I thought breaking up with sugar would be easy. In my mind, we were never really that close anyway. As someone who's never had a problem skipping dessert, I
would be a piece of uneaten cake so to speak. As it turns out, I was way more addicted to sugar than I realized.
I knew it would be impossible to cut out sugar entirely. Nor is that something experts recommend, since, and it occurs naturally in a multitude of healthy foods, like fruits and some vegetables. So, in a continuous effort to improve my diet and health, I set a goal to cut back on added sweeteners. But first I needed to familiarize myself with the names sugar hides behind on an ingredients list.
I was surprised at how many of my favorite foods were laden with the sweet stuff: the vanilla creamer I put in my coffee each morning, the teriyaki beef jerky I bought on every road trip, even my favorite salad dressing. While I wasn't eating cookies on a daily basis, I was still ingesting a lot of added sugar without even realizing it.
I realized that just because I didn't indulge in sweets didn't mean I wasn't fostering a sugar addiction.lasted for about eight days before they began to dissipate. Once I got over the hump, I noticed a difference in my energy levels throughout the day. I felt more alert and balanced, and I also noticed a decrease in my longing for an afternoon nap.
In the end, I also learned the power of moderation. The American Heart Association recommends that the average woman eat, and before, I was consuming much more than that. After the detox, I'm hyper aware of the way sugar affects my body; in fact, I try to stay away from the artificial stuff completely. This has made pure sugars taste that much sweeter and made it much easier to stay under that daily limit.
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