The Secret To Quitting Sugar For Good!

The key to managing sugar is to not eat sugar without fiber around it—eating whole, unprocessed plants—because these foods give lasting energy, prevent overeating, and prevent addictive eating.

“the trick is don't eat sugar without out fiber around it which is really eating whole plants that are unprocessed and these foods are excellent for your health and Metabolism they give you lasting energy and they prevent you from overeating and becoming an addict addictive eating”

The first thing everyone should do to quit sugar is learn to eat bitter foods because humans have five innate taste sensations (sweet, sour, salty, umami, and bitter), and your brain is hardwired to seek sweet, salty, and umami flavors for survival while being protective of bitter flavors.

“the first thing that we should all do is to learn to eat bitter foods and this is because you have five innate taste sensation sweet sour salty unami and bitter sweet things give you energy like fruits salty things balances your electrolytes unami flavors makes you get protein team so that you can grow better foods are toxic in the wild so you don't usually like it and sour Foods in nature are usually rancid and poisonous so your brain is wired to seek sugar salt unami flavors to nurture your bodies and it protects you with bitter and sour”

Processed drinks and foods with combinations of sugar, salt, and umami (amino acids like MSG) are biochemically addictive because companies intentionally combine these addictive ingredients together.

“processed drinks and foods with a lot of sugar like soda and chips are addictive they have a combination of sugar salt and many put amino acids like MSG for unami and this combination sells it's biochemically addictive and your hardwired not to enjoy sour and bitter food”

By eating fiber, you feed your gut microbiome, but when you process food like you're processing an apple into apple juice, apple chips, apple bars, apple pies, or apple candy, you lose the taste, texture, and health benefits of the real apple trapped in fiber.

“by eating fiber you actually feed your gut microbiome and when you process it like you're processing an apple you're going to lose that taste and texture that really that health benefit of the real Apple trapped in fiber where you can slowly release that energy apple juice apple chips Apple bars apple pies apple candy”

The sugar industry needs no commercials because sugar is already passed out in churches and schools, celebrated in anniversaries and birthdays, eaten with every meal, and hidden in healthy-sounding foods and sauces and drinks and snacks and desserts.

“it's really the one industry that needs no commercials I mean we passed it out in churches and schools we celebrate it in anniversaries and birthdays we eat it with every meal hidden in healthy foods and sauces and drinks and snacks and desserts”

There are many names for processed sugars including honey, cane sugar, brown sugar, maple syrup, date syrup, brown rice syrup, beet sugar, and high fructose corn syrup—all sound natural because they're made from plants, but so are morphine and cyanide, so natural does not mean good for you.

“there's so many names for a processed sugar the honeybee process is honey you know then we have cane sugar brown sugar maple syrup date syrup brown rice syrup bead sugar high fructose corn syrup yeah they all sound natural they're all made from plants so is morphine and cyanide just because it's natural doesn't mean it's good for you”

Several factors determine how long it takes to train your palate to give up sugar, and some of it is not related to taste at all but to emotions—for example, you may not like broccoli because your parents forced you to eat it, which has nothing to do with taste.

“you may be wondering how long it's going to take to train your palate to give up sugar well there are several factors that determine this and some of it is not related to taste at all but your emotions for example you may not like broccoli because your parents force you to eat it which has nothing to do with taste”

People who won't eat foods they consumed during chemotherapy do so because of bad memories, not because of the food itself—this is emotional eating.

“I know patients who won't eat the food that they eat during chemotherapy because it gives them bad memories”

The fiber in food's original casing protects your metabolism and prevents hormonal surges, especially the addictive hormones, so the key is eating all types of processed carbohydrates while maintaining the fiber structure.

“the fiber in its original casing the hard casing protects your metabolism and those hormonal surges especially those addictive hormones and the key is all types of processed carbohydrates will have this positive feedback of addiction”

Eating processed carbohydrates causes the same dopamine high regardless of whether you're eating a donut, bagel, bread sandwich, smoothies, or fruit juice—all cause this dopamine spike.

“eating processed carbohydrate they all cause the same dopamine high but when you eat fiber whether it's in a salad a fruit bowl beans these buffer your absorption of sugar they build a fiber wall they avoid those High hormonal spikes like insulin to cause more metabolic havoc”

Complex carbs like flour do not taste sweet by themselves, but are converted into simple sugars (glucose and fructose) in the body, and companies often hide salt and fat in them, or home cooks add them, creating addictive energy bombs.

“complex carbs like flowers even though they don't taste sweet by themselves they are converted into simple sugars in your body your body will break them down and they will be presented like glucose and fructose and then on top of that companies hide salt and fat in it or you're putting it in your kitchen both types of processed carbs together you know form Donuts cakes cinnamon buns bread muffins cereals or Bagels you got yourself an addictive energy sugar bomb”

By activating the aversion pathways in your brain first (through bitter and sour foods), you counteract the high spikes of addictive chemicals like dopamine that your brain secretes to make you eat more sugar.

“by activating the aversion Pathways in your brain first you will counteract those High spikes of addictive chemicals like dopamine that your brain secretes to get you to eat more sugar”

Textures also get you addicted—the creamy texture of flour in cakes and donuts is addictive in itself, so eating your carbohydrates wrapped in their original structure prevents addiction training.

“the textures also get you addicted that's why when we make cakes and donuts you know that creamy texture of flour that's addictive as well eat your carbohydrates wrapped in an original structure so that you don't have to train yourself to get off the addiction”

You are hardwired to reject sour foods because in nature, sour foods can kill—botulism toxin is a classic home canned food poisoning that often occurs when food turns fast and becomes sour, so your body's innate defense is to reject it.

“you are also hardwired to reject sour because the nature sour foods can kill have you ever heard of botulism toxin that's actually classic home canned food poisoning oftentimes when food turns fasted it's sour and so protectively your body is innate defense is to reject it”

When you eat fiber (salad, fruit bowl, beans), it buffers your absorption of sugar by building a fiber wall and avoids high hormonal spikes like insulin that cause metabolic damage, weight gain, and sluggishness.

“when you eat fiber whether it's in a salad a fruit bowl beans these buffer your absorption of sugar they build a fiber wall they avoid those High hormonal spikes like insulin to cause more metabolic havoc and to make you gain weight and get fat and get sluggish”

Whole fruits like bananas, grapes, and oranges are hard to get addicted to because the sugar is trapped inside the fiber, combined with sour taste (vitamin C), and bitter taste (grape skin) that activates aversion pathways making you full and preventing addiction.

“when you eat original food Whole Foods even sweeter foods like bananas and grapes and oranges it's so hard to get addicted to them the sugar is trapped inside the fiber it's also a sour taste like vitamin C the skin may have a bitter taste like the grape skin and it activates these Pathways that not only make you full but also prevents these addictions”

Your body needs sugar and wants sugar, so don't remove all carbohydrates—keep them in their processed form, eat grains whole without blending, flouring, adding sugar, salt, or umami flavors because these additions make anything more addictive.

“your body wants the sugar it needs some form of sugar and keto Advocates are confused they believe all forms of carbohydrates are bad for your health and they're lumping processed foods with unprocessed Whole Foods that's a bad mistake because unprocessed Whole Foods they don't just have carbohydrates they have fiber which is really non-digestible and they have micronutrients trapped in all that packaging keep your carbs in processed eat the grains whole if you're going to eat grains don't blend it up don't flour it don't add sugar salt or unami flavors as this will make anything more addictive”

When you ferment things, you don't have a micro lab and you don't know if food is friend or foe, and when you pickle food, companies often add salt and sugar, making it more addictive rather than providing the benefits of fermented foods.

“you don't have a micro lab you don't know what you're growing you don't know if it's Friend or Foe when you ferment things but when you're pickling food oftentimes you're adding salt you're adding sugar you're making it more addictive”

Yogurts have more sugar than ice cream because they're so sour they repel you, so companies add sugar to make them palatable.

“this is why yogurts have more sugar than ice cream because it's so sour it repels you right”

You can train yourself into liking or disliking any taste, but temporary gimmicks like ketogenic diets make you metabolically unhealthy and eventually quit because your body will reject them, whereas sustainable lifestyle changes can last a lifetime and increase health and longevity.

“you can train yourself into liking or disliking any taste and on the internet you're gonna find all different ideas to quit sugar and there are right ways and wrong ways to good sugar you know these temporary gimmicks that can make you metabolically unhealthy like a ketogenic diet make you quit eventually because your body will be rejected but good healthy sustainable lifestyle changes can last a lifetime can increase your Health and Longevity”

Many people hopelessly search for a healthy sugar substitute, but they will never find one, nor will they cure addiction by finding a processed chemical that tastes like sugar because fake sugars, sugar substitutes, and non-nutritive sweeteners continue to reinforce sugar addiction.

“many people hopelessly search for a healthy sugar substitutes you'll never find it nor will you cure addiction by finding processed chemical that tastes like a sugar fake sugars sugar substitutes non-nutritive sweeteners and other processed sugars continue to reinforce that sugar addiction”

Instead of eating fermented food, add vinegar to your food—vinegar is a great way to train your palate to give up sugar by adding some vinegar to your foods, and you can also increase your metabolism and improve your blood sugar control.

“so instead of eating fermented food add some vinegar to your food vinegar is a great way to train your palate to give up Sugar by adding some vinegar to your foods you can also increase your metabolism and improve your blood sugar control”

Big business knows how to lure people and their kids to eat their foods because the brain is wired to seek sugar as a survival instinct.

“big business knows how to lure you and your kids to eat their Foods because your brain is wired to seek sugar it's just survival Instinct for you”

Sugar gives you quick energy, but simple sugars give quick energy while complex sugars give more sustained energy; however, all complex sugars are converted to simple sugars in the body.

“sugar gives you energy but simple sugars give you quick energy and complex sugars give you more sustained energy however all complex sugars are converted to simple sugars”

The original cacao bean is bitter, not sweet, super hard, and not addictive by itself, but once you add addictive ingredients (fat, salt, sugar), you make an addictive bomb of energy.

“the original cacao bean if you ate that you're not going to get addicted it's bitter not sweet at all super hard and but once you put more addictive ingredients fat salt sugar you're gonna just make an addictive bomb of energy”