ARE YOU A SUGAR ADDICT?

ARE YOU A SUGAR ADDICT?

ARE YOU A SUGAR ADDICT?
Robert Carlson, MD, FACS

Essentially there are four different types of sugar addictions as described by Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum. I would like to use his categories but make some changes on management and descriptions.

The first group is the Type 1 sugar addicts. Do you fit into this group? This group is addicted to energy drinks and coffee, or even soft drinks laced with caffeine. Sugar and caffeine are the mainstays for this Type 1 addict. Here is the problem however. You start feeling exhausted and need a little “buzz”, turning for your favorite energy drink with it’s empty calories and skyrocketing blood sugar levels. Think about this. We normally have only about one cup of sugar circulating through our entire body via our blood stream. These drinks often provide up to 10 cups of sugar immediately dumped into your system.

This immediate rush is obviously satisfying but the plunge one to three hours later caused by spiking insulin levels pushing the sugar into our cells and driving the blood glucose level to bottom of the barrel. And that’s how you feel, until you get another slug of sugar or caffeine. It is a vicious cycle. Let me tell you how to break this sugar addiction…..just say STOP-IT and press the button below to learn more about how you can STOP the sugar addiction!



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