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Sugar Addiction – My Journey

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Roxana Soetebeer MHP NNP
Roxana Soetebeer MHP NNP

Sugar addiction can hold people back from achieving optimal health. Sugar Addiction – My Journey is Roxana Soetebeer’s keto journey which began in 2019 after her blood sugars skyrocketed.

Dr. Stephen Phinney

Looking for help, a friend recommended she look into Dr. Stephen Phinney. Once she watched his videos, the decision was made, and she took her first step on her new path to break the sugar addiction and experience improved health. In the past 28 months, Roxana has learned a lot about the science behind keto and why it’s the best option for her to improve all her metabolic markers (A1c, weight, blood pressure, liver enzymes, kidney levels). She is now off most meds, including insulin and immune suppressants for RA, feeling the best she has felt in decades, and enjoying life again. Roxana will never look back.

What Roxana Says

 I am a health coach and use keto with my clients. I do this because keto helped me lose over 100 pounds. With keto, I am never hungry, dropped all that weight and even reversed T2 diabetes. I found that most people stop a diet because they are always hungry. On keto, they don’t have to starve. They eat delicious foods and get healthier at the same time.
Oh, keto has been around for over 200 years as a diet, but actually, since the dawn of mankind.

Bitten Jonsson, RN, is a US-trained expert on food addiction, who specializes in helping people to break free of unhealthy attachments to foods, such as sugar and processed carbohydrates.

She recommends the following action steps to support sugar addiction remission:

100 % Abstinence from all drug foods and trigger foods.

Conscious breathing techniques for overall wellbeing.

Focus on sleep improvement with tools like going to bed earlier and creating a conducive sleep environment.

Ensure exposure to sunlight, especially in the morning, for overall health benefits.

Consider supplements like amino acids, vitamins (B3 and C), fish oil, fermented foods or probiotics to boost energy and support the body.

Adopt a real food ketogenic diet for a comprehensive treatment plan. A knowledgeable dietician can help you with this.

Foster internal motivation for long-term success. Work with a coach or psychologist on this.

Create a new daily structure/routine to break old habits.

Commit to one small improvement/action each day.

Take one day at a time.

Join support groups of like-minded individuals.

Get professional support from a mulit-disciplinary team.

Become educated about your condition and its treatment methods. Aim to truly understand. Your healthcare team can help you with this.

Remember you know more about your disease than anyone!

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Why is it almost impossible to overcome carbohydrate addiction?

Carbohydrate addiction specialist, Dr. Joan Ifland.

Joan Ifland, PhD, MBA, FACN, is an expert in carbohydrate addiction. She has this to say:

The problem of carbohydrate addiction as I see it, is that no one out there is effectively trained to help people recover from processed food addiction.

Food addiction is very much at the forefront of the thinking of health coaches like myself, as we learn more about this devastating condition and the insidious means that big food uses to keep us locked in to our addictions. 

Please understand that your food cravings, carbohydrate addiction and resulting poor health are not your fault.

Previously the correct support has simply not been provided. Here is a list of the resources that have been offered to us, and the reasons why they simply do not work.

Have you tried any of the following? Did the outcomes dissappoint you?

  • Physicians are prescribing pharmaceuticals and diets. As a result, they’re blaming clients for failing to adhere to a plan.
  • Personal trainers offer extreme food and exercise plans. In fact, they’re missing the problem and setting their clients up for harmful self-comparison in gym environments.
  • Drug-like foods are recommended by dieticians who are trained by the processed food industry.
  • Nutritionists are trained in food plans and supplements but not in addictions.
  • Eating disorder specialists vehemently oppose food addiction. Surprisingly, they fight for their stance on the issue.
  • Therapists mistreat processed food addiction. They believe that the problems lie in past traumas. Therapists propose that the answer will be found in mindful eating. They miss the addicted brain.
  • Bariatric surgery leaves processed foods in the system. The procedure can result in replacing food addiction with addiction to alcohol or drugs. Sadly its often a temporary fix with weight regain or no weight lost.
  • Weight loss programs humiliate people about their weight. They blame the client and the shame can lead to eating disorders.
  • Residential programs miss the role of triggers in the home. Upon returning home the person reactivates the old triggers.
  • Support groups have addictive foods in their food plans. They have stressful and irrelevant requirements and a narrow focus. They also blame their members.