Why Am I Addicted To Sugar? What Can I Do About It?

Dishing Up Nutrition

Nutritional Weight & Wellness, Inc.

Nutrition, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Education, Health & Fitness:nutrition

4 • 818 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Since sugar consumption tends to increase starting at this time of year then leading into the holidays, we’re here today to talk about why we get sugar cravings that can really interrupt your health and how to get rid of them. From a dietitian standpoint, we have ideas that actually work to help your brain stop craving sugar. In this episode, we’ll cover the science behind sugar cravings, how the gut and blood sugar are an important part of the equation, and tips on what you can start doing today to knock down your cravings and sail through the holidays feeling good.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition.
0:12.6	Let me start off today's discussion by asking a few questions.
0:17.5	Since we're into the month of October, do you already have some bags of Halloween candy sitting in your home?
0:24.8	And if so, will they stay unopened until Halloween?
0:30.1	If you pass by a Halloween candy jar or Halloween cupcakes at work, are you able to simply walk by? Or do you keep thinking about them
0:39.8	until you give in? Do you have a secret stash of candy or cookies in your home or in your
0:47.4	work desk or even in your car? Do you find yourself making a special trip to the store
0:52.9	or through the drive-through to satisfy
0:55.4	your sweet cravings. In general, do you ever try to fight your sugar cravings or cut back on
1:01.9	sugar altogether and just can't seem to do it? If these questions resonated with you,
1:08.8	you are not alone. Sugar is everywhere in our food system,
1:14.1	and simply put, it is an addictive substance. In fact, according to the Harvard School of Public
1:20.0	Health, the average American consumes about seven tablespoons of added sugar every day.
1:28.2	Wow.
1:29.2	That is a lot.
1:30.1	It is a lot. And we often talk about teaspoons, right?
1:32.6	So seven tablespoons translates to 21 teaspoons of added sugar.
1:38.0	We kind of know what that looks like, but I will say, like, would you ever sit down and like take 21 teaspoons and pour it into your bowl or pour it into your coffee or pour it onto a plate and then just scoop it up and eat it?
1:50.6	Like when you kind of put it into that perspective, it just changes how you think about it.
1:54.5	Absolutely.
1:55.2	Yep.
1:56.0	And so this added sugar, a lot of times it's from sweetened beverages.
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