Sugar is Evil

Hello holiday food baby. I'm sure everyone woke up the day after Christmas a little swollen and bloated, because I did. I have heard a few people say that they are going on an all juice cleanse because they consumed so much sugar the last few days (which is NOT the solution). So here it is...

SUGAR IS EVIL! Seriously evil. Sugar = a drug. It's like putting cocaine into your food. And guess what? You just overdosed on that crap. So here are the facts:

When you inhale a plate of grandmas extra special Christmas sugar cookies, a neurotransmitter called dopamine is released. Dopamine signals our reward system. Which motivates us to seek this reward again, and again, and again. We cant even help it!!!!

Cookie = yum = dopamine = feel good = wanting more

This is because it is built into our human survival mechanism. Two behaviors, sex and food. Both which are linked to our reward system so that we can survive and recreate.

So food is giving us the same kind of reward/high as drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes. Its the sugary, starchy, fatty, and salty foods that are linked to this addiction. When people don't get their favorite foods, they crave them and experience a "wanting" for them. Is food addiction to blame for our obesity problem?

Also it is shown that if you consume sugar on a regular basis that your dopamine receptors decrease making it harder for people to get that satisfied feeling. In the end, they end up needing/eating more to get that rewarding feeling.

Everyone had their healthy helping of sugar cookies and fatty foods for the holidays and I'm sure your body is telling you how awful it feels because of it. Sugar does nothing good for you. It shoots your blood sugar up sky high and then comes crashing down making you feel horrible.... leading you to just eat more. It kills our healthy gut bacteria, puts wrinkles on our skin, and makes us fat!

I'm not gonna lie either. I had a few holiday treats because I didn't want to miss out. I am surely paying the price now. Also I am finding it harder to avoid the left over holiday cookies now too. Now that I have brought the sugar back into my diet, I definitely feel the cravings, but I am standing strong. I even had some red wine and I had a headache for two days now and it just makes me realize why I DON'T do this! I hope everyone reading this will pass on the cookies and keep it clean. Don't starve yourself by any means. That will just slow down your metabolism and do the opposite of what you want. Just eat healthy and clean and your body will go back to normal in no time. Trust me :)

If anyone is interested in a 24 day challenge or herbal cleanse that I approve of to get rid of that holiday belly-> email me:
Chelsey.jwalton@gmail.com




I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!
<3 C







Read more:
Food and Addiction: The Dopamine Made Me Do It
http://www.ideafit.com/fitness-library/the-dopamine-made-me-do-it?ACE_ACCESS=4f95f63d003974c7c5cdbb16b1639d45