Show 1010: Beating Sugar Addiction
The People's Pharmacy
Joe and Terry Graedon
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 October 2015
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
It may sound far-fetched to propose that someone has an addiction to candy or soft drinks. But brain scans show that some of the reward pathways associated with a sweet taste are very similar to those linked to addictive substances. Might you be addicted to sugar?
People at Risk for Sugar Addiction:
Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum says there are several different underlying health problems that can put people at risk for sugar addiction. Some folks burn the candle at both ends and make up for a lack of sleep with a quick-energy fix of caffeine and sugar. Others are so stressed that they have adrenal fatigue; these are the individuals who become “hangry” and irritable when their blood sugar drops.
Find out about all four types of sugar addicts and what can be done to help them overcome this health challenge. Learn about healthy ways to feed your sweet tooth that don’t put you at risk for weight gain or the perils of sugar addiction, which just might include a higher risk of type 2 diabetes or Alzheimer’s disease.
This Week’s Guest:
Jacob Teitelbaum, MD, is board-certified in internal medicine. He is senior author of two studies: “Effective Treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia – a Placebo-controlled Study” and “Effective Treatment of CFS & Fibromyalgia with D-Ribose.”
Dr. Teitelbaum’s books include: From Fatigued to Fantastic!; The Fatigue and Fibromyalgia Solution; Pain Free 1-2-3: A Proven Program for Eliminating Chronic Pain Now; Real Cause Real Cure; and his most recent, The Complete Guide to Beating Sugar Addiction. He is director of the Practitioners Alliance Network and author of the smartphone app Cures A-Z. His websites are www.vitality101.com and www.endfatigue.com
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| 0:40.2 | Do you have a sweet tooth? |
| 0:42.3 | Is a meal incomplete without dessert? |
| 0:44.7 | Could you be addicted to sugar? |
| 0:47.0 | How can you beat sugar addiction? |
| 0:49.7 | This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Graydon. |
| 0:53.0 | Thank you. This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Graydon. |
| 1:05.7 | There's evidence that the brain responds to sugar in much the same way it responds to addictive substances. |
| 1:09.9 | Why do some people appear to develop addictions to sugar? |
| 1:13.8 | What are the consequences of craving carbs? |
| 1:17.7 | When blood glucose levels climb, so does insulin. |
| 1:21.2 | It's the body's way of controlling sugar in the bloodstream. But over the long term, the metabolic consequences of this yo-yo effect can be devastating. Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, |
| 1:29.9 | learn how you can beat sugar addiction. First, this news. In the People's Pharmacy Health |
| 1:41.4 | Headlines, Americans are paying more for medicines than people |
| 1:45.3 | anywhere else in the world. That's the conclusion from an analysis commissioned by the news agency |
| 1:50.4 | Reuters. Investigators at the University of Liverpool compared prices in the U.S. to those in |
| 1:56.4 | Europe, South America, and India. Americans pay three times more on average than citizens in the UK. |
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