#119 - Sugar Addict?

If you're like me and have struggled with weight, you probably have a little bit of an addiction to sugar and carbs. For me, when I was overweight, this was the main thing I consumed was sugar and candy, ice cream, all the sweets, you know, it was carbohydrates. It was never protein or fats, it was always carbs. So what if I told you that there's a way to turn that off, to literally an off switch, you know, to turn off your cravings, your addiction to this stuff? And we're gonna talk today on today's show about not only how to do that, but why sugar is so hard to quit. It's at times more addictive than hard drugs. Some people say more addictive than heroin, cocaine, all these drugs. And there's a way to turn that off, but you have to understand that it's not your fault. So on today's show, we're gonna talk about all that, and we're gonna give you some solutions. And you're gonna learn how this addiction is really something that is not your fault, but that you can turn off and you can control it. You can get radical control over it. And if you do that, the great news, guys, is that you can drop up to 2 pounds each day. So if that sounds good, let's get started right now. Hi, my name is Jorge Cruise, and I'm known as the number one weight loss strategist to the world's busiest celebrities. I'm also a multiple New York Times bestselling diet author with over 30 books and 12 million fans. You may have seen my work with Oprah Winfrey, Khloe Kardashian, Tyra Banks, Kelly Clarkson, or even Dr. Oz. My career started in my early 20s because I was addicted to sugar, carbs, and salty snacks, and experts told me to simply count calories to get control. They were wrong. My passion to get radical control over hunger has led me to find science-proven ways to create zero hunger and help my clients drop 2 pounds each day. And I know I can help you too. Welcome to the Zero Hunger Revolution. Well, happy St. Patrick's Day, guys. It is, uh, March 17th. Hope you're well. It's Wednesday. I'm Jorge, and welcome to the Jorge Cruise Show. Uh, today we're going to be talking, like I said, about, um, sugar, carbs, salty snack foods. We're going to talk about why they are like magnets to a lot of us. And actually, we're not alone. It's The way we're genetically made, it's literally in our DNA to seek out pleasure and serotonin and dopamine, and carbs do that. Protein and fats do not. So there's a reason we're not really drawn to that, but there's a way. In today's show, you're going to understand how this works. You're going to be able to really create a biohack that's going to tell your body not to eat sugar and carbs. So it's literally going to be an off switch. So I'm excited for that for you guys. Now, before we get started, uh, I want to give thanks to our sponsors. 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This is what I do and this is a great option. We're gonna talk about it briefly on today's show, different ways you can get the sugar out This is one of 'em. You can still enjoy what you love, but the draw on the food, like if you have one of their candy bars, they have like chocolate bars or some of their bread, the sugar content is so low that it doesn't activate that part of your body that wants to eat more. So you can actually have a slice of bread and not go crazy. You can have a candy bar, a chocolate bar, has things like MCT oil in it and it's sweetened with natural plant-based sweeteners so it doesn't drive you crazy. So it gives you what you love, that nice deliciousness, but without the kick, without the drug kick, you know, because it becomes an addiction if it's real sugar. So this is healthy, natural, zero-calorie type of products. You're gonna love it. And finally, we're brought to you by Zero Hunger Plan. That's my website. Shout out to zerohungerplan.com. That's where you can get a free coaching session with yours truly. We've not launched the free coaching sessions. I wanna say that a lot of you have been emailing me. I apologize if I haven't emailed you yet. I get a lot of emails. It's coming soon. We're launching, uh, nationwide and globally on April 11th, but we'll probably be launching at the very end of this month. More to come on that. Make sure to go to zerohungerplan.com and sign up for the Zero Hunger newsletter, which comes out on Sundays, totally free. And you also get on that Sunday when the newsletter goes out, uh, a recap of Sunday's interview as well as the past shows from that week. So it's the best cheat sheet for the whole week and how to turn off that hunger. All right guys, with that said, let's get started with today's show. All right, so we think sugar is harmless, you know, we give it to our children. I have two sons. I mean, I used to drink orange juice, you get me? I used to have oatmeal and yeah, you may be wondering, well, that's, that's a carb, that's not sugar. Well, carbs, uh, even whole grain and Irish oats the best of the best of the oats, the Mercedes-Benz of oatmeal, right? Irish oats, steel cut. Breakdown in the sugar, it's still sugar. So whether it's Irish oats, steel cut, or orange juice, or milk, you know, the average glass of milk or orange juice has almost 30 grams of sugar per serving. That is almost as much as a Coca-Cola. And we all know Coke, you know, that's why we drink Diet Coke, is not ideal, you know? So what if I told you all that stuff is the same? Your body doesn't know the difference. It doesn't, and it impacts your body identically to narcotics. This has been shown. This is absolutely a part of our biology as the species known as humans. And the average American is hidden, their sugar's hidden in cereal, snacks, condiments, breads. We don't look for it. We think it's just like table sugar, you know? But 12 ounces of soda is 10 tablespoons of sugar. Teaspoons, I should say teaspoons. Um, and that, that's why we love soda. Now it's just 12 ounces, that's 10 tablespoons of sugar. So it's crazy. And you know, the average American consumes on an average day, uh, 22 teaspoons of sugar. That's the average. Now if you're overweight, you may be doing more, you know. And especially if you love fruits and vegetables, most of these plant-based foods are very high in sugar. You know, and so what does sugar do? Well, it causes inflammation in your body. It causes end, uh, glycation end products, which causes aging. But worst of all, not only does it break a fast if you're fasting, but it causes belly fat because it raises insulin. And when insulin goes up, you create belly fat straight on your stomach. And you could be going to the gym for an hour or two every day, but if you are consuming high levels of sugar, you're never going to lose your belly. And I wrote a whole series of books 10 years ago called The Belly Fat Cure. You can go to Amazon, check them all out. It gave people what I called belly good swaps, carb swaps, on how to lower your sugar intake so you could still have something, you know, kind of like foods with Julian Bakery and breads that have no sugar or carbs. So it's tricky, but there are, there are ways to mimic it. So that's the good thing, you know, you can lower your sugar and carb intake by taking regular pasta and turning it into spaghetti squash. You know, I love Squash is one of my favorite veggies, and I'll do that a lot. It takes time, so I only do it usually when it's special, because usually I eat, you know, during the week, you guys know this, I eat more of an animal-based, non-plant-based diet. I'll have some vegetables like guacamole or avocado, but that's about it, you know? And those avocados have very little sugar, so do lemons and limes, or even dark berries, so those are good. So what I want you to know is two things right now. I want you to know that first, an addiction to sugar or carbs is not your fault, that we are programmed genetically to want these foods because they're like magic. Because when you take them, it's very much like— and I hate to use this as an example, but like using a hard drug, like a narcotic, whether it's heroin or cocaine, and it literally lights up the pleasure in your brain just like these drugs do. There's a reason why people that are drug addicts or sugar addicts do it again and again and again. After a year or two, if you've gained enough weight, or you're in a place where, you know, you become addicted to drugs, you know better, you know you want to quit it, but we can't, you know? And people think, "Ugh, I just lack discipline. I don't know what to do. I'm no good. I'm a bad person. You know, what do I do?" And you give up and you just eat more sugar, right? So what if I told you that replacing sugar with minerals will heal not just your brain, but is the off switch to sugar addiction? Replacing sugar with minerals. Now, a lot of people think sugar is the good guy and that salt, sodium, is the villain, you know. And if you've listened to my show, the, the one I did on Sunday, please listen to episode 118 with Dr. James D. Nicolai Antonio. We talked about this. He's been on the show a ton. But salt is our friend. Salt turns off the addiction. That with magnesium and potassium. That's why we created Zero Hunger water. It really, really works, guys. It turns off your addiction to these things, you know, let alone if you were on drugs, it also does that. Because what sodium with magnesium potassium, the Zero Hunger Water recipe was featured in Woman's World. I'm going to have it on The Doctors show at CBS Studios really soon. They're inviting me onto the show to talk about this. And it turns off that addiction. So you literally can fast for 23 hours. You don't feel any hunger, no draw towards carbs and sugar, because you feel normal. You just feel Like satiated. Imagine having that kind of radical control, literally, by drinking water. And you can make this for pennies at home. You can use Elemental Labs on-the-go version, which I like when I'm traveling. But you can do this easily. Now make sure to listen to episode 110 if you don't know how to make the Zero Hunger Water. Jot that down, it's episode 110, where we talk about how to do that and how to mix it in 32 ounces of water. And you know, you're done. It's just magic, it turns it off. It's literally the off switch to sugar and carb addiction. And drugs too, if you're doing drugs. But hopefully, sugar is a bad enough drug, it really is. I don't want to make it seem like it's innocent because it is not, and there's enough science that the brain cannot distinguish between that and heroin or cocaine. So if you think you have this innocent issue with sugar, my friends, counting calories, that's why it doesn't work. It's sugar calories that are the big deal. And every carbohydrate from whole wheat bread to jasmine rice turns itself into sugar. That's why I'm very cautious about carbohydrates. You know, I always have been. That's why keto lifestyle with electrolytes is so much better. You know, so you want to be aware of that. And, but obviously there's some carbs we can have and there are times to have a brownie or a candy bar. And that's why I love Julian Bakery. They're for that reason, you know. And so by getting control of this, imagine having the ability to drop 2 pounds each day. That sounds good, guys. I want you to check me out. Go to zerohungerplan.com. Sign up for the newsletter. I talked, talked about it already. Please check it out. It's free. It comes out on Sundays. It's gonna give you everything you need to be ready for Zero Hunger when it launches in April. 'Cause we're not launching the, the club yet where I do coaching and I'm gonna be doing it every week for you guys. It's part of my coaching plan. It's gonna be amazing. As well as we're gonna do in-depth events, 19-day challenges. Again, we're gonna be doing all sorts of great things to give you the supportive community to overcome this stuff. Because sugar, my friends, it is intense. It is a drug. Drug, and we got to remember that. So remember, it's not your fault, and that more importantly, Zero Hunger Water— go to episode 110. We'll turn it off like that. Listen to the last episode I did just last Sunday's with Dr. James D. Nicolai Antonio. If you have questions, email me at jorge@jorgecruiseshow.com. That's J-O-R-G-E at J-O-R-G-E-C-R-U-I-S-E-S-H-O-W.com. That's jorge@jorgecruiseshow.com. All right, today's episode is complete, guys. Thank you so much for listening, and I want to ask you to please subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, and please leave a review on Apple as well. 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