Life After Sugar

Jen found that reducing sugar and gluten has been good for all her family.Back in 2007, when her 3-year-old son began showing signs of a speech delay, a friend suggested that she try taking gluten out of his diet. At first she thought it was weird, but then Jen started researching it. So she decided to take all of the products with gluten out of the house, and the whole family started eating gluten free. Six weeks later, her son said his first complete sentence. With gluten out of his diet, her son started communicating. It was amazing!She also took sugar and gluten out of her other son's diet and noticed the positive effect on him.  And then after a gluten-filled date night with her husband, Jen experienced "knocked-out sleep", as if she'd been drunk.  She was cranky, she was irritable... as if she couldn't hold her eyes open. She could not function properly. Now her family calls it a "gluten hangover".Today the whole family is gluten free. Her sons are almost adults. They are fit, with a healthy metabolism, and they're doing well at STEM school. They are much more able to self-regulate and make (mostly!) healthy food choices.As for sugar, Jen noticed that when she eats too much sugar, her skin gets drier, and she has more cramps and hot flashes. During the pandemic, she and her family experimented with eating ice cream every week... but that regular "treat" made her body suffer. So she stopped that behaviour.As a professional personality strategist, Jen is an expert in the Enneagram, so she's skilled in creating boundaries and teaching how to respect your own personality when you make choices.Listen to Jen's inspiring story. To contact her, go to: https://ubu.powercoachjen.com/homeAnd download your simple guide to get more energy with less sugar here: https://aftersugarclub.com/energy-guide/Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings! Struggling with cravings? Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.To rate and review this podcast: scroll down in your podcast player on your phone and click on the stars. To leave a review, scroll down a little more and click on "Write a Review". Once you’ve finished, select “Send” or “Save” in the top-right corner. If you’ve never left a podcast review before, enter a nickname. Your nickname will be displayed on your review. After selecting a nickname, tap OK. Your review may not be immediately visible, but it should be posted soon. Thank you! - NettaDisclaimer: Information provided by Life After Sugar is not designed to and does not provide medical advice, professional diagnosis, opinion, treatment or services to you or to any other individual. This is general information for educational purposes only. The information provided is not a substitute for medical or professional care. Life After Sugar is not liable or responsible for any advice, information, services or product you obtain through Life After Sugar. You should always seek...

Even with her active lifestyle and background in nutrition and science and eating behaviours, Lauren knew that she needed help with her exhaustion, stress eating and cravings. She knew she needed to listen to her body more, especially during lockdown. She had a healthy lifestyle on paper, she says, but she felt like trash: she was tired, couldn't focus, her work quality was suffering, and she wasn't as productive. She realized that she was compensating by eating junk food.She tried Whole 30, but for her it was too extreme of a change. She felt like she was going to die of cravings (her words!). In the Life After Sugar Program, Lauren realized that she's more of a "moderator". She needed a gentler approach that matches her personality .Yes, she "fell off the wagon" (her words!) once or twice... but she didn't guilt trip herself about it. She looked at it more as extra data that allowed her to know herself better. She's more of a mindful eater now. And respecting her personality helps her make a sustainable change too. It fits her life and her values.In the program, Lauren also learned more about fermented foods and gut health, even although she already knew a little about it. Lauren knows that a supportive community is key. "If you want to get somewhere, surround yourself with people that have done it". That was her perspective when she signed up for the Life After Sugar Program.And that's what helped her turn her knowledge into action and change her life for the better.Learn more about the Life After Sugar Program here: https://aftersugarclub.com/program1/Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings! Struggling with cravings? Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.To rate and review this podcast: scroll down in your podcast player on your phone and click on the stars. To leave a review, scroll down a little more and click on "Write a Review". Once you’ve finished, select “Send” or “Save” in the top-right corner. If you’ve never left a podcast review before, enter a nickname. Your nickname will be displayed on your review. After selecting a nickname, tap OK. Your review may not be immediately visible, but it should be posted soon. Thank you! - NettaDisclaimer: Information provided by Life After Sugar is not designed to and does not provide medical advice, professional diagnosis, opinion, treatment or services to you or to any other individual. This is general information for educational purposes only. The information provided is not a substitute for medical or professional care. Life After Sugar is not liable or responsible for any advice, information, services or product you obtain through Life After Sugar. You should always seek...

In this episode Véronique Morissette talks about her life after sugar over the last 3 years, and how her relationship with herself has been transformed since she cut out sugar.Gone is the toxic relationship she had with sugar... and with herself. Just before her decision to cut sugar, she quit cigarettes and alcohol because she wanted to feel more connected to the people she loves... including herself!Véronique realized that sugar was getting in the way of her having a clear mind and being free. Sugar was actually preventing her from feeling her feelings. It covered a lack in her life: a lack of ability to manage her feelings when she felt overwhelmed with sadness, anger, or any uncomfortable emotion. She used to sugar as a coping mechanism.Now she feels like she's recovered from a sickness. She has energy all day long, and she feels real freedom!Download your simple guide to getting more energy with less sugar here: https://aftersugarclub.com/energy-guide/Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings! Struggling with cravings? Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.To rate and review this podcast: scroll down in your podcast player on your phone and click on the stars. To leave a review, scroll down a little more and click on "Write a Review". Once you’ve finished, select “Send” or “Save” in the top-right corner. If you’ve never left a podcast review before, enter a nickname. Your nickname will be displayed on your review. After selecting a nickname, tap OK. Your review may not be immediately visible, but it should be posted soon. Thank you! - NettaDisclaimer: Information provided by Life After Sugar is not designed to and does not provide medical advice, professional diagnosis, opinion, treatment or services to you or to any other individual. This is general information for educational purposes only. The information provided is not a substitute for medical or professional care. Life After Sugar is not liable or responsible for any advice, information, services or product you obtain through Life After Sugar. You should always seek...

So what's the difference between Life After Sugar and keto? And why does it annoy me when people ask me: "Netta, are you keto?"In this episode I explain what keto is and its history, and how it's become so popular today. Yes,  it's understandable that people confuse how I eat with the keto way of eating, because both approaches cut out sugar. But I also rant a little about why I don't like to be identified with  what I eat. I'm me, I'm not my food! Keto is great, but it doesn't fit my personality. I point out several similarities and differences between Life After Sugar and keto. For example, I don't enjoy tracking my food or counting grams or seeing what I eat in terms of macros. I don't use any type of sweetener. I also include all fruit in my diet (albeit not much of it, as now my tastebuds get overwhelmed with only a little sweetness).But that doesn't make keto "bad". On the contrary, I think it's great because it questions accepted dietary dogma and aims to reduce unnecessary sugars and starches. It's just that my experience of the posts and exchanges in various keto groups was... well, off-putting, and I talk about that in this episode.Basically, in my humble opinion, do whatever is a good fit for you, both for your food and for your personality. That, for me, is part of Life After Sugar, and a big part of feeling free!To know more about Life After Sugar, go here: https://aftersugarclub.com/Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings! Struggling with cravings? Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.To rate and review this podcast: scroll down in your podcast player on your phone and click on the stars. To leave a review, scroll down a little more and click on "Write a Review". Once you’ve finished, select “Send” or “Save” in the top-right corner. If you’ve never left a podcast review before, enter a nickname. Your nickname will be displayed on your review. After selecting a nickname, tap OK. Your review may not be immediately visible, but it should be posted soon. Thank you! - NettaDisclaimer: Information provided by Life After Sugar is not designed to and does not provide medical advice, professional diagnosis, opinion, treatment or services to you or to any other individual. This is general information for educational purposes only. The information provided is not a substitute for medical or professional care. Life After Sugar is not liable or responsible for any advice, information, services or product you obtain through Life After Sugar. You should always seek...

Kathy had followed every diet out there. Sure, she was able to follow the rules for a while, but then she "fell off the wagon". She was used to tracking and following a meal plan, but what she wasn't used to was thinking for herself.  But when she joined the Life After Sugar Program, she started looking at things completely differently. ​Yes, there's a food list and recipes, but at first, she wasn't ready to look at them. When Kathy first signed up, she was uncomfortable with this new way of thinking because this gentle approach is opposite to the diet mentality. For example, there's no hard and fast rules, and no "leader" (although Kathy did feel guided and encouraged). She also learned to respect her own personality, to read and think and question information she was presented with. And the support of the others in the group was what held her accountable and helped her implement what she learned in the After Sugar Club.In this episode, Kathy talks about her own background with diets, as well as how free she feels now.  To learn more about the Life After Sugar Program, go here: https://aftersugarclub.com/program1/ Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings! Struggling with cravings? Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.To rate and review this podcast: scroll down in your podcast player on your phone and click on the stars. To leave a review, scroll down a little more and click on "Write a Review". Once you’ve finished, select “Send” or “Save” in the top-right corner. If you’ve never left a podcast review before, enter a nickname. Your nickname will be displayed on your review. After selecting a nickname, tap OK. Your review may not be immediately visible, but it should be posted soon. Thank you! - NettaDisclaimer: Information provided by Life After Sugar is not designed to and does not provide medical advice, professional diagnosis, opinion, treatment or services to you or to any other individual. This is general information for educational purposes only. The information provided is not a substitute for medical or professional care. Life After Sugar is not liable or responsible for any advice, information, services or product you obtain through Life After Sugar. You should always seek...

When she was still consuming sugar, Melissa was very anxious, overwhelmed, exhausted, and angry. As a young child, she used to hide sweet foods in her room, and she continued to eat lots of sugar into her adult years.Then when she became a mother and had her second child who wasn't sleeping, and her first child who had sensory challenges and food allergies, it was her chiropractor who asked her: What are you eating?And she started learning about food and its impact on her energy, her moods, and her emotional needs.When she started training to be a certified health coach, she started to really think about why she was turning to sugar. Now she feels better equipped to cope with the ups and downs of life. She can actually feel her emotions and express them instead of use sugar to numb her feelings. She's developed other healthier tools to deal with them. Find Melissa here: https://free2bcoaching.com/ Find all the podcast episodes and download my 5 tips to help you with cravings here: https://aftersugarclub.com/podcast/Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings! Struggling with cravings? Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.To rate and review this podcast: scroll down in your podcast player on your phone and click on the stars. To leave a review, scroll down a little more and click on "Write a Review". Once you’ve finished, select “Send” or “Save” in the top-right corner. If you’ve never left a podcast review before, enter a nickname. Your nickname will be displayed on your review. After selecting a nickname, tap OK. Your review may not be immediately visible, but it should be posted soon. Thank you! - NettaDisclaimer: Information provided by Life After Sugar is not designed to and does not provide medical advice, professional diagnosis, opinion, treatment or services to you or to any other individual. This is general information for educational purposes only. The information provided is not a substitute for medical or professional care. Life After Sugar is not liable or responsible for any advice, information, services or product you obtain through Life After Sugar. You should always seek...

In this episode, Mario tells me about how he grew up in Québec, Canada. At home, his parents naturally ate what would now be considered a keto way of eating: low in carbs and starches, no snacks, plenty of meat.When he got together with his then-girlfriend, he started eating a "normal" diet like she'd grown up with. Despite his active lifestyle and "healthy" diet, he kept gaining weight. When he started getting back pain, he went to see the doctor. X-rays showed nothing, even though his pain kept getting worse. It turned out to be his liver: all the fructose he was eating had given him a fatty liver.So he started educating himself, about sugar, about science, and about low carb/keto fasting.And it transformed his health and his life!He's now a coach for Clinique Reversa in Québec, Canada, here: https://cliniquereversa.com/Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings! Struggling with cravings? Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.To rate and review this podcast: scroll down in your podcast player on your phone and click on the stars. To leave a review, scroll down a little more and click on "Write a Review". Once you’ve finished, select “Send” or “Save” in the top-right corner. If you’ve never left a podcast review before, enter a nickname. Your nickname will be displayed on your review. After selecting a nickname, tap OK. Your review may not be immediately visible, but it should be posted soon. Thank you! - NettaDisclaimer: Information provided by Life After Sugar is not designed to and does not provide medical advice, professional diagnosis, opinion, treatment or services to you or to any other individual. This is general information for educational purposes only. The information provided is not a substitute for medical or professional care. Life After Sugar is not liable or responsible for any advice, information, services or product you obtain through Life After Sugar. You should always seek...

Meghan had always been interested in health, but she didn't know that all those "healthy" products like shakes and bars actually contain a lot of hidden sugars. She ran marathons, but she also suffered from allergies, bloating, breathing troubles, and many other health issues.Then she started to experiment: organic sugar, fat-free, diets, food combining.But everybody's body is bio-individual, and even though she was being health-conscious, she felt terrible. She eliminated certain foods from her diet, like dairy. But especially, she took out sugar and starches. She got grumpy and emotional during her withdrawal, but she continued because she saw what was shifting for her body, her mind, and her emotions... for the better.She also learned about sprouting, fermenting, as well as probiotics and prebiotic foods. And the importance of the microbiome (gut health). Her goal was to feel better, not to lose weight. And now she feels fantastic! Her advice as a health coach is simple: look after your gut health, eat real whole foods and drink plenty of water.Find Meghan here: https://wellnessonpurpose.org/.Download your simple guide to getting more energy with less sugar here: https://aftersugarclub.com/energy-guide/.Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings! Struggling with cravings? Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.To rate and review this podcast: scroll down in your podcast player on your phone and click on the stars. To leave a review, scroll down a little more and click on "Write a Review". Once you’ve finished, select “Send” or “Save” in the top-right corner. If you’ve never left a podcast review before, enter a nickname. Your nickname will be displayed on your review. After selecting a nickname, tap OK. Your review may not be immediately visible, but it should be posted soon. Thank you! - NettaDisclaimer: Information provided by Life After Sugar is not designed to and does not provide medical advice, professional diagnosis, opinion, treatment or services to you or to any other individual. This is general information for educational purposes only. The information provided is not a substitute for medical or professional care. Life After Sugar is not liable or responsible for any advice, information, services or product you obtain through Life After Sugar. You should always seek...

The allure of sugar may be stronger than we realize. Exploring its addictive nature, the discussion reveals parallels between sugar and drug addiction, with research showing lab animals favoring sugar over cocaine. The conversation also dives into how processed foods hijack our brain's pleasure centers, leading to cravings and potential leptin resistance. Additionally, personal transformations and insights from years without sugar hint at a newfound peace and freedom, challenging listeners to reconsider their relationship with this ubiquitous substance.

Dorothy Holtermann had so many health issues that her doctor told her he'd taken out all the organs he could and that she would have to make serious changes. Her doctor genuinely tried to help her, but she kept gaining weight.She didn't eat a lot of white sugar, but she did eat quite a lot of pasta, bread and fruit, didn't exercise much, and had a stressful life as a lawyer and parent.Then she hired a health coach who was from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition. She changed her life. Dorothy was so impressed that she wound up training there herself.Dorothy is now a Holistic Nutrition Counselor and the author of Love Food That Loves You Back.What helped her lose 75lbs, stabilize her blood sugar, normalize her blood levels, and improve all her health markers in her 50s was changing her diet.She feels like she's created a new body and a new life, and now at the age of 64 she says she feels better than in her 20s!Listen to the inspiring story of how Dorothy took her health into her own hands. She also became an expert on the impact of genes on your health and nutrition. FInd her at https://www.nurturenaturenutrition.com/.Download your simple guide to get more energy with less sugar here: https://aftersugarclub.com/energy-guide/.Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings! Struggling with cravings? Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.To rate and review this podcast: scroll down in your podcast player on your phone and click on the stars. To leave a review, scroll down a little more and click on "Write a Review". Once you’ve finished, select “Send” or “Save” in the top-right corner. If you’ve never left a podcast review before, enter a nickname. Your nickname will be displayed on your review. After selecting a nickname, tap OK. Your review may not be immediately visible, but it should be posted soon. Thank you! - NettaDisclaimer: Information provided by Life After Sugar is not designed to and does not provide medical advice, professional diagnosis, opinion, treatment or services to you or to any other individual. This is general information for educational purposes only. The information provided is not a substitute for medical or professional care. Life After Sugar is not liable or responsible for any advice, information, services or product you obtain through Life After Sugar. You should always seek...