{"id":56127,"date":"2017-02-16T11:15:26","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T16:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/?p=56127"},"modified":"2017-02-19T12:38:54","modified_gmt":"2017-02-19T17:38:54","slug":"how-beat-sugar-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/health\/how-beat-sugar-addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Beat Your Sugar Addiction for Good"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Got a serious sweet tooth? Can\u2019t resist an afternoon sugary treat? You\u2019re not alone. Sugar addiction<\/a> is real \u2014 and lots of people suffer from it. Studies<\/a> have shown that sugar stimulates the exact same pleasure centers of the brain as heroin or cocaine. So it\u2019s no wonder we keep reaching for those cookies.<\/p>\n

While there\u2019s nothing wrong with indulging here and there, going overboard can have some not-so-sweet side effects. The negatives of too much sugar include weight gain<\/a>, cavities and an increased risk of heart disease and diabetes. Nope, not sweet at all.<\/p>\n

RELATED: <\/strong>The Bitter Truth About Sugar and Its Effects on Our Health<\/a><\/p>\n

What\u2019s scarier: You might not even realize how much sugar you\u2019re really<\/em> consuming. While you may think you\u2019re doing your body some good by avoiding dessert, chocolate<\/a> or ice cream, some other seemingly healthy foods have sugar lurking in the ingredient list. For example, your morning yogurt and cereal could have upwards of 24 grams of the sweet stuff. And your regular happy hour routine? Those alcoholic beverages make up an average 11 percent of our daily sugar intake. Finally, that fruit juice you\u2019re drinking is loaded with sneaky added sugar sources<\/a>, but none of the nutritious fiber you\u2019d get from eating the whole fruit. Yikes!<\/p>\n

RELATED<\/strong>: How to Do a Sugar Detox (Without Going Crazy)<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not all bitter news, though. You can drastically cut back on sugar just by making a few simple changes to your daily eating habits<\/a>. Kick your sugar addiction to the curb \u2014 once and for all \u2014 with these easy hacks. You\u2019ll be amazed how much better you feel. And just how much sweeter life is sans sugar.<\/p>\n

RELATED: <\/strong>6 Simple Food Swaps to Quit Sugar for Good<\/a><\/p>\n

How to Stop Sugar Addiction in a Few Simple Steps<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Think you could give up on sweet stuff? Here\u2019s how to kick your sugar addiction to the curb (for good!) with nine simple steps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":56129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,7,11],"tags":[39,41,51,333,341,380],"class_list":["post-56127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diet-nutrition","category-health","category-health-hacks","tag-dessert","tag-diets","tag-food-choices","tag-sugar","tag-tax1living-well","tag-tax2diet-advice"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}