I am a sugar addict.

walker1world

singingflutelady wrote: »

You mean the same chemicals released as any other pleasurable activity? Plus there is a world of difference between heroine and sugar. How many sugar addicts require acute hospitalization when going through withdrawl or they will die. How many sugar addicts will binge on vegetables because they contain sugar? (Alcoholics will drink mouthwash and hand soap drug addicts will take Imodium and gravol when they can't get their drug of choice).

Alsoost of the reports are based on rat/mice studies where they offer either drugs or sugar and they choose sugar. Well, most animals and people will choose food over a drug they are not addicted

Yes there is a big difference between the 2, and yes your right to point out that heroin has other physiological effects on the body this is a big part of the withdrawl. The study i read only said that sugar stimulates the same place in the brain. Not just the endorphins that are released.

People do have withdrawl when they give up sugar some call it the keto flu. Sugar dosent enslave you physically as well.

Your point is well taken but I don't think it changes the general assumption.

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JaneSnowe

Yes there is a big difference between the 2, and yes your right to point out that heroin has other physiological effects on the body this is a big part of the withdrawl. The study i read only said that sugar stimulates the same place in the brain. Not just the endorphins that are released.

There seems to be a logical fallacy here--there is no part of the brain that is only stimulated by heroin. If there were and sugar also stimulated it, then it might be a valid point. The fact that a portion of the brain is stimulated by a variety of things does not mean that all those things are equal.

walker1world

Here is a study that supports the point I was trying to explore.

http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S22/88/56G31/index.xml?section=topstories

walker1world

Noel_57 wrote: »

JesusFanatic7 wrote: »

Breast milk contains no fructose. White sugar is 50% fructose.

But diet breast milk contains aspartame.

L this was good.

walker1world

fearonp wrote: »

Me too. I feel your pain. I can abstain from sugar for weeks but as soon as I allow myself a chocolate treat, I'm right back on the train. Using the nutrition analysis on this app shows me just how hard it is to not exceed the daily allowance of sugar, even when I am carefully avoiding refined sugar.
Right now I'm encouraged: not eating it = not craving it. Good luck in your journey.

So how are you doing on kicking your sugar addiction?

alexgirl06

Thankfully there are times I crave salt more than sugar, but I have a similar problem. When I was a kid, I would pour sugar into my palm and eat it like that. I will sometimes do the same with salt, but in smaller amounts. I don't think you should completely deny yourself, but do it the right way. Small portions, a couple times a week, and cultivate a taste for fresh fruits in between. Stay away from white flours and white rice, though.

Here's some good subs as well:
Yogurt parfait with plain yogurt and fresh fruit. The juice from a ripe mango can really sweeten the yogurt.
Coconut water with Chia seeds, 2 tablespoons of lime juice and 1 of honey. Mix. Leave in fridge overnight. Drink the next day.

ashbar9915

Breast milk is actually very sweet. Sweeter than formula. (i'm a breastfeeding mother so I know this to be true lol) It also does contain sugar in the form of lactose. I don't think breastfeeding vs. formula feeding has much to do with a persons chance of growing up to be a "sugar addict" I think a persons adolescent and adult food choices have way more bearing on there predilection to crave sugar, than their infant diet.

walker1world

alexgirl06 wrote: »

Thankfully there are times I crave salt more than sugar, but I have a similar problem. When I was a kid, I would pour sugar into my palm and eat it like that. I will sometimes do the same with salt, but in smaller amounts. I don't think you should completely deny yourself, but do it the right way. Small portions, a couple times a week, and cultivate a taste for fresh fruits in between. Stay away from white flours and white rice, though.

Here's some good subs as well:
Yogurt parfait with plain yogurt and fresh fruit. The juice from a ripe mango can really sweeten the yogurt.
Coconut water with Chia seeds, 2 tablespoons of lime juice and 1 of honey. Mix. Leave in fridge overnight. Drink the next day.

Thanks for your input.

walker1world

ashbar9915 wrote: »

Breast milk is actually very sweet. Sweeter than formula. (i'm a breastfeeding mother so I know this to be true lol) It also does contain sugar in the form of lactose. I don't think breastfeeding vs. formula feeding has much to do with a persons chance of growing up to be a "sugar addict" I think a persons adolescent and adult food choices have way more bearing on there predilection to crave sugar, than their infant diet.

I have tried breast milk and it wasn't sweet it was salty to me.... maybe your just sweet person? Lol.

Binotaur

I hear you, sir! Former sugar addict myself. Then I switched to heroin.