Sugar Addiction. Food Addiction. The Highly Addictive Nature that is Sugar

We often talk about Carnivore being a healing diet in terms of physical health. But a meat-based diet has a huge healing component for food addiction. I focus on holistic health with Carnivore because a large piece of working with my clients is focused on healing their relationships with foods, among other lifestyle changes. Once we heal our physical ailments and are no longer physically addicted to sugar, we need to begin working on the harder part — the part where we turn to sugar for emotional needs.

Oftentimes we lean on sugar and carb-rich foods for comfort, for celebrations and for everything in between. Oftentimes when we are young, we are taught to seek comfort with carbs. We go to the dentist and are comforted at the end of the session for being brave with a piece of candy. When we are sad, we are taught to comfort with ice cream. We celebrate birthdays with heaps of sugar. At work, admins desks often have candy jars to take a break from stress and get our fill of sugar. The examples are endless.

A part of my book and a big part of my carnivore program will focus on healing our relationships with foods and then finding better ways to cope. What are the tools we need to stop turning to food as our support and comfort? There is no one-size answer because we are all wired differently and our joys, our…