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How To Overcome Sugar Addiction with Keegan Allen and Tom Hopper

Jul 1, 2020

Keegan Allen, an actor and musician known for Pretty Little Liars, and Tom Hopper, an English actor from shows like Game of Thrones, share their compelling journeys of overcoming sugar addiction. They delve into the biochemical aspects of sugar cravings and reveal how avoiding processed foods can help retrain our taste buds toward natural sweetness. Personal stories highlight the importance of healthy eating habits and self-education, while tackling misconceptions about sugar and its effect on mental and physical health.

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Tom Hopper's Health Scare

Tom Hopper's health journey began while training for Black Sails, where extreme dieting led to gastritis.
After a friend's advice, he adopted a whole-foods diet, inspired by his friend's consistent health.

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Peer Pressure and Health

The influence of peers is crucial for health, as people tend to adopt habits of those around them.
Tom Hopper emphasizes the importance of surrounding oneself with people on the same health journey.

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Meeting in Brisbane

Keegan Allen met Tom Hopper at a convention, where Keegan's poor diet led to illness.
Hopper encouraged Keegan to adopt a healthier lifestyle, starting with mindful food choices.

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Sweet Truths: Food Misconceptions and Health

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Challenging Dairy Myths and Health Implications

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Navigating Dietary Choices and Sugar Addiction

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Understanding Food Addiction and the Power of Healing Through Nutrition

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Confronting Food Addiction and Childhood Obesity

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Navigating Creation and Inspiration in Healthy Living

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How the Food Giants Hooked Us

Michael Moss

In this book, Michael Moss delves into the strategies used by major food companies to create products that are highly appealing and addictive. He explores the concept of the 'bliss point,' where scientists calculate the optimal combination of sugar, fat, and salt to maximize consumer desire. Moss also uncovers marketing techniques borrowed from the tobacco industry and reveals how these practices contribute to the obesity epidemic. The book is based on meticulous research and interviews with industry insiders, providing a detailed and often unsettling look at the processed food industry's impact on public health.

Food Fix

Mark Hyman

In 'Food Fix', Dr. Mark Hyman delves into the systemic issues within the global food system, highlighting how corrupted food and agriculture policies driven by money and lobbying contribute to chronic diseases, climate change, poverty, violence, and educational achievement gaps. The book pairs the latest nutritional and environmental science with a critical examination of the food industry and its policies. It offers practical solutions for individuals, businesses, and policymakers to create a healthier world, society, and planet by focusing on regenerative organic agriculture, public health initiatives, and policy reforms.

The 10-Day Detox Diet

Mark Hyman

The untethered soul

Michael A. Singer

In 'The Untethered Soul', Michael A. Singer explores the nature of the self and how to achieve spiritual growth by recognizing and releasing the inner blockages that prevent us from experiencing true happiness. The book emphasizes the importance of accepting reality as it is, rather than trying to control or resist it. Singer provides practical advice on how to manage negative thoughts, cultivate a positive mindset, and live in harmony with the natural flow of life.

The Fertility Diet presents groundbreaking research from the Nurses' Health Study, highlighting how dietary changes can improve fertility. It suggests reducing red meat and trans fats, increasing protein and iron from vegetables and nuts, and consuming whole-fat dairy products. The book provides meal plans and recipes to make these changes practical and enjoyable.

The surrender experiment

Michael A. Singer

In 'The Surrender Experiment', Michael A. Singer shares his extraordinary story of how, after a deep spiritual awakening, he decided to relinquish his personal fears and desires and simply let life unfold before him. This decision led him to remarkable success, sustained him through crises, and allowed him to cultivate profound inner peace. The book chronicles his life from a young spiritual seeker living in the woods to becoming the CEO of a billion-dollar medical software company, and through a significant legal ordeal. Singer demonstrates how surrendering to life's flow can lead to a peaceful and harmonious life, challenging readers to trust in life’s perfection and let go of the need to control everything.

How To Overcome Sugar Addiction with Keegan Allen and Tom Hopper | This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox and chili

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard someone say they wish they had more willpower to be able to quit sugar. But here’s the thing: it’s an actual physical addiction and the food industry strives to get us hooked on sugar. So, it’s not about willpower, it’s about biochemistry. The great news is that we can reset our biochemistry and those sugar cravings and take back our health. The more you avoid sugar and refined carbohydrates (which just turn into sugar in your body) the more your body recognizes the natural sweetness in healthy foods like blueberries or even a red bell pepper.

My guests on this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy, Keegan Allen and Tom Hopper, have both been through the sugar struggle, and they’re here to share their inspiring stories of overcoming the addiction to discover their most vibrant health.

Keegan is an American actor, musician, photographer, and author. He’s known for his main role as Toby Cavanaugh on the Freeform series Pretty Little Liars. Allen's passion in his younger years tended towards photography, cinematography, and other roles behind the camera. Tom is an English actor. He has appeared as Sir Percival in Merlin, Billy Bones in Black Sails, Dickon Tarly in Game of Thrones, and Luther Hargreeves in Netflix’s new show The Umbrella Academy.

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Here are more of the details from our interview:

The health scare that led Tom to cut out sugar and start to view food as medicine (3:58)

Keegan’s health journey from being pre-diabetic to understanding that his diet was making him unwell (12:42)

Lactose intolerance, infertility, and sugar (17:10)

Food labeling and ingredient lists (25:56)

The first step to take to improve your diet (32:43)

The science of sugar and how sugar affects your immune system (35:53)

Keegan’s experience resetting his diet and improving his health (43:43)

Sugar, cancer, and the ketogenic diet (48:07)

The 10-Reset available at getfarmacy.com or getfarmacy.com/free (51:26)

Worsening health metrics among children (58:08)

Follow Keegan Allen on Instagram @keeoone and on Twitter @KeeganAllen

Follow Tom Hopper on Instagram @tom.hopperhops and on Twitter @Tomhopperhops

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