Are You A Helpless Sugar Addict?

November 26, 2008 ↓ Comments (0)

What do you get out of being helpless? You are helpless, aren’t you? If a white powder has control of your life, you are helpless. If you can’t pass up the snacks on the snack table at work, you are helpless. If eating a tub of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream is more important to you than your own long-term health, you are helpless.

What is it about being helpless that you like so much? Do you fear responsibility? Do you like someone else telling you what to do? Do you like corporations telling you how to live your life and what to eat? Because you’re letting someone tell you what to eat every time you buy into a sugary product that has zero health value. You’re not just buying the product, but you’re also buying into the message of the product. What does it mean to eat Snickers? What does it say about you that you need to eat Oreo cookies? Who are you being when you are bingeing on sweets? What’s your role in the play that are you acting out?

You are a helpless puppet for as long as you continue to mindlessly eat sugar. Remain helpless and you’ll end up needy—needing the help of doctors and physicians. What will be the result of having poured pounds of sugar into your body over the course of a year?

This year can be different. You are what causes change in your life. You are who decides what you eat. What will your decision be today?

Or you can stay helpless. You’re obviously getting something out of it.