Wednesday, June 20th, 2007 -- Do you have Sugar Shock?!

Greetings Divas!

Two and a half months ago I stopped eating sugar (100%).

My sugar "dry date" happened while attending the pH Miracle Retreat in California.

There was no sugar in sight at this venue.

Not a chance - I was not going to find it anywhere at the pH Miracle Center..(nor coffee, dairy, meat, or any form or fashion of processed food - but that's another blog) Nada.

So, I decided to be a team player. I decided to abstain.

After a few days without my sweet sugar buddies I got in touch with how different I felt. I was alert throughout the day, my moods didn't fluctuate. My energy didn't fluctuate. I wasn't overeating!

And then... Dr. Young conducted a live blood analysis - yes with my very own blood. He looked at it under the microscope and said - humm, your blood looks like someone with a heavy sugar/high carb diet. Right then the thought ran through my mind - oh no, I've been discovered!!

His next question was: "What do you eat?" I fessed up to the honey I put in my tea throughout the day, my cookies, my half-n-half, my little bites of ice cream, my love for chocolate. Then he showed me the biggie - how my blood looked in comparison to healthy blood. We talked about how fungus and yeast was forming as a result of my sugar intake. My blood cells did not look uniform and ruby red like the healthy cells on the "other" slide. It was quite an eye opener.

At that moment I realized the gig was up. I knew I needed to get the fungus and yeast, that the sugar created out, of my blood.

I stopped sugar then and there.

Truth is... life without sugar has been challenging at times. Good news is I've discovered things that curb my craving...like soy sprouts and raw almond butter. Oh yea, a teaspoon full of raw almond butter and I'm a happy camper.

Here's another thing...living sugar free has given me a heightened sense of awareness (of sugar). Especially the first few weeks. I became ultra aware of who was eating sugar, what foods contained sugar, what kind of sugar (there are many forms ranging from raw sugar to splenda), the smell of sugar etc.

As a result of this awareness, I came to realize that prior to my dry date I was not a sugar minimalist - I was actually dependent on sugar... daily. I had been living in denial! Before the dry date I would eat a couple cookies mid afternoon and often pop several hard candies in my mouth for a little lift. Put a little honey in the black tea and herbal tea. I'd take bites of whatever snack my daughter might be sampling and then I'd sneak a few more cookies after dinner. I just wanted more, more, more! The fungus and yeastie beasties inside my body wanted more because they were actually living micro-organisms crying out to be fed.

Today, I'm not dependent on the sugar drug. Those cravings are gone because the yeast and fungus are no longer alive. I'm free!

I'll close by referring to a wonderful book I discovered called "Sugar Shock!", by Connie Bennett. Sugar Shock! indicates over 50% of Americans have sensitivity to sugar - it's a condition called: hypoglycemia. As quoted in Sugar Shock! here's one experts take on Low Blood Sugar or hypoglycemia:

"I have seen so many unhappy, distressed, and miserable individuals whose lives have been wrecked-virtually destroyed-by hypoglycemia". -Paavo Airola, N.D., Ph.D., author, Hypoglycemia: A Better Approach.

I recommend Sugar Shock! - It's a page turner.


Oh, and think about letting it go...(Sugar). Contact me for a Breakthrough session and we'll create a plan of action. (512) 431-1541. By the way, there's one more week for the June special... it's a 30 minute free consultation!


Cheers,
Dawn

Dawn Sanders
The Detox Diet Diva
http://www.detoxdietdivas.com/