Sugar and I are like two peas in a pod and there is no question in my mind that I am a bonafide sugar addict. Sugar once had the power to easily and without warning spin me out of control in a moments notice leaving me in a puddle of self-loathing and guilt. It wasn’t until I was given a diagnosis of breast cancer did I come clean with my run away cravings, confront my addiction and started to make empowered choices for taking back my life, health and wellness. Are sugar and junk food urges really simply a matter of willpower and self control? Or could they have to do with something more instinctual?
Dr. Douglas Lisle’s and Dr. Alan Goldhamer, authors of “The Pleasure Trap”, have come up with a theory of why we are so obsessed with eating sugar and junk food even when we know it’s not good for us.
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