Beat Sugar Addiction

ugar is as powerful an addiction as tobacco or alcohol--and one of the most difficult to break given its prevalence in the modern diet. The average American adult consumes almost 150 pounds of sugar each year—that means we’re eating our own weight in empty calories every year!

Sugar is no longer our dessert. It’s now the main course.

In his new book Beat Sugar Addiction Now! board certified internist and energy expert Jacob Teitelbaum, MD, reveals the four types of sugar addiction—and their hidden causes:

1) Hooked on “Energy Loan Sharks”
2) Feed Me Now or I’ll Kill You!
3) Happy Twinkie Hunters and
4) Depressed and Craving Carbs

“Understanding your sugar addiction type, you can take steps to beat it and in the same stroke improve your overall health,” says Dr. Teitelbaum.

Sugar addiction contributes to diabetes, cardiovascular disease and a plethora of other medical problems, and in day-to-day life it can just make you feel miserable. According to Dr. Teitelbaum, common complaints include: fatigue, getting irritable when hungry, having chronic nasal congestion and sinusitis, digestive problems (irritable bowel syndrome and spastic colon), weight gain with inability to lose weight even on a diet, and poor concentration and memory.

“By beating sugar addiction, you can get multiple monkeys off your back!” he explains. “Look for improvements in sleep, hormonal balance, stronger immunity and fewer infections, better nutrition, and vitality.”

Beat Sugar Addiction NOW! (www.beatsugaraddictionnow.com) provides a step-by-step program for breaking the sugar addiction, managing withdrawal symptoms, and helping the body recover from its side effects. Simple sugar addiction quizzes presented throughout the book help to hone in on your type of sugar addiction and provides easy and effective steps to overcome it.

ISBN: 9781592334155; 256 pages, paperback, $16.99 retail. Fair Winds Press. Co-authored by Chystle Fiedler.