Are you a sugar addict? I am. In 2005 I vowed to quit sweets and have been blogging about it ever since. This website contains product reviews, personal journal entries, the weekly Sugar Challenge, and an ebook for people who want to Stop Being Sweet.

Sugar Addiction is Real

August 10, 2010

Addict Every summer, friends throw a large backyard garden party that’s filled with good people, good food and one very cute dog.

This year, the mother in the family said to me that she looked at my website and saw the words Stop Being Sweet. She thought it meant to not take any crap from people and was surprised to find that the site was about sugar. She made a face and I got the impression that giving up sugar wasn’t something she was about to try.

When her daughter found out that I don’t eat sugar, meat or fish, she asked if I ever smile. It wasn’t the first time someone reacted that way.

On our way out I said goodbye to her son who had just placed several delicious looking dishes on the dessert table. He offered to give me something to go and said, “You can take it with you. I mean, I know you have a public persona to upkeep and everything.” He might as well have winked at and elbowed me.

I can take a joke and there’s plenty of fodder to make fun of when it comes to sugar addiction. Wearing my weakness on my website isn’t always easy but it does make me stronger. Still, I often wonder what people really think and say when I’m not around.

I didn’t bring up the subject at this party. They read my website and they brought it up. I just avoid sugar. In real life, Gwenn talks about me not eating sugar more than I do. In fact I keep it quiet because people think things. They think I’m going to police them. They think I’m judging them while they eat dessert. They think I think I’m better than they are. None of that is true and sometimes all of it is true.

Sugar addiction is funny that way. It’s also stupid. It’s annoying. It’s difficult. It’s frustrating. It’s real. It’s real. It’s real.

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Weekly Sugar Challenge: Week of August 9, 2010

August 09, 2010

This week’s sugar challenge: check your meat.

Summertime means lots of people cook food on the grill. If you are a meat eater then check the ingredients on the meat you’re eating. You will be surprised to find that lots of meats come packaged with added sugars.

Bacon contains sugar. Hot dogs contain sugar. Barbecue sauce contains sugar. As always, keep an eye out for High Fructose Corn Syrup.

Check the packaging and see what’s in there. Also check the packaging of the condiments that you add to your meat. If there’s sugar in there, avoid it!

If you are vegetarian, check the additives inside the veggie burgers and vegetarian meat substitutes you consume (if any). If there’s added sugars, avoid!

Good luck.

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Healthy Hershey’s Chocolate

August 04, 2010

Maybe they were being tongue-in-cheek, but judging from the way old ads sold sugar as a health food that you should feed your baby, this vintage Hershey’s ad was possibly made by people who believed the message.

Thanks to Paul for the image!

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NYC Says Cut Out Sugar

August 02, 2010

The video above is from New York City where the Health Department is trying to get New Yorkers off sugary beverages.

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Weekly Sugar Challenge: Week of August 2, 2010

August 02, 2010

This week, avoid sweets all week long and wait until Sunday to eat any sugary stuff. If you are tempted, know that you can eat whatever you want on Sunday. It’s that simple!

If you’re not certain if the food you want to eat qualifies as a “sweet,” then avoid it.

Sunday is just a few days away. Start now!

Good luck.

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