166. "Cutting sugar and flour stopped my yo-yo dieting": Charlotte
Life After Sugar17 Mar 2024

166. "Cutting sugar and flour stopped my yo-yo dieting": Charlotte

As Charlotte was growing up, her parents used food to reward good behaviour. This led her to develop an early love of sugar, especially chocolate. During her teenage years in the 1990s, Charlotte felt pressure to conform to society's ideal of a thin body, and so she aimed to look attractive and lose weight rapidly through dieting. And her weight yo-yoed as her relationships began and ended. It was only later in life when Charlotte learned to see food as nourishment rather than r...

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277. "I'm more connected with my body when I don't eat sugar": Suann

277. "I'm more connected with my body when I don't eat sugar": Suann

Suann grew up in northeastern Canada eating the way most of us did: a diet full of sugary cereals and processed foods. But when she grew older, she started listening to her body. She became vegetarian...

3 Mai 25min

276. Which is worse: cholesterol or insulin?

276. Which is worse: cholesterol or insulin?

In this episode, I want to talk about something that confuses a lot of people: cholesterol. What it actually is, why your body needs it, and why the LDL number on your lab report doesn't tell the whol...

26 Apr 21min

275. "Cutting refined carbs helped me train for a marathon": John

275. "Cutting refined carbs helped me train for a marathon": John

John grew up in Indiana eating Hungry Man dinners, boxes of sugary cereal, and green-frosted Ninja Turtle pies... and no-one ever told him sugar was a problem! By his early 30s he was pushing 290 pou...

19 Apr 34min

274. "My faith helped me quit sugar": Christine

274. "My faith helped me quit sugar": Christine

Christine spent 30 years trapped in the cycle of yo-yo dieting. She tried everything from Weight Watchers to a hospital-supervised liquid protein program. But nobody ever taught her why her body was ...

12 Apr 34min

273. What to say when someone offers you sugar

273. What to say when someone offers you sugar

What do you say when someone offers you something with sugar in it… and you don’t want it? Or you kind of do... but you don't want to sabotage your efforts to break free from sugar cravings? In this e...

5 Apr 16min

272. "Mindful eating helped reduce my sugar cravings": Angela

272. "Mindful eating helped reduce my sugar cravings": Angela

Angela grew up with a lot of stress and tension around food at home. In her 20s, she struggled with severe sugar addiction alongside anxiety and depression, using sugar as a primary coping mechanism. ...

29 Mar 43min

271. "White sugar and flour were our biggest triggers": Violet

271. "White sugar and flour were our biggest triggers": Violet

When Violet's husband’s health crisis forced them to look for solutions, sugar and white flour weren’t even on the list. In this episode, Violet shares how her husband’s Crohn’s disease led them to co...

22 Mar 28min

270. "Detox" symptoms to expect when you first cut sugar

270. "Detox" symptoms to expect when you first cut sugar

If you’ve ever thought about cutting sugar, flour, and processed foods, it's better to be prepared for what you might experience. In this episode, I talk about the symptoms people often call “detox” a...

15 Mar 18min

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