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Welcome to Friday Fun.
As those of us on the East Coast are braving the snow — or staying indoors to stay away from it — I invite you to enjoy this amazing video from the super talented bicyclist Danny MacAskill. You’ll be wowed!
Thanks to Nightline for turning me onto this.
More and more these days, we hear about medical studies, which point to the massive dangers — sometimes potentially deadly — of consuming empty-calorie, sugar-filled soft drinks.
Yet another new medical study now points to excess sugar as the likely reason for potentially deadly pancreatic cancer.
This study — published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention — found, upon studying 60,524 Chinese adults, that those who drank at least two sugary sodas a week had an increased risk of developing cancer of the pancreas, as Yahoo News reports.
This study was the first time researchers studied Asians to learn how soda and juice may play a role in developing pancreatic cancer. It make sense to look at Asians, because they are increasingly adopting Western-like, processed-filled diets and sedentary lifestyles. Previous studies examined Europeans or Americans.
As for the new study, researchers believe the sweet stuff is to blame for the pancreatic cancer.
Ellen DeGeneres deserves a hearty congratulations goes to you for making it to Day 3 of kicking sugar.
Please join me in thanking Ellen for drawing the attention of millions to the need to cut sugar out of their lives.
Hang in there, Ellen: I predict that soon, you’ll get benefits galore. Expect to get more energy, find it easier to concentrate, painlessly shed a few pounds and maybe even be funnier — though I can’t fathom how that’s possible, because you’re already so hilarious!
Also, thank you, Ellen, for pointing out that we need to bring sweetness into our lives. So true! Interestingly, I like to point out — as I do in talks and as I did in my book SUGAR SHOCK! — that life is much sweeter without all sugar and refined sweets.
Friends and readers of this Sugar Shock Blog, join Ellen in her kick-sugar quest!
Learn how to Be a Part of the Show here.
For those of you who seek to kick sugar, I invite you to get lots of tips and FREE STUFF at my website to help you release your habit.
Did you hear the sugar news?
TV talk show host/comedian Ellen DeGeneres announced on her show today that she is ditching sugar!
Congratulations, Ellen, for making such a smart decision to boost your energy and improve your health!
Rather than tell you what she said, I’ll let you watch Ellen’s announcement below. As you’ll soon learn, Ellen can make kicking sugar funny! She’s a hoot!
Here’s my challenge to you! Join Ellen in her kick-sugar adventure. She even tells you that she’s seeking company. Apply her to get on The Ellen DeGeneres Show now. Please tell the producers that Connie Bennett, author of SUGAR SHOCK! referred you, and feel free to suggest that they bring me on her show, too. : )
Have you seen my video yet on YouTube, in which I shared My ABC’s to Break Free of Your Sugar Habit and Other Bad Habits?
Here’s a companion article to give you more information and tips to release your bad habits or what I call babits™.
My ABC’s to Break Free of Your Sugar Addiction & Other Bad Habits by Connie Bennett, CPC, CHHC
If you’re like most people, you’re often tempted by gorgeous, mouth-watering, nutrient-poor “treats”—dazzling donuts, colorful cereal or buttered bagels—and other bad habits such as excessive coffee-drinking, negative thinking, procrastinating and obsessive texting.
As I mentioned on my companion YouTube video, It’s certainly understandable if you feel tempted. Wherever you go and wherever you live, you’re inevitably bombarded by unhealthy foods, substances, thoughts and activities.
But I invite you to look inside and decide: Do you feel trapped or imprisoned by your sugar habit or other bad habit (what I call a babit™)?
And are you plagued by baffling health issues such as annoying weight gain, ferocious headaches or even type 2 diabetes?
I’m here to reassure you. You can escape from the prison of a bad habit.
In fact, I respectfully challenge you. Get out from under your sugar habit or other babits™ so that you can have a life that rocks!
You may be wondering WIFY (What’s In It For You?) if you overcome your bad habit. You can benefit in many ways!
You can get more energy, concentrate better, lose weight, become more productive, enjoy better relationships and so much more. And, as many clients have delightedly shared with me, if you cut out sugar and refined carbs, you even may be able to boost your libido!
So let me share my Double ABC’s to Break Free of Your Sugar Habit & Other Bad Habits (or what I call Babits™).(In my companion YouTube video, I share some of these tips. You’ll find more here.)
A is for Assume & Accept.
Just assume and accept that just about wherever you go, you’ll be tempted.
Your favorite aunt will nudge you to eat her favorite chocolate cake. You have to pass that vending machine at work. And no matter what, you’ll be taunted by candies galore while purchasing sundries at the local drug store.
But if you prepare for temptations—ones way more unhealthy than apples in the Garden of Eden—you can be prepared and always have healthy snacks on hand such as edamame (soy nuts), pumpkin seeds, hard-boiled eggs and sugar-free crackers or an apple (preferably organic) with almond butter.
Meet Connie Bennett, the beautiful, talented jewelry designer.
As of now, she nabs the #1 Google spot. Hmm.
As you can see, this is another Connie, a blonde and not yours truly, the Smart Habits Girl, author of SUGAR SHOCK! and a brunette.
So I bow in admiration and respect to the much-in-demand artist, who creates amazing pieces.
Plus, she has a really wonderful smile, don’t you think?
Just check out her catalogue.
Maybe the other Connie and I could swap copies of SUGAR SHOCK! in exchange for gorgeous jewelry?
Necklace shrtfst I think it would be fun to figure out a way to work together.
What do you think? What are your ideas about how we could do that?
What do you think of the idea of purchasing a three-month coaching Break Free With Connie package with me and getting a piece of Connie’s jewelry at the same time?
Or buy a piece of jewelry and get a 15-minute Strategy Session with me.
See to your left to get a flavor for Connie’s amazing work. Isn’t that piece colorful and cheerful?
Share your ideas about how Connie and I could partner up.
Would you like to lose weight, get more energy and possibly boost your libido?
Just kick sugar and refined carbs!
Admittedly, for many, that’s easier said than done, especially if you feel like you have a sugar addiction or carb addiction.
Of course, as my clients often admit and as I discovered back in 1998, quitting sugar can be quite challenging.
After all, for many of us, we learned to like the sweet stuff in our wombs! (Yes, one fan told me that when her mom was pregnant, she guzzled soda. Seriously, many of us are born hooked on sugar!)
So allow me to help you begin to break free. To get you going, here are three stories full of tips and tactics.
First, I invite you to read my Huffington Post Holiday Health story, 10 Tips to Conquer Your Cravings for Candies, Cookies Or Cakes.
Next, I encourage you to check out my 10 Ways to Kick Sugar article on eDiets.com.
And finally, I recommend that you read nutritionist Jonny Bowden’s fabulous piece, Top 10 Ways to Cut Back on Sugar.
Hope our articles help you. Let us know here. And if you have other tips, please share them with us, too.
For more help, I invite you to join the Smart Habits Fans on Facebook and to check out my book SUGAR SHOCK!
Alison Armstrong Women, do you get baffled as to why your significant other or your would-be honey behaves a certain way?
Men, do women mightily confuse you and you just don’t know how to please them?
Fret no more!
Join us on the Gab With the Gurus Radio Show to gain an understanding and appreciation of the opposite sex.
My guest on Wed., Jan. 27 at 2 pm EST is the renowned transformational leader Alison Armstrong, creator off the acclaimed Celebrating Men, Satisfying Women and author of the fascinating books Making Sense of Men and Keys to the Kingdom, as well as the creator of the In Sync with the Opposite Sex CD and other transformative products.
Making sense of men 51Ep9Purl-L._SL500_AA240_ Remember, as with all Gab With the Gurus Radio Shows, you can listen to the show with Alison Armstrong either live or later, at your convenience.
You’ll get goodies galore on this Gab With the Gurus Radio Show.
You’ll undoubtedly be entertained, educated and motivated as Alison Armstrong shares insights and tips on how to get along with and please the opposite sex.
This radio show –will make you realize, I predict, how little you know about men or women. For instance, you will learn many things such as:
* How most women are “frog farmers,” who turn princes into frogs. (You’ll love this fascinating concept, I’m convinced.)
* What the biggest gifts men can give to women. (Guys, these presents are free!)
* What 3 traits men consider appealing. (Ladies, you may be surprised.)
* What men really mean by the phrase “high maintenance” and how most of us women completely misunderstand the concept.
* How from the get go, as we grow up, we’ve been given false premises regarding men or women.
* How much fun it is to appreciate the opposite sex.
* How men seek to score points. (Ladies, you’ll love this concept, I suspect, and you’ll learn how to use this in your favor.)
* What we ladies look for in men. (You’ll be intrigued.)
* How many of us go-getting chicks have been acting like “men in skirts.” (Uh-oh!
At the end of the day, have you completely lost track of what you ate? Are you at a loss as to what sweets, culprit carbs or fatty snacks you’ve put in your mouth? Do you wonder why you’re packing on the pounds or feelingsluggish and unfocused?
Well, research shows that if you keep a food journal, you stand a greater chance of losing weight and achieving better health.
Indeed, people who’ve happily peeled off the weight — “Highly Successful Losers™,” as I call them — report that one of their Smart Diet Habits™ is to “Keep Track of Your Favorite Lab Rat™.
In other words, watch yourself as if you were lovingly monitoring the intake of your ailing beloved pet.
When you Keep Track of Your Favorite Lab Rat™, you don’t mindlessly shove nutrient-lacking non-foods into your mouth.
You begin to think before you eat, because you know you’ll be writing down whatever you put into your mouth — and will preferably (I hope, for your benefit) share it with an accountability partner.
To help you out, I’m sharing a food diary that I’ve created.
Feel free to share The Soul-Searching Food Journal™ with your friends, co-workers, gym buddies, bosses, hairdressers, fitness trainers, loved ones and even frustrating frenemies. In short, spread the link love, as some like to say. (Of course, please provide the proper credit though, as indicated below.)
The Soul-Searching Food Journal™ — © Copyright – Connie Bennett, Smart Habits Coach & Author, SUGAR SHOCK!
