Is This the Biggest Sugar Addiction Mistake? by Joan Kent, PhD

My biggest mistake with sugar was actually 3 mistakes. Are you making them, too?

 

My Mindset Mistake

 

I resisted the idea of having to give up sugar. I knew I was addicted to it but was sure I wouldn’t have to quit.

 

My Attitude Mistake

 

To avoid quitting, I started looking for loopholes. No one ever looked harder for a sugar loophole than I did, so you can believe me:  there isn’t one. But I couldn’t face it back then! I kept searching.

 

My Behavior Mistake

 

The first 2 mistakes led to this one:  I used Sneaky Sugars.

 

A new and popular item at that time was “all fruit” jelly. As if that wouldn’t have an addictive effect on me. Right. I used to eat it by the jarful.

 

Another was an artificially sweetened, ice-cream-like dessert that had me at “hello.”  I was hooked on the first spoonful.

 

Yikes.

 

Many trending sugars are available now, showing how sneaky the food industry can be. Some familiar entries are out there, too:  agave, coconut sugar, maple syrup, honey. And Organic Sugar. Sure, that won’t affect the brain; it’s organic. Yeah.

 

If I Started Over, What Would I Change?

 

I’d be more Zen about sugar:  No attachments. No aversions.

 

I’d accept that my addiction meant needing to give up sugar – and give it up much sooner.

I have never regretted quitting sugar, but do regret the time I wasted – and the frustrations I caused myself – by not facing my addiction to it once and for all. No one knew this stuff back then.

 

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Brought to you by Dr. Joan Kent, best-selling author of Stronger Than Sugar:  7 Simple Steps to Defeat Sugar Addiction, Lift Your Mood, and Transform Your Health.