Latest Natural sugars Podcast Episodes
173. "Reducing refined sugar works better than counting calories": Krissy
Life After Sugar - May 05, 2024 11:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsKrissy grew up eating a normal American diet: lots of carb-heavy processed and packaged foods. When she was younger, she was active, which together with her tall frame helped her stay slim. Then in her late 30s, stress and hormones started to change her body. She consulted a personal trainer an...
172. "You can reverse insulin resistance when you cut sugar": Dr. Paul
Life After Sugar - April 28, 2024 11:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsMy guest Dr. Paul Kolodzik trained as an MD in emergency medicine. In this episode, he freely admits that like most physicians, he didn't get much training on nutrition. But what he learned over a period of time is that avoiding sugar, eating low carb, and making sure you get adequate protein ...
171. The long term benefits of living sugar free
Life After Sugar - April 21, 2024 11:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsThis episode actually comes from a request from listeners of this podcast to talk about the long-term benefits that I've experienced after all these years of living sugar-free. Because it can seem pretty hard to imagine what it can be like to live day after day, feeling free from cravings and ...
170. "Less sugar means more joy and freedom in my life": Wendi
Life After Sugar - April 14, 2024 11:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsWendi and I have been good friends for several years. We have lots of things in common, including living our lives with less sugar and more joy. We can't chat without breaking into giggles! In this episode, we talk about whole foods, as well as Wendi's prepping and self-reliance skills that hel...
169. "Intermittent fasting helped me drop sugar": Tracey
Life After Sugar - April 07, 2024 11:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsTracey recently celebrated her two-year anniversary for intermittent fasting. But sugar was always a problem during her eating window. Tracey believed she really had a sugar addiction because when she would eat sugar, like cake and ice cream, she would eat the desserts and then always want to ...
168. Alcohol, sugar, and cravings
Life After Sugar - March 31, 2024 11:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsToday's episode is going to clarify the relationship between alcohol, sugar, and cravings. But first, a disclaimer: I'm not a doctor, so nothing in this podcast should be construed as being medical advice. Also, I'm not here to tell you whether or not you're "allowed" to drink alcohol any more...
167. A chat with Dr. Nicole Avena about her book "Sugarless"
Life After Sugar - March 24, 2024 11:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsIn this week's episode, I'm truly honoured to be chatting with Dr. Nicole Avena who is the author of her new book called "Sugarless". Dr. Avena is a Princeton research neuroscientist and a pioneer in the field of food addiction, with over 16 million views of her TED-Ed video, "How Sugar Affects...
166. "Cutting sugar and flour stopped my yo-yo dieting": Charlotte
Life After Sugar - March 17, 2024 11:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsAs Charlotte was growing up, her parents used food to reward good behaviour. This led her to develop an early love of sugar, especially chocolate. During her teenage years in the 1990s, Charlotte felt pressure to conform to society's ideal of a thin body, and so she aimed to look attractive and...
165. "My sleep improved when I stopped eating sugar": Noreen
Life After Sugar - March 10, 2024 12:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsWhen Noreen joined the Freedom from Cravings Formula 90-day program, she was struggling with various health challenges, including diverticulitis and poor sleep. She is now experimenting to learn what foods truly agree with her body, making gradual, lasting changes rather than drastic shifts. ...
164. Let's bust some myths about sugar (2)
Life After Sugar - March 03, 2024 12:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsI hate to say it, but many of us have been fed some pretty widespread myths about food - especially sugar - over the years. This episode is a recording of a live online workshop that I gave in January 2024, where I bust two myths: 1. The myth that craveworthy foods are everywhere, that we can'...
163. Perimenopause, intermittent fasting, and sugar
Life After Sugar - February 25, 2024 12:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsThis is a shared episode with Michelle, host of the Fast and Fabulous podcast. We talk about our experiences with perimenopause, and the link with sugar. Perimenopause hits women at different ages and with a wide variety of symptoms. Although it's a natural process, it can cause all kinds of p...
162. "A sugar-free diet increases my energy": Julie
Life After Sugar - February 18, 2024 12:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsJulie used to eat junk food until a car accident led her to gain weight and feel unwell. That led to her holistic healing journey. She decided to follow a program that required her to weigh and measure her food, but she didn't really understand why she was doing it, she said. What inspired he...
161. Listener question: What about flour?
Life After Sugar - February 11, 2024 12:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsReducing or cutting sugar is usually seen as something positive (if a little marginal). And sugary or sweet foods are relatively easy to spot. But recently, I've been getting this question from my listeners: What about flour? And: Why don't you eat flour, Netta? Because that means no bread, no...
160. "My auto-immune symptoms and my gut health improved so much": Michele
Life After Sugar - February 04, 2024 12:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsMichele is a busy mom of 4, and a military wife. She's also a personal trainer and health coach. Her journey started after having her third child, when she became so much busier and realized that she was getting out of breath just from climbing the stairs. She started eating better, but a few...
159. "Cut sugar?! That's so extreme!": Teresa
Life After Sugar - January 28, 2024 12:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsTeresa struggled with sugar addiction and health issues related to high sugar intake for years. When her naturopath suggested she cut out sugar, she thought it was "extreme"! But she did it - she cut out sugar, sweeteners, and refined carbs, cold turkey. It worked for a while, but eventually,...
158. "Eat everything in moderation"? No thanks!
Life After Sugar - January 21, 2024 12:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsHave you been told that eating "everything in moderation" is part of a healthy, balanced diet? But what if you can't moderate certain foods? Like sugar? Many of us can't... and we feel guilty and ashamed that we can't "moderate". We feel like we're broken, or we just don't have enough willpowe...
157. "I was tired of feeling tired": Steve
Life After Sugar - January 14, 2024 12:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsSteve Campbell played sports growing up, but an injury in high school caused him to gain weight. His dad was a bodybuilder and gave him an example of discipline with fitness and eating. But he struggled to maintain that himself. Steve tried all kinds of diets, including keto. He would be very ...
156. "I had to reframe how I see sugar": Sandhya
Life After Sugar - January 07, 2024 12:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsSandhya is a pharmacist in Australia. In 2019 she started getting symptoms of breathlessness and palpitations. So she went to the doctor and got everything checked out, but the only thing they could find was that she was pre-diabetic, so her doctor told her she needed to lose some weight. She...
155. The challenges of my sugar free year: Netta
Life After Sugar - December 31, 2023 12:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsEver wonder what challenges I (Netta) have in my "life after sugar"? Well, I can tell you this: I'm not perfect! I have my ups and downs, just like you. In this episode, I'm sharing a few of my challenges over the last year (and more). Plus you'll hear a few of the coping skills I've develope...
154. 24 tips for a joyful sugar free life
Life After Sugar - December 24, 2023 12:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsIn this episode I'm giving you 24 tips for a more joyful sugar free December... or for any time of the year! These tips come from the Life After Sugar Advent calendar. Want to transform your relationship with sugar and start living your craving-free life with confidence TODAY? Get group supp...
153. Mindset tips to feel confident this holiday season: Karen
Life After Sugar - December 17, 2023 12:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsIn this episode, my guest Karen gives some valuable mindset tips to help you feel more confident this holiday season... and all year round! We talk about: How language and mindset are critical - how we talk to ourselves affects our actions. Karen gives some examples of empowering language. Ho...
152. "We can't moderate ultra-processed foods": Jamie and Paige
Life After Sugar - December 10, 2023 12:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsIn Episode 152, I'm talking with two lifelong processed food addicts, Paige Alexander and Jamie Morgan Reno. We talk about their struggles, lessons learned, tools, tips, and resources that freed them from decades of food addiction and obsession with food. All food? No - ultra-processed food! ...
151. Hunger, sugar, calories, and hormones
Life After Sugar - December 03, 2023 12:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsDo you feel hungry several times a day? What if that sensation you're feeling isn't actually hunger? What if it's to do with your hormones? Which hormones? Well, primarily: ghrelin, leptin, and insulin. Maybe you're often hungry even though you snack all the time. And maybe your cravings hav...
150. Step 1 to freedom from cravings
Life After Sugar - November 26, 2023 12:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsIn this episode, you'll hear an excerpt of a recent online workshop I gave called "5 Steps to Freedom from Cravings". Full disclosure: these are the exact same steps that I teach inside of the Freedom from Cravings Formula program - get more details here! Step 1 is the most important step, be...
149. "Food addiction is not your fault": Amanda
Life After Sugar - November 19, 2023 12:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsAmanda Leith struggled with weight problems for most of her life. She tried all the diets, exercise classes, and therapy. The solution, she was told, was either, “Eat less and exercise more,” or, “Work on your emotional issues with a good therapist.” She'd even had weight loss surgery... whic...
148. "For me, eating less sugar isn't a punishment, it's self-care": Sarah
Life After Sugar - November 12, 2023 12:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsIn this week's episode, Sarah shares about her struggles with an eating disorder as a teenager, as well as with cravings due to crazy hormones during her recent pregnancy. Sarah used to see cutting sugar as a punishment because she was focused on losing weight. She felt bad about herself and o...
147. Let's bust some myths about sugar (1)
Life After Sugar - November 05, 2023 11:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsLet's bust some myths about sugar! 💥 My listeners asked me to bust all kinds of myths about sugar, cravings, and "life after sugar". Here are this week's myths: 1. "Everything in moderation". 2. "You have to eat 3 (... 4... 5... 6) times a day". 3. "Your brain needs sugar to function". 4. "Yo...
146: Halloween edition: What scares you about sugar?
Life After Sugar - October 29, 2023 11:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsIn this special Halloween edition, I ask: What scares you the most about eating sugar... and about NOT eating sugar? In this episode, you'll hear about common fears such as: the fear of failure feeling rejected or judged if you don't eat like everybody else feeling restricted, or denying yo...
145. Sugar, insulin resistance, metabolism, hormones, and menopause: Dr Èvelyne
Life After Sugar - October 22, 2023 11:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsAre you struggling with hormonal issues? Maybe peri-menopause or menopause symptoms? What if reducing refined carbs like sugar could help with a whole host of dysregulations, including hormonal issues and insulin resistance that can affect your metabolic health? In this episode, I'm talking w...
144. "Knowing your blood glucose levels is empowering": Catherine
Life After Sugar - October 15, 2023 11:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 161 ratingsDo you know what a CGM is? If you're diabetic, you might use one. It's a "continuous glucose monitor", and it's a little gizmo that you put in your arm to measure your blood glucose levels. Even if you don't have diabetes, it can be really fascinating to know how your blood glucose levels are...
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