Life After Sugar

It's a question I get a lot: What if I don't have enough willpower to cut sugar?

Well... here's my own question: What if it's not even about willpower?

In fact, you don't need willpower to cut sugar. Really!

So in this episode, I borrow the definition of willpower from authors and researchers who've studied it.

In fact, here's a couple of other questions: 

• Did you know that willpower is unreliable and also a finite resource, and that just like a battery, it can deplete with use?
• And did you know that blood sugar levels can affect your willpower?

If you also believe that you don't have enough willpower to cut sugar, listen to this episode to find out why willpower isn't even necessary to be able to live a sugar free life!

Need guidance and support to get rid of cravings so that you can slim down and finally feel in control around food?

To get personalized guidance from me, plus support and accountability in a small group... apply here to join the 90-day program, Freedom from Cravings Formula 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.

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This is part 2 of my chat with best-selling author Steven Gundry MD.

Listen to Part 1 of our chat here.

2500 years ago, Hippocrates said: "All disease begins in the gut".

In this episode, Dr. Gundry and I talk about which foods feed the good bacteria and improve your gut health...

and which foods feed your cravings!

You may not know a lot about fermented (probiotic) foods and drinks, because they aren't very popular in North America. 

Or you may consume them, but you don't know how to make them yourself. I've been making drinks like kombucha and kefir, and foods such as yogurt, sauerkraut and kimchi for 10 years!

And Dr. Gundry explains why it's a good idea to cut sugar and eat more probiotics, prebiotics, and postbiotics - foods, not supplements!

Find Dr. Steven Gundry's books here.

Need guidance and support to get rid of cravings so that you can slim down and finally feel in control around food?

To get personalized guidance from me, plus support and accountability in a small group... apply here to join the 90-day program, Freedom from Cravings Formula 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.

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Steven Gundry, MD is a cardiothoracic surgeon and bestselling author of "The Plant Paradox" as well as his most recent book, "The Gut-Brain Paradox".

In this episode, we talk about gut health, a subject that is close to my heart (no pun intended!).

And guess what substance is terrible for gut health?

Yes - sugar!

 Dr. Gundry and I have so much to talk about that I made two podcast episodes with him. This is Part 1 of our chat. Part 2 will be in the next episode.

Find Dr. Steven Gundry's books here.

Need guidance and support to get rid of cravings so that you can slim down and finally feel in control around food?

To get personalized guidance from me, plus support and accountability in a small group... apply here to join the 90-day program, Freedom from Cravings Formula 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.

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If you're a layperson like me (that is, not a health professional or a nutrition expert), then you may not know what "insulin resistance" is.

I certainly didn't.

It was only when I stopped eating sugar in my mid-40s, and experienced the amazing benefits of being sugar-free, that I started reading up on what insulin does.

And after that, I read about how insulin resistance affects your body and your health.

In fact, insulin resistance is linked to a whole host of health issues, from obesity and diabetes to high blood pressure, dementia, arthritis, inflammation and heart disease.

How do you know if you're insulin resistant? Listen to find out!

To get personalized guidance from me, plus support and accountability in a small group... apply here to join the 90-day program, Freedom from Cravings Formula 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.

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Back in her 20s, Colleen was suffering from chronic exhaustion, pain, and bloating. She was unable to function and she was sleeping all the time.

Despite taking a cocktail of medications, nothing seemed to work.

Then Colleen discovered  functional nutrition, and she tried something she had never tried before.

She overhauled her diet, including cutting gluten and sugar.

And to her amazement, after just two weeks, her chronic symptoms faded, she came off nearly all medications, and for the first time in years, she had the energy to truly live.

Listen to Colleen's inspiring story of how cutting gluten and sugar transformed her health - and her life!

Find Colleen here.

Need guidance and support to get rid of cravings so that you can slim down and finally feel in control around food?

To get personalized guidance from me, plus support and accountability in a small group... apply here to join the 90-day program, Freedom from Cravings Formula 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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Martin grew up post World War II in the Czech Republic in central Europe, in a small village.

He says that his family was poor, but they ate all kinds of organic foods, as well as hunted food, like pheasants and hares.

Then Martin left the Czech Republic as a refugee and arrived in British Columbia, Canada. He ended up with a job with health insurance and dental coverage.

And pretty soon, he had 12 silver fillings.

That's when his health issues started.

In this episode, Martin tells about how he decided to switch from management consulting to studying the human body, and how the mercury from the fillings was affecting him.

He also explains what drives how you gain weight and lose weight, as well as your food cravings.

In fact, he says that those things are predictable based on genetics.

Need guidance and support to get rid of cravings so that you can slim down and finally feel in control around food?

To get personalized guidance from me, plus support and accountability in a small group... apply here to join the 90-day program, Freedom from Cravings Formula 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.

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Hi! It's me, Netta. And I have to tell you that all my life I was a real sweet tooth.

People made desserts just for me, and my whole identity was wrapped up in my love for sweet foods, desserts, chocolate, ice cream, whatever. 

Chocolate was my best friend.

And I also always had snacks on hand. Hidden in my drawer at work. Hidden away in my car. I used to always carry around snacks with me just in case I got hungry.

So back in 2015, when I got some life-changing advice to cut down or even cut out sugar, well... that seemed completely crazy to me! 

And I said no. No. No. No. No way.

So what changed?

Listen to this episode to hear how and why I ended up trying something that that I'd never tried before and that seemed crazy... and what I did that made living sugar free so much easier.

Need guidance and support to get rid of cravings so that you can slim down and finally feel in control around food?

To get personalized guidance from me, plus support and accountability in a small group... apply here to join the 90-day program, Freedom from Cravings Formula 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.

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Cindy started swimming competitively when she was 10 years old. She didn't really think about what she was eating because she was just swimming so much.

So she ate whatever was presented to her.

But when she hit puberty, she became more muscular. Plus she had a swim coach who made her do weigh-ins and fat analysis.

That's when Cindy started comparing her body to others and tracking calories.

And very soon, she started labeling foods as "good" and "bad", but she didn't know any different because that's what everybody else was doing.

Cindy struggled with dieting restriction, and this type of restricted eating led her to experience body dysmorphia, and she started to dislike her body.

Listen to Cindy's inspiring story of how she went from disordered eating and hating her body to  intuitive eating and having a better relationship with food... and with herself.

Find Cindy here.

Need guidance and support to get rid of cravings so that you can slim down and finally feel in control around food?

To get personalized guidance from me, plus support and accountability in a small group... apply here to join the 90-day program, Freedom from Cravings Formula 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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My expert guest this week is Dr. Bob Rakowski who is a seasoned functional medicine practitioner with over three decades of experience. 

In this episode, Dr. Bob describes how as a teen growing up in the USA, he lived on milkshakes, cheeseburgers, french fries, and Mountain Dew. Tons of sugar!

By the time he graduated high school, he was overweight and lacked energy. 

When Bob was just 18, he had an epiphany: he decided that for one week, he'd eat healthy. For him, it was a simple decision, an experiment that turned out really well.

And the results he experienced when he replaced fast foods with real whole foods led him to study chiropractic, kinesiology, acupuncture, clinical nutrition, and functional medicine.

For Dr. Bob, nutrition is the foundation of life. And sugar can disrupt everything.

Listen to find out why Dr. Bob says that "sugar's instant pleasure, but long term pain."

Find Dr. Bob here.

Need guidance and support to get rid of cravings so that you can slim down and finally feel in control around food?

To get personalized guidance from me, plus support and accountability in a small group... apply here to join the 90-day program, Freedom from Cravings Formula 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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What does it feel like to live sugar free?

Every individual has a different answer. 

And in this episode, Freedom from Cravings Formula graduate Noreen shares how she feels one year after signing up for the program.

 The question is: How will YOU feel?

Need guidance and support to get rid of cravings so that you can slim down and finally feel in control around food?

To get personalized guidance from me, plus support and accountability in a small group... apply here to join the 90-day program, Freedom from Cravings Formula 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 ...