3-52pm
How addictive is sugar? From my experience, pretty addictive. When I start, it’s hard to stop.
Many people have said that sugar has the same addictive qualities as drugs. I see it in myself that once I start eating sugar-laden treats, I find it difficult to stop. One article I 
read came from Paul van der Velpen, the head of Amsterdam’s health services. The story was published a year ago on www.telegraph.co.uk. Here is an excerpt:
“Mr Van der Velpen cites research claiming that sugar, unlike fat or other foods, interferes with the body’s appetite creating an insatiable desire to carry on eating, an effect he accuses the food industry of using to increase consumption of their products. “Sugar upsets that mechanism. Whoever uses sugar wants more and more, even when they are no longer hungry. Give someone eggs and he’ll stop eating at any given time. Give him cookies and he eats on even though his stomach is painful,” he argued.”
That’s pretty much been my experience. In scouring the internet, I discovered this visual which makes the similarities between the response between sugar and cocaine more clear, even if it is in labrats.
One of the things that shocked me about this visual is the dependence issue – 94% of the rats that are addicted to cocaine, chose sugar over cocaine.
What got me started on this blog was that last night Mike went and bought me a packet of liquorice. Knowing how much I love it and that I would not stop until I had eaten the whole packet, he gave a small amount to me. I wanted more! So he gave me a few more pieces. I wanted more, but I was already feeling ‘sugary’, so I didn’t ask him. (I don’t know where he has hidden the packet!!) But, I can tell you right now, that left alone with the liquorice, I would have polished it all off.
Sugar is addictive. Once I start, I find it hard to stop. Today, I was back to my regular eating habits and am feeling much better for it.
One of my biggest regrets is raising my children on a diet laden with way too much sugar. When you know better, you do better. This is our opportunity to do better!
Even the Bible has something to say about sweet stuff…
Proverbs 25:16 “Do you like honey? Don’t eat too much, or it will make you sick!”
Yup!
Keep the smile going!
God bless you!
In His Grip,
Helga xx 🙂
Gratitude Pic….beautiful lambs at Imhoff this morning –
