Bitten Johnson, a registered nurse and recovering sugar addict since 1985, sheds light on the harrowing effects of sugar addiction. She discusses the signs and symptoms, including cognitive slowdown and feelings of shame. Bitten emphasizes personalized dietary strategies for breaking free from sugar, like cutting out sugar and flour while adopting a ketogenic approach. The conversation also highlights the urgent societal recognition of sugar addiction's dangers, comparing its effects to those of hard drugs. Join her mission to liberate others from sugar's grip!
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Addiction Treatment Priority
Sugar addiction, like other substance addictions, requires stopping the ingestion of the addictive substance first.
Assessment is crucial to determine if an addiction exists before addressing underlying trauma or psychosocial issues.
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Defining Sugar Addiction
"Sugar addiction" encompasses various forms of sugar, including sweeteners, flours, and processed foods, because they all break down into sugar.
Individuals have unique biochemistry, and some are more sensitive to sugar than others.
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Dietary Changes for Sugar Addicts
Stop consuming all sugar, flour, and processed foods if you are a sugar addict.
Replace cow dairy with goat or sheep options, and use butter and ghee.
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I know how many of you feel. Ashamed at constantly failing a diet, ashamed you can’t lose the weight, wondering why you don’t have the willpower, embarrassed you don’t have the means or the time to treat yourself better. Well, there is hope, and that hope starts by admitting we are addicted, meaning we are enslaved to something - sex, drugs, money or sugar.
This episode was a sobering, clear-eyed realization that even someone like myself who is aware of the addictive nature of sugar did not fully appreciate the Thanos-like power sugar possesses and the havoc it is wreaking in people’s lives each and every day.
Bitten Johnson is a recovering addict since September 1985, with several outlets - the number one being sugar. When she looks back, she sees her sugar addiction started at a very young age. When Bitten was four years old, she stole sugar cubes in the kitchen whenever she could.
After being in treatment for alcoholism, a consequence of sugar addiction, Bitten started her journey into recovery. Today, Bitten’s mission is to free addicts, especially sugar addicts, from being a slave to the sweetness.
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