Kicking the Sweets Habit
Refined sugar and chemical sugar substitutes are like narcotics; they are harmful and addictive. Without getting into too much science, they cause a hormonal response that leaves the body feeling depleted in a way that can only be satisfied by having moresugar. Splenda is 600 times sweeter than sugar and not only causes the same hormonal response as sugar, but both create a heavily distorted sense of what level of sweetness is appropriate for our healthy bodies. The taste of 'sweet' is very important to our palate. Without the taste of sweetness, it is hard to satisfy our appetite as humans. I recommend to my clients that they have a sweet taste in all of their meals and that they make a point to have that taste in the last bite they take of that meal. The important thing to remember is that the degree of sweetness that we need is much lower than many people use on a daily basis. Most people in our society are sweet abusers. The sweetness from a meal coul...