re: Sugar is like crack. How to stop eating it

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This seems like a distinction without an actual difference. Sugar-laden foods certainly do seem to be addictive in some domain.

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Is it sugar or is it highly palatable foods that are high in sugar and fat like donuts, cheesecake etc?


Again if sugar is so addicting then how come don't ever here of people saying "I can't stop eating table sugar? Or "help, I drank the whole bottle of honey"?

You and I would both agree that something like rice is eventually processed similar to sugar, yet I don't ever hear of people saying "OMG, I just ate 8 cups of white rice, I'm addicted"????

What I hear is I like donuts, I like cake, I like cheesecake, I like rice & gravy, I like pasta with sauce, I love cookies etc etc etc

Sugar is not addicting. Eating highly palatable foods can be an emotional crutch though. But sugar is not like crack.

I think Bob Sagar said it best "you ever suck some dick for sugar, man"???

Funny I never see sugar bums on the street. I do see fat people everywhere that love the easy access to highly palatable foods that are cheap and comforting. Many of these same people can't even be bothered to walk the grocery store anymore to buy those foods, instead they ride the scooter or now they get the curbside delivery option and never leave their vehicle. These same people are lucky if they take 1500 steps in a day and that's in a good day.

So instead of being addicted to sugar, they are emotionally invested in easy access to foods that make them feel good and have zero desire to perform any form of hard work.

In general society is filled with pussies. They loathe hard work.

And ftr sugar doesn't make you fat one damn bit so long as you hit your macros. Plenty of people have gotten into contest shape eating Pop tarts daily. Now as you get into lower bf% fat can become stubborn especially if eating like that and sometimes it takes longer to lose the fat, but being in an overall calorie deficit with plenty of protein is kind of like Novacaine, it works every time, just have to give it time.