Julie Daniluk - How to Break Up with Inflammatory Sugars and Embrace a Naturally Sweet Life

I want to begin by thanking you for picking up this book. If you are reading this, my guess is that you already know that sugar is running the show. What may surprise you is that sugar is now in more than 74 percent of packaged products on the grocery shelf! I hope that the information provided in this book will be the inspiration you need to give up the white stuff. You may have wanted to for a while but didnt know how to make that leap. This book is designed to close the gap between your knowledge about sugars impact on your health and your daily actions of actually going sugar-free.

I wrote this book to encourage you to take back your taste buds and feel the liberation of positive moods and mental clarity that will put you back in the drivers seat of your life. This is your opportunity to stop allowing sugar to rule you and instead choose that the next bite you eat will be authentic, honest and, most importantly, delicious. This book is for everyone. Even if you dont think you have a problem with sugar, listen to your body. Your symptoms or conditions might tell you otherwise. Whether you have a predisposition to anxiety or depression, dementia or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), mood imbalances or low energy, these all can result from brain inflammation that is linked to high blood sugar levels. By decreasing and ultimately removing sugar from your diet, you will reduce inflammation in your entire body and create an improvement in overall health. It can be one of the first steps in relieving the struggle and pain of arthritis, bursitis, colitis, heart disease, weight gain, memory loss, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia and a myriad of other inflammatory conditions.

Why did I decide to write this book about breaking up with sugar? I have had a very long journey to living sugar-free that started when I was a little girl. I was seven years old when my mother realized that I was intolerant to cane sugar. My body could not efficiently break down sucrose, the type of sugar found in good old white table sugar. It was exacerbating my insomnia and ADHD and increasing the symptoms of my auditory learning disability. It was causing neuroinflammation. I have memories of feeling trapped in my little anxious body. I would get so hyperactive that I drove my older sister, Lynn, crazy. I would cry at my birthday parties after eating the sugary cake. I would have a collosal meltdown after Halloween, Christmas and Easter because my brain couldnt think clearly after the sugar binges. In love and desperation, my parents decided to conduct an experiment in which they would eliminate refined sugar, artificial dyes and preservatives from my diet and choose to sweeten my food with honey or dates. My sleep improved in a few days, and my grades skyrocketed from Ds to As within the month. My moods and confidence improved, and I could smile again.