Sugar Cravings

Diet Success Stories

December 13, 2010
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Diet Success Stories

Diet Success Stories I’ve been asked a lot about how effective my 30 Sugar Free Days Program and my new Alien Diet Program is for weight loss and while I could give you a lot of diet success stories, why don’t I let the people who have been through the program let you know: ************************************************* I just began my third week on Sunday, and my wedding ring is loose! All my clothes are baggy and I don’t think I will ever eat sugar again! I love how you said you can feel like an “alien on planet carbohydrate” …...

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Why Does Sugar Give Me a Headache?

November 18, 2010
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Why Does Sugar Give Me a Headache?

Does eating sugar give you a headache? The sugar headache, otherwise known as the Holliday Headache (because we eat so much sugar on Easter, Halloween, Christmas and other holidays) has a lot in common with a hangover headache but it strikes any time year when we overdo sugar. While most have experienced a sugar headache at some time in their lives it is not well known in medical circles. It might even surprise you to learn that the exact causes of all headaches are a bit of a mystery. Migraines and cluster headaches are thought to be vascular (having to...

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Why is everything that tastes good bad for you

October 11, 2010
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Why is everything that tastes good bad for you

Why is it that everything that tastes good bad for you? I’ve pondered this question a lot. My kids suggest that “they” should make broccoli taste good if they want people to eat it. And while I’m sure there is at least one scientist out there trying to make broccoli taste like cotton candy, I think that understanding how our taste buds work and what we can do to manipulate our tastes will go much farther to getting good foods on our plates than any genetically altered broccoli. There are two reasons why foods that are good for you don't also...

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Sugar a Real Addiction? You Bet!

December 12, 2008
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Research is, once again, confirming what we all know about sugar: it is addictive. While it is frustrating that it has taken this long for science to catch on to sugar addiction (remember that Sugar Blues was written in the 1970's), it is great to hear that research is starting to back up what many of us have known for a long time.

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Breaking a Sugar Habit with Comfort Foods

November 17, 2008
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Sugar cravings can be awfully hard to break, but luckily there are comforting ways to help us through our sugar habit.

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