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Originally Posted by carenkh  I have a slightly different take on this, which flies in the face of all the research about how addicting sugar is... |
Some people smoke one cigarette from time to time or drink a glass of alcohol from time to time and are not addicted, which flies in the face of all the research about how addicting nicotine and alcohol are...
I tried this method too. I set no limits at all, thinking that it was just psychological and that I had these cravings because of forbidding sugar to myself. So I decided to allow just everything and happily ate sweets and cakes... After one month, I had not only gained over 10lbs, I also was still as addicted as before and had to eat sugar all the time. I couldn't stop, or I would get terrible headaches. I felt depressed and foggy and couldn't concentrate.
I'm happy this works for you and for others. For me it doesn't. In theory that's a great approach, I'm a fan of letting go of control. But when a substance is physically addictive, well then, for some people it works, for others it doesn't. I guess it depends on how sensitive you react to that substance.
What's helping me right now is raw food. I'm on a 30 days trial on raw food, but I don't do it 100%. I noticed this: basically, when I eat fruit, vegetables, and nuts, I have no sugar cravings. When I eat gluten or cooked things, they come back. I need a bit of time now to get used to this new diet, I have such a light feeling in the stomach! But I'm not hungry. It's great.
