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It’s Time to Break Up With Sugar – Michele Promaulayko : 659

Jan 14, 2020

Michele Promaulayko, award-winning editor and author, dives deep into the emotional and physical hold sugar has on us. She reveals how even health-conscious individuals struggle with sugar addiction and shares insights from her book, including a three-week sugar-free reset program. Listeners learn about hidden sugars in foods and practical tips to curb cravings, such as using aromatherapy. Michele also introduces her innovative digital platform 'Sugar Free 3,' designed to further aid in breaking free from sugar's grip while promoting overall wellness.

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INSIGHT

Sugar Consumption and Cognitive Decline

Americans consume over 126 grams of sugar daily, significantly more than other nations.
High blood sugar correlates with faster cognitive decline and increased dementia risk.

ADVICE

Reduce Sugar Intake

Minimize added sugar intake drastically for better health.
Small indulgences are acceptable, but excessive daily consumption is detrimental.

ANECDOTE

Why Sugar?

Michele Promaulayko chose to write about sugar due to its widespread impact.
She acknowledges her personal struggle with sugar and its addictive nature.

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In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, my guest tackles a topic in her newest book that has far-reaching implications for just about every aspect of human health—sugar. And she talks about it a way that's really useful because sugar is an emotional, psychological, and physical and biochemical thing all at once. Not quite heroin but not that far away.

“Sugar has the tightest grip on us, right?” Michele Promaulayko says. “Even the "healthiest" people I know have a problem with sugar. As I was developing “Sugar Free 3,” every single person I spoke to said, "I need that." And they all do need it because we're a nation of sugar addicted people.”

We discuss the insidious ways added sugar shows up in our food supply and how we’re unintentionally consuming it because it’s hiding in so many foods. “The frenemy,” says Michele in “Sugar Free 3: The Simple 3-Week Plan for More Energy, Better Sleep, and Surprisingly Easy Weight Loss!”. “And that’s exactly what sugar is. … Sure, it acts life your most supportive BFF, there for you at all hours, especially the late nights when you think you need it most. But when you stop to really thing about it, sugar takes way more than it gives.”

In our conversation, Michele suggests genius ways to use aromatherapy to curb cravings, gives practical tips on how to reset your palette, and recommends ways to loosen sugar’s grip. You can find even more tips in the book or on the new video series platform Sugar Free 3 on Openfit.

Michele is an award-winning print and digital editor, journalist and author. As the former editor-in-chief of Comopolitan magazine, Yahoo Health, and Women’s Health magazine, she has been an influential voice for health, wellness, and women’s issues for two decades. She’s now editorial-director-at-large for THE WELL—a new health ecosystem—where she continues to be a leader in the modern wellness conversation.

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