Sugar

Calm_Lotus_06

There are drug addicts out there and other addicts that get judged. BUt there are things out there that are just as addictive and dangerous to a persons body. through this journey I have come to realize one major thing. I have a huge huge addiction to sugar. Anyone else have this problem or had it and can give advice on how to fix it. I will admit I am addicted to it and as hard as i try i cannot seem to get over it.

eric_sg61

BUt there are things out there that are just as addictive and dangerous to a persons body.

And these things would be?

MagnumBurrito

If you can go cold turkey for a week or two, most fruits taste as sweet as candy did.

Sadly, there's no magic pill for the will power.

Don't buy it and you won't eat it. That's all I got.

eric_sg61

If you can go cold turkey for a week or two, most fruits taste as sweet as candy did.

Sadly, there's no magic pill for the will power.

Don't buy it and you won't eat it. That's all I got.

But fruit has sugar, why keep feeding the addiction

SugaryLynx

In for sugar vs sugar .

Calm_Lotus_06

alcohol to an alcoholics, like crack to a crack addict, like meth to a meth head, fired foods, sugary stuff, i have known people who are just addicted to food in general. One ate to the point she was on deaths door.. it took years and a lot of work to get her health back. there is such thing as moderation yes, but to an addict there is no such thing. an alcoholics cannot have just one drink, a crack addict cannot have just one smoke, a person hooked on sugar cannot have just one doughnut. They all hurt the body in different ways but they hurt none the less. people seem to laugh about the food addiction one, but yet it is just as dangerous to the body as other addictions. not to say there are not healthy addictions out there, running, swimming, boxing, exc..

SugaryLynx

Where do we draw the line between personal responsibility and making diagnosis of things that seem like the perfect excuse to not adhere to our diets?

Acg67

alcohol to an alcoholics, like crack to a crack addict, like meth to a meth head, fired foods, sugary stuff, i have known people who are just addicted to food in general. One ate to the point she was on deaths door.. it took years and a lot of work to get her health back. there is such thing as moderation yes, but to an addict there is no such thing. an alcoholics cannot have just one drink, a crack addict cannot have just one smoke, a person hooked on sugar cannot have just one doughnut. They all hurt the body in different ways but they hurt none the less. people seem to laugh about the food addiction one, but yet it is just as dangerous to the body as other addictions. not to say there are not healthy addictions out there, running, swimming, boxing, exc..

Can a sugar addict have 1 grape? 1 glass of milk? 1 slice of an apple? Or they will all lead to a binge? If the answer is yes, then your above post is moot

RhineDHP

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1221565-food-addiction-sugar

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1209884-calling-all-sugar-addicts

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1212396-sugar-is-killing-you

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1217191-sugar-is-the-devil

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1217534-who-daily-sugar-intake-should-be-halved

eric_sg61

We need food to live, we don't need drugs or alcohol. Food addiction is becoming an excuse, you will always need to consume food. Therefore, you're going to HAVE to develop some form of self-control and self-regulate intake. Food man, you can't escape it

SugaryLynx

We need food to live, we don't need drugs or alcohol. Food addiction is becoming an excuse, you will always need to consume food. Therefore, you're going to HAVE to develop some form of self-control and self-regulate intake. Food man, you can't escape it

Unless...photosynthesis. Plants know where it's at.

RhineDHP

We need food to live, we don't need drugs or alcohol. Food addiction is becoming an excuse, you will always need to consume food. Therefore, you're going to HAVE to develop some form of self-control and self-regulate intake. Food man, you can't escape it

Unless...photosynthesis. Plants know where it's at.

That reminds me, I heard of a small cult of people who insist they can live off sunlight and air alone

jkwolly

We need food to live, we don't need drugs or alcohol. Food addiction is becoming an excuse, you will always need to consume food. Therefore, you're going to HAVE to develop some form of self-control and self-regulate intake. Food man, you can't escape it

Unless...photosynthesis. Plants know where it's at.

That reminds me, I heard of a small cult of people who insist they can live off sunlight and air alone.

Breatharians. :grumble:

bcattoes

If you can go cold turkey for a week or two, most fruits taste as sweet as candy did.

Sadly, there's no magic pill for the will power.

Don't buy it and you won't eat it. That's all I got.

But fruit has sugar, why keep feeding the addiction

You already know the answer.

LiftAllThePizzas

We need food to live, we don't need drugs or alcohol. Food addiction is becoming an excuse, you will always need to consume food. Therefore, you're going to HAVE to develop some form of self-control and self-regulate intake. Food man, you can't escape it

Unless...photosynthesis. Plants know where it's at.

But photosynthesis makes sugar! Plants are the source of all of this evil!

SugaryLynx

We need food to live, we don't need drugs or alcohol. Food addiction is becoming an excuse, you will always need to consume food. Therefore, you're going to HAVE to develop some form of self-control and self-regulate intake. Food man, you can't escape it

Unless...photosynthesis. Plants know where it's at.

But photosynthesis makes sugar! Plants are the source of all of this evil!

I am then the queen of all evil, for I save my plants from the zombies on my lawn.

bcattoes

We need food to live, we don't need drugs or alcohol. Food addiction is becoming an excuse, you will always need to consume food. Therefore, you're going to HAVE to develop some form of self-control and self-regulate intake. Food man, you can't escape it

We don't need any added sugar. But you are correct, when your biggest weakness is something you really can't live without, reining that in may be as hard as giving up an addiction you never needed in the first place.

It all comes down to inner strength.

Lesa_Sass

There are drug addicts out there and other addicts that get judged. BUt there are things out there that are just as addictive and dangerous to a persons body. through this journey I have come to realize one major thing. I have a huge huge addiction to sugar. Anyone else have this problem or had it and can give advice on how to fix it. I will admit I am addicted to it and as hard as i try i cannot seem to get over it.

There are a lot of people on here that will try to disprove that there is such a thing as sugar addiction. Will tell you all sugars are the same, they are not, there is a difference in monosaccharides and disaccharides (for joy, some new stuff for all you people to google).

And addiction is an obsession of the mind...period. Most alcoholics are not physically addicted to alcohol. Gambling and sex addicts the same. It has to do with the reward system in the brain as well as with an obsession.

If you feel that once you start eating a disaccharide that you can not stop with one portion, you should cut it out of your life. Simple as that.

If you can not eat it in moderation, dont eat it at all, no matter how many people try to bully you into feeling shame for not being able to do it.

bcattoes

alcohol to an alcoholics, like crack to a crack addict, like meth to a meth head, fired foods, sugary stuff, i have known people who are just addicted to food in general. One ate to the point she was on deaths door.. it took years and a lot of work to get her health back. there is such thing as moderation yes, but to an addict there is no such thing. an alcoholics cannot have just one drink, a crack addict cannot have just one smoke, a person hooked on sugar cannot have just one doughnut. They all hurt the body in different ways but they hurt none the less. people seem to laugh about the food addiction one, but yet it is just as dangerous to the body as other addictions. not to say there are not healthy addictions out there, running, swimming, boxing, exc..

Can a sugar addict have 1 grape? 1 glass of milk? 1 slice of an apple? Or they will all lead to a binge? If the answer is yes, then your above post is moot

So it is your contention that addicts can never learn moderation?

LiftAllThePizzas

alcohol to an alcoholics, like crack to a crack addict, like meth to a meth head, fired foods, sugary stuff, i have known people who are just addicted to food in general. One ate to the point she was on deaths door.. it took years and a lot of work to get her health back. there is such thing as moderation yes, but to an addict there is no such thing. an alcoholics cannot have just one drink, a crack addict cannot have just one smoke, a person hooked on sugar cannot have just one doughnut. They all hurt the body in different ways but they hurt none the less. people seem to laugh about the food addiction one, but yet it is just as dangerous to the body as other addictions. not to say there are not healthy addictions out there, running, swimming, boxing, exc..

My left arm is not quite as strong as my right arm.

That's totally the same thing as being an amputee.

Acg67

alcohol to an alcoholics, like crack to a crack addict, like meth to a meth head, fired foods, sugary stuff, i have known people who are just addicted to food in general. One ate to the point she was on deaths door.. it took years and a lot of work to get her health back. there is such thing as moderation yes, but to an addict there is no such thing. an alcoholics cannot have just one drink, a crack addict cannot have just one smoke, a person hooked on sugar cannot have just one doughnut. They all hurt the body in different ways but they hurt none the less. people seem to laugh about the food addiction one, but yet it is just as dangerous to the body as other addictions. not to say there are not healthy addictions out there, running, swimming, boxing, exc..

Can a sugar addict have 1 grape? 1 glass of milk? 1 slice of an apple? Or they will all lead to a binge? If the answer is yes, then your above post is moot

So it is your contention that addicts can never learn moderation?

Nope, if you actually read the post i was responding to you'd see

"but to an addict there is no such thing. an alcoholics cannot have just one drink, a crack addict cannot have just one smoke, a person hooked on sugar cannot have just one doughnut."

Pertinacy

There are drug addicts out there and other addicts that get judged. BUt there are things out there that are just as addictive and dangerous to a persons body. through this journey I have come to realize one major thing. I have a huge huge addiction to sugar. Anyone else have this problem or had it and can give advice on how to fix it. I will admit I am addicted to it and as hard as i try i cannot seem to get over it.

There are a lot of people on here that will try to disprove that there is such a thing as sugar addiction. Will tell you all sugars are the same, they are not, there is a difference in monosaccharides and disaccharides (for joy, some new stuff for all you people to google).

And addiction is an obsession of the mind...period. Most alcoholics are not physically addicted to alcohol. Gambling and sex addicts the same. It has to do with the reward system in the brain as well as with an obsession.

If you feel that once you start eating a disaccharide that you can not stop with one portion, you should cut it out of your life. Simple as that.

If you can not eat it in moderation, dont eat it at all, no matter how many people try to bully you into feeling shame for not being able to do it.

people on the internet can bully someone into feeling shame?

i think bully is way overused on this site. If people do not like what the are reading they can shut off their computer and walk away.

jkwolly

There are drug addicts out there and other addicts that get judged. BUt there are things out there that are just as addictive and dangerous to a persons body. through this journey I have come to realize one major thing. I have a huge huge addiction to sugar. Anyone else have this problem or had it and can give advice on how to fix it. I will admit I am addicted to it and as hard as i try i cannot seem to get over it.

There are a lot of people on here that will try to disprove that there is such a thing as sugar addiction. Will tell you all sugars are the same, they are not, there is a difference in monosaccharides and disaccharides (for joy, some new stuff for all you people to google).

And addiction is an obsession of the mind...period. Most alcoholics are not physically addicted to alcohol. Gambling and sex addicts the same. It has to do with the reward system in the brain as well as with an obsession.

If you feel that once you start eating a disaccharide that you can not stop with one portion, you should cut it out of your life. Simple as that.

If you can not eat it in moderation, dont eat it at all, no matter how many people try to bully you into feeling shame for not being able to do it.

people on the internet can bully someone into feeling shame?

i think bully is way overused on this site. If people do not like what the are reading they can shut off their computer and walk away.

This!

I hate when people ask for advice, and then get upset when it's not what they want to hear.

MagnumBurrito

If you can go cold turkey for a week or two, most fruits taste as sweet as candy did.

Sadly, there's no magic pill for the will power.

Don't buy it and you won't eat it. That's all I got.

But fruit has sugar, why keep feeding the addiction

I hear what you're saying, but they're different kinds of sugar. Fruit has tons of nutrients while candy has none.

SugaryLynx

If you can go cold turkey for a week or two, most fruits taste as sweet as candy did.

Sadly, there's no magic pill for the will power.

Don't buy it and you won't eat it. That's all I got.

But fruit has sugar, why keep feeding the addiction

I hear what you're saying, but they're different kinds of sugar. Fruit has tons of nutrients while candy has none.

Right but I think the point is that sugar is sugar. I love fruit, don't get me wrong. If I need the fiber or the vitamins, I turn to fruit. If I want a snickers (Hey there's nuts in there!), I'll eat that. But to eliminate the candy bar in favor of the fruit purely because of the sugar to me is pointless.

ninerbuff

If EVERYTHING that made us feel good was considered "addicting", then why aren't people just watching babies laugh, a child smiling after chemo, a belch or burp after a good meal, etc. and have people saying that their are "addicted" to those since they stimulate and bring on a "feel good" response?

Sugar TASTES good. So does fat. So does salty. Combine those 3 in a food that's high calorie......................

There's nothing wrong with wanting to eat good tasting food. The problem is that lots people have no discipline or self control to stop eating more than they should.

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Lesa_Sass

There are drug addicts out there and other addicts that get judged. BUt there are things out there that are just as addictive and dangerous to a persons body. through this journey I have come to realize one major thing. I have a huge huge addiction to sugar. Anyone else have this problem or had it and can give advice on how to fix it. I will admit I am addicted to it and as hard as i try i cannot seem to get over it.

There are a lot of people on here that will try to disprove that there is such a thing as sugar addiction. Will tell you all sugars are the same, they are not, there is a difference in monosaccharides and disaccharides (for joy, some new stuff for all you people to google).

And addiction is an obsession of the mind...period. Most alcoholics are not physically addicted to alcohol. Gambling and sex addicts the same. It has to do with the reward system in the brain as well as with an obsession.

If you feel that once you start eating a disaccharide that you can not stop with one portion, you should cut it out of your life. Simple as that.

If you can not eat it in moderation, dont eat it at all, no matter how many people try to bully you into feeling shame for not being able to do it.

people on the internet can bully someone into feeling shame?

i think bully is way overused on this site. If people do not like what the are reading they can shut off their computer and walk away.

This!

I hate when people ask for advice, and then get upset when it's not what they want to hear.

There is a difference between advice and shaming someone for not being able to eat refined and processed foods in moderation. There is a difference in the sugars.

There is alcohol in most everything, it is distilled and fermented alcohol that alcoholics have to stay away from. When someone is not capable of eating a disaccharide in moderation telling them then they should not be able to eat a monosaccharide either is silly.

Okay, carry on with the if you do not like it leave and you should eat it in moderation advice. I am going for a walk with my love.

Mugiwarah

Same story here, been on and off it and the cause off me getting back into sugar craving is because off cheatmeals which contain a lot of sugar. Gets fixed for me if I stay away from it for about 3 days up to a week, cravings will be gone

bcattoes

alcohol to an alcoholics, like crack to a crack addict, like meth to a meth head, fired foods, sugary stuff, i have known people who are just addicted to food in general. One ate to the point she was on deaths door.. it took years and a lot of work to get her health back. there is such thing as moderation yes, but to an addict there is no such thing. an alcoholics cannot have just one drink, a crack addict cannot have just one smoke, a person hooked on sugar cannot have just one doughnut. They all hurt the body in different ways but they hurt none the less. people seem to laugh about the food addiction one, but yet it is just as dangerous to the body as other addictions. not to say there are not healthy addictions out there, running, swimming, boxing, exc..

Can a sugar addict have 1 grape? 1 glass of milk? 1 slice of an apple? Or they will all lead to a binge? If the answer is yes, then your above post is moot

So it is your contention that addicts can never learn moderation?

Nope, if you actually read the post i was responding to you'd see

"but to an addict there is no such thing. an alcoholics cannot have just one drink, a crack addict cannot have just one smoke, a person hooked on sugar cannot have just one doughnut."

OIC, my bad. I guess my question is moot since that poster already voiced their contention, wrong as it may be.

Acg67

There are drug addicts out there and other addicts that get judged. BUt there are things out there that are just as addictive and dangerous to a persons body. through this journey I have come to realize one major thing. I have a huge huge addiction to sugar. Anyone else have this problem or had it and can give advice on how to fix it. I will admit I am addicted to it and as hard as i try i cannot seem to get over it.

There are a lot of people on here that will try to disprove that there is such a thing as sugar addiction. Will tell you all sugars are the same, they are not, there is a difference in monosaccharides and disaccharides (for joy, some new stuff for all you people to google).

And addiction is an obsession of the mind...period. Most alcoholics are not physically addicted to alcohol. Gambling and sex addicts the same. It has to do with the reward system in the brain as well as with an obsession.

If you feel that once you start eating a disaccharide that you can not stop with one portion, you should cut it out of your life. Simple as that.

If you can not eat it in moderation, dont eat it at all, no matter how many people try to bully you into feeling shame for not being able to do it.

people on the internet can bully someone into feeling shame?

i think bully is way overused on this site. If people do not like what the are reading they can shut off their computer and walk away.

This!

I hate when people ask for advice, and then get upset when it's not what they want to hear.

There is a difference between advice and shaming someone for not being able to eat refined and processed foods in moderation. There is a difference in the sugars.

There is alcohol in most everything, it is distilled and fermented alcohol that alcoholics have to stay away from. When someone is not capable of eating a disaccharide in moderation telling them then they should not be able to eat a monosaccharide either is silly.

Okay, carry on with the if you do not like it leave and you should eat it in moderation advice. I am going for a walk with my love.

So what is the difference between the sucrose in an apple and that in a sugar packet?

bcattoes

There are drug addicts out there and other addicts that get judged. BUt there are things out there that are just as addictive and dangerous to a persons body. through this journey I have come to realize one major thing. I have a huge huge addiction to sugar. Anyone else have this problem or had it and can give advice on how to fix it. I will admit I am addicted to it and as hard as i try i cannot seem to get over it.

There are a lot of people on here that will try to disprove that there is such a thing as sugar addiction. Will tell you all sugars are the same, they are not, there is a difference in monosaccharides and disaccharides (for joy, some new stuff for all you people to google).

And addiction is an obsession of the mind...period. Most alcoholics are not physically addicted to alcohol. Gambling and sex addicts the same. It has to do with the reward system in the brain as well as with an obsession.

If you feel that once you start eating a disaccharide that you can not stop with one portion, you should cut it out of your life. Simple as that.

If you can not eat it in moderation, dont eat it at all, no matter how many people try to bully you into feeling shame for not being able to do it.

people on the internet can bully someone into feeling shame?

i think bully is way overused on this site. If people do not like what the are reading they can shut off their computer and walk away.

This!

I hate when people ask for advice, and then get upset when it's not what they want to hear.

There is a difference between advice and shaming someone for not being able to eat refined and processed foods in moderation. There is a difference in the sugars.

There is alcohol in most everything, it is distilled and fermented alcohol that alcoholics have to stay away from. When someone is not capable of eating a disaccharide in moderation telling them then they should not be able to eat a monosaccharide either is silly.

Okay, carry on with the if you do not like it leave and you should eat it in moderation advice. I am going for a walk with my love.

So what is the difference between the sucrose in an apple and that in a sugar packet?

Oh, I know! You don't eat the package that the sugar in the packet comes in, but you do eat the package the sugar in the apple comes in. Was that right? Do I win?