When your tastebuds reset, sweet potatoes and strawberries start tasting like actual candy. Bananas taste like pudding. Apples taste like they're covered in sugar or caramel. It's insane and really satisfying.
I am 70. I gave up smoking in my 30’s and alcohol in my 50’s. By far the hardest thing I have found to give up is sugar. I still get cravings. It is a work in progress. 🙂
Wow, that’s really saying something, it’s a real addition alright. It’s going to be hard but I’m on board, no more sugar for me. Pain and inflammation is directing me to go cold turkey on sugar. Congratulations on giving up smoking, alcohol and now giving up sugar, your 💪
i quit sugar cold turkey early last year. it was hard working in a restaurant but i pulled it off for maybe a good month or 2 until i fell for a single chocolate chip cookie and it's been downhill ever since. was the best ive felt in my entire life, physically, emotionally, mentally. i decided for new years i'd try again and i'm officially a week in, wish me luck!
I successfully quit it last year and now again I’m back in this addiction. I am currently on day 3 of now sugar. It’s going well for now. U guys got this ❤
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I found that quitting sugar was harder than quitting smoking. I was only successful with both by going cold turkey. Once I have any sugar I crave it something fierce and can't stop eating. Cutting out all processed foods, sugar, and doing intermittent fasting has worked very well for me.
I did fine stopping sugar on my weight loss diet. Then the holidays would come and just eating one sugary item triggered the addiction again. So staying away from it altogether is best.
@@MF-ty2zn1omg yes. I've been reducing my sugar intake, and at one point I basically was only consuming sugar in my morning coffee, but I gave in to a candy bar and it almost unraveled all my work. Suddenly I was wanting junk food again.
its my 3rd day of quiting cold turkey, after i watched this video, i got tempted to grab a cookie because he advised not to quit cold turkey!i saw ur comment and i got encouraged to keep at it, must resist by all means! am experiencing fatigue and brain fog. abit of depression and anxiety too. we shall overcome.
I am 67 years old and let me tell you it can be done. I would not say I went cold turkey, but I would say my sugar consumption was drastically decreased almost immediately. I did it because my blood sugar was creeping up every year and I did not want to become full on diabetic. I did not get the horrible cravings that I was prepared for, but I believe that had more to do with the fact that I cleaned up the rest of the diet at the same time. Lots of veggies and low sugar fruit, healthy fats like avocadoes and a few grains like brown rice and quinoa, and some organic chicken and wild caught fish. Whenever I got a craving I opted for a cup of green tea. Sugar for some of us is comfort and a cup of tea is a nice sub. I also started walking 6 days a week. This really seemed to help my body detox without the negative aspects of trying to quit sugar that I had experienced in the past. Now if I eat any type of sugar, it is just gross.
A nice feeling when our doc says we don't need to take statins anymore, I don't like sugar in tea now but have no trouble downing junk but rarely do knowing the consequences
I'm a bit younger and going through some challenges now, just started a new job with lots of free food all day, they say be social and eat with the team, then there's the stress, I can't do much cardio as my ankle is bad, so it's not easy
So smart... substituting a comfort item instead of a lower sugar item! You are right...I am more satisfied when the food brings me comfort even if there's no sugar! I can't wait to pay more attention to that as I go on changing my diet...thanks! (I'm 62)
@@jethrox827 I know. I went to a networking event and afterwards everyone decided to go to a local ice cream shop to get some together. I decided not to go because I'd be the only one sitting there not eating, and it definitely caused them to view me as the odd man out.
How I quit sugar? Started caretaking for my mom who has dementia. Seeing what she eats everyday was mind blowing . All sugar and carbs. It made me sick to my stomach . Went ketovore , lost 45 lbs, feel absolutely amazing, clear headed, Bp is perfect at 64 years of age, no inflammation and fingers crossed, will not develop dementia!❤
Yes! Sugar is associated with inflammation of course and dementia! It also lowers your immune system for a few hours after you consume it! As an aside, my Mother had Alzheimer's. Towards the end all she wanted to eat was ice cream or pudding etc. I learned that as the brain shuts down, your lose your ability to taste salt, then sour, etc until all that's left is your ability to taste sweets and that's why so many people with Alzheimers only want sweet things. My father had just "run of the mill" dementia and he mostly wanted sweets too. But, that was mostly because his life had so few pleasures and he was kind of like a 10 year old. He wanted his dessert, damnit! His last year of life, as his health declined, we didn't deny him. Why take away his only pleasurable thing?
Yes, you're correct, there seems to be a link between sugar consumption and dementia. My mom had dementia also, and her diet was mainly sweets and processed food. Unbelievable how much sugary food she consumed daily.
Have you introduced your ketovore diet to your mom? There's so much information out there on how bad foods are that we eat. For some reason I keep reading comments that people think fruits and vegetables are the healthiest thing for a human to eat and they are not. Sugar is sugar is sugar and carbs aren't good either.
Advice from a doctor who CLEARLY has never been addicted to sugar. I quit sugar a number of years ago - the addiction was ruling my life. Best advice I can give is: keep lots of your favourite (unsweetened, ie NO sugar) protein handy. Every time you crave sugar 1. drink some plain water 2. then eat as much of protein as you want. The first 3 days are the worst. The absolute worst. When you make it through that, your cravings will diminish. Do NOT drink alcohol or put yourself in situations that will tempt you to eat sugar or simple carbohydrates for at least 1 week. Obviously the longer you can manage this, the better. YOU CAN DO IT❤
For me, I noticed that if I dont have enough protein, I crave sugar so bad, but when I started to incorporate more protein, I dont crave sugar nearly as much.
I’m not really a “sweets” person, so I assumed quitting sugar would be easy. But I was shocked to find that sugar is added in many savory packaged foods! This journey has encouraged me to prepare my own meals and keep things simple - which is great for the budget as well
I quit sugar and refined carbs like white flour. I kept ginger chews and black licorice for the first two weeks because they are self limiting, then stopped them also. My juice is now only vegetable juice. I found fruit smoothies spiked my insulin to 139 by themselves so am now only having them occasionally and cut out the bananas. I also got a smart kitchen scale that shows me the carbs and sugars in food. I have a friend who lives in a nursing home. I calculated all the added sugars the nursing home was giving him and it was 100 grams per day. A lot of it came from so called nutritional drinks like Boost with 22 grams in a single serving. But also the morning donuts and pastries. Laws should be passed to protect the elderly in nursing homes from excessive sugar. It is a much cheaper alternative for them than providing nutritious meals and snacks.
There should be a study on the effects of foods on nursing home and skilled nursing facility residents. I just recall certain foods made residence sick. If a bunch of residence are having tummy troubles, check the menu. Dairy? Spaghetti?
I Volunteer at a nursing home and when playing bingo, they give them Hershey's kisses for every bingo and until they get a black out so they're getting a lot of candy
It’s actually evil how much sugar companies can pump into food and then market it to children with bright colors and cartoon mascots to get everyone addicted while they are young. This needs to stop.
If you CAN get over the sugar addiction, you won’t need the new weight loss drug. If you can’t, you’ll need to be on the drug for life. I, for one, don’t want to be one of the old folks taking multiple drugs multiple times a day. I’m doing it. I’m 70 and off all prescription meds. I feel GREAT!
I get this feeling this 'doctor' is trying to sell this drug pill ... lol as he didn't even say alternative ways to quit sugar ..also no mention on if this pill has side effects...
@@littlelamb6804 Yay! Good for you too! It can be done and I’m so sad for my friends who are taking handfuls of drugs every day and still going downhill fast. :(
I was pre diabetic last year. Now I only have sugar on the weekends and holidays. This has helped me so much. I only drink water during the week and eat pretty clean. It was hard at first but happy I did it
Had a sweet potato today that tasted like candy. Once you stop eating tons of processed foods every day, you realize that whole foods are pretty great and processed foods can even seem gross sometimes.
I have quit sugar in the last two months and have lost 30 pounds. It has not been easy because nearly everything you buy has some form of sugar added. My latest example is I purchased sliced roast beef from Costco. Ingredients: beef, water, sugar and corn syrup.
To summurise the steps: 1. Awareness of sugar quantity in products 2. Awareness of the bad effects of the sugar 3. Reduce gradually the sugar to avoid backfiring, and start with avoiding liquid sugar 4. Satisfying sugar craving with fresh fruits 5. Distract yourself with something else when sugar craving come, like sleep, exercising, stress reduction, having healthy meal, drinking water. 6. Being patient and persistent. It needs 2-3 weeks for good result.
I find myself reading every label on everything I consume. My blood sugar was 500- almost 700😢 In cutting sugar and doing healthy things I'm down in the 300s and going down. Thank you for the helpful information...I appreciate you!🙏🏼🤗
8 weeks ago I went cold turkey on sugar. While filling Easter eggs I actually shook and broke out in a sweat. Ate one skittle and it was a hit. That was all I ate. Made me go through withdrawal again.
I went to Europe last week and I was surprised at how it seemed like the chocolate over there (including M&Ms)seemed more “real” and less habit-forming!!! It was an eye opener for me. Makes me feel more sure that many U.S. companies are deliberately making sweets terribly habit-forming.
@@rameau1124 Same in UK. "Chocolate" (flavoured candy) is typically 30-45% cocoa and 50% sugar. Real chocolate has >70% cocoa, hence, less sugar, and has real cocoa butter, not vegetable fat.
Norway had their own brand og M&Ms called "M" that were just natual chocolate colored in a little candy bag like M&Ms were the 70's, but now the producer of M&Ms in the USA bought out the Norwegian producer, and now the M&,Ms here are bright artificial colors and the packaging is twice as big! It is so sad to see people eating an entire "family" size alone. So sad what corporations will do to get more people hooked on sugar.
The tongue is the major receptor for sweetness. Instead of saturating the food with sugar, it’s better to add a bit of sugar to the outside of the food to satisfy the cravings. Most of the time the added bit of the sugar needed to satisfy the sweet tooth is a small fraction. To get the same satisfaction from process food, the entire food is dosed with sugar. Agree on liquid sugar, it is saturated so that every drop is “satisfying “ the sweet tooth. Similar thing with salt. A few grains on the outside of food is actually more satisfying than a food that is saturated with salt. Bottom line, avoid processed foods. Add it at the table instead during the cooking regardless if it is sweet or salt.
I am working on quitting sugar right now. I have finally come to understand (1) sugar is a drug and (2) I have a weakness for it and must avoid every single added sugar in the world. It helps that I now see it as drugs cos I avoid drugs at all costs. I can tell already I will feel 100% better without it. I will not be taking any drugs for this... I am also working on eating really good quality foods and balanced meals to help with the process.
I am so happy that I quit sugar years ago. Seriously, no candy , cake , donuts, pie, Captain Crunch.....nada. It is more repulsive to me at this point rather than a temptation.
I’ll share how I quit sugar. I contracted a cold virus in February 2017. Headache, cough, nasal congestion for a few days, including loss of sense of taste. Recovered in a week; however, my sense of taste returned in an odd way. I was unable to taste carbs, such as rice, potatoes, bread, sugar, chocolate, pasta, all baked goods. I literally was unable to taste refined white sugar. While at a restaurant, my son conducted a blind taste test using refined sugar, raw sugar, and those colored packets (pink, blue, yellow) of ‘sweeteners’. I was unable to taste most of them; however, the so-called sugar substitutes had a very chemical, almost poison, taste to them. I discovered the riper a banana was, the more of this ‘chemical’ taste I was picking up. Oddly, I could smell EVERYTHING. The only fruits that I could reliably taste were citrus and tart apples. I was able to taste ALL vegetables and meat, chicken, and most fish if I ate them without being slathered with sauces, or as part of a mixed dish. For instance, I can taste a grilled hamburger, but when placed on a bun, with lettuce, tomato, pickles, sauce, I’m unable to taste anything beyond the first bite. It’s as if my taste buds get saturated and confused. I can taste natural peanut butter, but I cannot taste peanut butter with added sugar or molasses added. Those zero-calorie and keto-friendly drinks/sodas taste as if someone poured acetone or ketone into them. I cannot taste chewing gum of any kind. I’ll go into a bakery with my husband just to inhale what is now just a memory. I’ll order a cinnamon donut twist simply to taste the cinnamon. I’m getting pretty good at knowing which bakeries skimp on the cinnamon, too. My doctor told me that this was most likely my ‘new reality’, and that it might improve over time. I’ve pretty much trained myself to just settle with the memory of what something once tasted like. I am unable to taste even the strongest mint flavor (Altoids, for example), although I know I have something mint-flavored in my mouth because of the sensation it creates in my sinus cavities. I walk into a bakery and smell EVERYTHING - pies, croissants, cookies, donuts - but cannot taste anything. I have discovered that if I toast bread, I can enjoy the toasted portions when covered with butter. I can taste bitter chocolate for a fleeting moment, and then it’s gone. Since 2017, my sense of smell has gotten stronger. When COVID came along, what sense of taste I was able to recover only got knocked back, although it never affected my sense of smell one bit. I’ve unintentionally lost weight because I eat mostly when I’m hungry, often because my blood sugar has dropped, sending me into a ‘jittery’, headache state. I also have to remind myself to eat because I realized I was losing muscle mass. The only true joy I get from food is the wonderful aromas while I’m preparing a meal. I’ve also discovered that any new recipe I try, I must follow the exact ingredients because I cannot reliably taste anything through the cooking procedure to alter the flavor along the way. It’s 6 years since I’ve entered my ‘new reality’ of taste, and although there are many, many things I cannot taste, I feel blessed for what I can taste. Happy that I can still smell everything, and that it helps to conjure up the memory of the taste of my favorite ice cream, pie, or chocolate mint candy.
I lost me sense of smell after a severe sinus infection (pre-covid). I still have lots of foods that just don't taste right...chocolate tastes burnt...guess that's one thing I don't have to worry about eating...lol
I'm so so sorry you have this as your new reality. I can taste but after a surgery my body can't tolerate more than 6 Gram of fat per meal or any saturated fat. I have a small window of food I can eat. Or I get extremely ill like stoke like symptoms. It's been 7 years now. I still don't understand how this can happen to our bodies it's not fun to eat or go places. Food is a big part of life. 😢
You might want to get a CAT scan of the head to rule out any polyps or tumors in the sinuses or the brain. I know someone experiencing dysgeusia (altered taste) "metallic" taste. A meningioma in the Cerebellum, 4.5 cm diameter was found pressing on part of her facial nerve. It took a diligent subspecialist to order a CAT scan of the sinuses after no pathology was seen by an endoscopic camera in the sinuses. The tumor was seen coincidentally in the scan. It needed to be removed.
I've been addicted to sugar in my tea for the past 5 years. I haven't completely quit all sugars but I have cut out all sugar in tea, I drink about 5 to 6 cups of tea a day, before I was adding 2 tablespoons to each cup. It's been over 2 weeks now and I feel an immense increase in energy!!!
I quit sugar cold turkey...and I will tell you that the cravings were worst at day 3...All I could think of was sweet things...cookies, brownies, etc. I have never been a soda drinker so that wasn't hard...but when you start to read labels, you realize that any kind of food that is processed at all has added sugar. I did find that Duke's Mayo was the only brand that didn't have added sugar (I used it to make my own salad dressings...because of added sugar). You can do it with determination. I also dehydrate fruit slices for snacks. They are great for when you have cravings.
Well, I quit "cold turkey." I became a fanatic about reading nutrition labels on foods, and found all the sources of sugar and eliminated them. I also quit all empty calories, like cheese, pasta, and starches like rice and potatoes, and anything made with flour. I built my eating around proteins and vegetables (which do contain small amounts of sugars, and vary depending on the vegetable.) with broccoli being the core vegetable. Just being hungry was worse than not having the sweets, I think. But I just immersed myself in playing computer games and watching RUclips videos for a few days to take my mind off food in general. I'm very happy and much healthier to not need sugar.
What's wrong with potatoes? In addition to vitamins and minerals, they contain resistant starch and antioxidants that regulate blood sugar and boost insulin sensitivity.
@@Don2006 I'm not going to go on the defensive for every food I gave up. That's what I did at the time, and I thought of potatoes more in the fast food context than making them at home as healthily as I can. I'm always open to tweaking my food intake.
I agree on most part, but potatoes have a lot of minerals and vitamins on the surface. They are not empty calories, but you can get more easier cravings with them. Therefore I implement them cautiously in my diet like diary to avoid nutrition deficits like many vegans. Of cause not processed potatoes.
I was just diagnosed with Diabetes had no clue , I had no symptoms I did routine blood work my glucose was 434 I turned 46 today . I had a bad case of Candida for last three months . This now explains why I can’t get rid of Candida it’s sticking around the because of all the sugar/ yeast . I am determined to reverse this !!! Started as soon as I left hospital I’m done with my affairs with Fruit juice , Soda , Sports drinks
Im three weeks into stopping cold turkey. You realise just how addictive sugar is when you completely cut it out. Its getting easier for me now and in fact, im quite enjoying seeking it out in ingredient lists to eliminate them.
I quit sugar about three years ago for four months. Then I fell off the wagon and was back on it. But during the time I found carrots to be sweet - shows how much were used to artificial and real sweeteners in our foods.
I had severe chronic insulin resistance for decades. I craved an insane amount of sugar. I would go nowhere without my chocolate etc. I first corrected my B12 deficiency and hmmm lesser sugar cravings. Then corrected magnesium deficiency..huge drop in sugar cravings. Started omega 3..sugar craving GONE.
I went cold turkey with added sugar on my journey from 89 to 66 kg. The near constant dull headaches that I was popping Ibuprofen for suddenly disappeared.
Great discussion. Thank you. I quit added sugar, salt and oils after following Dr. Esselstyn a few weeks ago and believe me it took a while. First I did plain plant based diet. I never was a soda drinker. Fruit is my go to for cravings. Salt is something I am still having an issue with craving.
My father, retired family physician and self-professed carb afficianado, got an early type-2 diabetes diagnosis last spring. He quit sugar cold turkey. His inspiration ? Envisioning how high up the leg they would make the amputation. 😳 He lost 30 pounds and has lowered his sugar count to normal, non diabetic level. I'm doing my best to follow his footsteps !
@Bigglesworth78....yay for you and your father. I'm currently prediabetic, and have given up sugar because I've watched my obese and diabetic relatives stubbornly refuse to even consider changing their way of eating....and they're all dead now. Your dad had a great idea, when I'm tempted by Sweets now I'll picture my dear aunt, the double amputee, and Just Say No. 😊
Whenever I eat sugar the best way to discontinue, is fasting (with coffee/tea/water) (it really helps with reset cravings) until I m hungry, and then eat (ketowise) meat/fish, and vegetables (but everything must be tasty!) and again some coffee/tea right after the meal.
I gave up sugar due to insulin resistance-PCOS a little over a year ago. I was so scared of the threat of the diabetes that I just quit cold turkey, and boy was the withdrawal phase hard! I spent about two weeks lying on the couch, constantly pukish, super hungry but unable to eat. I had started strong with the diet so at the beginning I cut competely all starches so also pasta, bread, rice, potatoes, etc. and it was so hard to taste the real taste of food, without 'starch dilution'. Now, after re-adjusting my insulin, I have gradually reintroduced only lower-carb, whole bread and pasta but still no rice and potatoes. Mental+physical health are absolutely not comparable to before. I do use stevia-erythrytol to make desserts but am categoric on no sugar. I think giving it up is one of the hardest things I've done in my life and I am so proud of the change I've managed to obtain!!
Eat two fried eggs with broccoli. The fiber helps curb sugar cravings and the protein helps you feel more full which helps us avoid craving sugar. Then you can eat watermelon, cherries, apples and wean off of them if you can or want to.
I'm glad you made a video on this topic. A lot of health problems nowadays are caused by too much sugar consumption. However, foods that have high sugar content are more accessible and sometimes, much cheaper compared to their healthy alternatives. It's a good thing that you pointed out about awareness on sugar addiction. I think this is really important because most people tend to take action once they become aware of something. Thank you for making this informative video. I do hope this will bring awareness to many and be able to change their diet and eating habits. God bless and more power to your channel.
As a busy mother of 3 now almost four on a tight budget, so much of my sugar consumption is simply from accessibility. Most carby and sugary foods are cheap and fast. When its already noon and I’m getting hangry, its easier to grab the bagel than wait until I can cook chicken breasts or an omelette
I'm a sugar and simple carb addict. I have to consciously shop while being mindful of not buying the things that perpetuate those bad behaviors. This works for me, and weight loss is a natural side effect to this.
It's important for people to change their diet when they take diet drugs, not take drugs so that they don't have to change their unhealthy high carb/sugar diet.
I'll tell you what worked for me years back I mix 1 tbl spoon of ACV in a glass of warm watter with a table spoon of raw honey. If I use any kind of sweetener it would be MONK FRUIT SWEETNER use it the same way as you do sugar. Real food with oatmeal
I am finding success in a 'handful of peanuts' is helpful to reduce that 1st hunger pang, and since it is low glycemic response, it satisfies that hunger burst and helps in reducing the sugar craving throughout the rest of day. Agree that knowledge is key here. Go slow, think before eat. Eat in an order: veggies 1st, meat 2nd, carbs 3rd, sugar 4th - you will naturally reduce your carbs and sugar.
My mom started mounjaro a few months ago, and pretty much instantly lost her taste for sugar. She tried some diet soda a few days ago and gaged because it was too sweet. Crazy how what you eat controls what you taste.
Recommending the weight loss drugs is a big red flag for me. I've heard of many negative side effects and I firmly believe the fewer drugs we ingest, the better off we'll be.
End goal is to eliminate all "processed" food. Sugar's high on the stack of the offenders. It's hard to draw a 100% clear line though. Are coffee grounds a processed food? Is Flour? How about a properly made cheese from a local farmer ? Best I've felt was on a healthy (near whole food) keto, while having sufficient sleep, doing some sports and keeping stress down. Funny thing is that each of these support / promote the other. Takes a good couple of weeks to get it all going properly, though... always a catch
Usually it's highly processed food that's really bad, not just processed. We've been processing our food for millenias. Avoid anything that's frozen, sugary drinks and snacks, and that's 80% of highly processed food right there.
I've eaten a lot of sweets all my life. I just finished reading Allen Carr's book "Easy Way to Quit Emotional Eating," and I no longer want to eat sweets. He explains why we don't really like bad sugar and why we think otherwise. Once you get rid of the temptation to eat unhealthy sweets, getting rid of the physical consequences is simple.
i finally got off my sugar addiction last year, i was 4 months strong until i needed surgery.. So after that surgery i decided to "reward myself" with a krispy kreme doughnut. ever since going cold turkey like i did before is almost impossible
I was a sugar fiend, or so I thought. A couple of months ago, I virtually eliminated added sugar from my diet overnight, and found it to be super easy. I was never one to drink soda, but I sure could polish off a pan of brownies, and I’ve found that staying well below 10g/day is quite simple. The idea of cutting out sugar really scared me, because everyone says it’s so difficult. If you’re thinking of doing it, just do it. You may find it’s really not that big of a deal.
I did this but with salt instead of sugar. I ate so much high-sodium foods all my life, it took me 2 weeks of eating very little salt for my taste buds to be able to finally enjoy low-sodium foods. No doubt this works for sugar too (i already dont eat much sugar anyways)
One simple way is to just stop period, if you have cravings just eat some berries, fasting is essential to help the diet, it will train you discipline. Get over the withdrawal symptoms, if you can't handle the cravings then too bad deal with it, go for a walk, talk, meditate, or exercise. You can do a hardcore stop it works and works best imo. Within 3 months you will be forever thankful and feel 100% new
My wife has Lupus so keto (in our case it's more low carb since Keto is NO carb) is how we got off sugar in food. We never really ate a lot of sugar to begin with. Allulose and stevia is what we use as a sweet replacement. We still don't eat much. I would to point out that a lot of the meat in grocery stores has added sugar. It's crazy.
@@Livetoeat171 Sliced luncheon meats. If you buy a package of sliced ham for a sandwich, take a look at the ingredients. If you know the various forms of sugar, you will see plenty in the meat. This all stems from the effect sugar has on the brain. Let's just say sugar keeps you buying the product. Which is why bread in Europe had a definition and ours here in the U.S. does not. (by definition i mean legally. Bread in Europe can ONLY contain Flour, salt, yeast and water. Nothing else unless it's listed as that type of bread, so say honey bread, would have added honey)
Finding it encouraging reading everyone's stories. Only on day 3 of cutting sugar. Feeling better during the days, but having real trouble sleeping. Hoping things settle down soon🤞
You nailed this! I have bounced over and over from severe sugar addiction. I’ve struggled severely with this! This video is insanely helpful!!! Thank you so much!
Its impossible to quit sugar 100%, its in everything. But at 51 and recovering from lumbat ADR surgery i decided to cut out all the excess sugar I.E. skittles, chocolates, sugared coffee (stevia from now on). Decreased my pasta intake on wednesdays, and sundays, more leafy greens and sakads, and my weight plummeted from 258 at 6"1, to 239. What a difference this has been, and its only week four!!!!
I have recently started trying to quit sugar and I already found a trick to stop my soft drink cravings, I drink some water and the cravings start to go away and I don’t feel like soft drink anymore
I quit cold turkey once and felt like I had been hit by a truck. I started back during the holidays and notice the worsening (dramatically) of inflammation in my body. So I’m getting myself together and get back to cleaner eating.
Ozempic made me spit out a chocolate chip cookie, a favorite food. It was disgusting in my mouth. The rest sat in the fridge for the 10 weeks that I had the drug, losing 30lbs in 6 weeks, also playing racquetball twice a week for 6 hours total. Now insurance won't cover it because "it's not medically necessary", but they will cover metformin.
Were you prediabetic? If so, your point is well taken. When one is on average only 15-20lbs overweight, insulin resistance kicks in as well as Leptin resistance (satiation hormone). For someone of shorter stature or a small petite frame, only 12-13lbs can cause this change. These are diseases, in my mind, just as diabetes is a disease.
I don’t recommend the cold turkey route as this was my experience…I gave up added sugar in Feb 2023 going clean Keto on a Wednesday. First I felt terrible! Keto flu is a real thing! Then I suffered several months of Keto rash as my body cleaned up from my previously terrible eating habits. After 3 months, I felt amazing and I couldn’t drink a soda if I had to! (Blahhhhh!) The really super thing that happened is 23 pounds just melted away since Feb with only dietary changes. Feeling great makes me just want to move more! I think I walked around dehydrated most of the time previous to this one change. It was difficult at first to drink my daily water requirement. Now, I put lemon in my water and know that before, I would have popped the top on a soda.
Intermittent fasting really helps. If you do the 20/4 hours of fasting, make sure you eat your meal (ie: dinner/lunch) before any snacking takes place. Only snack after these meals, it really helps reduce the amount of sugar you eat.
May I suggest the Lose It app or one similar to it. You can check for sugar, fiber, carbs, and calories. I was shocked just how much sugar I was consuming, although I knew it was way to much. Having an eating disorder and Coco Cola habit, I needed to make changes. Lose It certainly has helped me to become very aware. Today I did a glucose test that was for the first time in 40 years under 100. The app helped me achieve that small milestone.
What is really weird - for me, anyway - is that I've practically given up sugar. I don't put sugar in my coffee or tea. I don't drink sodas. I try to avoid sugary treats. But on those rare occasions that I decide to treat myself with, say, chocolate or candy, I tend to pig out!! Why??? 😢
It can take a long time to 100% get over sugar addiction. I began in 2017. Even 3 years later I'd sit down intending to eat 2 squares of 90% chocolate (2 grams sugar) and end up eating the whole 8 square bar and maybe 3/4 -1 cup blueberries. Sugar fills pleasure receptors like crack cocaine does.
The easiest way to give up sugar brew green tea; 4 cups of water, 2 tsp*2 of loose green tea, and finish it with 1/8th*tsp of green tea extract. The green tea literally makes sugar, and sweet things taste disgusting.
I’ve been following something called the Autoimmune Paleo also known as Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) for a few years. It’s more nutrient dense and lower in inflammatory food options so I had no cravings, didn’t feel deprived, slept better, had more energy, etc.
I was on keto for four years, using the "keto friendly" sweeteners, thinking all was good. Couldn't figure out why I was still having such painful gut issues (I'm slow on the uptake, I'll admit it). Finally, FINALLY figured out two weeks ago that it was the vegetables I was still eating---my body will no longer process them at all---and the sugar replacements. Went full-on carnivore at that point, but today learned my final lesson on sweet stuff. Made two chaffles and put keto-friendly syrup on them. Ate maybe half and wasn't liking them any longer. Within 15 minutes of the last bite, sure enough, the horrid, painful gut reaction hit, and hard. Endured several hours of pain and other unpleasant side effects before my body settled down. Lesson learned---zero sweeteners at all! Carnivore might not be the most gastronomically exciting way to eat, but as Mikhaila Peterson said, "Yes, I get bored with eating the same five things on a daily basis, but the alternative is far worse!"
TRY WATCHING THE VIDEOS MADE BY DR STEVE GUNDRY. Changing fruits, nuts, and vegetables make a world of difference to my gut, etc. Now to cut out sugar. Check out the THE PLANT PARADOX info. Between Dr Mike and Gundry I think they can get us healthy again.
I am a sugar addict but, I have made the decision to quit sugar. I only made the decsion because I had a health scare. You can't tell an addict that it is not good for you to consume their addiction until they are ready to hear it. It will just go over their head and not penetrate. I am grateful that God got my attention in a big way. I realize that I cannot quit sugar cold-turkey but, I do want to reduce it dramiticly. i have made the decision to stop eating candy and cake, and ice cream. it has only been a few days. and my cravings for those substances are reduced, I find myself staring at the cakes and candy that are around me. It's weird. I don't want to eat it but I'm standing there looking at it. much like a dog is hyper focused on the food in your hand. I didn't realize that most of the sugar i get is from my soda. I thought if I eliminate those from my diet at this time i could move on to what I drink. I didn't realize that most of the sugar I consume can be found in my drinks. I don't think I can quit my soda and then the candy, cake, and ice cream. I know I can reduce what I drink, I had switched from coke to coke zero awhile back. and i was drinking less of my soda for a time. but when i ran out of lemon juice to put in my water I started drinking more soda again.
The by far easiest way to reduce sugar is switching to carnivore diet. Just eat meat, fish, poultry, eggs and maybe some diary. Don't forget the electrolytes. You will not have the cravings anymore, you just eat when you are hungry. It's as easy as that.
When I was not consuming any sugar or alcohol for about 2 years, I was in the prime of my health. Fit. Running regularly for the first time of my life. Great mental health and eating habits. Trying to get back to it…you said not to go cold turkey but that’s what I did last time…I just gotta do it because if I do it the slow way, I’m going to always look forward to the next sweet (and that’s mentally exhausting) 😅
i stopped nicotine in september of 2023, i've had the same issue, now my food addiction has been more prominent and out of control, it takes time energy and focus but we can do it
So much sugar is added to food in the USA. Even in bread, in milk substitutes. There is no need, The sugar in sodas could be half of it. Even the multivitamin I take has added sugar. Insane.
I quit cold turkey, but easier for me since I’ve never eaten much processed food. Weakness for me was orange juice. Just got myself a soda stream and started drinking loads of sparkling water.
When your tastebuds reset, sweet potatoes and strawberries start tasting like actual candy. Bananas taste like pudding. Apples taste like they're covered in sugar or caramel. It's insane and really satisfying.
Omygah, yes. Now, when I eat something with refined sugar, I find them too sweet while the natural sugars in fruits taste heavenly and “just right”.
Even vegetables like carrots taste so sweet.
Yepp .. dates, dried apricots, dried fig... And sugarcane juice.... I don't understand why we need refined sugar
That's so true
@@moonstone99 can't agree more
I am 70. I gave up smoking in my 30’s and alcohol in my 50’s. By far the hardest thing I have found to give up is sugar. I still get cravings. It is a work in progress. 🙂
Wow, that’s really saying something, it’s a real addition alright. It’s going to be hard but I’m on board, no more sugar for me. Pain and inflammation is directing me to go cold turkey on sugar. Congratulations on giving up smoking, alcohol and now giving up sugar, your 💪
I would love to know how you get on. Good luck . 🙋♀️
Sugar affects the brain in a similar way to cocaine. I’ve cut down but want to quit entirely and am working towards that
I feel your pain. I'm 71 and crave it nightly!
@@johnmartin4332 Thats it now. My new year’s resolution is to go cold turkey and quit sugar completely. Wish me luck. 🙋🏻♀️
1. Eat
I appreciate this
@@Eurtx You're welcome!
Me too 👍
Anyone managed it
thanks!
i quit sugar cold turkey early last year. it was hard working in a restaurant but i pulled it off for maybe a good month or 2 until i fell for a single chocolate chip cookie and it's been downhill ever since. was the best ive felt in my entire life, physically, emotionally, mentally. i decided for new years i'd try again and i'm officially a week in, wish me luck!
Yeah I’m on day 3 cold turkey. Really tough but I’m so energised. Hope you doing well buddy
Good luck…. You can do it
WE can do it!!
I successfully quit it last year and now again I’m back in this addiction. I am currently on day 3 of now sugar. It’s going well for now. U guys got this ❤
Maybe next time you try- don't quit cold turkey as Mike said.
I never thought subliminals could make such a huge difference in overcoming addiction, but Borlest proved me wrong. After a couple of weeks, I felt a massive shift in my mindset. If you’re stuck in a cycle, this could be the solution. You’ve got nothing to lose.
I found that quitting sugar was harder than quitting smoking. I was only successful with both by going cold turkey. Once I have any sugar I crave it something fierce and can't stop eating. Cutting out all processed foods, sugar, and doing intermittent fasting has worked very well for me.
Intermittent fasting definitely helps decrease sugar intake.
I did fine stopping sugar on my weight loss diet. Then the holidays would come and just eating one sugary item triggered the addiction again. So staying away from it altogether is best.
I’m trying to do both as well.
@@MF-ty2zn1omg yes. I've been reducing my sugar intake, and at one point I basically was only consuming sugar in my morning coffee, but I gave in to a candy bar and it almost unraveled all my work. Suddenly I was wanting junk food again.
its my 3rd day of quiting cold turkey, after i watched this video, i got tempted to grab a cookie because he advised not to quit cold turkey!i saw ur comment and i got encouraged to keep at it, must resist by all means! am experiencing fatigue and brain fog. abit of depression and anxiety too. we shall overcome.
I am 67 years old and let me tell you it can be done. I would not say I went cold turkey, but I would say my sugar consumption was drastically decreased almost immediately. I did it because my blood sugar was creeping up every year and I did not want to become full on diabetic. I did not get the horrible cravings that I was prepared for, but I believe that had more to do with the fact that I cleaned up the rest of the diet at the same time. Lots of veggies and low sugar fruit, healthy fats like avocadoes and a few grains like brown rice and quinoa, and some organic chicken and wild caught fish. Whenever I got a craving I opted for a cup of green tea. Sugar for some of us is comfort and a cup of tea is a nice sub. I also started walking 6 days a week. This really seemed to help my body detox without the negative aspects of trying to quit sugar that I had experienced in the past. Now if I eat any type of sugar, it is just gross.
A nice feeling when our doc says we don't need to take statins anymore, I don't like sugar in tea now but have no trouble downing junk but rarely do knowing the consequences
I'm a bit younger and going through some challenges now, just started a new job with lots of free food all day, they say be social and eat with the team, then there's the stress, I can't do much cardio as my ankle is bad, so it's not easy
So smart... substituting a comfort item instead of a lower sugar item! You are right...I am more satisfied when the food brings me comfort even if there's no sugar! I can't wait to pay more attention to that as I go on changing my diet...thanks! (I'm 62)
@@jethrox827 I know. I went to a networking event and afterwards everyone decided to go to a local ice cream shop to get some together. I decided not to go because I'd be the only one sitting there not eating, and it definitely caused them to view me as the odd man out.
Nice
Big respect
How I quit sugar? Started caretaking for my mom who has dementia. Seeing what she eats everyday was mind blowing . All sugar and carbs. It made me sick to my stomach . Went ketovore , lost 45 lbs, feel absolutely amazing, clear headed, Bp is perfect at 64 years of age, no inflammation and fingers crossed, will not develop dementia!❤
Happy for you!
Yes! Sugar is associated with inflammation of course and dementia! It also lowers your immune system for a few hours after you consume it! As an aside, my Mother had Alzheimer's. Towards the end all she wanted to eat was ice cream or pudding etc. I learned that as the brain shuts down, your lose your ability to taste salt, then sour, etc until all that's left is your ability to taste sweets and that's why so many people with Alzheimers only want sweet things. My father had just "run of the mill" dementia and he mostly wanted sweets too. But, that was mostly because his life had so few pleasures and he was kind of like a 10 year old. He wanted his dessert, damnit! His last year of life, as his health declined, we didn't deny him. Why take away his only pleasurable thing?
Yes, you're correct, there seems to be a link between sugar consumption and dementia. My mom had dementia also, and her diet was mainly sweets and processed food. Unbelievable how much sugary food she consumed daily.
This is what I'm terrified of. My grandma had Parkinson's & Alzheimer's.
Have you introduced your ketovore diet to your mom? There's so much information out there on how bad foods are that we eat. For some reason I keep reading comments that people think fruits and vegetables are the healthiest thing for a human to eat and they are not. Sugar is sugar is sugar and carbs aren't good either.
Advice from a doctor who CLEARLY has never been addicted to sugar. I quit sugar a number of years ago - the addiction was ruling my life. Best advice I can give is: keep lots of your favourite (unsweetened, ie NO sugar) protein handy. Every time you crave sugar 1. drink some plain water 2. then eat as much of protein as you want. The first 3 days are the worst. The absolute worst. When you make it through that, your cravings will diminish. Do NOT drink alcohol or put yourself in situations that will tempt you to eat sugar or simple carbohydrates for at least 1 week. Obviously the longer you can manage this, the better. YOU CAN DO IT❤
Good advice!
Wow. I’m gonna try that. Thanks
any examples for the protein to keep around?
@@dina4913turkey, ham, tuna, YOGURT, cottage cheese
For me, I noticed that if I dont have enough protein, I crave sugar so bad, but when I started to incorporate more protein, I dont crave sugar nearly as much.
Thanks for this comment
One of the advice was; if you carve sugar=get a boiled egg instead. Magic!
Very good observation, I will keep this in mind going forward.
Thanks for sharing!
@@Ahrily9 When I crave carbs or sugar, I reach for the bacon it is a great substitution
I’m not really a “sweets” person, so I assumed quitting sugar would be easy. But I was shocked to find that sugar is added in many savory packaged foods! This journey has encouraged me to prepare my own meals and keep things simple - which is great for the budget as well
I quit sugar and refined carbs like white flour. I kept ginger chews and black licorice for the first two weeks because they are self limiting, then stopped them also. My juice is now only vegetable juice. I found fruit smoothies spiked my insulin to 139 by themselves so am now only having them occasionally and cut out the bananas. I also got a smart kitchen scale that shows me the carbs and sugars in food.
I have a friend who lives in a nursing home. I calculated all the added sugars the nursing home was giving him and it was 100 grams per day. A lot of it came from so called nutritional drinks like Boost with 22 grams in a single serving. But also the morning donuts and pastries. Laws should be passed to protect the elderly in nursing homes from excessive sugar. It is a much cheaper alternative for them than providing nutritious meals and snacks.
Done by design, greed and the depopulation agenda
There should be a study on the effects of foods on nursing home and skilled nursing facility residents. I just recall certain foods made residence sick. If a bunch of residence are having tummy troubles, check the menu. Dairy? Spaghetti?
Do you have a link for the scale? Didn't such a thing existed. Thanks.
@@cathybrady369 Thank you so much.
I Volunteer at a nursing home and when playing bingo, they give them Hershey's kisses for every bingo and until they get a black out so they're getting a lot of candy
It’s actually evil how much sugar companies can pump into food and then market it to children with bright colors and cartoon mascots to get everyone addicted while they are young. This needs to stop.
I've conditioned myself to think of sugar as poison and to remember that every time presented with a sugary item.
If you CAN get over the sugar addiction, you won’t need the new weight loss drug. If you can’t, you’ll need to be on the drug for life. I, for one, don’t want to be one of the old folks taking multiple drugs multiple times a day. I’m doing it. I’m 70 and off all prescription meds. I feel GREAT!
I get this feeling this 'doctor' is trying to sell this drug pill ... lol as he didn't even say alternative ways to quit sugar ..also no mention on if this pill has side effects...
Amazing testimony!! I also take no prescribed meds at 61 years of age. Praise God! 💯
@@kagokadae The medication DOES have side effect, some of which are very serious.
@@littlelamb6804 Yay! Good for you too! It can be done and I’m so sad for my friends who are taking handfuls of drugs every day and still going downhill fast. :(
The comments here are 100% more useful than the video 😊
I was pre diabetic last year. Now I only have sugar on the weekends and holidays. This has helped me so much. I only drink water during the week and eat pretty clean. It was hard at first but happy I did it
Were you able to reverse it?
@@lavellans yes. It took 4 months to get my A1C down
That is a very interesting approach
Had a sweet potato today that tasted like candy. Once you stop eating tons of processed foods every day, you realize that whole foods are pretty great and processed foods can even seem gross sometimes.
I have quit sugar in the last two months and have lost 30 pounds. It has not been easy because nearly everything you buy has some form of sugar added. My latest example is I purchased sliced roast beef from Costco. Ingredients: beef, water, sugar and corn syrup.
To summurise the steps:
1. Awareness of sugar quantity in products
2. Awareness of the bad effects of the sugar
3. Reduce gradually the sugar to avoid backfiring, and start with avoiding liquid sugar
4. Satisfying sugar craving with fresh fruits
5. Distract yourself with something else when sugar craving come, like sleep, exercising, stress reduction, having healthy meal, drinking water.
6. Being patient and persistent. It needs 2-3 weeks for good result.
I find myself reading every label on everything I consume.
My blood sugar was 500- almost 700😢
In cutting sugar and doing healthy things I'm down in the 300s and going down.
Thank you for the helpful information...I appreciate you!🙏🏼🤗
8 weeks ago I went cold turkey on sugar. While filling Easter eggs I actually shook and broke out in a sweat. Ate one skittle and it was a hit. That was all I ate. Made me go through withdrawal again.
This is a powerful testimony, thank you for sharing!
I went to Europe last week and I was surprised at how it seemed like the chocolate over there (including M&Ms)seemed more “real” and less habit-forming!!! It was an eye opener for me. Makes me feel more sure that many U.S. companies are deliberately making sweets terribly habit-forming.
Nothing surprising there; just compare sugar and cocoa content by % .
I heard that about USA - sugar in everything! 😱
@@rameau1124
Same in UK.
"Chocolate" (flavoured candy) is typically 30-45% cocoa and 50% sugar.
Real chocolate has >70% cocoa, hence, less sugar, and has real cocoa butter, not vegetable fat.
Norway had their own brand og M&Ms called "M" that were just natual chocolate colored in a little candy bag like M&Ms were the 70's, but now the producer of M&Ms in the USA bought out the Norwegian producer, and now the M&,Ms here are bright artificial colors and the packaging is twice as big! It is so sad to see people eating an entire "family" size alone. So sad what corporations will do to get more people hooked on sugar.
Yes
The tongue is the major receptor for sweetness. Instead of saturating the food with sugar, it’s better to add a bit of sugar to the outside of the food to satisfy the cravings. Most of the time the added bit of the sugar needed to satisfy the sweet tooth is a small fraction. To get the same satisfaction from process food, the entire food is dosed with sugar. Agree on liquid sugar, it is saturated so that every drop is “satisfying “ the sweet tooth. Similar thing with salt. A few grains on the outside of food is actually more satisfying than a food that is saturated with salt.
Bottom line, avoid processed foods. Add it at the table instead during the cooking regardless if it is sweet or salt.
I am working on quitting sugar right now. I have finally come to understand (1) sugar is a drug and (2) I have a weakness for it and must avoid every single added sugar in the world. It helps that I now see it as drugs cos I avoid drugs at all costs. I can tell already I will feel 100% better without it. I will not be taking any drugs for this... I am also working on eating really good quality foods and balanced meals to help with the process.
I’m 71 diabetic and need to quit sugar. My plan is to keep a food log
Wish me luck
I am so happy that I quit sugar years ago. Seriously, no candy , cake , donuts, pie, Captain Crunch.....nada. It is more repulsive to me at this point rather than a temptation.
Sparkling Water without artificial sweeteners is a great substitute to soda drinks.
Great point!
I love the flavoured ones without any sweetners
Thank you, so is soda water with slices of lemon in it.
I’ll share how I quit sugar. I contracted a cold virus in February 2017. Headache, cough, nasal congestion for a few days, including loss of sense of taste. Recovered in a week; however, my sense of taste returned in an odd way. I was unable to taste carbs, such as rice, potatoes, bread, sugar, chocolate, pasta, all baked goods. I literally was unable to taste refined white sugar. While at a restaurant, my son conducted a blind taste test using refined sugar, raw sugar, and those colored packets (pink, blue, yellow) of ‘sweeteners’. I was unable to taste most of them; however, the so-called sugar substitutes had a very chemical, almost poison, taste to them. I discovered the riper a banana was, the more of this ‘chemical’ taste I was picking up. Oddly, I could smell EVERYTHING. The only fruits that I could reliably taste were citrus and tart apples. I was able to taste ALL vegetables and meat, chicken, and most fish if I ate them without being slathered with sauces, or as part of a mixed dish. For instance, I can taste a grilled hamburger, but when placed on a bun, with lettuce, tomato, pickles, sauce, I’m unable to taste anything beyond the first bite. It’s as if my taste buds get saturated and confused. I can taste natural peanut butter, but I cannot taste peanut butter with added sugar or molasses added. Those zero-calorie and keto-friendly drinks/sodas taste as if someone poured acetone or ketone into them. I cannot taste chewing gum of any kind. I’ll go into a bakery with my husband just to inhale what is now just a memory. I’ll order a cinnamon donut twist simply to taste the cinnamon. I’m getting pretty good at knowing which bakeries skimp on the cinnamon, too.
My doctor told me that this was most likely my ‘new reality’, and that it might improve over time. I’ve pretty much trained myself to just settle with the memory of what something once tasted like. I am unable to taste even the strongest mint flavor (Altoids, for example), although I know I have something mint-flavored in my mouth because of the sensation it creates in my sinus cavities. I walk into a bakery and smell EVERYTHING - pies, croissants, cookies, donuts - but cannot taste anything. I have discovered that if I toast bread, I can enjoy the toasted portions when covered with butter. I can taste bitter chocolate for a fleeting moment, and then it’s gone. Since 2017, my sense of smell has gotten stronger. When COVID came along, what sense of taste I was able to recover only got knocked back, although it never affected my sense of smell one bit.
I’ve unintentionally lost weight because I eat mostly when I’m hungry, often because my blood sugar has dropped, sending me into a ‘jittery’, headache state. I also have to remind myself to eat because I realized I was losing muscle mass. The only true joy I get from food is the wonderful aromas while I’m preparing a meal. I’ve also discovered that any new recipe I try, I must follow the exact ingredients because I cannot reliably taste anything through the cooking procedure to alter the flavor along the way.
It’s 6 years since I’ve entered my ‘new reality’ of taste, and although there are many, many things I cannot taste, I feel blessed for what I can taste. Happy that I can still smell everything, and that it helps to conjure up the memory of the taste of my favorite ice cream, pie, or chocolate mint candy.
I lost me sense of smell after a severe sinus infection (pre-covid). I still have lots of foods that just don't taste right...chocolate tastes burnt...guess that's one thing I don't have to worry about eating...lol
I'm so so sorry you have this as your new reality. I can taste but after a surgery my body can't tolerate more than 6 Gram of fat per meal or any saturated fat. I have a small window of food I can eat. Or I get extremely ill like stoke like symptoms. It's been 7 years now. I still don't understand how this can happen to our bodies it's not fun to eat or go places. Food is a big part of life. 😢
Wow fascinating crazy sad story
You might want to get a CAT scan of the head to rule out any polyps or tumors in the sinuses or the brain. I know someone experiencing dysgeusia (altered taste) "metallic" taste. A meningioma in the Cerebellum, 4.5 cm diameter was found pressing on part of her facial nerve. It took a diligent subspecialist to order a CAT scan of the sinuses after no pathology was seen by an endoscopic camera in the sinuses. The tumor was seen coincidentally in the scan. It needed to be removed.
It sounds like blessing in disguise 🫤
I've been addicted to sugar in my tea for the past 5 years. I haven't completely quit all sugars but I have cut out all sugar in tea, I drink about 5 to 6 cups of tea a day, before I was adding 2 tablespoons to each cup. It's been over 2 weeks now and I feel an immense increase in energy!!!
Congrats!! That’s to be celebrated!!!
@ajoibebebebe Thank you!!! In a few days it will be 3 months and I'm 14 pounds down as well!!
Well good thing I love drinking water I’m not really a juice person. My problem is chocolate and ice cream.🤦🏽♀️
I quit sugar cold turkey...and I will tell you that the cravings were worst at day 3...All I could think of was sweet things...cookies, brownies, etc. I have never been a soda drinker so that wasn't hard...but when you start to read labels, you realize that any kind of food that is processed at all has added sugar. I did find that Duke's Mayo was the only brand that didn't have added sugar (I used it to make my own salad dressings...because of added sugar). You can do it with determination. I also dehydrate fruit slices for snacks. They are great for when you have cravings.
How could you turn down delicious brownies?!! 😢
That’s because you are killing of the sugar loving bacteria by day three.
I am from Iceland. I can easily get quality meats. I don't know how you do it in the USA.
Well, I quit "cold turkey." I became a fanatic about reading nutrition labels on foods, and found all the sources of sugar and eliminated them. I also quit all empty calories, like cheese, pasta, and starches like rice and potatoes, and anything made with flour. I built my eating around proteins and vegetables (which do contain small amounts of sugars, and vary depending on the vegetable.) with broccoli being the core vegetable. Just being hungry was worse than not having the sweets, I think. But I just immersed myself in playing computer games and watching RUclips videos for a few days to take my mind off food in general. I'm very happy and much healthier to not need sugar.
Good egg.
What's wrong with potatoes? In addition to vitamins and minerals, they contain resistant starch and antioxidants that regulate blood sugar and boost insulin sensitivity.
@@Don2006 I'm not going to go on the defensive for every food I gave up. That's what I did at the time, and I thought of potatoes more in the fast food context than making them at home as healthily as I can. I'm always open to tweaking my food intake.
I agree on most part, but potatoes have a lot of minerals and vitamins on the surface. They are not empty calories, but you can get more easier cravings with them. Therefore I implement them cautiously in my diet like diary to avoid nutrition deficits like many vegans.
Of cause not processed potatoes.
@@GermanTaffer what kind of nutrition deficits you think vegans have?
I am currently working on my sugar addiction. It's so hard!!!
You can do it!
RUclips: Bright Line Eating
I quit sugar because I thought I had IBS. I check labels. Now if I want sweets I only eat fresh fruit. All my digestive issues have been resolved.
I was just diagnosed with Diabetes had no clue , I had no symptoms I did routine blood work my glucose was 434 I turned 46 today . I had a bad case of Candida for last three months . This now explains why I can’t get rid of Candida it’s sticking around the because of all the sugar/ yeast . I am determined to reverse this !!! Started as soon as I left hospital I’m done with my affairs with Fruit juice , Soda , Sports drinks
Im three weeks into stopping cold turkey.
You realise just how addictive sugar is when you completely cut it out.
Its getting easier for me now and in fact, im quite enjoying seeking it out in ingredient lists to eliminate them.
I've read (watched) experts saying to quit cold turkey. And I agree.
I quit sugar about three years ago for four months. Then I fell off the wagon and was back on it.
But during the time I found carrots to be sweet - shows how much were used to artificial and real sweeteners in our foods.
Same here. How u doing 7 months later? :)
I had severe chronic insulin resistance for decades. I craved an insane amount of sugar. I would go nowhere without my chocolate etc. I first corrected my B12 deficiency and hmmm lesser sugar cravings. Then corrected magnesium deficiency..huge drop in sugar cravings. Started omega 3..sugar craving GONE.
Are you still supplementing omega -3
@@troxexlot18 Yes. I don’t like any seafood. I’m super fussy lol
Wow!!!! Thank you for sharing!!
I went cold turkey with added sugar on my journey from 89 to 66 kg.
The near constant dull headaches that I was popping Ibuprofen for suddenly disappeared.
Great discussion. Thank you. I quit added sugar, salt and oils after following Dr. Esselstyn a few weeks ago and believe me it took a while. First I did plain plant based diet. I never was a soda drinker. Fruit is my go to for cravings. Salt is something I am still having an issue with craving.
Also, avoid flour, because your body treats it like sugar.
My father, retired family physician and self-professed carb afficianado, got an early type-2 diabetes diagnosis last spring. He quit sugar cold turkey. His inspiration ? Envisioning how high up the leg they would make the amputation. 😳 He lost 30 pounds and has lowered his sugar count to normal, non diabetic level. I'm doing my best to follow his footsteps !
@Bigglesworth78....yay for you and your father. I'm currently prediabetic, and have given up sugar because I've watched my obese and diabetic relatives stubbornly refuse to even consider changing their way of eating....and they're all dead now. Your dad had a great idea, when I'm tempted by Sweets now I'll picture my dear aunt, the double amputee, and Just Say No. 😊
Whenever I eat sugar the best way to discontinue, is fasting (with coffee/tea/water) (it really helps with reset cravings) until I m hungry, and then eat (ketowise) meat/fish, and vegetables (but everything must be tasty!) and again some coffee/tea right after the meal.
awareness is by far the most important factor
I gave up sugar due to insulin resistance-PCOS a little over a year ago. I was so scared of the threat of the diabetes that I just quit cold turkey, and boy was the withdrawal phase hard! I spent about two weeks lying on the couch, constantly pukish, super hungry but unable to eat. I had started strong with the diet so at the beginning I cut competely all starches so also pasta, bread, rice, potatoes, etc. and it was so hard to taste the real taste of food, without 'starch dilution'. Now, after re-adjusting my insulin, I have gradually reintroduced only lower-carb, whole bread and pasta but still no rice and potatoes. Mental+physical health are absolutely not comparable to before. I do use stevia-erythrytol to make desserts but am categoric on no sugar. I think giving it up is one of the hardest things I've done in my life and I am so proud of the change I've managed to obtain!!
Eat two fried eggs with broccoli. The fiber helps curb sugar cravings and the protein helps you feel more full which helps us avoid craving sugar. Then you can eat watermelon, cherries, apples and wean off of them if you can or want to.
I'm glad you made a video on this topic. A lot of health problems nowadays are caused by too much sugar consumption. However, foods that have high sugar content are more accessible and sometimes, much cheaper compared to their healthy alternatives. It's a good thing that you pointed out about awareness on sugar addiction. I think this is really important because most people tend to take action once they become aware of something. Thank you for making this informative video. I do hope this will bring awareness to many and be able to change their diet and eating habits. God bless and more power to your channel.
As a busy mother of 3 now almost four on a tight budget, so much of my sugar consumption is simply from accessibility. Most carby and sugary foods are cheap and fast. When its already noon and I’m getting hangry, its easier to grab the bagel than wait until I can cook chicken breasts or an omelette
Dr I will stop the sugar addiction today thanks for the great information God bless you for sharing
I'm a sugar and simple carb addict. I have to consciously shop while being mindful of not buying the things that perpetuate those bad behaviors. This works for me, and weight loss is a natural side effect to this.
It's important for people to change their diet when they take diet drugs, not take drugs so that they don't have to change their unhealthy high carb/sugar diet.
Love this. Sugar is my weakness Thank you Dr Mike
You are very welcome
I've been under stress.
So my diet has suffered.
I hope I can get back on track
I am 53 and have been addicted to sugar my whole life. I love cookies, cakes, pies and chocolate. I really want to give it up.
Maybe you can start by throwing away any sweets at home. Perhaps a hypnosis app targeting weightless and healthy habit formation, could be helpful.
RUclips: Bright Line Eating
I'll tell you what worked for me years back I mix 1 tbl spoon of ACV in a glass of warm watter with a table spoon of raw honey.
If I use any kind of sweetener it would be MONK FRUIT SWEETNER use it the same way as you do sugar.
Real food with oatmeal
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Honey is the same amount as regular sugar!
I am finding success in a 'handful of peanuts' is helpful to reduce that 1st hunger pang, and since it is low glycemic response, it satisfies that hunger burst and helps in reducing the sugar craving throughout the rest of day. Agree that knowledge is key here. Go slow, think before eat. Eat in an order: veggies 1st, meat 2nd, carbs 3rd, sugar 4th - you will naturally reduce your carbs and sugar.
Sounds like : More Sure Model - Ilana Muhlstein
I must really be addicted to sugar because I thought this was a new cheesecake recipe and clicked so fast
My mom started mounjaro a few months ago, and pretty much instantly lost her taste for sugar. She tried some diet soda a few days ago and gaged because it was too sweet. Crazy how what you eat controls what you taste.
Recommending the weight loss drugs is a big red flag for me. I've heard of many negative side effects and I firmly believe the fewer drugs we ingest, the better off we'll be.
Can't be explained in better way.
Explainned in Very lucid manner
End goal is to eliminate all "processed" food. Sugar's high on the stack of the offenders.
It's hard to draw a 100% clear line though. Are coffee grounds a processed food? Is Flour? How about a properly made cheese from a local farmer ?
Best I've felt was on a healthy (near whole food) keto, while having sufficient sleep, doing some sports and keeping stress down.
Funny thing is that each of these support / promote the other.
Takes a good couple of weeks to get it all going properly, though... always a catch
Usually it's highly processed food that's really bad, not just processed. We've been processing our food for millenias. Avoid anything that's frozen, sugary drinks and snacks, and that's 80% of highly processed food right there.
I have mild type ll. Sugar craves sugar. If I have something sweet today, I’ll crave sugar tomorrow. This addiction gets easier with abstinence
I've eaten a lot of sweets all my life. I just finished reading Allen Carr's book "Easy Way to Quit Emotional Eating," and I no longer want to eat sweets. He explains why we don't really like bad sugar and why we think otherwise. Once you get rid of the temptation to eat unhealthy sweets, getting rid of the physical consequences is simple.
I eat 3 dates every night as a dessert and no other sugar. Works for me ^^
i finally got off my sugar addiction last year, i was 4 months strong until i needed surgery.. So after that surgery i decided to "reward myself" with a krispy kreme doughnut. ever since going cold turkey like i did before is almost impossible
I was a sugar fiend, or so I thought. A couple of months ago, I virtually eliminated added sugar from my diet overnight, and found it to be super easy. I was never one to drink soda, but I sure could polish off a pan of brownies, and I’ve found that staying well below 10g/day is quite simple. The idea of cutting out sugar really scared me, because everyone says it’s so difficult. If you’re thinking of doing it, just do it. You may find it’s really not that big of a deal.
I did this but with salt instead of sugar. I ate so much high-sodium foods all my life, it took me 2 weeks of eating very little salt for my taste buds to be able to finally enjoy low-sodium foods. No doubt this works for sugar too (i already dont eat much sugar anyways)
I was about ready to start a 12 step program for sugar addiction.
RUclips: Bright Line Eating
Cold turkey will save you 11 steps.
One simple way is to just stop period, if you have cravings just eat some berries, fasting is essential to help the diet, it will train you discipline. Get over the withdrawal symptoms, if you can't handle the cravings then too bad deal with it, go for a walk, talk, meditate, or exercise. You can do a hardcore stop it works and works best imo. Within 3 months you will be forever thankful and feel 100% new
My wife has Lupus so keto (in our case it's more low carb since Keto is NO carb) is how we got off sugar in food. We never really ate a lot of sugar to begin with. Allulose and stevia is what we use as a sweet replacement. We still don't eat much. I would to point out that a lot of the meat in grocery stores has added sugar. It's crazy.
What are you talking about? Are you saying they inject sugar water in a roast?
@@Livetoeat171 Sliced luncheon meats. If you buy a package of sliced ham for a sandwich, take a look at the ingredients. If you know the various forms of sugar, you will see plenty in the meat. This all stems from the effect sugar has on the brain. Let's just say sugar keeps you buying the product. Which is why bread in Europe had a definition and ours here in the U.S. does not. (by definition i mean legally. Bread in Europe can ONLY contain Flour, salt, yeast and water. Nothing else unless it's listed as that type of bread, so say honey bread, would have added honey)
Finding it encouraging reading everyone's stories. Only on day 3 of cutting sugar. Feeling better during the days, but having real trouble sleeping. Hoping things settle down soon🤞
@@prism6I find it encouraging to!!!!
Don't keep sugar or processed/junk food in the house. That cuts down on most of the consumption.
Hi, I'm Ryan, and I'm a sugarholic. Today I came within a ball hair's breadth of mixing peanut butter, cocoa, and sugar as a sweet treat.
Now that’s close!
Been there
You nailed this! I have bounced over and over from severe sugar addiction. I’ve struggled severely with this! This video is insanely helpful!!! Thank you so much!
Its impossible to quit sugar 100%, its in everything. But at 51 and recovering from lumbat ADR surgery i decided to cut out all the excess sugar I.E. skittles, chocolates, sugared coffee (stevia from now on). Decreased my pasta intake on wednesdays, and sundays, more leafy greens and sakads, and my weight plummeted from 258 at 6"1, to 239. What a difference this has been, and its only week four!!!!
Well done!
@honeyfungus4774 thank you!!
It is my second day without sweets. I am still drinking orange juice but luckily it's natural sugars from the fruit and nothing added but orange
Start diluting your orange juice fill you get down to 1 part OJ to 7 parts water (aka “H2Orange”).
This is really helpful, thank you
I have recently started trying to quit sugar and I already found a trick to stop my soft drink cravings, I drink some water and the cravings start to go away and I don’t feel like soft drink anymore
Be careful because most foods have added sugar.
I'm into IF and if I have cravings specially after eating my dinner i usually brush my teeth and it goes away 😂
You may have hit on the cure for cravings. Toothpaste really alters the tastebuds.
I’m on day five, cold turkey.
I’m depending on the atonement of my Savior, Jesus Christ . He suffered for my temptations.
I quit cold turkey once and felt like I had been hit by a truck. I started back during the holidays and notice the worsening (dramatically) of inflammation in my body. So I’m getting myself together and get back to cleaner eating.
Thank you so much I really need to lose this weight!
Ozempic made me spit out a chocolate chip cookie, a favorite food. It was disgusting in my mouth. The rest sat in the fridge for the 10 weeks that I had the drug, losing 30lbs in 6 weeks, also playing racquetball twice a week for 6 hours total. Now insurance won't cover it because "it's not medically necessary", but they will cover metformin.
Were you prediabetic? If so, your point is well taken. When one is on average only 15-20lbs overweight, insulin resistance kicks in as well as Leptin resistance (satiation hormone). For someone of shorter stature or a small petite frame, only 12-13lbs can cause this change. These are diseases, in my mind, just as diabetes is a disease.
I can't recall when I last had added sugar but it might help that I much prefer savoury foods to sweet foods.
I don’t recommend the cold turkey route as this was my experience…I gave up added sugar in Feb 2023 going clean Keto on a Wednesday. First I felt terrible! Keto flu is a real thing! Then I suffered several months of Keto rash as my body cleaned up from my previously terrible eating habits. After 3 months, I felt amazing and I couldn’t drink a soda if I had to! (Blahhhhh!) The really super thing that happened is 23 pounds just melted away since Feb with only dietary changes. Feeling great makes me just want to move more! I think I walked around dehydrated most of the time previous to this one change. It was difficult at first to drink my daily water requirement. Now, I put lemon in my water and know that before, I would have popped the top on a soda.
Intermittent fasting really helps.
If you do the 20/4 hours of fasting, make sure you eat your meal (ie: dinner/lunch) before any snacking takes place. Only snack after these meals, it really helps reduce the amount of sugar you eat.
May I suggest the Lose It app or one similar to it. You can check for sugar, fiber, carbs, and calories. I was shocked just how much sugar I was consuming, although I knew it was way to much. Having an eating disorder and Coco Cola habit, I needed to make changes. Lose It certainly has helped me to become very aware. Today I did a glucose test that was for the first time in 40 years under 100. The app helped me achieve that small milestone.
I find the hungrier you get, the worse cravings get. Eat before you get to hungry
...before you get hangry.
What is really weird - for me, anyway - is that I've practically given up sugar. I don't put sugar in my coffee or tea. I don't drink sodas. I try to avoid sugary treats. But on those rare occasions that I decide to treat myself with, say, chocolate or candy, I tend to pig out!! Why??? 😢
It can take a long time to 100% get over sugar addiction. I began in 2017. Even 3 years later I'd sit down intending to eat 2 squares of 90% chocolate (2 grams sugar) and end up eating the whole 8 square bar and maybe 3/4 -1 cup blueberries. Sugar fills pleasure receptors like crack cocaine does.
@@Robnord1 Yeah, you're right!
The easiest way to give up sugar brew green tea; 4 cups of water, 2 tsp*2 of loose green tea, and finish it with 1/8th*tsp of green tea extract.
The green tea literally makes sugar, and sweet things taste disgusting.
I’ve been following something called the Autoimmune Paleo also known as Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) for a few years. It’s more nutrient dense and lower in inflammatory food options so I had no cravings, didn’t feel deprived, slept better, had more energy, etc.
I was on keto for four years, using the "keto friendly" sweeteners, thinking all was good. Couldn't figure out why I was still having such painful gut issues (I'm slow on the uptake, I'll admit it). Finally, FINALLY figured out two weeks ago that it was the vegetables I was still eating---my body will no longer process them at all---and the sugar replacements. Went full-on carnivore at that point, but today learned my final lesson on sweet stuff.
Made two chaffles and put keto-friendly syrup on them. Ate maybe half and wasn't liking them any longer.
Within 15 minutes of the last bite, sure enough, the horrid, painful gut reaction hit, and hard. Endured several hours of pain and other unpleasant side effects before my body settled down.
Lesson learned---zero sweeteners at all!
Carnivore might not be the most gastronomically exciting way to eat, but as Mikhaila Peterson said, "Yes, I get bored with eating the same five things on a daily basis, but the alternative is far worse!"
TRY WATCHING THE VIDEOS MADE BY DR STEVE GUNDRY. Changing fruits, nuts, and vegetables make a world of
difference to my gut, etc. Now to cut out sugar. Check out the THE PLANT PARADOX info. Between Dr Mike and
Gundry I think they can get us healthy again.
I am a sugar addict but, I have made the decision to quit sugar. I only made the decsion because I had a health scare. You can't tell an addict that it is not good for you to consume their addiction until they are ready to hear it. It will just go over their head and not penetrate. I am grateful that God got my attention in a big way. I realize that I cannot quit sugar cold-turkey but, I do want to reduce it dramiticly. i have made the decision to stop eating candy and cake, and ice cream. it has only been a few days. and my cravings for those substances are reduced, I find myself staring at the cakes and candy that are around me. It's weird. I don't want to eat it but I'm standing there looking at it. much like a dog is hyper focused on the food in your hand. I didn't realize that most of the sugar i get is from my soda. I thought if I eliminate those from my diet at this time i could move on to what I drink. I didn't realize that most of the sugar I consume can be found in my drinks. I don't think I can quit my soda and then the candy, cake, and ice cream. I know I can reduce what I drink, I had switched from coke to coke zero awhile back. and i was drinking less of my soda for a time. but when i ran out of lemon juice to put in my water I started drinking more soda again.
Having no sugar added fizzy/sparkling water can help!
The by far easiest way to reduce sugar is switching to carnivore diet. Just eat meat, fish, poultry, eggs and maybe some diary. Don't forget the electrolytes. You will not have the cravings anymore, you just eat when you are hungry. It's as easy as that.
When I was not consuming any sugar or alcohol for about 2 years, I was in the prime of my health. Fit. Running regularly for the first time of my life. Great mental health and eating habits. Trying to get back to it…you said not to go cold turkey but that’s what I did last time…I just gotta do it because if I do it the slow way, I’m going to always look forward to the next sweet (and that’s mentally exhausting) 😅
I know wstching videos like this will get me back on track! I went off the rails with sugar since i quit cigarettes in august 😭😭😭
i stopped nicotine in september of 2023, i've had the same issue, now my food addiction has been more prominent and out of control, it takes time energy and focus but we can do it
So much sugar is added to food in the USA. Even in bread, in milk substitutes. There is no need, The sugar in sodas could be half of it. Even the multivitamin I take has added sugar. Insane.
It’s crazy alright, hard to get around it.
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tysm for saving me from the yap sesh
I quit cold turkey, but easier for me since I’ve never eaten much processed food. Weakness for me was orange juice. Just got myself a soda stream and started drinking loads of sparkling water.