Admitting I was a sugar addict took me some time to admit.
But the more I learned about brain health and saw this statement show up, the more I accepted how I was addicted to sugar and didn’t even realize it. The more I learned, the more I found it in pretty much everything I was eating. “Healthy” or not.
From “healthy juice” and whole grain cereal with skim milk to the massive amounts of carbohydrates “you’re supposed to consume for energy” as an athlete and the fast-food, soda and sports drinks, ice cream treats from sonic and MC Donald’s, microwaveable meals, frozen foods, etc. it was in everything!
Once I cut the sugar out completely, and all the sugar laden processed carbs, the better I started to feel and think, the more positive changes to the way I thought and dealt with stress appeared, and the excesses fat I was carrying around effortlessly melted away.
The best change I noticed was how the headaches left, the mental clarity improvements, the digestive improvement, and the mid-day energy crash leading to cravings in the evening were no longer a daily thing and sustained energy on less volume of food was my new reality.
There’s more context to this equation than just eliminating sugar, like adding in healthy fats (especially first thing in the morning) and eliminating the excessive drinking I was doing that I didn’t know I was subconsciously addicted to because it relieved the pressure from my brain that was causing the headaches due to the unknown brian tumor & so much more.
Personally, the carbs/sugars I consume are from berries, above and below ground veggies (sweet potatoes, carrots, broccoli, asparagus, lettuce, cucumber, zucchini, and cabbage are my favorites), nuts/seeds, and raw honey from time to time.
Bottom line, processed sugar &a Foods has no place in human diets. This doesn’t mean once you clean up your nutrition that things like wild, organic and local berries, raw local honey, veggies, below ground veggies, and other local fruit don’t belong, because they can. It’s all a matter of their origin, your goals, and how YOU react to them. 💚✌️
-Josh P.