Life After Sugar

Vikki Jones is a former competitive athlete. She moved from the UK to the US in the 1980s and excelled in the pentathlon. She had a coach for every sport she did, as well as being supported by the US Olympic Committee. In this episode, Vikki tells how as an athlete, she wasn't taught how to eat. Because she was so active, she would pick herself up with sugar to get quick energy. She would "carb load" before any sporting event. When she retired from professional sports, she realized that her education in nutrition was missing, so she started to study it. In her Master's degree in human nutrition in the 90s, she was taught that fat is bad and that artificial sweeteners were better than sugar. Only years later did Vikki read more about fats and sugars. She tells about how her own education evolved, how she started questioning what she was taught, and how she is able to help others now.She has come to the conclusion that food is medicine, because we all need good nutrition, not just as professional athletes. Vikki also tells about her experience with long Covid, from which she still suffers today, but how looking after her own nutrition and keeping sugar to a minimum has helped her.Here's where to find Vikki: https://www.facebook.com/BeyondFitness.VikkiArmstrongDownload 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...

Megan Lifto  is a nurse who's had her own health issues, including having her ovaries removed. She knew that the decrease in estrogen would affect her metabolism, and indeed her weight went up 60lbs, mostly around her belly, even though she was still active.With the extra weight, she started to have joint pain when she bent down, as well as in her hands.  Some hormone therapy (low dose estrogen) helped her lose 10lbs right away. What does this have to do with sugar?Well, the hormone fluctuations that Megan was experiencing also brought with them intense sugar cravings. She used ice cream or donuts to calm her pain and give her comfort... but the cravings kept coming. She was experiencing energy crashes and disturbed sleep, and her weight loss stalled. Listen to Megan's tips for what she did and what you can do if you're suffering from hormonal swings, menopause, cancer or other related health issues. Find Megan here: https://www.facebook.com/comfortcareexpert/To get my 5 tips to help you with cravings, go here: https://aftersugarclub.com/podcast/To get support and break free from sugar for good, join us in the After Sugar Club here: https://aftersugarclub.com/asc1/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...

This is our special holiday edition of the Life After Sugar podcast!This week I'm talking to Holly Howe, a Fermentation Educator, a cookbook author, photographer, and blogger. Holly's goal  is to have sauerkraut fermenting in 100,000 homes... including yours!If you're anything like I was a few years ago, you may not know much about  fermented foods. Maybe you know that yogurt is fermented? Or maybe you've tasted kombucha? That's fermented too. Or sauerkraut? These are all fermented (or cultured) foods and drinks, and are therefore probiotic and good for your gut health.In this episode, Holly shares her story and gives her recipe for fermented cranberry relish and carrot sticks. Plus I give my recipe for a happy sugar free  holiday season!And in future episodes, Holly and I will continue to demystify the world of fermentation.Why is gut health so important? And what does sugar have to do with gut health? Listen to find out!Here's Holly's recipes for yummy fermented cranberry relish and carrot sticks: https://www.makesauerkraut.com/lifeaftersugar/Download my simple guide for getting more energy with less sugar here: https://aftersugarclub.com/energy-guide/And if you want to learn how to make your own fermented foods and drinks and make your gut happy all year round by reducing sugar, join us in the After Sugar Club here! (You don't need to wait until January New Year's resolution time...)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...

Jackie Fletcher and Louise Reynolds are the hosts of the Fabulously Keto podcast.After starting on her low carb eating journey in May 2017 and then moving to a ketogenic way of eating in January 2018, Jackie  discovered a passion for everything low carb and keto.Jackie tells about her childhood, when she always felt left out and overweight. She tried yo-yo dieting, but she couldn't sustain it. Eventually, in her 40s, she was at her heaviest, she felt like a failure, but she didn't even go to the doctor's because she had no intention of changing what she was eating. Then she listened to the audio version of Gary Taube's book "Why We Get Fat and What To Do About It". And it had a huge impact on her, because that's when she started to understand low carb eating. She changed her diet, adopted keto, then added intermittent fasting. Now she doesn't feel like she's on a diet, even though she's aware that she needs to be mindful of how she relates to her "head hunger", which is really just an emotional want of food, and not real hunger. Her current mantra is "Food does not control me...". Since late 2015, Louise has used low carb ketogenic way of living to address a number of health issues.Louise talks about how she used to live with her emotional eating habits and stress in her life. Her tipping point came when she consulted a colleague who was knowledgeable about eating disorders. She'd tried all kinds of diets, and then decided to have weight loss surgery. After a severe motorcycle accident, her mom - who'd discovered low carb - suggested Louise change what she was eating in order to help with her pain and inflammation. It was the science that made sense to Louise. And indeed, she tried a low carb/keto diet, and never looked back.You can find Jackie and Louise here: https://fabulouslyketo.com/If you need help to get rid of cravings, download my 5 tips here. And to get all the support, encouragement and guidance you need to break free from sugar, emotional eating and mindless snacking, join us in the After Sugar Club here!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...

Dr. Vera Tarman is the author of the book Food Junkies: Recovery from Food Addiction. Her book (as well as the podcast Food Junkies) tackles the complex and often poorly understood issue of food addiction. It's so poignant because it's written from her own clinical experience with dozens of her patients who suffer from overeating, binge eating, obesity, anorexia, and bulimia.But Vera is also the person behind the white coat. In this episode, she tells her own touching personal story about her addiction to food, especially to sugar and flour. She talks about how it began and developed, and how she found peace from that "hornet's nest" of self-destructive addictive tendencies. Hers is a journey of discovery and self-acceptance, as a patient as much as a doctor. For people struggling with food addictions, finding health professionals who understand and recognize their condition remains a frustrating battle, even today. Thanks to her book, podcast and Facebook group, Dr. Vera Tarman continues to lead the way in research as well as giving practical strategies for people facing the complicated challenges of eating disorders and addictions.Find Dr. Tarman, her book, podcast and Facebook group here: https://www.addictionsunplugged.com/And if you're ready and motivated to break free from sugar for good, you can get all the support, encouragement and guidance you need when you join the After Sugar Club here.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...

Colli Christante grew up eating whole foods and very little sugar, and she brought up her daughter that way too. She doesn't remember her daughter being sick as a child.Naturally, as she grew up, Colli's daughter experimented with sugar and other types of processed foods, but then when she herself became a mother, she reverted back to whole foods.Colli tells about her experience with alcoholism, first with her father and then with her ex-husband. Their consumption of alcohol affected their mood and behaviour... causing suffering for herself and her family. The thing is, alcohol affects the body in a similar way to sugar.Colli's field of expertise is as a family trauma therapist. From her practice and her personal experience, she knows all about trauma and self-sabotage. In this episode, we talk about the connection between trauma and emotional eating, and how consuming sugar and alcohol can be a form of self-sabotage. We also talk about how to deal with reaching out for sugary foods or alcohol as a coping mechanism, and how to create a "new normal". You can contact Colli here: https://www.collikchristante.com/ And if you're ready and committed to breaking free from sugar for good, join us in the After Sugar Club here.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 Nikola Howard was still eating sugar, she had no energy, she was in pain, she had skin issues, and she was often moody and "hangry" (which is when you're so hungry that you're angry). She had to eat every two hours or so, otherwise she would become impatient and bad-tempered.It wasn't until  she was in her 40s that she realized how sugar was affecting her brain and her whole life and relationships.Like many of us, she had spend her teens and her twenties following low fat diets. But she wasn't eating enough, plus she depended on fruit for sweetness, and she was hungry all the time.In the early 90s, she read a book by Dr. Atkins, and logically, it made sense to her. She then started researching about the history and science of nutrition, and all its methodological constraints.In this episode, Nikola tells about how she used to consume lots of ice cream and potatoes as a self-medication to soothe and calm herself in times of stress. She didn't know how else to cope. When her suffering and pain became too great, she decided to change. And even her comfort foods have changed!Now she has the resiliency and the personal power to ask better questions, and to analyze what was really going on in her life. This led her to become a qualified coach in 2016. Not eating sugar has made her into a more patient and compassionate person. She now helps others to ask better questions too, and teaches them to feed their body and mind more effectively by using her H.O.P.E. protocol. She explains it in this episode.To contact Nikola, go to: https://lowcarbinthe.uk/To download your simple guide to getting more energy with less sugar, go to: https://aftersugarclub.com/energy-guide/And if you're looking for a community where you can get support, encouragement, and guidance to break free from sugar, join us in the After Sugar Club here: https://aftersugarclub.com/asc1/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...

Janine, a health enthusiast, transitioned from craving sugar to loving real food. She shares her journey of eliminating sugar, including the emotional challenges and insights into mindfulness. Janine discusses how cravings can often pass with simple strategies like waiting or walking. She also delves into the benefits of intermittent fasting and being fat-adapted, explaining how these practices help minimize cravings and foster a healthier relationship with food. It's a refreshing perspective on living sugar-free!

Michelle Hurn is the author of the book "The Dietitian's Dilemma".As a health professional, the oath she took was to "do no harm". And yet, after several years in the profession, and after several challenges with her own health, she realized that as a dietitian, she was actually hurting people more than helping them.That was her dilemma: Do I continue to repeat the official guidelines that include having diabetic patients consume up to 75g of carbs per meal, or do I step out of that well-paid profession because it goes against my own values? She decided to quit her job as a dietitian, and in this episode and in her book, Michelle explains why. She also tells her touching journey as a teen with an eating disorder.In her book (which I loved!), she speaks about 5 main issues that can be improved with a change in diet (especially cutting out refined carbohydrates like sugar): diabetesmental disorderseating disorderssarcopenia (muscle loss)heart diseaseMichelle agrees that as patients and consumers, our power comes from being our own advocates and doing our own research. I think she's so inspiring because she was brave enough to step out of her professional and personal paradigm.Find Michelle's book here: https://thedietitiansdilemma.net/To download your simple guide to get more energy with less sugar, go here: https://aftersugarclub.com/energy-guide/Join us in the After Sugar Club here: https://aftersugarclub.com/asc1/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...

Like many of us, Jennifer's sugar story goes way back. Her health-conscious mom had the family try all kinds of diets, and her dad and her grandparents had a huge sweet tooth. And this solidified Jennifer's sweet tooth.She experimented with different ways of eating and various diets in order to control her weight and her health. And now she works as a coach to help people eat healthier.During Covid, she realized that she and her husband were having a dessert after every meal. It was due to the anxiety they were living during this time. It's a pattern that she recognizes in herself: she uses food and alcohol as a way to numb, soothe, check out, and calm her anxiety.In this episode, Jennifer talks about how her awareness and mindfulness has helped her to change her habits and her relationship with alcohol, food, and especially sugar. To contact Jennifer, go to: https://www.youcangethealthynaturally.com/about/To download my 5 tips to help you get rid of sugar cravings, go to: https://aftersugarclub.com/podcast/To get more support, encouragement, and accountability, join us in the After Sugar Club here: https://aftersugarclub.com/asc1/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...