A Helpful Guide to Beating Sugar Addiction

By now we all know that sugar addiction is a major health challenge for Americans (we each consume an average of 140 pounds of sugar and white flour every year), and from personal experience many of us know that going cold turkey usually doesn’t work. Nothing feels worse than when you’ve been “good” for an extended period of time, and then wake up in the middle of the night only to devour a big box of cookies!! Now there’s a new book, The Complete Guide to Beating Sugar Addiction, by Jacob Teitelbaum, MD, that looks into some of the underlying causes of our addiction. He also offers up his insight on how to help curb our appetite for this often debilitating substance. Intrigued? So were we, so we asked Dr. Teitelbaum to highlight his top eight tips to beat sugar addiction.

* Remember – pleasure is good! The key is to enjoy your sugar, rather than to simply feed addictive cravings. And if you’re looking for a blood-sugar-regulating supplement, then check out https://observer.com/2021/03/blood-sugar-blaster-reviews-2021-everything-to-know-before-buying/.

* Chocolate is a health food. But it is not low-calorie. Go for quality, not quantity.
If you just try to stop sugar without addressing the underlying cause, you are likely to be very unpleasant to be around and to fail.

* If you are fatigued, instead of reaching for sugar as an energy loan shark, create healthy energy. Begin your morning with a combination of the Energy Revitalization System vitamin powder and a 5-gram scoop of ribose. Our research showed that ribose increases energy an average of 61% after three weeks, and this simple drink will turbocharge your healthy energy.

* Get irritable when hungry? This suggests that fatigue of your adrenal “stress handler” gland is driving the sugar cravings. Increase your salt and proteins intake, and drink a cup of licorice tea each morning. A product called Adrenal Stress End is also very helpful.

* Have chronic sinusitis or irritable bowel syndrome? You may have Candida/yeast overgrowth driving the sugar cravings. Treating the Candida, and taking a good probiotic can be very helpful for all of this.

* In your 40s or 50s with anxiety and depression? These may be caused by estrogen or testosterone deficiency, and bioidentical hormones can be very helpful.

* Stevia can be an excellent sugar substitute for those who like the taste. Brand matters. Use one that is filtered such as Body Ecology or Stevita. TrueVia and Purvia are also excellent natural sweeteners.