Daily, we add sugar to our diet because of its sweetness. However, we poison ourselves every day without knowing it. In fact, nowadays, it is used excessively. Instead of consuming natural foods such as vegetables, fruits, tubers, and grains with a reasonable amount of natural sugar, some prefer to consume sweet items such as ice cream, candy, cake, biscuits, soft drinks, desserts, and much more -- which contain an excessive amount of Refined Sugar. Consuming refined sugar in excess can result in obesity, weak immunity, and hyperinsulinemia.
White sugar has no health benefit
When sugar is processed to produce sugar, all essential nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, protein, and enzymes contained in it are eliminated or destroyed, making it unhealthy for consumption. The consumption of White Sugar causes a wide array of diseases. It destroys the digestive system, inhibits the entrance of Vitamin C into white blood cells, weakens the immune system, causes tooth decay, aging, headache, depression, acne, infertility, and disturbs the level of salt in the body.
Some people are addicted to sugar just as many are addicted to nicotine and caffeine. In order to fight and defeat this addiction, here are some things you can do:
1. Have a positive mental attitude
In order to defeat your addiction to this sweet poison, you need to have the right mental attitude.
See it as an exercise to defeat your number one enemy, not an exercise of deprivation. This mindset will help you stay away from sugar.
2. Remove sugar
In order to break an addiction, the first bold step you should take is to remove the addictive substance around you. If you want to break a nicotine or caffeine addiction, the first thing you should do is to remove the cigarettes, coffee, and other items containing nicotine or caffeine from the house.
In order to eliminate sugar, avoid alcoholic drinks, soft drinks, breakfast cereal, chocolate, yogurt, biscuits, and ice cream, among others. The only drinks you should have around you are milk and water.
3. Take charge and get ready for a new life
Instead of consuming foods that are chock-full of refined sugar, go for whole fruits, vegetables, nuts, meat, eggs, unflavored milk and cream, cottage cheese, cream cheese and cured meats, sourdough, and spreads such as marmite, meat pastes, and organic peanuts.
Don’t eat sugar-rich foods in front of your TV. It is very important to avoid all forms of habitual events associated with the consumption of sugar. The avoidance strategies will help you break the sugar addiction faster, then you can resume the habit in a safer way, preferably with a sugar-free substitute.
