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A final thought for those who talk about "addiction to sugar"
Many years ago, I found myself in that cycle. I was eating a crazy amount of junk food and chocolate was my favorite. I ate a crazy amount of chocolate.
One day, i bit into a piece of cake from a high end bakery and was instantly swept away with a sensation of euphoria.
My response?? To eat more? No.
I was scared.
My first thought was "oh shit... what the fuck!?"
I was scared because I instantly understood what was happening and I understood the implications.
I instantly understood that I had crossed from just eating like an asshole to getting a "high" from eating certain foods.
My response?
I understood that there was a serious problem.
I accepted there was a serious problem.
I knew I needed to be real and deal with this problem.
I put down my fork and threw it away.
I went back to all my nutrition books, I read everything I could, I did everything to understand the mechanisms that would cause me to feel "high" by simply putting a piece of food in my mouth.
I understood the stress the excess sugar was causing the pancreas.
I understood the problems this was causing with insulin production and regulation, I understood this constant sugar eating was causing my pancreas to spin out of control, I understood the body's ability to effectively transport and utilize sugars for energy was being diminished by the day, I understood that insulin resistance and adult onset diabetes would be the inevitable outcome.
I cut out all sugars, I dropped my carbs to less than 20 grams per day. I put my body into a state of ketosis. That allows your pancrease/insulin feedback loop to reset. It causes all cravings for sugars to go away.
I got back on the treadmill.
I started boxing again.
I dropped my weight from ~240 down to 170lbs... and never had that sensation again about a piece of food.
How did I understand all these things?
Did God come down from the heavens like he did with Kanye West (his version) and touch me with the "gift"?
Of course not.
I took responsibility for my behavior.
I took responsibility for the outcomes of my behavior.
I went back to reading, reading, reading and reading to force myself to remember and re-learn some of most basic physiological functions and processes and how to control them through diet and exercise.
Quite simply, if you talk about "addiction" as a cause of obesity, you are a piece of shit.
You are the problem.
You are an enabler.
You are helping people kill themselves by validating self destructive and even suicidal behaviors.
How about you start helping people?
How about you start saying "hey, people get this shit under control all day, everyday, in every country, all over the world... how about you stop your bullshit of lying to yourself and others and start accepting responsibility for yourself, the food that you shove into your mouth and the RESULT of YOUR OWN ACTIONS?"
That would be an useful message for positive change and helping people.......
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