There has been even more information in the news lately about how bad sugar is for you. Dr. Sanjay Gupta was interviewed by "60 Minutes," along with several other experts, who linked sugar consumption to everything from the obvious (such as weight gain) to serious diseases like cancer and heart disease.
Why do we eat sugary foods and drinks when we know it's bad for us? One researcher said the desire for fructose is wired into us because in nature, anything with fructose in it isn't poisonous. Another researcher demonstrated with MRI scans how your brain releases dopamine when you eat something sweet. Your body rewards you when you eat sugar by making you feel good.
The problem is that you can't stay that way. While I was able to feel those happy hormones racing in my system because I hadn't had much in the way of added sweeteners for a while, I would have had to start eating more and more sugar to get that same response. In other words, sugar is really addicting.
I much prefer the glow of good health to the momentary response you get from sugar. But because of both its addicting properties and that it’s in almost everything in the store, sugar -- and corn syrup and other forms of sugar -- can be hard to leave behind.
But it’s more than possible. Here are some tips if you’d like to explore that possibility.
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