The Nutrition Message Nobody Wants to Hear by Joan Kent, PhD

I won’t keep you in suspense. The message is about sugar.

Sure, you’re thinking everyone knows sugar’s bad. That does seem to be true. But not everyone stays away from it, and that’s a problem. Or at least a problem waiting to happen.

 

When I was training to be a life coach, one of our coaches was 40 to 50 pounds overweight. When she said, “I’m addicted to sugar, but I’m okay with it,” it was clear she didn’t connect sugar with either her weight or her health problems.

 

Cravings that Never Go Away

I see newsletter articles on sugar cravings that “never seem to go away.” The authors present themselves as nutrition experts. Their solution? They recommend products — which they sell — that taste like chocolate and take away sugar cravings.

 

Well, of course they do. They’re sugar. Sugar makes a sugar craving go away. For a while.

 

Apparently, whatever these experts are doing with their daily food plans doesn’t help with food cravings long-term.

 

Fact: Sugar cravings absolutely DO go away over time — potentially permanently. It’s a red flag for me when a nutrition ‘expert’ doesn’t know how to make that happen. How can that so-called expert help a client?

 

Falling for Sneaky, Sexy Sugars

 

It’s a fairly long list: agave, coconut sugar, maple syrup, fruit juice, honey, monk fruit extracts, date paste, and more.

 

It’s no surprise if someone who uses these sneaky sugars is addicted to them or has cravings that never go away completely. After all, they’re sugar. They’re addictive, and they cause cravings.

 

I’m on lots of mailing lists and receive many menus for Paleo desserts that use the above sneaky sugars. They’re delicious, we’re told.

 

My wisdom is simple: “Delicious” is suspicious.

 

And sugar is sugar. Maybe not what anyone wants to hear, but it’s true.

 

For info on sugar, what it does to body and brain, how to avoid it, how to quit, just visit LastResortNutrition.com and request your Help Me Control Sugar consult. Discover how a few simple tweaks can change your entire relationship with sugar and make you feel great.

Brought to you by Dr. Joan Kent, best-selling author of Stronger Than Sugar.