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108. "I rejected the diet culture and healed my metabolism": Erin Feb 05, 2023

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Erin had spent her life doing things "right".
She followed the rules.
"Eat less, move more". "Track your calories". All of it.
But it was when Erin's health took a dramatic turn for the worse that she really woke up to the fact that everything she'd learned was wrong.
She'd spent her career in the fitness industry, and she realized that what she'd been telling people was wrong.
So she dove into the research, healed herself, and became passionate about teaching people the true biochemical workings of metabolism.
At the age of 37, Erin graduated with a diploma in Holistic Nutrition.
And in this episode, we talk about the things that don't work... the same old things you've heard before from the diet culture and that have precious little to do with how much we eat or move.

A lot of what we discuss in this episode is very difficult for people to wrap their heads around. We do a little mythbusting, and we reject a lot of the conventional wisdom about weight loss, metabolism, and achieving an effortless relationship with food.

Find Erin here: https://www.eatsimple.ca/
Get lots more practical tips and valuable resources about sugar and gut health from Netta here:

To be part of our lovely encouraging group and get support and accountability to live your healthier life without needing sugar, join us in the the After Sugar Club today!
To get rid of cravings, especially if you're an intermittent faster, download your 5 tips here.
Also check out the Life After Sugar Facebook page, and subscribe to my Instagram account and to the Life After Sugar YouTube channel.

For step-by-step guidance toward freedom from cravings, get your copy of my new book: "Break Free from Sugar Cravings". Available on Amazon now!

For free resources, Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings!

Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.
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107. Tips to save money when you don't eat sugar Jan 29, 2023

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Most foods that contain refined and added sugars and grains are manufactured by the processed foods industry to make consumers crave them so that they eat more... and buy more!
So when you stop buying and eating all those industrially processed food products and snacks, what's left to eat?
Real, whole foods, that's what!
But with rising grocery prices , how can you save money (and time!)?
You want to prioritize healthy foods that nourish you, give you energy, and fill you up... but you don't want to see your grocery bill explode.
And if you're anything like me, a busy working parent, you also need to save time.
In this episode, you'll get lots of tips for how to save money AND time. The insights and tips come from me and from listeners, as well as from members of the After Sugar Club.
Get lots more practical tips and valuable resources about sugar and gut health from Netta here:

To be part of our lovely encouraging group and get support and accountability to live your healthier life without needing sugar, join us in the the After Sugar Club today!
To get rid of cravings, especially if you're an intermittent faster, download your 5 tips here.
Also check out the Life After Sugar Facebook page, and subscribe to my Instagram account and to the Life After Sugar YouTube channel.

For step-by-step guidance toward freedom from cravings, get your copy of my new book: "Break Free from Sugar Cravings". Available on Amazon now!

For free resources, Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings!

Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.
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106. "Looking after my gut health helped reduce my anxiety": Kerri Jan 22, 2023

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When she was younger, Kerri spent a lot of her life sad, anxious, overweight, and frustrated — convinced that if she just lost weight, her life would change.
She'd spent tens of thousands of dollars on doctors, diets, supplements, medications, and fitness plans, trying to find a magic pill to help her lose weight quickly. She thought losing weight would cure her crippling anxiety and fatigue and lift her depression.
It was only when she took the brave step getting help to identify the root cause of her symptoms with the right functional medicine testing, that Kerri discovered how central gut health was to her healing.
Kerri has over a decade of training and experience as a functional medicine nutritionist. In this episode, Kerri talks about the root causes of digestive health, hormone imbalances, and mood symptoms.
Find Kerri here: https://kerriaxelrod.com/
Get lots of valuable resources about sugar and gut health from Netta here:

To be part of our lovely encouraging group and get support and accountability to live your healthier life without needing sugar, join us in the the After Sugar Club today!
To get rid of cravings, especially if you're an intermittent faster, download your 5 tips here.
Also check out the Life After Sugar Facebook page, and subscribe to my Instagram account and to the Life After Sugar YouTube channel.

For step-by-step guidance toward freedom from cravings, get your copy of my new book: "Break Free from Sugar Cravings". Available on Amazon now!

For free resources, Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings!

Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.
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105: "You can eat bread and still be low carb": Joy Jan 15, 2023

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Joy Kiddie, a Canadian dietitian known as the "low carb healthy fat dietitian", explains how for generations, bread has been a cultural staple for many cultures,. Also tortillas, naan, challah, roti... So it's understandable that when people want to reduce carbs in the form of flour, cutting bread is a struggle.
In this episode, we talk about the cultural importance of bread, and how flour is metabolized by the body in a very similar way to sugar.
Joy also explains what the deal is with gluten, and how there is no one-size-fits-all low carb approach for everyone.
In her book Low Carb Breads of the World, Joy provides recipes for bread that can be baked by people following different types of low-carb diets. Her tried and tested recipes contain NO nut flour and no psyllium, xanthan gum, guar gum, or inulin, as these ingredients often cause digestive issues.
We also talk about auto-immune disorders, including thyroid issues, as well as addictive behaviours around bread (and sugar).
To find Joy's book, do here: https://www.lowcarb-bread.com/
Find Joy Kiddie here: https://www.lchf-rd.com/
Get lots of valuable resources about sugar from Netta here:

Download your free simple guide to getting more energy here.
To get rid of cravings, especially if you're an intermittent faster, download your 5 tips here.
Also check out the Life After Sugar Facebook page, and subscribe to my Instagram account and to the Life After Sugar YouTube channel.
To be part of our lovely encouraging group and get support and accountability to let go of sugar, join us in the the After Sugar Club today!

For step-by-step guidance toward freedom from cravings, get your copy of my new book: "Break Free from Sugar Cravings". Available on Amazon now!

For free resources, Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings!

Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.
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104. "Cutting sugar can help you feel younger": Dr. Roizen Jan 08, 2023

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Dr. Michael Roizen is a physician who specializes in anti-aging. He became famous for developing the Real Age concept and has authored or coauthored 5 number one New York Times best sellers.
In this episode, Dr. Roizen talks about the concept of real age versus calendar age. In fact, your physiological age, not just how old you are, can make a huge impact on different risk factors for your health.
60 is the new 40, says Dr. Roizen!
And one factor in promoting faster aging has been shown to be sugar.
Dr. Roizen explains how sugar glycosylates proteins and can make certain proteins in the body function less well.
One example is hemoglobin A1C, which is related to blood sugar levels.
We also talk about motivation, the rate of aging in your body, joint stiffness (glycosylation of cartilage), stress, nutrition, your choices versus your genes, time-restricted eating... and lots more!
Dr. Roizen is passionate about helping people live younger longer. He shares his insight and amazing knowledge about aging and sugar in this episode.

Find Dr. Roizen here:
App: https://www.greatagereboot.com/
Podcast: YOU The Owners Manual Radio Show
Dr. Roizen's books
Get lots of valuable resources about sugar from Netta here:

Download your free simple guide to getting more energy here.
To get rid of cravings, especially if you're an intermittent faster, download your 5 tips here.
Also check out the Life After Sugar Facebook page, and subscribe to my Instagram account and to the Life After Sugar YouTube channel.
To be part of our lovely encouraging group and get support and accountability to let go of sugar, join us in the the After Sugar Club today!

For step-by-step guidance toward freedom from cravings, get your copy of my new book: "Break Free from Sugar Cravings". Available on Amazon now!

For free resources, Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your cravings!

Download your 5 tips HERE to discover how you can get rid of cravings... even when you feel tired or stressed.
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103. The 3 essentials of a joyful sugar free life Jan 01, 2023

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With my experience of several years of being sugar free, I've discovered that there are 3 essentials to living a confident and joyful sugar free life.
And they're probably not what you think.
These essentials go way beyond what you eat.
For this first episode of 2023, I want to share with you my own vision of how you can get to a place where you don't need, miss, or want sugar in your life.
Find out which 3 essentials can get you there in this episode!
Get lots of valuable resources about sugar from Netta here:

Download your free simple guide to getting more energy here.
To get rid of cravings, download your 5 tips here.
Also check out the Life After Sugar Facebook page, and subscribe to my Instagram account and to the Life After Sugar YouTube channel.
To be part of our lovely encouraging group and get support and accountability to let go of sugar, join us in the the After Sugar Club today!

For step-by-step guidance toward freedom from cravings, get your copy of my new book: "Break Free from Sugar Cravings". Available on Amazon now!

For free resources, Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your 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:

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102. "Now I'm a diet free diva!": Tracy Dec 25, 2022

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Tracy was my guest on Episode 10, and we check back in with her in this episode to see how she's doing.
Tracy says that she feels that she's grown in the last year since she left sugar behind. She feels like she's no longer enslaved. She's gained the self-confidence that she was lacking for a really long time because she was so ashamed of her secret war with sugar.
In this episode, Tracy talks about how she learned to trust herself. She talks about her definition of sugar (and of addiction), her justification of "healthy" baked goods and treats and her need for them, and her imperfections.
During COVID, her binge eating returned. And it scared her.
As a personal trainer and a fit pro, she had been so busy for so long, that she didn't have time to stop. But during the pandemic, she was forced to stop.
And think.
So Tracy took the time to do some inner work, with the help of a health coach, and she invested in herself and her well-being. She did the work to get to the root of her sugar addiction and her "diet brain". Listen to Tracy's inspiring journey in this catch-up episode.
Get Tracy's book "Diet Free Diva" here.
Get lots of valuable resources about sugar from Netta here:

Download your free simple guide to getting more energy here.
To get rid of cravings, download your 5 tips here.
Also check out the Life After Sugar Facebook page, and subscribe to my Instagram account and to the Life After Sugar YouTube channel.
To be part of our lovely encouraging group and get support and accountability to let go of sugar, join us in the the After Sugar Club today!
And for more personalized guidance and step by step mentoring from me, Netta, the 12-week "hands on" experience in the Life After Sugar Program might be a good fit for you. Check out how to get to a place of true freedom from sugar in the program here.

For step-by-step guidance toward freedom from cravings, get your copy of my new book: "Break Free from Sugar Cravings". Available on Amazon now!

For free resources, Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your 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:

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101: Listener Q&A: Night snacking, flour, emotional eating, gut health, and more! Dec 18, 2022

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This episode is Part 2 of answers to listeners' questions for the 100th episode of the Life After Sugar podcast.
In this episode, you'll get answers to questions such as:

What do you do with cravings that hit at night?
Was there ever a moment in my (Netta's) first year when I considered going back to life with sugar?
What do you do when you live with people who still consume sugar?
What about flour and different types of bread like sprouted bread?
Is making fermented foods and drinks something that you can really do on your own?
What do you do with emotional eating? Like when you've had a stressful day, or there's conflict in your life?
How does sugar affect our mental health?

To get personalized guidance to stop emotional eating and break free from sugar cravings, plus support and accountability... join the 12-week program, Freedom from Cravings Formula TODAY.

For step-by-step guidance toward freedom from cravings, get your copy of my new book: "Break Free from Sugar Cravings". Available on Amazon now!

For free resources, Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your 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:

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100. Let's celebrate! (with less sugar): Listener Q&A Dec 11, 2022

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It's the 100th episode of the Life After Sugar podcast! Woo hoo!!
And to celebrate, I asked my listeners to submit the questions they'd like me to answer on the 100th episode... and I got so many that I'm going to answer them in 2 episodes (#100 and #101)!
In this episode, you're going to get answers to questions such as:

What can you replace sugar with?
What can you use to replace dessert?
How can you change the way you view sugar and treats?
Do you have to cut sugar out completely?
What if you don’t want to give up your favourite comfort foods?
How can you handle restaurant menus or invitations to dinner when you’re sugar free?

To get personalized guidance to stop emotional eating and break free from sugar cravings, plus support and accountability... join the 12-week program, Freedom from Cravings Formula TODAY.

For step-by-step guidance toward freedom from cravings, get your copy of my new book: "Break Free from Sugar Cravings". Available on Amazon now!

For free resources, Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your 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:

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099. "You can't rely on willpower to control cravings": Jenn Dec 04, 2022

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Jenn Trepek's passion for nutrition and helping others stems from kicking her own food issues and weight management.
As a kid, she ate lot of vegetables... but she also consumed lots of bread, chips, pasta... and soda!
As she got older, Jenn noticed conversations around cholesterol and weight for her dad, but she didn't question it. Her family followed the food pyramids (with grains as its base) and the general diet culture.
Jenn used to dance, but when she stopped, she started to gain weight. She tried all the fad diets, but she kept gaining and losing pounds.
It was only when she started educating herself on accurate human biology that Jenn set out on a mission to share what we aren't generally taught about nutrition... and about listening to and understanding our body's signals.
In this episode, Jenn and I talk about willpower. She describes willpower as a finite resource that's like a cup that easily emptied by all the decisions we need to make every day.
Our "willpower cup" is quickly depleted. But we try to use willpower to eat less... to fight cravings... to resist sugary foods... and we think we have no willpower! But we do - it's just been used up by stress, multitasking, poor sleep, PMS, etc. So willpower is pretty much useless when you're having a craving.
In this episode, Jenn tells how we can replenish our "willpower cup", and what to eat to prevent blood sugar spikes and crashes... and cravings!
Now Jenn is a optimal health coach, podcaster, and business consultant. Find Jenn and her fantastic podcast "Salad With a Side of Fries" here: https://asaladwithasideoffries.com/
Get lots of valuable resources about sugar from Netta here:

Download your free simple guide to getting more energy here.
To get rid of cravings, download your 5 tips here.
Also check out the Life After Sugar Facebook page, and subscribe to my Instagram account and to the Life After Sugar YouTube channel.
To be part of our lovely encouraging group and get support and accountability to let go of sugar, join us in the the After Sugar Club today!
And for more personalized guidance and step by step mentoring from me, Netta, the 12-week "hands on" experience in the Life After Sugar Program might be a good fit for you. Check out how to get to a place of true freedom from sugar in the program here.

For step-by-step guidance toward freedom from cravings, get your copy of my new book: "Break Free from Sugar Cravings". Available on Amazon now!

For free resources, Do the Cravings Quiz and take the first step to get rid of your 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.
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Once you’ve finished, select “Send” or “Save” in the top-right corner.
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