HOW to quit Sugar & Unhealthy Habits

The key to quitting sugar is understanding the 5 things in your way: Your brain, environment, habits, gut and (maybe) friends.

Diet and health has always been a big topic as of recently, especially with the number of overweight and obese people with diabetes increasing. While there is a bit of a fight between low carb and high carb, the thing that deserves the most attention is quitting sugar, as cutting out refined sugars and processed foods is the most sure-fire way to improving health and regulating weight. The mindset and approach of really understanding how and why bad habits like this develop can be applied to all sorts of things (stop smoking etc )

0:00 The "Why" is important
1:17 Sugar tells your brain to stay hungry
2:15 10 Most obese, lazy, and unhappy states
3:19 No Sugar does NOT mean No Happiness
5:07 How your Environment affects your brain
6:54 Deconstructing bad programming
7:26 Break bad habits by understanding them
9:03 Nostalgia isn't always good
9:44 How to control cravings with mindfulness
10:38 Sugar and your gut
12:35 Friends

[kimmynonymous]

"the more you learn, the more you want to stop eating it" SOOO TRUEEE.

[HeavymetalHylian]

After you've quit sugar for a while, everything tastes weirdly sweet.

[lucasa]

and if you cant quit sweets. Only eat sweets you made yourself. That way you'll have to put in effort to get your reward. And by making sweets from scratch you can make sure no werid stuff is added in.
Same goes for salty snacks. Craving chips? Make them.

[cordellboss]

you are doing a great service to humanity young man

[omowunmilynda]

I decided to quit sugar and gosh i felt cranky for 2 weeks, developed fever, considered going back to it, but thank heavens i had the strength to pull through. I feel so great not eating junk food anymore, i get my treat from fruits and dark chocolate. It is truly a great lifestyle.

[czskateralexnke]

I learned this from an elder so o hope it helps some body : never “quit” anything, once you tell your self you quit something you become stressed . You don’t quit smoking cigarettes you “stop” smoking cigarettes . That’s the key to the start of quitting, it’s not the entirety but it’s a great starting tip !

[arizonamonk]

121 NAMES FOR SUGAR:
Agave Nectar,
Amasake,
Anhydrous Dextrose,
Barbados Sugar,
Bark Sugar,
Barley Malt,
Barley Malt Syrup,
Beet Sugar,
Blackstrap Molasses,
Brown Rice Syrup,
Brown Sugar,
Buttered Syrup,
Cane Juice,
Cane Juice Crystals,
Cane Sugar,
Caramel,
Carbitol,
Carob Syrup,
Castor Sugar,
Coconut Palm Sugar,
Coconut Sugar,
Confectioner’s Sugar,
Corn Sweetener,
Corn Syrup,
Corn Syrup Solids,
Crystal Dextrose,
Crystalline Fructose,
D-tagalose,
Date Sugar,
Dehydrated Cane Juice,
Demerara Sugar,
Dextran,
Dextrin,
Dextrose,
Diastatic Malt,
Diatase,
Diglycerides,
Disaccharides,
Ethyl Maltol,
Erythritol,
Florida Crystals,
FOS Fructooligosaccharides,
Fructose,
Fructose Sweetener,
Fruit Juice,
Fruit Juice Concentrate,
Galactose,
Glucitol,
Glucoamine,
Gluconolactone,
Glucose,
Glucose Solids,
Glycerides
Glycerine,
Glycerol,
Glycol,
Golden Sugar,
Golden Syrup,
Grape Sugar,
HFCS High-Fructose Corn Syrup,
Hexitol,
Honey,
Icing Sugar,
Inversol,
Isomalt,
Invert Sugar,
Jaggery,
Karo Syrup,
Lactose,
Levulose,
Liquid Fructose,
Malitol,
Malt Syrup,
Malted Barley,
Malts,
Maltodextrin,
Maltose,
Mannitol,
Mannose,
Maple Syrup,
Microcrystalline Cellulose,
Molasses,
Monoglycerides,
Monosaccarides,
Muscovado,
Nectars,
Organic Raw Sugar,
Palm Sugar,
Pancake Syrup,
Panocha,
Pentose,
Polydextrose,
Polyglycerides,
Powdered Sugar,
Raisin Juice,
Raisin Syrup,
Raw Sugar,
Refiner’s Syrup,
Ribose Rice Syrup,
Rice Malt,
Rice Sugar,
Rice Syrup,
Rice Syrup Solids,
Rice Sweeteners,
Sacchrides,
Sorbitol,
Sorghum,
Sorghum Syrup,
Sucanat,
Sucanet,
Sucrose,
Sweet Sorghum,
Syrup,
Treacle,
Trisaccharides,
Turbinado Sugar,
Unrefined Sugar,
White Sugar,
Yellow Sugar,
Xylitol,
Zylose

[sophroniel]

"the more food you see the hungrier you feel" *shows approximately 1 million pictures of food*

[RubyRubeMe]

1 year sugar free...
Now I feel sick just looking at it

[CuriousFrog]

since being on keto, when walking down aisles in the supermarket, I've started to unconsciously ignore a lot of the food as if they aren't even food, because I already know all the sections I can't purchase from, so it's easier to not be tempted by them because I've learned to not even see them as something that's possible for me to get

[tbonner]

imma watch this everyday till im sugar free

[maricarfalcis]

I'm 18 yrs old, and right now I'm changing my unhealthy habits. It's better to start now than to regret it later in life :))

[kbop]

"Just seeing pictures of food can negatively affect you and stimulate cravings" *cues the fast food montage*

[bradhawn]

I went sugar free, no processed foods, and low carb 11 months ago after I had a gut yeast infection. I lost a pound a week for 10 weeks straight. I have not been sick a day for 11 months despite everyone else in my family getting colds and the stomach flu. I feel great at 56 years old and have dropped from a 34" to a 32" waist. I really believe that the "middle age spread" is mostly due to the sugary American diet. Thanks so much for the video.

[ottogofast]

I’ve quit sugar for 3 months before but fell right back into addiction. If you’re like me then you can’t have a “cheat day” because it turns right back into addiction again.

[croissantlife]

I recently noticed that Windsor brand table salt has these listed ingredients: "Salt, Calcium Silicate, SUGAR, Potassium Iodide." I don't recall in previous years common table salt containing sugar. I just thought this might be the best place to share this. Sugar IS in nearly everything packaged... and of course, thank you for the great videos!

[KellanJames]

Glad you mentioned how fruits and berries are healthy because they are fiber-bound. Try eating more than a couple of apples, you likely won't be craving more apples, or sugar.

[newhealing]

really appreciate how you got into actually saying HOW to do it instead of just saying TO do it. Great stuff

[songhuchoe]

You're producing really high quality content ! I don't know how you're not blowing up

[JadeDRail]

I didn't have dessert at lunch today. TINY IMPROVEMENT. I'll take it.