SUGAR ADDICTION IS REAL with Dr. Jen Unwin

[@HaroldCrews]

I'm a sugar addict. I've tried to quit multiple times and usually after a few days or maybe a few weeks I'd fall off the wagon and binge eat sweets. I'm currently eating carnivore which has helped with the cravings a lot. I'm about seventy days clean. Anyone who claims you can't be addicted to sugar is crazy. Dairy, I can take or leave it.

[@nellosnook4454]

Congratulations! 👍 Simple carbohydrates convert to sugar in the liver, so sugar is the ultimate common denominator of metabolic syndrome.

[@notnow7973]

Wow! Good for you.

[@stein-fredricsvendsen8530]

So true.

[@NatureNurtureAndNerd]

Congratulations! Same for me, I’ve been carnivore for almost a year. It’s really helped.

[@HeleneTremblay-dw9ov]

I can go overboard with heavy creams

[@SoberOKMoments]

Have been off cigarettes and alcohol (thanks to AA) for 42 years, but have struggled with my addiction to sugar all my life. I'm now off it again (27 days) and the first week, as always, was hell. Thanks for taking this on in a video. Your analogy about people who don't easily addict, and their disbeliving attitude toward those of us who do, was spot on. And regarding my own current umpteenth attempt to live sugar free, THIS TIME I am applying the AA wisdom of One Day at a Time. Anyone can live without sugar for one day. I certainly can. And when tomorrow becomes today, it's just one more day to take it one day at a time.

[@Tess-h4]

I can totally relate...19yrs clean. I've been trying for years to live sugar-free, and I've often wondered why there isn't a meeting for people wanting to kick their addiction to sugar. Anyway, I just wanted to wish you success! May God bless you.

[@MeatKetoMECFSWarrior-vh7lc]

6 years sober. I still cave to sugar on occasion. It was VERY hard to get and stay sober. But easy compared to getting sober from sugar.

[@AM-xh2su]

Good job! You can do this for Good this time! Increase your fat to combat cravings. Maybe that will help.

[@EverettRandolph]

Thank you

[@CarnivoreNana]

Love this. I say it too. I use moment by moment which is my issue. Saying NO at the time of temptation!

[@tammymurphy2707]

I’m 64 and going through chemo for breast cancer I just realized that I said no to sugar/chocolate at least three times today - I’m proud of myself!

[@bonnieo8]

You absolutely should be!

[@squeekytoys5911]

You can do this!

[@AM-xh2su]

Yahoo! 🎉 Good for you! You can do this. Stand strong!

[@nevinkuser9892]

Make sure to watch Dr Berry’s iodine video with the doctor from Michigan. They said iodine deficiency is common in nearly all cases of breast cancer(and in some cases can reverse it). Wishing you the best! ❤

[@body.mind.spirit.health]

Awsome! You got this! 🎉

[@creekroad]

I’m a sugar addict. Been keto and carnivore for 7 years which for long periods is great. Until I crack or “just have a bit”, and then over indulge, feel like crap and even sometimes give myself a fever with sugar poisoning. I know I’m an addict because I actually hate the stuff. I hate that it’s everywhere and that I still want it even though I know how terrible it is for me. Sugar is a potential poison, it’s addictive and it should carry a label saying so.

[@westb1028]

Big sugar makes way too much money for sugar addiction to ever be recognized. I mean people still think cholesterol causes heart disease, when it’s actually sugar.

[@GypsyTheGoatOnTube]

I have stopped smoking, drinking, recreational drugs, I AM AN ABSOLUTE BORE!! Foods has been an absolute drug for me. Behaving no differently than "common" addicts. I am a strong human being and have spent my life overcoming and improving. Carb addiction is like a monster

[@leejodykstra3391]

Of course sugar addiction is real! Very very real.

[@nellosnook4454]

Simple carbohydrates convert to sugar in the liver, so sugar is the ultimate common denominator of metabolic syndrome.

[@Christensen1970]

For me, I need to get a hold of myself I allow people to talk to me into things at the worst times. I started keto in 2017 and then carnivore 2019. I started at 195 pounds. The lowest I’ve gotten because of my sugar addiction was 179. I’ve been bouncing around between 195 and 179 for seven years.

[@eurethnic]

These things aren't always obvious.

[@nellosnook4454]

@@Christensen1970 1. I commend you for your sincere, honest admissions! 👍 2. Are you saying your experience on the Carnivore Diet did not reduce your desire for sugary foods? 3. Perhaps a longer period of time on the Carnivore Diet would be more indicated in your case? 4. After 7 months on the Carnivore Diet, I still enjoy simple carbohydrates occasionally. 5. But eating anything containing refined white sugar makes me ill until the next day.

[@Christensen1970]

@@nellosnook4454 I have two teenagers at home that don’t help me at all, and I tend to give in way too often. I’ve been doing it for a week straight and of course my mind is telling me for the rest of my life, IM doing this day by day?

[@socol76]

I got 16 minutes into this interview and got a massive craving for sugar because of all the junk foods being mentioned. I literally almost got up and drove myself to buy ice cream and chocolate and donuts and cake and I had to talk myself down so that I don’t ruin my 9 day carnivore journey. I’m terrified of my addiction, just being honest.

[@travelinggirl6681]

I am a sugar addict so I don't mean to poke fun but your comment is so funny to me because I can picture it. I honestly haven't laughed this hard in a long, long time. You didn't get those things so good on you. I just want you to know that you have made me laugh and yours is the gift that keeps on giving because I keep reading it over and over. Thank you, my friend.

[@angelaheintzelman5976]

😢

[@jillhensley4919]

It is scary!

[@forestlittke4649]

a safe alternative to soft ice cream is ....put canned coconut milk into a regular glass contaner, let cool in the fridge over night...put half a cup into a bowl and add sesemie seeds or little bit of blue berries (under 5 grams) for the desert. Let me know how it goes!!

[@micah_noel]

It is absolutely an addiction. I’m a cancer survivor, had a couple of very scary diverticulitis flare ups and lifelong depression and I know that a proper diet is the way to keep me healthy. But this week I decided to compromise and told myself that as long as I don’t have any donuts that I deserved to have sushi and pizza. I told myself that ground beef and eggs would both be cheaper and healthier but I didn’t listen. Now I’m short on money for rent because I spent all my money on junk food that I couldn’t afford to begin with. It’s absolutely ridiculous that I’ve managed to resist drugs and alcohol my whole life but I’m screwing up my life with pizza.

[@1timbarrett]

Good on you for confronting the problem head-on! 👍

[@denisea.9033]

This was the beginning of the end of that addiction for you, you got this! 💪🏼🎉

[@amyc.peters1064]

I feel your pain (well, ulcerative colitis, chronic depression and add) it's amazing how I rationalize making the same mistakes over and over. I think we could form a support group just from people in the comments here. It's definitely hard to get any recognition/support for this! Everyone was certainly cheering on my alcohol recovery lol, but perfectly caring friends/family line up to shove pizza and cookies in my face as soon as they notice I'm trying to abstain...

[@micah_noel]

@@amyc.peters1064 Yeah, I’ve made it clear to my co-workers what my issues, goals and intentions are, yet they tease me with a box of donuts and laugh at me when I give in and eat them. It really is a tragic state that our society considers this acceptable. I’ve worked in bars where I was pressured to drink as well. They would respect someone who says they’re an “alcoholic in recovery”, but when I said I need to “cut back”, it wasn’t good enough and they’d bully me into it.

[@TheKingdomWeigh]

I was a sugar addict, hiding sugar, eating bags, boxes, a couple of family size packages eating it all. I’ve fallen asleep eating and experienced many sugar hangovers. I thank God for discovering Keto and then Carnivore and letting go of sweet taste. I thank God first for leading me, then for all of the great Truths brought to me through Dr Berry and all the others in this space.

[@dawndeefox8125]

I quit years of addiction to cigarettes and alcohol, but quitting sugar is so much harder. I have worse withdrawals after a couple of days of no sugar, then the withdrawals i had from the other addictions.

[@mimii3000]

I agree! My bf has quit alcohol BUT cannot quit SUGAR. He at least will do keto sweets but still, I wish he would quit those as well.

[@dmakk861]

With cigarettes you have to be a minimum age, with sugar, you just have to have a pulse and no age minimum. And it starts wi most with he baby bottle milk

[@squeekytoys5911]

Apparently it's harder to quit sugar than to quit alcohol. I believe it.

[@roberth721]

I found quitting opiates was easier than alcohol, which was easier than sugars, took a few years to "clean up".

[@amyc.peters1064]

Me too! It's all around me all the time, and every cell in my body tries to tell me I'm dying if I don't have it it's ridiculous. So lots of stopping and starting so far. I keep trying though, because I did it for a month 5 years ago and was amazed. The mental health benefits alone, but so many physical issues that I've accepted as just a part of living were falling away.

[@suzannekazmiruk183]

How could it be anything other than addiction? We all know sugar is unhealthy yet people continue eating it to excess despite all the negative consequences.

[@LauraB.335]

I hate the word remission! The word suggests that everyone is just waiting for it to come back. The word is reversal! It’s gone, and unless someone starts eating what they did before, it won’t come back. It’s like saying I had a bruise on my leg and it’s in remission, when if I hit my leg again, I’ll get a bruise.

[@happyandprosperous3188]

I agree with you .. When I hear people who recovered from cancer state that they're in remission I negate it with words of blessings and full recovery.. they've been conditioned for it to come back..

[@barbsdee3831]

I don’t agree. I’m a type 2 diabetic and always will be. It hasn’t gone away and I will have to eat very low carb to keep my blood glucose in normal range

[@jeepssnow9506]

⁠ Sorry I can’t agree! I was T2D. Went low carb (less than 20g a day) in 7/18. A1C dropped to normal (5.1) w/in 3 months! I reversed it by eating just good healthy food, kick the carbs. You CAN do it too! You do not HAVE to do that, it’s a personal CHOICE!! Buck up &choose good health instead of foods (or amounts of it) that are making you ill!🤗

[@vanessarheadart9708]

​@@barbsdee3831that's because you are a human and we are low carb(emergency carb) fueled. You ate poisen and made yourself sick, then you learnt what was poisening you and stopped putting it in your body. Don't be fooled into thinking that you had a "normal condition" we don't live in a land of famine(we are lucky and unlucky) this eating the rainbow is total bollocks. If avacardos are so important how have humans survived in the vast areas of the world they don't grow in, how can scuvy be because of a vit c because of a lack of citrus fruit be true when most of us live where citrus doesn't grow and they used meat to cure it on ships. All the shit they tell you about food is just sales hype, even 3 meals a day and I need some carbs to regulate my type 2 diabetes(type is a different game) You have to eat low carb because you are human, same as all the rest of us, what you have probably done it distroy your bodies ability to moderate reactions to sugar and will probably have huge insulin spikes and craving if you picked a couple of strawberries out the garden, but that doesn't mean that many who go back to the correct human diet aren't capable of eating a strawberry once in a blue moon when in season. Even bears eat berries in season(but that's to put weight on for hybernation, which we don't do, so we don't need to glut of fruits and berries)

[@GriffinGypsyRanch]

I agree!!! I am not putting that label on myself!! Yeah my a1c was 7.5 but it’s dropping and it IS reversible. I hate when people say once a diabetic always a diabetic. It’s an excuse to eat bad.

[@ruthmaryrose]

Thank you for taking the trouble to make this video. I just feel so ashamed that I can’t control my appetite. Initially I lost 28 pounds eating carnivore, and I felt great but then I “fell off the wagon“ and I just can’t seem to get back on it. I live alone so it’s easy for me to hide the food I buy. When anyone asks me how my carnivore diet is going I just kind of put them off. I’m too ashamed to tell them the truth that I’ve been eating way too much sugar again. I have at least been fortunate enough that in 18 months I have only regained about 8 pounds. It’s hard to watch the videos of people who have remained carnivore for years. I admire them and wish that I could emulate them but it’s difficult to even watch the videos anymore because I feel like I’m so worthless that I can’t even control my appetite. You have helped me feel better about it all and feel some hope that if I at least keep trying I will eventually succeed.

[@vanessarheadart9708]

Standing in the kitchen cutting up my pork belly for work later and hearing this talk about the conference in May in my home country makes me happy. BUT.... I know that "sugar" will be said a million times but the truth about what that word encompasses will be bypassed over and over again. When the diabetic nurse that's too fat for her chair and has weepy bandaged legs sits there and tells my husband to have wholemeal toast with low fat spread fro breakfast(a meal he's never eaten, so increasing his food window) and the dentist has a chart on the wall showing how many sugar cubes are in a variety of drinks but not orange juice or even milk and telling you to not have "too much" sugar but not explaining crisps(chips) will stick to your teeth and hang around for hours depositing sugar directly onto your teeth. No one has the balls to show just what sugar is really in. No one is explaining what the body does with all these carbs. I sit on my till and watch mother's putting pouches of fruit puree through with corn puffs flavoured with apple or puffed carrot sticks and mini rice cakes with natural strawberry flavour. Their whole shop is just repackaged sugar, even the fruits and veg(that they cover in sugar sauces like pir pir, bbq, teriyaki) and now a lot of the meat is drowned in these sauces too. It's all garbage. I'm lucky enough to of had a home economics/biology teacher who was hot on this even back in the 90''s and she peeked my interest in all this. They need to go back to basics and teach about what the body sees when we give it food and what it does with all the different components, it makes me mad to hear lies being repeated like it's truth.

[@pamelacogginsrobles3606]

I am a sugar/starch addict. The Proper Human Diet has saved me, I not only no longer have the cravings I am actually turned off by those food ( 6 month carnivore). Would family members leave bottles of booze all around the house when their loved one is trying to get sober? I hope not, the chips and snacks are the same thing to us. Be kind.

[@CarnivoreNana]

I've addressed this at my job. Was told too bad...live with it. Candy and sweets stink up the place. And when people cook their food in the brk room. Horrible!! No kindness in this place. Was told by boss she struggles every day. Smh

[@stein-fredricsvendsen8530]

So True. I think one of the big confusion starting Keto is to learn the Difference between Carb cravings and Real hunger.

[@prettybullet7728]

Sugar addiction is terrible. I've managed to cut back over time and some of the sweets I used to crave, I can no longer tolerate. But I still periodically have strong cravings and sometimes I give in.

[@johnadams9280]

You need to cut out sugar entirely in order for the cravings to go away.

[@vickiegroome3220]

The last fruit craving I had was yellow kiwis. Took a bite and spit it out. It was too sweet Downright repulsive to me. Tossed out the entire box.

[@carolinemarie44]

Im a sugar addict as well. It is so hard once I eat one thing with sugar, Im off the carnivore diet. Right now Im ok and happily on carnivore. Feeling great as I should.

[@Grinto00]

I'm addicted to sugar. I gave up cigarettes so easy, never got back to it but man.. that sugar is really my drug. Can’t stop it

[@nellosnook4454]

1. PLEASE try Carnivore for at least two weeks! 🙏 2. The more metabolically unstable you are, the longer it will take to get metabolically stable. 3. But it’s WORTH IT! 🎉🎉🎉

[@pamconboy4315]

I’m another one who is a recovering alcoholic (40+ years sober) and 29 years away from cigarettes, but my addiction to sugar is way worse than either of those addictions, the cravings are awful and I have not been able to quit sugar!

[@Hayden734]

Eat way more fat

[@saveonbuilding]

I eat a high protein diet. I quit coffee 8 months ago. I quit all grains 4 months ago. I quit alcohol 1 month ago. I’ve spent my entire adult life trying to quit candy and can’t go more than 2-3 days without it. Ugh! Help!

[@johneubank8543]

Just got back from shopping - gave 3 people your name and at least 3 more were listening in. i wrote it down for several of them. Yer doin God's work!

[@pamelawalker8052]

Sugar addiction is very very real. I have tried to stay on Carnivore/ketovore diet for a few months now. It took me a month to get rid of the everything made with grains and everything packaged. Its now down to the 1chocolate bar and 3 icecream bars I consume every evening. Because of those items I cant lose the 55 pound I need to lose. The overweight has now put me in pred diabetic zone and borderline bloodpressure zone. I have taken on an evening cleaning job for the purpose of getting rid of that time frame of sugar consumtion. The last 10 years I have seen my weight rise. Used to be slim and fit. At 68 I have had it with the overweight. Its been a struggle to get rid of that last bit of sweets I consume in the evening so changing my evening routine will get rid of that for good.

[@SanitiveRevolution]

If sugar isn't addictive, then why do most go through withdrawls when they stop their consumption? I can say first hand that I had headaches, gastrointestinal chaos, foggy mental capacity, hot flashes, cold flashes, anxiety, depression etc. Gee, kinda sounds like kicking a hard drug to me.

[@kathleenking47]

Have you tried chromium picolinate

[@BRM101]

@@SanitiveRevolution for real it’s rough

[@StelleenBlack]

I'm a sugar addict. It's like torture trying to get off and stay off sugar.

[@annaa4477]

I quite sugar and carbs 44 days ago, for the first 30 days I felt like I was in rehab. The sugar cravings were out of this world. I was trying to find as much information as possible on the withdrawal symptoms just to keep my sanity. The feelings of anxiety, depression among 10 other uncomfortable sensations are indescribable. You can’t have support because almost everyone around will tell you to have something sweet to feel better. It is fascinating how we use sugar to soothe our emotional discomfort. It is a complex problem. For the first 30 days I was convinced that I would not be able to live without it. Just imagining life without sweets made feel suffocated within my own body. Finally on day 44 the withdrawal symptoms are gone. It is not easy to do this on your own. You need a lot of will power not to give in, especially if you go 100% carnivore and no coffee. Now I have written on a board all the symptoms of sugar withdrawals as a reminder in case I get tempted . I don’t want to experience them ever again.

[@Augustuty]

Hello, how are you doing, do you still don’t eat sugar? I am going through it right now and it seems impossible to quit…

[@annaa4477]

@@Augustuty Hello, yes I still don’t eat sugar. Today is day 97. It is incredible what has happened. I don’t think I will be ever forget those cravings. I am also surprised that now when I think about any sugary treats that are artificially made, I get a strong and definite NO to not eat it. I can’t believe that one can be free from that. How are you doing? The rehabilitation struggle is definitely worth it.

[@Augustuty]

@@annaa4477 Wow, it is such a blessing to read your answer. I’m so happy for you and feel encouraged by reading stories like yours that you can even go 97 days without sugar!!! I still cannot go longer than 5 days without it. It is such a struggle and I cannot stop thinking about food all day and it seems impossible for me to go longer than that… But that feeling after eating lots of sugar and carbs is so horrible and I want to heal from this addiction so much that people like you motivates me to go on. Very happy for you!!!

[@Augustuty]

@@annaa4477 maybe you have some strategies that helped you the most to resist the temptation to give in?

[@annaa4477]

@@Augustuty Since sugar was on my mind all the time, I would watch videos on IG of the most inventive desserts out there. Just watching would somehow satisfy that ill need for sweets. In the first month I would have minimal amounts of grated cheese and diary with the meat. That helped too. Going for a long walk is good if possible. I wrote down every single negative consequence of having sugar and how that impacts my health on a big board so I could see that daily. The bouts of anxiety and depression as you go off sugar are thru the roof. Just reminding myself that I don’t want to experience those again would stop me. You see fruit is not as addictive as man made candies and sweets. Occasionally, I’ve had some cherries and watermelon( low oxalate fruit) after day 50 and I was okay with not having it the next day. So if having small portion or fruit will aid you, go for it. Sometimes I would call a friend who lives far away and tell them about my sugar fantasies just to get it out of my system, but never anyone close who was willing to make it happen. This is very much a psychological struggle so it is important to address it internally. We love sugar because it is a substitute for connection so even if you are lonely is it good to write down the stuff that you desire instead of eating. This is a complex battle really so you need to think of strategies that are going to be helpful just for you. If you can, it is good to immerse yourself in some activity even if that activity can be breathing and observing your thoughts. I would be fully present with my hours of anxiety and chemical depression until they went away. Knowing and understanding what you’re dealing with is key….. cold showers or showers in general. I would watch YT videos regarding the carnivore diet just to reenforce a healthy way of eating intellectually. I recommend entire carnivore community plus Sally K Norton. Her work on oxalates is a must to navigate oxalate dumping, not just sugar withdrawal. Also eating sufficient amount of protein and fat - without this it is impossible to succeed. Hope this helps 😊

[@TheAnnestube]

THANK YOU SO MUCH for taking on this subject. I doubt it will ever be accepted as SUGAR addiction, because that would mean, they would have to remove it from all the food products. If the damages of Sugar should ever be accepted, you can just imagine what that would do to the food industry, if at the same time they should acknowledge the addiction to sugar as an official diagnosis.

[@sharonquesnel2427]

I’m in NA and we are works in progress. At any social event there are always sugary treats. 12 step programs know the solution is mind, spirit and body. But the last, the body, seems to be the final piece to recovery. Luckily I’ve gotten that message! It has made my A recovery so much richer !

[@FBDerringer]

So, I have this problem. Started with many things in my life across the spectrum of addiction. Carbs are the latest with caffeine. Going through the “flu” as we speak. The carnivore life is very attractive to me and I have begun. Currently eating BBB&E, when my supply of cheese and coffee are gone I’ll stop those. It is do or die, as I’ve tried everything else and need to lose 100 lbs. At this point I’m all ears. Keep it up, I need all the help I can get.

[@algorillarithm5572]

Hi FB. Choose Do and live. About 6 years ago i started walking everyday since i was too out of shape to ride my bicycle, a very nice mountainbike that i used to enjoy riding very much 20 years ago. Last year i pulled the bike out for some short rides. This past Saturday I rode over 50 miles, something i try to do about every other weekend now, a feat i thought i would never ever be able to do even when i was young . Choose a nice route/routine and begin walking like you are going somewhere every day and twice on sunday (hah, ya know what i mean). I think they call it zone 2 cardiovascular activity. I chose a route that takes me over an hour to walk, half of which is through the woods for some nature. I have lost 50 lbs. in two years now and have realized that i am not done yet. But the 50 lbs. are in fact realized. I just wanted to get healthy and be able to do things again. You sound like you are off to a good start understanding what you need to do for yourself. I dress for the weather. Winter days are some of my favorite walks bc i know i am the only one out there enjoying the crisp fresh air. Choose do, and don't look back except for the gratitude doing will bring you.

[@merrilynhurd850]

I was doing really well 2023 until December rolled around. Still trying to get back. Yes, even the smell .

[@AncientYouth64]

No such thing as sugar addiction, in fact no one would actually eat more than a teaspoon of sugar if you offered it to them...

[@terrifoster8986]

Me too. 😢

[@merrilynhurd850]

@@terrifoster8986 huge

[@terrifoster8986]

AncientYouth64 What planet do you live on? It is definitely a real thing. Good on you if you haven't experienced it, but don't make ignorant comments as if you are stating fact.

[@AncientYouth64]

@@terrifoster8986 there is absolutely no scientific evidence to compare being a fatso and eating sugary and fatty palatable food to true addiction, alcohol, drugs and cigarettes it's just another excuse. 90% of the world would be addicts if that was the case.....if you over eat your just greedy pure and simple....I don't care you do you...but do not make up nonsense

[@CarnivoreNana]

Im 5 days clean eating CVORE with ONE SWIG OF MILK til its gone cause thats a weakness for me. Also 5 days clean of weed too.🎉🎉

[@vhorton5150]

Man why you quit weed?

[@M123OCT]

On the weed thing, I was having one spliff every night, kind of out of habit. But after time, I realised it was having very little effect. So I just didn't buy any more. Now, the only time I might have one is every few weeks when an old friend visits. And guess what - it blows my head off! 😂 It's like being a teenager again trying it for the first time. So, given the harm it undoubtedly does, I would suggest that you either dump it completely, or save it for very rare occasions when you'll really enjoy it. 👍

[@Psalm2710_]

Thank you for this, I am absolutely struggling with sugar addiction! I know I will regret it right after my last bite, but I still eat it. I can do well all week, then the weekend comes and everyone is home and eating the yummy stuff. 😢

[@martinlouden9005]

So many people I know think that we need to eat carbohydrates. There is no such thing as an essential carbohydrate.

[@debramoore1428]

Sugar has been worked into beautiful presentations. Cakes, candies, glazes, etc. The drug is shown as artwork and celebrated. Add some chocolate and people are helpless.😢 Break the spell!

[@eringo-bragh4243]

I remember sprinkling sugar on my Cheerios and then drink the sugar milk; now I see how a set up that was. Is this still going on in families?

[@haveabanana2930]

Ya, well plain cereal is just cardboard, lol

[@nevinkuser9892]

If you’ve ever had chocolate raw by itself it’s disgusting. Hardly even palatable. That’s why the edible snacks are 95% sugar and milk. So really what people are after is a solidified chunk of sugar milk. Also it just dawned on me, if we’re carnivore we don’t need cupboards anymore 🤔

[@1timbarrett]

Carnivores can get by with smaller ‘fridges too…!😮

[@supersonicsenses]

My cupboard is full of tinned fish and corned beef 🥩🐟😁

[@deborahwilson2734]

Ha ha! So true!

[@nevinkuser9892]

@@supersonicsenses well if that's the case I want a cupboard

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

@@1timbarrett ya but need a much larger freezer to store meat!

[@gogreengameon2146]

Gosh, in central London, the Easter Eggs were out in Tesco (a national grocery store) right after Boxing Day (Dec 27). They didn't even wait for Valentine's Day to be over. That's how screwed up our society is when it comes to the marketing power and profitability of sugar. It's insane when you think about it. Can't believe how it was under my nose the whole time.

[@pamkirk4350]

I think Dr. Unwin has been following me around over the last few days. As I started watching this video and scarfing down cinnamin pinwheels (yes plural). She was so spot on regarding the cravings. I want to blame the poor eating on the steroid injection I had a couple of weeks ago to control my asthma. I just need to stay out of the store when I leave work at 6 AM after being up all night, but I hear the calling of the sugar as my car passes every store.

[@huskies123]

I could have a drink and then wait a year to drink again and never think about it. But 3 days without flour and sugar I pull my hair out and get a knot in my back from the tension I hold.

[@oldbiker9739]

sugar has been used as a reward system for centuries , Halloween , Christmas , easter ,valentines day fathers day , mothers day , weddings , etc.

[@baa713]

Not centuries

[@maddworld3317]

Yes it's very real, I couldn;t quit sugar or carbs no matter what I knew they did to our health. I finally got leaky gut, gluten intoI & malabsorption from my decades of sugar/carbs & was forced to quit it all and I still miss it.

[@ritaslayden1829]

Yes, when folks say they are over their carb addiction after 3 weeks carnivore, I call BS to that! I have been keto since June 2023 with no sweeteners, and strict carnivore for 180 days and carbs still call me! Middle Tennessee Rita ❤

[@azurec6001]

Most psychological experts are absolute quacks and pharmaceutical shills. Of course, they’re not gonna say there’s a connection between food and mental illness because it is that very premise that keeps them all in business. Therefor to address that food affects psychology would put them out of business.

[@MeatKetoMECFSWarrior-vh7lc]

​@@ritaslayden1829I'm with you. 4.5 months Carnivore and I still have cravings and sometimes cave.

[@maddworld3317]

@@MeatKetoMECFSWarrior-vh7lc Yep I can relate. In my 2.5 mos, I bingd twice & after a few weeks I want to do it again but it really sets me back far. I would if I could sometimes.

[@maddworld3317]

@@ritaslayden1829 Ya I don't understand that at all either. My husband is like that, he can turn sugar on and off but he does have a carb issue

[@danacovington2125]

I thank you Dr. Berry for your honest approach to extolling the benefits of the proper human diet lifestyle. At 72 years of age I am free! Sweets were always my downfall. Admitting that it was actually an addiction was difficult for this retired nurse. I have many more pounds to lose but I'm down 26 pounds now. Nearing my 90 days. God bless you and your lovely wife.

[@luciavasile2895]

Dr. Ken Berry you save my life in 2022❤. PHD help me to heal my brain and body. I don't even crave anymore toxic sugar. I thank you sir, and God bless you🙏🤝🤲

[@hfortenberry]

That’s so true about food cravings being an almost uncontrollable drive. I remember I went through a phase of around a year, where once a month, the day before my period started, I would find myself in the Sonic drive-thru ordering an Oreo Sonic Blast. I never even decided to go. It was as if my car was on auto-pilot. It really was quite unexpected because I pride myself on being a very deliberate person. I even used to joke that my body took over without my consent. Fortunately, once I became conscious that it was happening, I stopped doing it. But you know, often, other things replaced it. It’s helped me though to tackle one thing at a time. I haven’t had a soda in 3 years and I cut out sugar in my coffee a year ago and half-sweet tea about 6 months ago so now I just drink water and unsweetened coffee and tea with a rare, occasional glass of milk. I’m totally adapted to that now. Never get ice cream anymore either. I am currently working on the french fries addiction. Thank God I don’t have to worry about dairy. I’m fine with just a few bites of cheese once a week or so and don’t want more than that.

[@justinesimone5343]

I hate my need for sugar. It must be what a drug addict must be like. I try to eat healthy, but recently read that bread and processed food have a lot of sugar in them. 😮

[@Hertz2laugh]

Anything that has carbohydrates has sugar it it - all carbohydrates (even "complex" carbs) eventually digest into simple sugars.

[@sarahvincent3645]

I used to be there. You can cut out carbs and after the withdrawal goes away, the cravings disappear. You can regain self-control and a clear mind. My cravings didn't go away until I went carnivore and obstained from stevia. It is hard but it works and the freedom is worth it!

[@1timbarrett]

Dr Jen Unwin realized one day that carbohydrates are just glucose (=sugar) molecules “holding hands”.

[@squeekytoys5911]

My name is Maryse and I'm a sugar addict.

[@KismetWLS]

hello Maryse, my name is Wendy and I'm a sugar addict too.

[@squeekytoys5911]

@@KismetWLS we got this! Nice to meet you!

[@kllyc6327]

😂

[@debbiefojtik]

Hi there. I am a sugar addict as well.

[@ladybird4015]

Hello Maryse, hello Wendy. Thank you. My name is Sasha and I am a sugar addict too.

[@GodandBrooksFallsbears]

I am in and out of the proper human diet community because I can’t even afford $5 every month depending on my budget needs. I know I am sugar addicted November through December is the hardest months because of holiday gatherings, January I was finally able to get on track with bbbe, had a few slip ups in February but still been good enough to lower my A1c from 6.0 to 5.8, unfortunately being around people that don’t understand is hard, Wednesday night Bible study I usually end up sitting between guys that love cookies, swiss rolls, snack cakes, sure I can say no until I get home, but still on my brain for days even after binge eating after getting home sometimes, thankfully doing better and Wednesday night snacking is getting less and less, dealing with a old pet family dog is stressful, eating more beef is helping, having pork king pork rinds around when I’m really struggling also is helping

[@michelletrippi7782]

Listening and reading the comments i feel so blessed to not have a food/sugar addiction. I was able to go cold turkey carnivore in January and have never been tempted. I tell myself dont let my wander about "what im missing". know its real though as i watch my husband struggle with quitting sugar and carbs. Still eating the icecream,cookies,alcohol

[@patcohena]

👋 Sugar baby here❤

[@ruthfranzen3277]

Thank you so much for this! It's true about carb addiction. If I eat carbs or sugary foods, I literally have lost my "off switch*, I cannot sense when I am full. I simply want more and more. It takes days for me to successfully reason with myself in order to stop. When I am consuming the carnivore foods, I am easily satiated, and am not obsessed with food. I fast 36 hours every other day, and try to stay on the keto carnivore lifestyle. I have released 80 pounds in the past 18 months. Sugar addiction has not gone away. I have to remain vigilant.

[@carolinemarie44]

This holiday season, Im going to only eat ground beef, eggs and sardines for 2 weeks before Thanksgiving and Christmas, then have a ribeye and bacon for these meals❤

[@moralybankrupt3653]

I've told my husband about sugar and the damage it causes and he won't listen to me. I've shown him the videos and tried to explain the correlation between sugar and brain health

[@monicamcandrews5431]

I'm a cupboard door opener too

[@WhateverSunshine]

Thank you for this!! I appreciate you all going to the touchy nerves. They need touched. We need truth!! Let’s get healed and healthy.

[@Scarletsky138]

I found in raising my children the saddest part was the peer pressure on stupid holidays! Big stores plaster all that garbage right at the entry of the stores! My youngest are 51 years old and I was alone in my journey when I refused to get my 4 kids in that dungeon tunnel! But I was torn a lot of the time! Tradition and happy apple pie. It was sad but none of my children have weight problems and neither do I.

[@Scarletsky138]

But oh yeah, it still is a battle.

[@stephaniewilkins2534]

So true. A family member tried to make me feel crazy because my toddler at 2 had NOT eaten at McDonalds. A teacher told me a year or 2 later (after his kindergarten year) she had sneaked and given him sugar like that was funny

[@NatureNurtureAndNerd]

Former sugar addict here… but I’ve realized my problem is more an addiction to dopamine hits. I remember a time I was able to stick to avoiding carbs many years ago, and I replaced it with another addiction. Exercise. I would do a HIIT workout in the morning, then midday go run a 5k distance on a trail, then take a martial arts class or go to the rock climbing gym in the evening. Now I’ve been carnivore for almost a year, and I feel great after my morning HIIT workout, but I really notice my addiction after that (I don’t crave sugar anymore, but I crave activity that hits the reward center). So I have to use extra will power to sit at my desk and work. I’ve began using time blocking to help. And now it’s time for me to get back to my desk and start working.

[@kaygibson8942]

I used to struggle with alcohol. If I stopped alcohol I had to have sweets. The first week was always the hardest. I now can go easily without either but I know that I am still a sugarholic.

[@jeffjivoin4983]

Yep, especially the High-fructose corn syrup.

[@markscott9622]

I have passed your good words on to my adult daughter living abroad, and my roommate. Both were shocked just how hard it was / is to break the sugar addition, if possible at all. I know purposely fall off the wagon about every other week an head to the bakery for an almond croissant. Then back on the wagon. In my opinion and experience, sugar is harder to beat than tobacco.

[@lindam8497]

I have a purple house dress( Cadbury) color and each time I see it … chocolate comes to mine.Triggers me every time..WOW! I believe I shall get rid of it until control comes😮

[@ltuerk]

Consider requesting that your library purchase her book if they don’t yet carry a copy! Same for the Dr. Berry books!

[@anomarnamloh7444]

I missed the Live 'cause I was getting my Fitness on!

[@stepoff1277]

I feel there's a hormonal component to sugar/carb addiction. As a child and young adult, I could take or leave sugar. I would take good home baked bread over sugary sweets. As I got older the sugar addiction started kicking in. I did low carb to lose weight and where sugar still wasn't such a big deal, once I cut out breads, pasta, taters and such, I did fine without them. Just fine. But, over time with all the offerings of sugar, thinking no biggie because I could never eat much sugary stuff, I would have a little. Now, sugar is my hangup. I can go without bread. But, I will hard crave sugar. Feels hopeless. I've gotten off it before, but everyone else in the house refuses to get on the same page. They think I'm crazy for claiming we need to get it out of the house. Their opinion is that it's my problem and I need to just not eat it.

[@mariehughey5390]

I’m 68, I’m addicted to sugar and all its forms (starch). I stopped bread and potatoes and rice over a year ago but only recently gave up adding sugar to coffee and tea. All my blood work was normal for the first time in 3 or 4 years. But the thing that surprises me most is people’s reactions to it. People offer food as a form of love and hospitality and when you reject it for personal reasons they act as if you are rejecting them. It’s been the hardest part of going sugar free. Know I’m in trouble when I’m looking at the clock an hour after I ate and wanting that treat that I’ve conditioned myself to get. I set a timer for the next meal and avert my attention to something constructive.

[@modalities]

I've been following Dr Jen Unwin for a couple of years now on Twitter. Awesome.

[@iyabodeadeyefa1010]

I used to have a big Costco bag of crisps and haribo in my car and at least two chocolate bars in my bag at any time until breast cancer diagnosis in 2013!! I was following the food pyramid advice of 6-11 servings of carbs per day 😮. Wake up call - I did my research and have been ketovore since 2017 having realised that I’ve been scammed-with a PhD in Human Nutrition- I thought I was doing the perfect diet with carbs, salads and low/no fat everything! I’m fairly 95% faithful to ketovore and doing well post metastatic diagnosis in 2021. Thank God I’m stable !!!

[@asuranrocks]

i cheated on bread once and it wouldnt stop calling my name, and reminding me to eat it.... it's so sinister i only managed to stop eating bread after 2 whole months

[@shw_1957]

Now I'm picturing a face on a slice of bread with a maniacal, sinister grin! Hopefully, I can retain that image when one calls to me. Thanks!

[@asuranrocks]

@@shw_1957 good luck! hahaa, evil bread

[@nickgoodwin1954]

I am very addicted to sugar. The addiction is real.

[@booswalia]

Since turning carnivore 3 months ago I haven't allowed even one thought to enter my mind about eating my old addictions. Entertaining thoughts is the first trigger. That said, I also live alone 30 minutes from a store which helps considerably.

[@Hertz2laugh]

I used to lie to my wife, go out, and secretly buy icecream with cash so she couldn't track it. Sugar addiction is real.

[@maggieciocco6628]

Same! Or chocolate/candy bars and hide the wrappers or stop at the gas station & throw them out!🙄

[@kinghenry100]

I love ice cream and make it at home. But i do it rarely cos of its impact on weight.

[@CarnivoreNana]

Yeah ice cream is mine too. Yes on the hiding it. Or use the excuse to treat my granddaughter and me get some too. Sabotage myself ..smh. I'm 5 days clean...AGAIN!!

[@fazdoll]

"buy with cash" "hide the wrappers and throw them out" -- OMG I thought I was the only one who did this! And I'm single, so there is no one else to track me. I was actually hiding it from *myself*. Any therapist would have a field day with that. I also had the habit of stopping at the store on the way home for a little goodie after a long day's work and eating all of it so that there would be no "evidence" after that day. Yikes! The only way I could break that habit was to willpower myself home where I would stuff myself with organic grass-fed hot dogs. That did seem to work. Been keto/carnivore for the last 6 month and down 15 pounds, still have 3-4 pounds to go. I look great but I'm STILL craving carbs like rice noodles and chocolate and those unwrapped Starburst. 😥

[@vanessarheadart9708]

​@@kinghenry100easter is coming and I will have iced cream on that day, ssoooo lucking forward to it. May try a custard based one to get some egg yolks in it. 😁🥰😁

[@annettestephens5337]

I think the problem is not helped by the ideas of a ‘balanced’ diet and ‘healthy’ foods. There is no consensus on what foods are depicted exactly by these terms. ‘Balanced’ suggests that some sugars are acceptable and the word ‘healthy’ is written all over ultra processed high carbohydrate food packages.

[@denisewittman975]

Love love this interview! Also. Thank you for putting the name of who you are interviewing on the screen. I wish everyone would do that

[@MoMo-im5jc]

One of the best interviews ever! Thank you for posting! Currently working on overcoming my sugar addiction so this resonated with me!

[@michelrea2403]

This video was spot on. If you have no time to watch it all then start it at 40:

[@nicoleturner5808]

This video is so good. Very helpful for what I am going through.

[@heavychevy4616]

i have to add... yes, u can be addicted to steak, burgers, beef... i struggle with that very issue... i went strict carnivor 5 years ago & still struggle with over eating & all i eat is strict carnivor...

[@juanitalewis6504]

Oh wow I can totally relate I go to work and theres candy and chocolate donuts bags of chips nuts granola bars ... everyday everywhere I just dred going in if I eat just one piece of any of it im screwed I'll just keep goig taking handfuls of whatever I can cram in my face ugh then im miserable and sick blood sugar through the roof trying very hard to stick to keto so I just ate steak mushrooms and green beans with butter and good salt and pray I can bypass all the crap at work thank God I have a physically demanding job or I wouldn't be able to move 😢

[@poquitovibes9432]

Lately, I’ve been questioning how I got here. About a week ago I realized there was a time when I didn’t think about eating every 2 minutes. I remember I didn’t have many snacks in my home. I would make things like French toast or little ice cream sundaes. But I never bought them and I didn’t make and eat them all week. At that time I remember I could eat something sweet and forget about it. After meals I wasn’t trying to over indulge in something else right away. I wasn’t looking through cabinets and searching for sweets and snacks. I was also more active. I think I would say I was keto at that time but didn’t know what keto was. I could leave home without snacks and go about my day doing errands or go workout and I would come home, take my shower and eat my first meal. Which at that time mostly was like eggs, 1 toast with butter and jam or no jam, some yogurt maybe, and maybe a small portion of fresh cut fruit. Maybe I would do 4 slices of bacon, 2 or 3 eggs, some toast, a side of fresh cut fruit, and some yogurt. Or maybe just toast with butter, some eggs and fruit. I was never heavy on food. I only ate when I was hungry and I always ate really well after working out. But I never thought about food at that time. Fast forward about 16 years. How’d I get here. Well, in the past 2 years it happened slow and then rapidly progressed to becoming afraid to eat out or eat something someone prepared who I did not know or even if I knew them. And I kind of was always that way but it got worse these past 2 years. I got really picky (which I’ve always been picky) after the C bs. But living with others is hard for me. I have OCD so bad. Had it my entire life from as young as I can remember. I never liked anyone touching my things. And if I suspect my food was touched even if it was wrapped and tucked away I would throw it away and go out and buy stuff from 711 or Burger King. Of course I didn’t know much at all about 711 or places outside to eat growing up and as a young teen adult. So back then I would avoid going to others homes if I knew they would try to offer me food. We just didn’t do that type of thing growing up. We were told about who to take food from and who’s home not to go to. We ate good at home and preferred being in our own home. Because we also didn’t like to use other people’s restrooms. We know when someone is always tryna come to our house it’s usually because they want food and somewhere they can waste their time. So we didn’t have certain company around us. We just didn’t grow up needing to go to someone’s house to eat because our parents did well. We saw kids that had to do that. I always felt like that’s irresponsible for adults to have kids they can’t care for who pretend to send them to see their friend but really they are just tryna get someone else to care for their kid. And why would you trust someone else to feed your child? You really don’t know what people do in their home and how they live. So growing up our parents did not teach us to beg and we never needed to. Like I said if I thought someone was around my food then I would throw away my food and just go out to the store and get more food. I did not really see this as a problem at that time. But I would do this because I knew at least if I got sick I could sue Burger King but I can’t sue someone I live with. I developed really allergies to something about a year and a half ago. And that really did it for me. It got so bad to the point I went from taking one 24 allergy pill a day to having to take 3 or 4 in a single 24 hour period. That had did it for me. I starved myself if I didn’t trust who touched my food. Sometimes I was so afraid to get sick I just wouldn’t eat at all. I would DoorDash most of the time which was really expensive. But I didn’t care because that person was still living with me. But I got so bad that after a while realized anything that dripped or had sauce in it or vegetables like on a sandwich or burger was a BIG HELL NO for me. So I would only get deep fried stuff and I always made sure to break my food in half to make sure they didn’t try to give me deep fried mold. Because I saw that happen before. And it had to be freshly out the deep fryer or else I wouldn’t eat throw it away and let DoorDash know it wasn’t fresh. Well from that I ended up curing myself of whatever the allergy was but I also started losing too much weight too fast because I wasn’t eating normally. So at that time that person was still living with me that I didn’t like touching my food. And instead of constantly confronting them about it I decided moving was better for me for many reasons. That and mold being another reason. But they ended up moving. But by then the damage I did to myself was done already. And I am now suffering really badly at this point now. Now I’m working on gaining weight and addressing the other problems that came along with all that. Right now at this current day I am struggling with mental health due to poor nutrition and all the pain I have now and probably the mold is causing that also and probably because my body is now tryna heal what I messed up. And I am constantly tired and not feeling well. Most days I sleep the entire day when I’m off work. Work is about the only time I am forced to get up or out of bed. I never had issues with my health or with food or anything like this before. I’m having pain that goes from migraines then to my left hip, then to my legs, then my feet, and it just cycles around and around like that all week. Legs, hip, and feet are doing about 15%-20% better. But about 3 weeks ago it was so bad I was ready to give up on myself. Sometimes I have all the pains all at once. When my legs and feet are hurting is the worst because I can’t sleep with that pain. Having the migraine is a better trade off because it’s so bad it puts me to sleep at least. I never had any of these issues ever in my life. All of a sudden in the past 2 years I have become addicted to junk and I am always thinking about food. Especially sweets. Even after eating meat I still think about food. Oh some other things that started to happen during the time I wasn’t eating much and throwing my food away is that I developed something where I couldn’t swallow my food and it would get stuck all the time and cause me to gasp for air from choking. Even tiny bites. I had to eat very slow. And I’ve always been a really slow eater but I was eating extra slow at this time. Then also I developed something where I would eat 1 or 2 bites of food and get full. Sometimes I just didn’t really wunna eat and my stomach would get upset thinking about eating. Now what the KCUF?! 🤬 I am doing the best I can to turn this back around. But I am scared to push it. Because there might be some things that may take some months or years to fix. And I don’t wunna rush anything and make it worse. I’m just taking my time and reading my body and the signs. And if anything feels too bad or really weird then I will try to get some outside help if I can find a good doctor to trust. But I’m going 100% carnivore for sure. I feel good about carnivore. I went vegan before but it wasn’t as good or fun as carnivore. I feel way better with carnivore than anything else. But unfortunately I’m a junky now. And sugar is all I can think about now. I hope soon to be free from this suffering. Never again will I live with anyone or let anyone live with me. Because I know my OCD is something that will never change. I had it since I was a baby. I can remember snapping and having huge fits if another child touched my things. I remember having my own restroom and it never being dirty. The only things I had in there was my collection of toys from McDonald’s and my soap and towel. And I kept my own restroom clean all by myself. Funny thing about my McDonald’s collection is that I don’t get them from eating the happy meal. I probably ate McDonald’s maybe twice as a child. But I didn’t like it. I was picky. Food at home was much better. I got my collection from just buying the toys alone. When I grew up and started buying my own food is when I learned about fast food. But even then I wasn’t addicted and always thinking about sweets and eating. I would eat and then go do something else like normal. All this addiction stuff and sweet stuff didn’t start happening until only these past 2 years. So I know whatever I did I really messed myself up nutritionally.

[@TheSongbird62]

I can’t even imagine at this point seeing and smelling cakes, donuts, chocolates and my mind saying “ ooh yuck”.

[@1timbarrett]

Give it time; your palate will reset…

[@406brenda]

Great talk and so helpful. Thank you!

[@LindaSmith-nl7yj]

This is so true! Just mention chocolate and the mouth waters! Thank you for caring!

[@JoJo-oc8oq]

same. I am a chocoholic . I'm trying to quit

[@BrassyBrunette]

What a great video at a timely presentation for me personally. Im about 7 wks into full carnivore. I fit this slot. Had alcohol and cigarette issues. Beat those. Went on to marathon running until I physically had to give that up along with heavy exercise in general due to back issues. But here I am still dealing with a chocolate, coffee, and bakery goods addiction. I raised 7 kids. Three adult kids still at home. Husband who is sugar addicted, and 15 grandchildren who all enjoy their candy, holidays and all. Ive decided its MY problem. Its impossible to get a whole tribe of ppl to bend and accommodate me. And why would I want to draw that kind of attention on myself. Why would I want to cause everyone to walk on egg shells around me? I dont even bring it up. What difficult is having ppl become offended if you do not accept a helping of a sugar laden dessert. People who dont respect when you decline. They continue to chide you. I often dislike holidays and certain social gatherings bc of that. So I often avoid them.

[@johnsaxontube]

my favorite technique for managing addiction is reminding myself that food is for nutrition, not entertainment or pleasure. After all, the pleasure is so short-lived as to be nearly nothing.

[@dianaBerrybanks1143]

For me, it wasn’t necessarily sugar, but things like potato chips, french fries that type of thing that is very hard for me to give up I have and I, but it’s a struggle every day to not go back into old habits and get up in the morning and have a chocolate croissant or something like thatfrench fries for lunch

[@Carniswan14]

Thanks for mentioning dairy. When I quit dairy I used to open the fridge and look at the cheese. for 3 months! that's when cravings were finally gone and I started losing wait. amazing how my body still expected it (or my visits to the fridge were also a factor). 🙂

[@lindam8497]

Brilliant interview… thx DrB❤

[@TommysPianoCorner]

A great conversation. I have recently seen a few videos on Keto as metabolic treatment for cancer (as an adjunct to standard of care). Interestingly, even people with the most aggressive of cancers (prognosis of 3 months to live), can find it ‘too hard’ to cut out the carbs citing social reasons often. To me, more evidence that there really is some addictive process I play here.

[@innercompass9]

What I would offer that might have been missed is that we need to invite ourself and others to embrace the post/neg consequences of our decisions. Do that mentally, emotionally, somatically. That gives us an unwavering experience holistically with what food does to the body-mind.

[@rhondae8222]

Thanks for sharing, Dr Berry.

[@LarryDiamond-te3yt]

It’s not food addiction. It’s ultra processed food addiction. By design. And it is a drug that is in the form of food like substances. Also a key to overcoming sugar is not to have UPF. That’s the delivery system and is much more addictive than say in a homemade dessert with raw honey after a good protein and fat meal.

[@Californiansurfer]

Downey California . We have Porto’s bakery and so much sugar.. people keep buying and buying but getting sicker and sicker..

[@Natural-Causes]

I’ve been carnivore since November and I still want sugar, I believe it’s because I can’t afford rib eyes that are fattier. I eat hamburger and add either bacon fat or beef tallow. But it doesn’t seem to fill me up….and I’ve been pretty depressed about it.

[@KetoInTheMidst]

Can you use butter? Ground beef with butter works well for me. Not the same as ribeye but filling when I eat enough.

[@Amaryllis-4U]

Check the bacon ingredients. Many contain sugar. Might want to try butter or pork bellies or short ribs.

[@Nikepo]

@@Amaryllis-4U Whole heartedly agree with this comment! We buy bacon in bulk since we live rurally, just the Walmart stuff, what we can afford. This last couple packages I told my hubby the bacon was so sweet it was almost sickening. I thought it was me, after 2 more packages (yeah I know I am slow...lol) we checked the ingredients. Walmart/Great Value bacon now contains 1 gram of sugar per slice!!!! Yes, PER SLICE!!! I was so grossed out we tossed it, I tossed all the fat I had saved from it and will be much more diligent in reading labels. As soon as we swapped I felt much less cravings and fuller. Always check the labels and watch out they may change them on you =/

[@Amaryllis-4U]

@@Nikepo yes! Another carnivore shared this on a different video. Watch out for plain sugar, brown sugar, molasses, etc. 😳

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

@@Amaryllis-4U get uncured bacon as that I think usually does not have any sugar added.

[@laurelledubois]

A bit late to this this.. but maybe it helps someone: I grew up in Switzerland and anyone not familiar: Switzerland next to it's banks and watches produces copious amounts of REALLY good chocolate. I can't say I've been a SUGAR addict but defintely a CHOCOLATE addict. Chocolate bar in its pure form, ice cream, cake, mousse, biscuits, cream, as long it was chocolate. Whenever possible, I swapped anything to chocolate: Ice cream dish with vanilla? I asked if it could be swapped for chocolate favour. Every day I ate at least 600 - 1000 calories in chocolate. Desert? Of course chocolate. Snack? Chocolate cake.... We have a triangular chocolate bar called Toblerone. They come in various sizes: quick snack: 50 grams, regular size: 100 grams but they also sell 400 grams here in Switzerland.. I could EASILY finish a 400g bar all by myself in ine day; maybe not in one sitting but over the course of the day, no problem. Because I was always slim, no one ever cared when I mentioned I'm a chocolate addict, even when I told them: "No this is really serious..." - they just all laughed and said but you look great... sure it can't be THAT bad - but it was. It was worse than that bad. What didn't help, I guess, I was lucky that I had a good insulin response, as my long term glucose test always came back "normal"... so also my doctor didn't see any concern. I've even contemplated to join AA - as I am convinced: an addiction is an addiction, and sugar is equally as bad as alcohol. Just when I wanted to join, Covid hit and everything was shut down. So I tried to do this myself - I lasted just about 4.5 months (struggling) and eventually fell back. In 2022 I did another 5 months no chocolate and also fell back... but this time - now 50 - gained 35lbs. So I'm back to roughing it out on my own, but this time, I am not denying myself chocolate, I encorporate it - just without sugar. I use de-oiled 15g (1.5 tbsp) cocoa powder, mix this with coffee and 1/2tsp nutmeg and raw vanilla powder (tip of a knife) and drink this with full fat milk.. in the morning or whenever I have a craving... works like an absolute charm! It really helps with only 150 calories (from the full fat milk) - but it's still 100x better than eating chocolate bars and cakes... 15g cocoa poder 150ml full fat milk 1/2 tsp nutmeg and a pinch of vanilla mixed into freshly brewed coffee

[@minni3572]

I'm still a sugar addict...yes, the diet has stilled a lot of the sugarcraving, but the mental part...I've come to realize that I do not have to eat sweets and cake just because it's served... But I really need to find substitutes for the celebrations 🎉 in my life😊 A lot of wise thoughts in this conversation.

[@pdxoregon1]

I disagree with normalizing slips and falling off the wagon. Every time we relapse it reinforces in our brain that we cannot stay abstinent, and prolong the purgatory of withdrawal symptoms. Emotional maturity and freedom from physical addiction comes when we ask people for help BEFORE we relapse This is why 12Step group are so effective. we call upon friends in the program if we are having cravings or want to eat emotionally The person we call will help stop the behavior by saying things like “ please don’t hurt yourself again!” or “ talk to me for a while about what is causing you so much discomfort that you want to numb out with food.”

[@youareIndenial981]

12 step program n such affective .. A A Itself states. Success rate is between 1 and 2 percent. That 98 percent relapse.

[@pdxoregon1]

@ I’m not sure where you got that statistic from, but I will definitely look into it My friends that are in the program with me have abstinence anywhere from a month to many years , but maybe for some reason we are in the minority.

[@carriecochenour1690]

Thank you for the useful information

[@Psmfmyway]

The entire job of scientists employed by big food companies is to develop foods that maximize the “bliss point” (the point where the zombie lizard brain simply is not satiated no matter how much of the food you eat). The bliss point also drives you to seek that food over and over again. The medical community cannot add food addiction to the DSM and require insurance companies to pay for treatment because then insurance companies would be motivated to go after big food the way they’ve gone after big tobacco. In the meantime the only solution is total abstinence from all sweet tastes if you want the noise to stop.

[@LawrenceTuckerFyretuck]

I have long said there is a thing as "food addiction". If I were an alcoholic, I have the option of not consuming an alcoholic beverage. I can't stop eating food! So changing the food, is like telling an alcoholic to only drink a certain alcoholic beverage. 😮

[@almakelly2133]

I blame the government. They started it.

[@paulcallicoat7597]

Which one? The sugar cane and rum trade going back 400 years or more. Everyone was addicted to sugar even back then. The British Navy used to give out a rum ration which was enough to get most people shitfaced and this is how they could reduce the food required to feed the sailors. After a few decades they figured out that they could water it down to save even more money with the same results. This watered down rum was called grog. It was still 100 proof at 50% alcohol. The full proof rum was 160 proof or more. The sugar could be converted to alcohol which was easier to store and sell. Always a market for whisky or rum so its been around as long as memory and you could blame a government but which one?

[@GuitarsAndSynths]

yes blame people like Ancel Keys pushed the flawed study of how meat and fat was bad for you.