Why Diets Fail (Because You're Addicted to Sugar): Science by Nicole M. Avena Ph.D.

By Nicole M. Avena Ph.D.

A foodstuff dependancy specialist finds definitive evidence that sugar is addictive, and offers the 1st science-based plan to chop out the sugar, cease the cravings that reason so much diets to ultimately fail, and lose weight--permanently.
     Most diets paintings for a while...but there often comes some extent whilst the dieter cannot hold the stern nutritional alterations required to lose extra kilos or preserve the burden off. Why? simply because cravings take over and, as with cigarettes or medicines, the pull turns into too powerful to withstand. In Why Diets Fail, Dr. Nicole M. Avena explains that sugar dependancy underlies these cravings and stocks a innovative plan for going sugar-free and sticking to the nutrition throughout the make-or-break withdrawal interval. Dr. Avena's easy-to-use sugar desk expresses the quantity of sugar in six hundred+ universal meals so dieters be aware of accurately what to devour and what to prevent, and co-author John Talbott stocks his own tale (and tips for fulfillment) approximately quitting sugar and wasting 50 kilos with his cravings for nicotine and alcohol.

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By Nicole M. Avena Ph.D.

A foodstuff dependancy specialist finds definitive evidence that sugar is addictive, and offers the 1st science-based plan to chop out the sugar, cease the cravings that reason so much diets to ultimately fail, and lose weight--permanently.
     Most diets paintings for a while...but there often comes some extent whilst the dieter cannot hold the stern nutritional alterations required to lose extra kilos or preserve the burden off. Why? simply because cravings take over and, as with cigarettes or medicines, the pull turns into too powerful to withstand. In Why Diets Fail, Dr. Nicole M. Avena explains that sugar dependancy underlies these cravings and stocks a innovative plan for going sugar-free and sticking to the nutrition throughout the make-or-break withdrawal interval. Dr. Avena's easy-to-use sugar desk expresses the quantity of sugar in six hundred+ universal meals so dieters be aware of accurately what to devour and what to prevent, and co-author John Talbott stocks his own tale (and tips for fulfillment) approximately quitting sugar and wasting 50 kilos with his cravings for nicotine and alcohol.

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Four inches may not sound like a huge reduction to you, but consider that now, with a 35-inch waist, I am only five inches away from the smallest pant size Costco even carries anymore. And this is from someone who is 6’2” tall. This diet did something else rather amazing for me. It made me feel so good about myself that it changed the way I interacted with people. Before, I was constantly going through many mini withdrawals throughout the day whenever I didn’t have my sugar fix, and with these mini withdrawals came a level of anxiety that led me to be short-tempered, with little patience for others.

There are several different low-carbohydrate diets out there, and different ways of counting carbohydrates. There are lots of different terms, like net carbs, good carbs, bad carbs, and glycemic index, which can be confusing, complicated, and sometimes even contradictory as you try to decide which foods to eat. Also, some low-carb diets are very restrictive, while others seem more relaxed. Deciding which foods are acceptable and which are not can be hard. 15 One of the key reasons low-carb diets fail, which has been ignored up until this point, is addiction to carbohydrate-rich foods, which might be making adherence to low-carbohydrate diets difficult.

Talbott I would like to thank all of my colleagues and collaborators for their research as well as the valuable information that they have produced in the fields of nutrition, neuroscience, and addiction. There are too many of you to name, but I value each of your unique contributions to our field. I would like to thank Bart Hoebel for his mentorship and friendship, and for getting me involved and excited about appetite research. I would also like to thank Susan Murray for her invaluable efforts assisting with the research, organization, and development of this book.

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