My weekend adventure with sugar
This weekend I had an interesting adventure with sugar. Each week, I get a free meal day where I eat whatever I may want. This weekend I wanted something I hadn't had in 6 weeks: candy packed with sugar and artificial colors. What did I choose you ask? Runts. It was available, and it looked inticing. So, I ate some pizza and said runts. Within 6 hours of eating this concoction, I had a looming headache. Now, part of the free meal system is that you get the one meal and carry on with your normal eating plan otherwise. So, I did. Just assuming my headache was a fluke and would go away. WRONG! The next day was even worse. I had the sugar detox symptoms from the beginning of my program that I had sworn I would never go through again.
Now, the ironic thing is that at Transform U (our Yoli meeting with lots of amazing people and experiences), Dr Street, a chiropractor and a hallmark of the Yoli family spoke on this exact topic. Except he called it 'Dietary Crack.' And it is exactly that: a powerful, addictive substance that causes withdrawal, inflammation, and a whole host of other issues in the body. Sugar lights up the same parts of your brain on a functional MRI as crack cocaine. It serves absolutely zero nutritional advantage to humans. Zero. And yet, we have to try to avoid it in our daily lives. Don't believe me? Look at your ketchup bottle, tomato sauce, barbecue sauce, jerky, bacon and just about any other product in your kitchen.
So, I had lots of valuable learning experiences this weekend. My daughter's generation is the first generation in the history of humans to be expected to not outlive their parents and grandparents. That should scare you and piss you off at the same time! I learned my body literally revolts with sugar and artificial crap. Which honestly makes me proud. Because 6 weeks ago I was a 'dietary crack' addict wondering why I wasn't losing any weight or getting healthier despite my 'best efforts.'
You get the choice each and every day to make healthy choices or unhealthy ones. You get the choice to pass on a legacy of health, or one of death and disease. And that may be scary but that's the reality of the world we live in. It isn't easy, but it is worth it. Our food can be the best medicine or the best poison. Pick wisely!
Wishing you all love and health on this Monday!
Kara
Now, the ironic thing is that at Transform U (our Yoli meeting with lots of amazing people and experiences), Dr Street, a chiropractor and a hallmark of the Yoli family spoke on this exact topic. Except he called it 'Dietary Crack.' And it is exactly that: a powerful, addictive substance that causes withdrawal, inflammation, and a whole host of other issues in the body. Sugar lights up the same parts of your brain on a functional MRI as crack cocaine. It serves absolutely zero nutritional advantage to humans. Zero. And yet, we have to try to avoid it in our daily lives. Don't believe me? Look at your ketchup bottle, tomato sauce, barbecue sauce, jerky, bacon and just about any other product in your kitchen.
So, I had lots of valuable learning experiences this weekend. My daughter's generation is the first generation in the history of humans to be expected to not outlive their parents and grandparents. That should scare you and piss you off at the same time! I learned my body literally revolts with sugar and artificial crap. Which honestly makes me proud. Because 6 weeks ago I was a 'dietary crack' addict wondering why I wasn't losing any weight or getting healthier despite my 'best efforts.'
You get the choice each and every day to make healthy choices or unhealthy ones. You get the choice to pass on a legacy of health, or one of death and disease. And that may be scary but that's the reality of the world we live in. It isn't easy, but it is worth it. Our food can be the best medicine or the best poison. Pick wisely!
Wishing you all love and health on this Monday!
Kara
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