Life After Sugar

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098. "Sugar used to be such a big part of my identity": Dr. Lucy Nov 27, 2022

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Dr. Lucy Burns used to identify as (in her words) a sweet tooth, a chocoholic, and a lollytarian!
Her whole life revolved around getting sugar in some form.
Sugar was such a big part of her identity that she wasn't aware of her dependence on it.
And because all that sugar made her gain weight, she also went on diets.
As a doctor, she was always caring for others... and she turned to reward eating because she worked so hard.
And in the medical world, that lack of self-care was normalized, so it continued.
She couldn't imagine getting comfort, joy, and reward anywhere else.
But she was also sick of feeling like rubbish.
So she decided to do an experiment on herself to cut sugar out of her life... and she gives some practical tips for how you can get rid of sugar too in this episode.
Dr. Lucy talks about evening snacking, nighttime eating , tools to implement the knowledge you have, understanding your brain, and changing your habits.
Now Dr. Lucy runs an online "lifestyle medicine" clinic out of Australia, where she helps people feel their best with the least medication possible.
Find Dr. Lucy here: https://www.rlmedicine.com/
Get lots of valuable resources from Netta to let go of sugar 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.
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097. "I had to change my perception about my body and about myself": Rachel Nov 20, 2022

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In this episode, Rachel talks openly and candidly about her struggles with sugar and food addiction.
She says that sugar had been a problem since childhood, but through her teen years and into her twenties, she didn't recognize that sugar and her disordered eating were problematic.
As a registered nurse and a nutritionist, Rachel was looking for tools to help her clients. And that's where she came across the concept of food addiction and realized that it also applied to her.
Her main issue was sugar. But Rachel used to restrict all kinds of foods, and that feeling of restriction led to her reaching out for chocolate and sweets at the end of the day.
Her recovery process was a challenge for her at first, but with support and community she was able to change her perception of her food, her body and herself.
And now Rachel is helping others in their recovery from food and sugar addiction.
Find Rachel here: https://www.rachelmurrayholisticnutrition.ca/

Get some valuable resources from Netta to let go of sugar 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.
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096. How have the processed food companies "hooked" us? Nov 13, 2022

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Michael Moss' book "Hooked" came out in 2021, and when I read it... it blew my mind!
As a consumer, it doesn't feel like the food manufacturers care about nourishing us, and even less about our health!
How has the processed foods industry "hooked" us on their processed products? Are they really created to be addictive?
Moss' book addresses questions about how fast food and processed foods affect our bodies and our brains (blood sugar, insulin, dopamine rush, obesity). He also makes the comparison with the tobacco industry and the addictive nature of cigarettes... and sugar.
What's behind the obesity epidemic? Are we really collectively more greedy, or do we just lack willpower?
Apparently not.
Moss' book explains the "brain rush" that sugar and processed foods create, hampering our ability to make rational decisions about what to eat (and how much!).
So what exactly is it about processed foods (including sugar and flour) that makes us crave them?
How do the big food companies hook us? And how can we choose to UN-hook ourselves?
You'll get some insight and tips in this episode!
Get some valuable resources from Netta to let go of sugar 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.
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095. "With low carb, I actually look forward to my meals": Nicola Nov 06, 2022

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Nicola grew up in the 70s and 80s, and says that she doesn't remember food being an issue during her childhood. She wasn't overweight as a child.
In her 20s and 30s, once she had her own money, all she wanted to do was to buy the food that was available at the canteen at the hospital where she worked. She also had the attitude that if she needed to lose weight, she would crash diet.
It was all about the number on the scale, not about being healthy, says Nicola.
Then in her mid-30s when she stopped smoking, her weight really started to go up... even though she was eating low-fat.
But all those low-fat products were full of sugar!
And Nicola was always hungry and miserable.
How did Nicola discover the low carb way of eating? And how did it transform her life?
Listen to Episode 95 to find out!
Nicola is now an ambassador for the Public Health Collaboration in the UK, which is a British charity dedicated to informing and implementing healthy decisions for better public health.
Find Nicola here: https://phcuk.org/about/
And if you're an intermittent faster who's struggling with sugar cravings, download your 5 tips to get rid of cravings.
Get Netta's list of Top 10 books about sugar, gut health, and intermittent fasting here.
And if you're ready to get guidance, support and accountability to let go of sugar and experience true freedom from sugar and the diet mentality, apply to be part of the 12-week experience in the Life After Sugar Program, or join us in the the After Sugar Club private membership 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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094. The 4 levels of sugar addiction: Molly Oct 30, 2022

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You may self-identify as a sugar addict... But are you really "addicted"?
In this episode, I'm talking to my friend Molly Painschab, who is a mental health professional, addiction strategist, behavior specialist, and certified international food addiction counselor.
Molly has her own personal experience of a disordered relationship with food. She experienced gestational diabetes, weight gain and health issues, and these led her to discover a branch of addiction that she hadn't studied before.
Sugar addiction.
In this episode Molly describes the 4 different levels of sugar or food addiction (or "substance use disorder"):

"normal" eater (depending on the definition of "normal")
harmful user
abuser
substance use disorder

Which one sounds like your lived experience?
Listen to Episode 94 to find out!
Find Molly here: https://www.unsugaredu.com/
Download Netta's list of Top 10 books about sugar, gut health, and intermittent fasting here.
Download your 5 tips to get rid of cravings here.
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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093. "Teaching our kids about real foods is the key": Lauren Oct 23, 2022

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Do you have kids?
(Or grandkids)
In this episode, I'm talking with Lauren Bryson, who's a cooking instructor for kids, Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition and host of the Go Play in the Dirt Podcast.
Lauren specializes in digestive wellness, the microbiome, autoimmune conditions and the gut-brain connection.
And she also teaches kids how to cook with real whole foods! (ie: NOT sugar...)
When I first started my sugar free life back in 2015, my child was 7.
I was worried about what kind of role model I was being as a mother, and whether I was setting a good example for her.
But you know what?
Reducing or cutting sugar was one of the best things you can do for your kids!
Because as Lauren says, you can also create new habits, like finding recipes and cooking together.
Listen to our chat about teaching the next generation about the wonders of real foods!
Find Lauren here.

Find free resources about reducing sugar and what whole foods and fermented foods are here.
Download your 5 tips to get rid of cravings here.
Discover the Life After Sugar Program here.
And to get guidance, support and accountability to let go of sugar and experience true freedom from sugar and the diet mentality, 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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092. Sugar and my infertility journey: Robyn Oct 16, 2022

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Robyn and I are friends and we share something that I kind of wish we didn't: our long and difficult struggle with infertility.
In this episode, Robyn tells about her childhood in the 80s and her eating habits. She also talks about how later in life she discovered a love for food and cooking.
In her early 30s, Robyn and her husband tried unsuccessfully to have a baby. It was a difficult and frustrating journey. Five years later, after a break, they tried again with IVF and it worked first time! Now they have a beautiful daughter.
That experience motivated Robyn to become a holistic health coach specializing in women's fertility. She helps couples find natural ways to put the chances in their favour for getting pregnant, including cutting sugar.
Sugar has been shown to be instrumental in hormonal imbalances, insulin resistance, PCOS, and lower conception rates. Listen to this candid conversation about Robyn's journey with infertility... and sugar.
Find Robyn on Facebook here.
Talk to Robyn here.
Want to get more personal guidance from me, Netta, so that you have the support and the accountability you need to let go of sugar and experience what true freedom from sugar feels like, in 90 days or less? Then click here to get more info about the Life After Sugar Program.
This is a hands-on, personalized, small-group opportunity. It's by application only, so we'll be able to chat together to see if it's a good fit for you before you commit to anything.
And for a more self-study format, with twice-monthly calls for support and accountability and the chance to be in our lovely friendly community, join us in the After Sugar Club membership 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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091. How to let go of sugar: 3 practical exercises Oct 09, 2022

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Letting go of sugar and living happily sugar free is 100% possible... but it's definitely easier when you have guidance and support so that you're not struggling on your own.
In this episode, you'll discover the framework and the structure we follow in Life After Sugar. I'll walk you through 3 practical exercises from the Life After Sugar Program, so that you can become more aware of your relationship with sugar and start to let go of the emotional hold it has on you.
Do you reach out for sugar when you feel tired?
Or bored?
Or sad?
Or frustrated?
Or when you need comfort or reward?
How can you meet these valid human needs in other ways than with sugar?
And how can you start replacing sugar with less sweet foods that don't trigger cravings?
The 3 exercises in this episode will help you take your first steps towards transforming your relationship with sugar, so that you can get to a peaceful place with sugar where you don't miss it or need it any more.
Want to get more personal guidance from me, Netta, so that you have the support and the accountability you need to let go of sugar and experience what true freedom from sugar feels like, in 90 days or less? Then click here to get more info about the Life After Sugar Program.
This is a hands-on, personalized, small-group opportunity.
It's by application only, so we'll be able to chat together to see if it's a good fit for you before you commit to anything.
Click here to get more details about the Life After Sugar Program and contact me to see if the program's a good fit for you.

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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90. Listener question: Where do I start?? Oct 02, 2022

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So you're ready to start reducing or cutting sugar.
Wonderful!
But where do you start? HOW do you start?
Most people make the mistake of concentrating on the food first.
I have another approach.
I suggest starting with YOU.
What's your natural personality? What's your big WHY? Your reason for wanting to reduce or cut sugar?
And yes - what's left to eat when you take away sugar and flour?
This episode will give you some answers... And the other answers are in your heart and head!
Here are the other Life After Sugar podcast episodes I mention: Episodes 2, 3, 5, 64, 66, 70, 71, 74, 82. Listen to them here: https://aftersugarclub.com/podcast/

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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089. "Hunger isn't the same as a craving": Dr. Orlena Sep 25, 2022

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Dr. Orlena Kerek is a paediatric doctor turned family health advocate. She worked as a doctor in the UK and now she practices in Spain. It broke her heart to see so many sick people in hospital dying of “lifestyle disease” that could have been prevented with a healthy lifestyle.
She has 4 kids so she knows how crazy life can get. Dr. Orlena helps ambitious mums have more energy and overcome the frustration of not losing weight by teaching them to eat and be healthy, to look after themselves, and feel fit and fabulous.
In this episode we talk about picky eaters, developing healthy habits, hunger, intermittent fasting, emotional eating, commitment, getting support, and much more!
Find Dr. Orlena's podcast "Fit and Fabulous" here, and her book Building Simple Habits to a Healthy Me here.
And find Dr. Orlena here: https://www.drorlena.com/

Download Netta's list of Top 10 books about sugar, gut health, and intermittent fasting here.
Download your 5 tips to get rid of cravings.
And to get guidance, support and accountability to let go of sugar and experience true freedom from sugar and the diet mentality, 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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