Sugar is G.O.D

By Nico Manoel

If you are someone who has a sweet tooth and cannot go a single day without a sugar-laden cooldrink or munching down sweets, chocolates, cakes, and cookies, then you have to read this book. Through the writer's own experience of sugar addiction, he offers some excellent information and advice on the dangers of being overly dependent on the highs of sugar and the physiological and emotional roller-coaster ride that you can avoid. This book is his way of helping to change lives through his own journey. He has done all the research for you. He explores science and explains it in an easy-to-read manner. What comes through is his passion for getting the message out that if you value your health and your life, then you have to pay attention to this young writer's message about sugar addiction. The writer has done thorough research on all aspects of quitting sugar, decoding sugar addiction, the diseases it can cause, and the detoxification process while offering practical solutions for getting your life and enjoying a healthy, mentally fulfilling life.

Quit Sugar Dependency! Live a sugar proof life by decoding sugar addiction, sugar fasts, and sugar detox with personal experience and a lot of experts knowlegde. Perfect to loose weight, love yourself more, change your habits and cure anxiety!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Nico Manoel
• Release date: Jul 3, 2022
• ISBN: 9798201598822

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If you are someone who has a sweet tooth and cannot go a single day without a sugar-laden cooldrink or munching down sweets, chocolates, cakes, and cookies, then you have to read this book. Through the writer's own experience of sugar addiction, he offers some excellent information and advice on the dangers of being overly dependent on the highs of sugar and the physiological and emotional roller-coaster ride that you can avoid.

This book is his way of helping to change lives through his own journey. He has done all the research for you. He explores science and explains it in an easy-to-read manner. What comes through is his passion for getting the message out that if you value your health and your life, then you have to pay attention to this young writer's message about sugar addiction.

The writer has done thorough research on all aspects of quitting sugar, decoding sugar addiction, the diseases it can cause, and the detoxification process while offering practical solutions for getting your life and enjoying a healthy, mentally fulfilling life.

Sugar is G.O.D.

Quit Sugar Dependency:  Live a Sugar Proof Life by Decoding Sugar Addiction, Sugar Fasts, and Sugar Detox with personal experience and a lot of experts knowledge. Perfect to loose weight, love yourself more, change your habits and cure anxiety!

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Emotional Connections to Food

Defining the Meaning of Addiction

Chapter 1: Sugar Is G.O.D.

Why Is Sugar So Desirable?

Is Sugar Craving in Our DNA?

What Exactly Is Serotonin?

Scientific Position on Whether Sugar Is Addictive

The Case Against Sugar Being Addictive

The Case for Sugar Being Addictive

Determining Whether You Have an Addiction to Sugar

Chapter 2: Legal Drugs

How Is Sugar Used in the Preparation of Our Foods?

Sugar as a Sweetener

Sugar as a Thickener and Volumizer

Sugar as Flavoring

Sugar for Color

Sugar Acts as a Preservative

Sugar as a Fermenter

Sugar as an Acid Balance

Sugar Reduces the Freezing Point

Tracking the Nature of the Food We Eat

The Sugar Empire

Foods That Contain Sugar

Finding the Hidden Sugar

Chapter 3: Chemistry of Addiction

Opioids and Dopamine

Social and Emotional Dependence

What Causes Blood Sugar Spikes?

What Can Help to Lower Blood Sugar Levels?

Chapter 4: From Sweet Surrender to Depression

Can Excessive Sugar Intake Cause Depression?

Are Males More Prone?

Stress and Cravings

Chapter 5: Diseases Related to Sugar Abuse

Digestive Issues

High Cholesterol

Diabetes

Insulin Resistance

Pre-Diabetes and Type 2 Diabetes

Insulin Resistance Dangers

Personal Journey of Lynsey Choules

High Blood Pressure

Obesity

Ways to Deal With Obesity

For Children

For Adult Men and Women

Conditions Associated With Obesity

Personal Odyssey of Sahana Shetty

Chapter 6: Overconsumption of Sugar and Its Effect on Body, Mind, and Spirit

Effect on Body and Mind

Sugar and Aging Skin

Cognitive Impairment

Loss of Neuroplasticity

Anxiety

Sugar, Stress, and Poor Gut Health Trigger Anxiety—Sarah Wilson

Depression

Glycemic Index

Chapter 7: Healthy Substitutes and Detoxing

Healthy Eating Habits

Substitute Foods for the Sweetness

Detoxing—Do You Need It?

You Detox Journey

Chapter 8: Finding Balance for a Healthier Life

Sugar Is Not the Culprit, You Are

How Do I Not Look Back and Fall Into Old Habits?

Coping Mechanisms

Sugar Substitutes

Stevia

Xylitol

Some Recipes for Getting You Through Detox

Conclusion

Finding Your Bliss

References

Introduction

If you are like me, you too have flirted with this sweet temptress. You have felt that magnetic attraction to her delicious aromas and the taste of her. From my earliest recollection, she has formed the mainstay of my childhood, teens, and my adult life which followed. She was relentless in her pursuit of me. I could not resist her charms and her dazzling colors. She came dressed to kill, with beautiful wrappings and alluring voluptuousness. She was a shapeshifter arriving in various guises. Believe me, I had no clue that I was slowly allowing myself to be hypnotized and captured by her charms.

Who is this delicious temptress with her saccharine charms? It is none other than Saccharum Officinarum, which we commonly know as sugarcane, from which table sugar is derived. It is unbelievable how the products of this plant have completely taken over the preparation of various types of sweet and savory foods. Whereas our ancestors depended on honey, dates, and other plants, which are easily assimilated by the body, cane sugar comes with its own set of challenges and temptations.

Globalization has improved technologies, communication, media, trade, and transport links, so it does not matter where you are in the world, we are all accessing the same products and subjected to the same lifestyle changes. In addition to this, urbanization has isolated us from the source of our whole foods, rendering us completely dependent on quick access to packaged foods from our local supermarkets. We have inadvertently surrendered all control over a greater portion of what we eat. We have to trust the fruit and vegetables that are displayed in the supermarket have been grown without insecticides and pesticides. We have little control if they are genetically modified or grown organically. I know some of you will berate me and say that you can tell from stickers on your food that they are organic, but it is easy to put a sticker on a fruit or vegetable. You really don't know unless you are going to a farm and purchasing it firsthand.

I grew up in the Mediterranean and from as little as a young baby, sugar was offered in the form of breast milk, baby milk formula, and snacks. I am sure that my experience growing up is mimicked by billions of people the world over. According to Little Bundle (2020), more than one-third of breast milk is a form of sugar called lactose derived from the carbohydrates that the breastfeeding mother imbibes. The Evening Standard published an article by Braddick (2020) espousing that 8.7g out of every 3.4 ounces (100ml) of the baby formula consists of sucrose which is the sugar made from sugarcane. Can you imagine the impact this would have had on my body chemistry? I was basically being programmed to love sugar before I could speak or crawl. This goes for all of you, too.

When I was a toddler, I was given cookies, sweets, chocolates, baked goods, chips, and an array of delicious foods that tantalized my taste buds. It was like a chorus of angels singing in my mouth. Those foods were really heavenly foods to me. It was the start of my pattern of craving sugar and then feeling low in energy, requiring another snack to give me that same feeling. Some of us avoid the feeling of an energy ‘downer’ that a lack of sugar brings, so we just keep topping off the craving before we have the chance to feel low.

Many of the habits we form as young children are carried into adulthood. Your parents and their