Help with Sugar Addiction

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I am generally a very healthy person, no meat for over 30 years,

don't drink or smoke, etc., but I have a big problem with sugar.

I crave sweets as soon as I finish a meal. I have allowed myself

to splurge through the holidays, but now that they're over I need

to " get down to business " and stop eating sugar.

Are there any herbs that might make this process easier and help

get rid of the cravings?

Any other advice on tackling this project would be most appreciated.

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Oh how I remember a stage like that. I tried drinking some herbal peppermint tea and put stevia in it to trick my body into getting something sweet, that finally worked real well for me. Ginacsonsini1 <csonsini wrote: I am generally a very healthy person, no meat for over 30 years,don't drink or smoke, etc., but I have a big problem with sugar.I crave sweets as soon as I finish a meal. I have allowed myselfto splurge through the holidays, but now that they're over I needto "get down to business" and stop eating sugar.Are there any herbs that might make this process easier and helpget rid of the cravings?Any other advice on tackling this project would be most appreciated.

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I don't have advice, but to let you know, I suffer from the same addiction. I just put some chocolate in my mouth before I sat down to the computer. I'm also very interested in any ideas people have. Paulacsonsini1 <csonsini wrote: I am generally a very healthy person, no meat for over 30 years,don't drink or smoke, etc., but I have a big problem with sugar.I crave sweets as soon as I finish a meal. I have allowed myselfto splurge through the holidays, but now that they're over I needto "get down to business" and stop eating sugar.Are there any herbs that might make this process easier and helpget rid of the cravings?Any other advice on tackling this project would be most appreciated.Federal Law requires that we warn you of the following: 1. Natural methods can sometimes backfire. 2. If you are pregnant, consult your physician before using any natural remedy. 3. The Constitution guarantees you the right to be your own physician and toprescribe for your own health. We are not medical doctors although MDs are welcome to post here as long as they behave themselves. Any opinions put forth by the list members are exactly that, and any person following the advice of anyone posting here does so at their own risk. It is up to you to educate yourself. By accepting advice or products from list members, you are agreeing to be fully responsible for your own health, and hold the List Owner and members free of any liability. Dr. Ian ShillingtonDoctor of NaturopathyDr.IanShillington

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I suffer from the same addiction. I just put some chocolate in my mouth before I sat down to the computer. I'm also very interested in any ideas people have.

 

 

My advice is cold turkey. I have a terrible sugar addiction. I haven't had a drop of sugar or any type of sugar substitute (honey etc) since the beginning of September. The only sweet thing I eat is fresh organic fruit and not even much of that. Once I start with sweets, I can't stop. I can't eat one or 2 cookies, one dish of ice cream, one piece of candy. It just went on and on and it was totally out of hand. I ate no junk food at all (nope...not even one little cooky!) over the Christmas holidays and it wasn't too hard to resist because I stopped all sweets in Sept. so I got a momentum rolling. I'm not one of those people who can eat a little bit of sugar and then stop. So cold turkey was the only way for me to go.

 

Gloria

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I am so glad you and others admit. Makes me feel somewhat normal. GinaMorningGlory113 wrote: I suffer from the same addiction. I just put some chocolate in my mouth before I sat down to the computer. I'm also very interested in any ideas people have. My advice is cold turkey. I have a terrible sugar addiction. I haven't had a drop of sugar or any type of sugar substitute (honey etc) since the beginning of September. The only sweet thing I eat is fresh organic fruit and not even much of that. Once I start with sweets, I can't stop. I can't eat one or 2 cookies, one dish of ice cream, one piece of candy. It just went on and on and it was totally out of hand. I ate no junk food at all

(nope...not even one little cooky!) over the Christmas holidays and it wasn't too hard to resist because I stopped all sweets in Sept. so I got a momentum rolling. I'm not one of those people who can eat a little bit of sugar and then stop. So cold turkey was the only way for me to go.Gloria

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so since you did this? do you feel differently? Other than you stopped the

cravings? Have you noticed any other good symptoms?

thanks..Judith

 

 

>I suffer from the same addiction. I just put some chocolate in my mouth

> before I sat down to the computer. I'm also very interested in any ideas

> people

> have.

>

>

> My advice is cold turkey. I have a terrible sugar addiction. I haven't had

> a

> drop of sugar or any type of sugar substitute (honey etc) since the

> beginning

> of September. The only sweet thing I eat is fresh organic fruit and not

> even

> much of that. Once I start with sweets, I can't stop. I can't eat one or 2

> cookies, one dish of ice cream, one piece of candy. It just went on and on

> and it

> was totally out of hand. I ate no junk food at all (nope...not even one

> little

> cooky!) over the Christmas holidays and it wasn't too hard to resist

> because

> I stopped all sweets in Sept. so I got a momentum rolling. I'm not one of

> those people who can eat a little bit of sugar and then stop. So cold

> turkey was

> the only way for me to go.

>

> Gloria

>

>

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so since you did this? do you feel differently? Other than you stopped the

cravings? Have you noticed any other good symptoms?

 

Absolutely. I no longer wake up in the middle of the night (and can't get back to sleep). I have chronic teeth and gum problems and they have lessened significantly since I stopped eating sweets. My immune system works much much better and I haven't got a cold, sore throat or anything like that since I stopped sugar (I ALWAYS got a major cold at Christmas. It was like clockwork). I have more energy (no mid day slumps), can think more clearly, and just feel better all over. When I look at sugar laden food I ask myself if I really want to drag through the rest of the day (and usually the next day)? do I want my gum problems to flare up? The answer is "no" and I just pass and walk away. I have done some mind tricks so that I don't feel deprived. I just tell myself that I "used to eat that stuff, but don't anymore". So it isn't like a diet. I actually have turned it into a way of life where junk food and sugar are something I no longer eat, period. I guess it's like an alcoholic who stops drinking and can't have one once in awhile etc. I can't play around with my sugar addiction. I either eat it or I don't. I can't do that "I'll cheat and have just one bite" type of thing. I'll be right back on it.

 

Gloria

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I am so glad you and others admit. Makes me feel somewhat normal.

 

Society doesn't face up to the widespread existence of full blown sugar addiction. Many people go on diets after Christmas and don't realize that they are playing games with a serious substance addiction that they can't control. Whenever I hear someone say "I really have to stop eating sugar.... or stop drinking or smoking" etc. they are usually dealing with addiction. People who aren't addicted don't make a big deal out of it. They just cut back or stop and have no problem resisting temptation. I can have a half a glass of wine in January and maybe have another in Oct. I have no addiction to alcohol and can drink it or not. It's no big deal. I DO have an addiction to sugar and I know it. Cutting it out WAS a big deal and that's a red flag right there.

 

Gloria

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I agree with all of what you have to say, except the quitting cold turkey, is hard and dangerous.

You have to feed your body good food, and keep a journal and eat 3 meals a day. Get enough protein and complex carbs, and vegs.. One of the biggest things for me was eating 3 meals a day, so that my body didn't crave the sugar, and keeping a journal of how I felt after I ate, helped me learn about my body, and what set off cravings. Because Being the sugar sensitive person that I am, I have learned the more sugar and white things I ate, the more cravings I had, When I first started this program, I read, Kathleen's first book and the first thing in it ask me to answer a question, and it was: If I went out to eat dinner and had a 7 course meal and was really full, so I thought, And I came home and there was a dish of chocolate chip cookies on the counter, what would I do? Of course I would have ate them all. That is how I knew that I was a so called sugar sensitive person. That eating sugar primed me to eat more and more, hungry or not. Now I know when I am hungry and eat.

Sugar hits the same receptors in your brain as hard drugs, and we feed our children more and more all the time..

I thank God my sugar cravings are gone, but it took work and working Katheen's program, made me realize that I wasn't broken, and different. I always knew something was different about me, and when I found out there wasn't something broken in me I just have to eat different. Take it slow and learn about my body.... It was well worth the journey..... Into radiance...........

I also loved wine and could have been an alcoholic, all of the need for that was taken away with this program, that is one reason she started it, and has have amazing results is curing alcoholics.....

Sherry

 

herbal remedies [herbal remedies ]On Behalf Of MorningGlory113Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 5:58 PMherbal remedies Subject: Re: Herbal Remedies - Help with Sugar Addiction

so since you did this? do you feel differently? Other than you stopped the cravings? Have you noticed any other good symptoms?Absolutely. I no longer wake up in the middle of the night (and can't get back to sleep). I have chronic teeth and gum problems and they have lessened significantly since I stopped eating sweets. My immune system works much much better and I haven't got a cold, sore throat or anything like that since I stopped sugar (I ALWAYS got a major cold at Christmas. It was like clockwork). I have more energy (no mid day slumps), can think more clearly, and just feel better all over. When I look at sugar laden food I ask myself if I really want to drag through the rest of the day (and usually the next day)? do I want my gum problems to flare up? The answer is "no" and I just pass and walk away. I have done some mind tricks so that I don't feel deprived. I just tell myself that I "used to eat that stuff, but don't anymore". So it isn't like a diet. I actually have turned it into a way of life where junk food and sugar are something I no longer eat, period. I guess it's like an alcoholic who stops drinking and can't have one once in awhile etc. I can't play around with my sugar addiction. I either eat it or I don't. I can't do that "I'll cheat and have just one bite" type of thing. I'll be right back on it.Gloria

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Dear Gloria,

 

I admire your will power, or in this case your "won't" power.

 

A good herb to help with handling sugar cravings is Astragalus. It is well known for contributing to balancing blood sugar levels. This is one of the reasons, I have it in the Total Nutrition Formula.

 

In Health and Love,

 

Doc

 

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MorningGlory113

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Saturday, December 31, 2005 10:03 AM

Re: Herbal Remedies - Help with Sugar Addiction

I suffer from the same addiction. I just put some chocolate in my mouth before I sat down to the computer. I'm also very interested in any ideas people have.

My advice is cold turkey. I have a terrible sugar addiction. I haven't had a drop of sugar or any type of sugar substitute (honey etc) since the beginning of September. The only sweet thing I eat is fresh organic fruit and not even much of that. Once I start with sweets, I can't stop. I can't eat one or 2 cookies, one dish of ice cream, one piece of candy. It just went on and on and it was totally out of hand. I ate no junk food at all (nope...not even one little cooky!) over the Christmas holidays and it wasn't too hard to resist because I stopped all sweets in Sept. so I got a momentum rolling. I'm not one of those people who can eat a little bit of sugar and then stop. So cold turkey was the only way for me to go.Gloria

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I admire your will power, or in this case your "won't" power.

 

Thanks, Doc, although I found that once I made it through the first month sugar-free the temptation to eat it lessened. In the beginning I also kept away from all fruit...anything sweet that might stimulate my sweet tooth. By the time the Christmas holidays came around, I could honestly take it or leave it. I chose to leave it ;-). Now it's been 4 months without a drop of the stuff.

 

Gloria

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My heart pounded and everyone thought I was going to die...so did I.

 

I know what you mean, Megan. Just the thought of eating sugar now scares me. I'd be bouncing off the walls and then crash and may never get up again. Today was my birthday and at work they always bake a birthday cake for the employee with the birthday. They didn't have one for me!! I asked " Where's my birthday cake"? and they replied that they didn't make me one because they knew I wouldn't eat it. LOL! Oh, well...one less temptation I didn't have to deal with.;-)

 

Gloria

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WAY TO GO, GLORIA!!! I quit sugar years ago. Now, I do not like anything sweet, except for honey. I went to a party and someone kept insisting on me having a chocolate, I took the choclate and went white as a sheet and almost slid out of my chair. My heart pounded and everyone thought I was going to die...so did I. Keep up the good work. MeganMorningGlory113 wrote: I admire your will power, or in this

case your "won't" power.Thanks, Doc, although I found that once I made it through the first month sugar-free the temptation to eat it lessened. In the beginning I also kept away from all fruit...anything sweet that might stimulate my sweet tooth. By the time the Christmas holidays came around, I could honestly take it or leave it. I chose to leave it ;-). Now it's been 4 months without a drop of the stuff.Gloria

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herbal remedies , MorningGlory113@a... wrote:

>

> I asked " Where's my

> birthday cake " ? and they replied that they didn't make me one

because they knew I

> wouldn't eat it. LOL! Oh, well...one less temptation I didn't have

to deal

> with.;-)

 

Good story!:-) At my old job, my boss was diabetic, and so one year

for his " birthday cake " we made a big sort of fruit salad pyramid

thing, very colorful and pretty, and stuck a bunch of those long

skinny birthday candles in it. It was beautiful and festive and MUCH

better for all of us than some aspartame-laden ice cream cake thing

would have been.

 

peace,

Jennifer