The addict

I am a sugar addict.  Yes I will admit this.  I spent years denying this. I really didn't seek out what I consider sugary foods,  but if they were available I was all in. I am more of a bread, fat, and pasta lover. OMG give me a big ole bowl of hot pasta smothered in butter. I'm one happy gal, until the guilt sets in. Ok I digress.... Just about anything we put in our bodies that is processed has a form of sugar in it or our body turns it to sugar.  So yes I'm a sugar addict and I am guessing, so are you.  Sugar is toxic.  Sugar is addicting.  All those wonderful fat free foods the diet industry has been pushing down our throats are chalked full of sugar. Why? To give it flavor. When you take away the fat, which is flavor, you have to replace it with something else.  Take a good look at the list of ingredients.  If it has an ingredient or two or three that ends in "ose" there is a good chance it's a form of sugar. On the other hand if it's fat free and sugar it is chalked full of artificial sweeteners.  I never liked artificial sweeteners. They taste funny and contrary to what you think, they make you crave more sugar.  I do like Stevia witch is a natural sweetener made from the Stevia plant. But still I do not use a lot, because, I try and stay away from all artificial sweeteners. I don't like eating or drinking food that are mostly made up of chemicals. I have an issue with lunch meat too.  Fresh meat in my fridge only lasts about 3 days before it starts going bad.  Lunch meat can lasts for months.  Makes me wonder what have they done to it to make it last that long.  Most processed foods aren't real food, therefore, they last. But meat?  That is supposed to be a real food....................

Folks the wonderful food industry, which is monitored by our own government, puts things in our food that we will never know about.. Here take a look at common additives in candy.  (http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/FST-9.pdf). Nice huh?  They add chemicals which promote addiction issues. There are some lucky people out there who are immune to those chemicals.  Most of us are not.  (To think you have been thinking what a waste of life you were because you can't kick that Twinkie habit)  You can test this theory yourself.  Ever had breakfast at McDonalds then by lunch you were salivating thinking about having McDonalds again? Oh those fries..................gives you warm and fuzzy feelings just thinking about them doesn't it.  I'm fairly sure this isn't normal. I'm really sure they add chemicals to help you along with these thoughts.  Hell you can test this theory out with about any processed food you have in your kitchen.   MSG is a nasty chemical. Not only is it a flavor enhancer, it is also an addicting agent. It's in about everything we eat.  And the fast food industry loves it.  Keeps us foodies coming back! here was a big stink about it a few years ago and all the companies to remove it, but most of them just went to an alternative which is the same thing with a different name.  Here is an article I read. (http://www.msgtruth.org/avoid.htm)   And folks, our government approves all this crap and doesn't require the food companies to list most of the chemicals used. I acquired a lot of this knowledge from another series of books I've read by Kevin Trudeau. I know he has been claimed to be a big conspiracy theorist, but what he had to say made a lot of sense to me. He apparently worked in the food industry for years.  It made me start thinking and doing my own food testing. I find it ironic, that I can eat a box of macaroni and cheese and before I am finished I am already thinking and craving something else that is high in fat, calories and full of chemicals. How many of you can eat one cookie, or eat just small handful of potato chips. I can't. For years I considered myself lacking in will power, and lazy.  Why?  Because that is the general opinion on fat people. (What didn't make sense was that I could accomplish about anything else I set my mind to. Sound familair to anyone else?)  There are some people out there who can eat one cookie, or have 3 potato chips.  I don't know many of them.  Mostly, I think they just stay away from it.  I don't seem to have that problem when I'm eating whole foods such as apples, or banana's, or meals made up of vegetables, beans and whole grains.  Ever O'D'd on apples?  Me either. Do your own testing. Pay attention to what your body tells you. 

I will be honest, as with any addition, there are side effects to stopping the intake of sugar. It's worse than the caffeine withdrawal.  When you withdrawal from sugar, you feel like a junkie.  You can feel sick, you get headaches, you can cramp. Your brain even goes through withdrawals, it screams at you for a cookie.  What does that tell you?  Sugar is pretty powerful stuff.  How do I know all this?  I've done a few detoxes in my time.    And I've got a couple of buddies who went through it with me. They can add their own comments.