Certainly, we all get a little airheaded when consuming lots of sugar, but a sugar sensitive person has a much harder reaction. To them, sugar makes all their nerve endings trip the light fantastic. They get much greater highs and collapses from the confectionery stuff. It's not simply an emotional alliance with sugar or refined foods that's the sole issue here.

(As a side mention, I must state that emotional eating is a true and significant matter)! Sugar addiction as delivered in this book likewise involves an actual physical need for sugar in order to feel great. Intriguing concepts and I wonder: Am I real a sugar sensitive individual? Could I really be addicted to sugar? One effective way to ascertain if you're really addicted to sugar is to see how you feel if you don't have ANY sugar for a brief time.

If you begin having withdrawal symptoms and then instantly feel better after consuming some sugar, you very well may be dealing with a physical dependence. A different test that may make you laugh (out of guilt) is the cookie test. Suppose you arrive home to discover a plate of warm, Toll House cookies sitting on the counter.

No one else is about. You're not hungry. What do you do? Somebody who might have a heavy affinity for sugar would make a bee-line for the cookies and eat at least one, perhaps one-half the plate! Those who don't get a charge from sweets might look at the cookies and consider trying one. They might check the mail or telephone messages first.

They might say, "I'm not hungry at present, so I'll wait till later." Their brains don't switch off at the sight and aroma of the cookies. The reason I joke is because I belong to the 1st group, without a doubt! After finding out about sugar's drug-like effects and what a sugar addiction feels like, I must conclude that I'm indeed a sugar sensitive person. So, if you've ascertained you're really addicted to sugar, how do you break this addiction?

Keep Track This step is keeping a food journal. In this journal you put down:

• The times you eat/drink
• What you eat/drink
• The way you feel physically
• The way you feel emotionally.

How come even do this? It helps you plug in with your body. You'll determine what your body needs, how particular foods affect you, that if you do "A," then "B" will occur. The food journal helps you to see advancement over time. As you wean yourself off sugar, you might see healthier food selections, less fluctuating eating times, and more favorable emotions. Looking back on the food diary may be an encouragement in that sense.

You might be astonished to see how far you have come. This step is hard for a few people. It's thought-provoking to work out and face what we're feeling. We may feel guilty putting down everything we've consumed. It's in reality pretty astonishing how much of ourselves we have tied up in food! All the same the food journal in this particular plan is not about good or bad. There's no judgment demanded.

You are merely recording data as objectively as possible in order to help you determine connections between what you consume and how you feel. It's all about learning so you are able to arrive at favorable adjustments that result in bettered health. The journal presents your body a voice. Your body doesn't give a computer printout to tell you what's going on with it; all the same it presents you clues in the form of symptoms that hint at the greater picture.

These symptoms will be uniform and predictable. You simply have to learn to read them. I believe this is an intriguing way of utilizing a food journal. I've never done anything like it previously, and I'm curious to give it a try. I can't state that I'm going to love journaling what I eat or even remember to do it on a steady basis. All the same that's why I'm going about all this really slowly.

Eat Regularly

This step calls for:

• Consuming 3 meals a day
• Eating at regular intervals
• Eating sufficient protein

Why simply 3 meals and not little meals throughout the day? For sugar addicts, stopping a meal may be hard. Having 3 meals a day trains the body to begin and, more significantly, end a meal. It's simple to turn those little meals into a whole day of ceaseless grazing and snacking. That's not inevitably because the sugar sensitive person is ungoverned.

No, brain chemistry might be more to blame in that instance. A real sugar addict is thought to have the short end of the stick when it comes to brain chemicals like serotonin and beta endorphin levels. These neurotransmitters help you have greater impulse control and the power to pass up sweets, among additional things. Sugar sensitive people might have depressed levels of these chemicals.

Consuming 3 meals a day likewise teaches urge control, which may be hard for a sugar addict, particularly in regards to confections. You are able to still consume sweets on this step; simply move them to a prescribed mealtime. As a matter of fact, moving sweets to meals lessens sugar's effect. Having sugar following eating protein, instead of eating the sweet by itself, will decrease that crazy sugar high and subsequent awful crash.

Exclusions to the 3 meals a day rule are those who are really active and those who are pregnant or nursing. These persons will require what is called a "planned snack" of protein and a complex carb. The snack is designed for a particular time of day with foods selected ahead of time.

A planned snack calls for being aware of the foods you pick out and consume rather than spontaneously seizing junk food without thinking. Learning to begin, quit, and pay attention may still play a role with planned snacks. Eat at steady time intervals.

How come? To keep blood glucose levels constant, reduce cravings, and keep you from feeling cranky, shaky, and lethargic. It’s advocated that aiming for about five -six hours between meals, but not longer than six hours (except between supper and breakfast the following day). Going without eating for more than six hours may lead to a big drop in blood sugar levels, and that's something we wish to prevent!

Excerpted from the book The Sugar Solution .

This excerpt has been edited and condensed for clarity.

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