  approach, but his (and my!) conclusion is this:
Eat real whole foods that are nutrient dense and that don't spike your insulin.

Find Dr. Teitelbaum's books here: https://secure.endfatigue.com/products/books

• To get personal guidance, support, and accountability to live your healthier lifestyle and let go of sugar: Join the the After Sugar Club today!
• To get rid of cravings, especially if you're an intermittent faster, download your 5 tips here.
• Also check out the Life After Sugar Facebook page, and subscribe to my Instagram account and to the Life After Sugar YouTube channel.

For step-by-step guidance toward freedom from cravings, get your copy of my new book: "Break Free from Sugar Cravings". Available on Amazon now!

For free resources, Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings! 

Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.

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Kate Bee is the founder of The Sober School. Right back from her childhood surrounded by family members who drank, she says that alcohol was the most normalized drug around.

When she became an adult, Kate used alcohol to be cool, as well as to help her forget about all the things that she thought were wrong with her.

Looking back, she realizes that she'd also used food for comfort and reward... especially sugar. Sugar helped her cope with her feelings and was an end-of-the-day stress buster, she says.

And when Kate entered her 20s, she added alcohol to fill those same needs for comfort and stress relief. She'd come home every night and pour herself a glass of wine.

Many wines are full of sugar... and Kate recognizes now that she was using alcohol as well as sugar as an emotional crutch.
And guess what she ate while she was drinking and when she was hungover?
Sugar and junk food!

In this episode, Kate and I talk about the close relationship between sugar and alcohol, including how we use them when we have a dependency on them.

We also talk about willpower, having fun, our perceptions, social pressure, our beliefs about sugar and/or alcohol, and the freedom of living alcohol free and sugar free.

Find Kate Bee's The Sober School here.

• To get personal guidance, support, and accountability to live your healthier lifestyle and let go of sugar: Join the the After Sugar Club today!
• To get rid of cravings, especially if you're an intermittent faster, download your 5 tips here.
• Also check out the Life After Sugar Facebook page, and subscribe to my Instagram account and to the Life After Sugar YouTube channel.

For step-by-step guidance toward freedom from cravings, get your copy of my new book: "Break Free from Sugar Cravings". Available on Amazon now!

For free resources, Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings! 

Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.

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Martin was lucky enough to have 3 mothers who raised him.
As they came from the Depression, they wanted him to eat to make them happy.
So he did.
And over time, he put on weight.
And he overate, especially desserts.

Martin recognizes that he had an emotional connection to food.
As a businessman, he decided to approach his weight and health as if he was the CEO of a business.

He identified 14 problems in his life (half of them about food), and set out to find solutions for them.

One solution that Martin came across was intermittent fasting. It made total sense to him.

In this episode, Martin tells how he identified and prioritized his problems, and he shares the affirmations he created for his life.  His tiny habit changes led to slow but sustainable weight loss and a complete transformation of his mind, body and spirit.

Join Martin's free Facebook group Permanent Weight Loss.
And on Twitter: @martin_sher

Get personal guidance, support, and accountability to live your healthier lifestyle when you let go of sugar: Join the the After Sugar Club today!

• To get rid of cravings, especially if you're an intermittent faster, download your 5 tips here.
• Also check out the Life After Sugar Facebook page, and subscribe to my Instagram account and to the Life After Sugar YouTube channel.

For step-by-step guidance toward freedom from cravings, get your copy of my new book: "Break Free from Sugar Cravings". Available on Amazon now!

For free resources, Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings! 

Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.

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Hi, I'm Netta.
All my life, I loved chocolate.

Chocolate helped me to feel better whenever I felt sad, or angry, or frustrated, or bored... or when I needed comfort or a way to reward myself.

And if you were looking to give me a gift for any type of special occasion, chocolate was always the right choice!

So... what happened to make me break up with chocolate?
And how did I do it?

In this Valentine's episode, I'll tell you about my 45-year love affair with chocolate, and all the details of our sweet break-up.

Get personal guidance, support, and accountability to live your healthier lifestyle when you let go of sugar: join the the After Sugar Club today!

• To get rid of cravings, especially if you're an intermittent faster, download your 5 tips here.
• Also check out the Life After Sugar Facebook page, and subscribe to my Instagram account and to the Life After Sugar YouTube channel.

For step-by-step guidance toward freedom from cravings, get your copy of my new book: "Break Free from Sugar Cravings". Available on Amazon now!

For free resources, Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings! 

Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.

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Erin had spent her life doing things "right".
She followed the rules.
"Eat less, move more". "Track your calories". All of it.

But it was when Erin's health took a dramatic turn for the worse that she really woke up to the fact that everything she'd learned was wrong.
She'd spent her career in the fitness industry, and she realized that what she'd been telling people was wrong.

So she dove into the research, healed herself, and became passionate about teaching people the true biochemical workings of metabolism.

At the age of 37, Erin graduated with a diploma in Holistic Nutrition.
And in this episode, we talk about the things that don't work... the same old things you've heard before from the diet culture and that have precious little to do with how much we eat or move.

A lot of what we discuss in this episode is very difficult for people to wrap their heads around. We do a little mythbusting, and we reject a lot of the conventional wisdom about weight loss, metabolism, and achieving an effortless relationship with food.

Find Erin here: https://www.eatsimple.ca/

Get lots more practical tips and valuable resources about sugar and gut health from Netta here:

• To be part of our lovely encouraging group and get support and accountability to live your healthier life without needing sugar, join us in the the After Sugar Club today!
• To get rid of cravings, especially if you're an intermittent faster, download your 5 tips here.
• Also check out the Life After Sugar Facebook page, and subscribe to my Instagram account and to the Life After Sugar YouTube channel.

For step-by-step guidance toward freedom from cravings, get your copy of my new book: "Break Free from Sugar Cravings". Available on Amazon now!

For free resources, Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings! 

Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.

To rate and review this podcast:

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Most foods that contain refined and added sugars and grains are manufactured by the processed foods industry to make consumers crave them so that they eat more... and buy more!

So when you stop buying and eating all those industrially processed food products and snacks, what's left to eat?

Real, whole foods, that's what!

But with rising grocery prices , how can you save money (and time!)? 
You want to prioritize healthy foods that nourish you, give you energy, and fill you up... but you don't want to see your grocery bill explode. 

And if you're anything like me, a busy working parent, you also need to save time.

In this episode, you'll get lots of tips for how to save money AND time. The insights and tips come from me and from listeners, as well as from members of the After Sugar Club.

Get lots more practical tips and valuable resources about sugar and gut health from Netta here:

• To be part of our lovely encouraging group and get support and accountability to live your healthier life without needing sugar, join us in the the After Sugar Club today!
• To get rid of cravings, especially if you're an intermittent faster, download your 5 tips here.
• Also check out the Life After Sugar Facebook page, and subscribe to my Instagram account and to the Life After Sugar YouTube channel.

For step-by-step guidance toward freedom from cravings, get your copy of my new book: "Break Free from Sugar Cravings". Available on Amazon now!

For free resources, Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings! 

Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.

To rate and review this podcast:

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When she was younger, Kerri spent a lot of her life sad, anxious, overweight, and frustrated — convinced that if she just lost weight, her life would change.

She'd spent tens of thousands of dollars on doctors, diets, supplements, medications, and fitness plans, trying to find a magic pill to help her lose weight quickly. She thought losing weight would cure her crippling anxiety and fatigue and lift her depression.

It was only when she took the brave step getting help to identify the root cause of her symptoms with the right functional medicine testing, that Kerri discovered how central gut health was to her healing.

Kerri has over a decade of training and experience as a functional medicine nutritionist. In this episode, Kerri talks about the root causes of digestive health, hormone imbalances, and mood symptoms. 

Find Kerri here: https://kerriaxelrod.com/

Get lots of valuable resources about sugar and gut health from Netta here:

• To be part of our lovely encouraging group and get support and accountability to live your healthier life without needing sugar, join us in the the After Sugar Club today!
• To get rid of cravings, especially if you're an intermittent faster, download your 5 tips here.
• Also check out the Life After Sugar Facebook page, and subscribe to my Instagram account and to the Life After Sugar YouTube channel.

For step-by-step guidance toward freedom from cravings, get your copy of my new book: "Break Free from Sugar Cravings". Available on Amazon now!

For free resources, Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings! 

Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.

To rate and review this podcast:

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Joy Kiddie, a Canadian dietitian known as the "low carb healthy fat dietitian", explains how for generations, bread has been a cultural staple for many cultures,. Also tortillas, naan, challah, roti... So it's understandable that when people want to reduce carbs in the form of flour, cutting bread is a struggle.

In this episode,  we talk about the cultural importance of bread, and how flour is metabolized by the body in a very similar way to sugar.
Joy also explains what the deal is with gluten, and how there is no one-size-fits-all low carb approach for everyone.

In her book Low Carb Breads of the World, Joy provides recipes for bread that can be baked by people following different types of low-carb diets. Her tried and tested recipes contain NO nut flour and no psyllium, xanthan gum, guar gum, or inulin, as these ingredients often cause digestive issues.

We also talk about auto-immune disorders, including thyroid issues, as well as addictive behaviours around bread (and sugar). 

To find Joy's book, do here: https://www.lowcarb-bread.com/
Find Joy Kiddie here: https://www.lchf-rd.com/

Get lots of valuable resources about sugar from Netta here:

• Download your free simple guide to getting more energy here.
• To get rid of cravings, especially if you're an intermittent faster, download your 5 tips here.
• Also check out the Life After Sugar Facebook page, and subscribe to my Instagram account and to the Life After Sugar YouTube channel.
• To be part of our lovely encouraging group and get support and accountability to let go of sugar, join us in the the After Sugar Club today!

For step-by-step guidance toward freedom from cravings, get your copy of my new book: "Break Free from Sugar Cravings". Available on Amazon now!

For free resources, Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings! 

Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.

To rate and review this podcast:

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Dr. Michael Roizen is a physician who specializes in anti-aging. He became famous for developing the Real Age concept and has authored or coauthored 5 number one New York Times best sellers.

In this episode, Dr. Roizen talks about the concept of real age versus calendar age. In fact, your physiological age, not just how old you are, can make a huge impact on different risk factors for your health.

60 is the new 40, says Dr. Roizen!

And one factor in promoting faster aging has been shown to be sugar.
Dr. Roizen explains how sugar glycosylates proteins and can make certain proteins in the body function less well.
One example is hemoglobin A1C, which is related to blood sugar levels.

We also talk about motivation, the rate of aging in your body, joint stiffness (glycosylation of cartilage), stress, nutrition, your choices versus your genes, time-restricted eating... and lots more!

Dr. Roizen is passionate about helping people live younger longer. He shares his insight and amazing knowledge about aging and sugar in this episode. 

Find Dr. Roizen here:
App: https://www.greatagereboot.com/
Podcast: YOU The Owners Manual Radio Show
Dr. Roizen's books

Get lots of valuable resources about sugar from Netta here:

• Download your free simple guide to getting more energy here.
• To get rid of cravings, especially if you're an intermittent faster, download your 5 tips here.
• Also check out the Life After Sugar Facebook page, and subscribe to my Instagram account and to the Life After Sugar YouTube channel.
• To be part of our lovely encouraging group and get support and accountability to let go of sugar, join us in the the After Sugar Club today!

For step-by-step guidance toward freedom from cravings, get your copy of my new book: "Break Free from Sugar Cravings". Available on Amazon now!

For free resources, Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings! 

Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.

To rate and review this podcast:

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Thank you! - Netta

Disclaimer: Information provided by Life After Sugar is not designed to and does not provide medical advice, professional diagnosis, opinion, treatment or services to you or to any other individual. This is general information for educational purposes only. The information provided ...