But what if sugar addiction is real?

You know the story - being good all week until you eat one thing you're not supposed to (ice cream/chocolate/whatever) and then the entire contents of your cupboard/fridge/insert other place make their way into your mouth without you realising.  Been there?  Me too.

But what if it is the restriction through dieting that is actually CAUSING the bingeing?

And what if sugar addiction is a real thing?

Sugar acts like a drug in your brain.  It affects the same receptors as heroin.

• I've had that single-minded determination to get my drug (sugar).  
• I've buried the evidence in the rubbish bin.  
• I've zoned out and fallen asleep after too much (birthday cake).  
• I've had withdrawal symptoms - the shakes, irritability and headaches after I've not had my drug (sugar) for a while.  

But I didn't realise until much later (Potatoes not Prozac, 1999, to be precise) that sugar addiction is real.  It put a name to something I was experiencing that I hadn't had answers to up until that point.

You can read the article that sparked this post here

Oh, that and my nearly 8 sugar-free years of experience.