Are sugar cravings an addiction or just an unhealthy way of eating? Let’s look at the facts. The sugar industry has taken advantage of our inability to stop our addictions and cravings for sugar and sweets, blaming our lack of discipline on unhealthy weight gain.

Our bodies are designed to convert glucose or fats into usable energy, with sugars and carbs being dirty energy and fats being considered clean high efficiency energy. What happens when we eat sugar or carbs? There is an immediate boost in energy but needs to be replenished approximately every two hours. Our addiction to coffee and a bagel or donut is the perfect match to an unhealthy lifestyle.

Here is the simple truth. When you eat sugar, sugar containing foods or carbs that later convert to sugar the glucose goes directly into your body and blocks absorption of essential nutrients. In addition, once this supply of energy from glucose is exhausted your body is desperately looking for a new source, more coffee, more sugar and oversized portions of carbs to supply you with more energy and vitality.