WHY I QUIT SUGAR: “On January 16, 2002, my doctor told me that I was hypoglycemic. She told me to eliminate sugar, eat a minimum of six small meals a day and eat protein at every meal. She also told me to reduce the amount of carbs I eat and that, when I do have them, I should pick complex, not simple carbs.”
ON SUGAR’S AFFECTS: “I had no energy. I would get the shakes and dizzy spells. And I was hungry, moody, bitchy and tired all the time. For years, my best friend would say to me – on way-too-many occasions – ‘You’re awfully snippy or bitchy’ or some other adjective. Pretty sad that my friend knew that eating sweets made me moody, and I didn’t even realize it! And of course, it would just make me madder or bitchier when she told me that I needed to eat some healthy food! Now I realize that she was right all along. I still get that way if I go too long without eating.”
SUGARFREE BLISS: “I feel much better. I have more energy. My concentration has improved. I don’t get that ravenous hunger that I used to get. I don’t get the dizzy spells anymore at all.”
– Jodi D., 35, Park Hills, Kentucky (off sugar since January 16, 2002.)