Getting Rid of the Sugar Habit

I suspect everyone kicks the sugar habit their own way (some lucky people can have just a little), but the only way I have ever been able to kick it is to abstain completely from all sugars and grains, with the exception of coconut flour. This is very hard to do at first, but it's so important for health that it's an absolute necessity.

To get over the cravings hump, which lasts between 6-9 days for me, I eat lots of fat and enough protein to make me feel like I am eating something of substance. I also try to limit fruit. Here's a sampling of what I might eat:

Meat Casseroles

- Free-range eggs with bacon
- Olives and macadamia nuts as a snack
- Chicken salad stuffed in an avocado (mayo made w/ bacon drippings)
- Rich meat stews, slow-cooked in the crock pot
- Tuna with thinly-sliced red onion on a thick tomato slice
- BLTs with "bread" made from romaine lettuce leaves
- Baked casseroles with sausage/ground meat, lots of cheese, and veggies
- Liverwurst mashed into endive leaves with mustard and cheddar
- Duck pate with apricot compote and oven-roasted walnuts (for the ritzy)
- Steamed veggies with plenty of bacon grease
- Coconut milk smoothies with frozen berries
- Soft cheeses, like brie and cream cheese
- Smoked salmon wrapped around chunks of cream cheese and capers
- Celery sticks stuffed with cream cheese and minced olives

Except for pasteurized cow's milk, I have no dairy intolerance, and cheese, sour cream, butter, and ghee do not appear to bother me. I do eat cheese during my brief sugar elimination phase to prevent wild insulin spikes, and it helps me feel less deprived.

I read in Fire Your Doctor that a spoonful of L-glutamine mixed into a couple tablespoons of heavy cream and a dash of stevia would stop a craving in its tracks, and it worked! It's a great supplement for healing the gut as well, so those who have intolerances *because* they have a leaky gut should be taking it daily.

As for staying off the devil sugar, if I really want to keep that monster at bay, I more or less abstain from any kind of sweet substitute. I never eat Frankenfoods, but once I start making "desserts" that use aspartame and barleymalt sweetener and stevia, or even gluten-free bread-type things, I slowly but surely step over to the dark side and find I'm regularly eating garbage again. I suspect this is because I have not completely healed my hormones, and I am not yet insulin sensitive. Fortunately, chocolate is an addiction that doesn't make me crave sugar, as long as it's 70% or darker.

Getting Rid of the Sugar Habit

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