It really is the sugar, stupid!

BENEFIT #1:  END BINGE EATING AND FOOD ADDICTION

First and most importantly, The Sugar-Free Miracle Diet is specifically designed to end (or to at least dramatically lessen) binge eating and food addiction.  Food addiction is a special and tricky addiction because, unlike other addictions, it's not possible to stop eating.  It is possible, however, to stop eating the substance that triggers crazy eating behaviors, and this substance is sugar, other caloric sweeteners and highly processed flours.  

The reason sugars are so addictive is because they prompt the production and release of dopamine, a highly addictive neurotransmitter that creates pleasurable, feel good sensations.  Everyone likes to get pleasure from food, but some people are more sensitive and reactive to dopamine than others.  Binge eaters and food addicts are in this class of sensitive, reactive people.  Forget about relying on feelings of fullness to stop eating because the potent flood of dopamine overrides feelings of fullness and renders it useless.  Note that new research demonstrates that mice pick sugar over cocaine and both substances have the same brain pathways as alcohol and many recreational drugs.  

Burn this into your brain:  low fat and low calorie diets DO NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF BINGE EATING!  Yes, of course, low fat low calorie diets result in weight loss, but not for long.  Unfortunately, as you already know, highly restrictive dieting triggers world class binge eating, the kind of binge eating that last for weeks, months, even years.  Why bother with another round of this exasperating, predictable process?  

BENEFIT #3:  REDUCE CHRONIC LOW GRADE INFLAMMATION

The Sugar-Free Miracle Diet dramatically reduces the problem of chronic low grade inflammation, the common underlying condition of every serious disease you don't want including obesity, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and some cancers.  

Chronic low grade inflammation is the bodily response to disease, injury, unwholesome diet, some meditations and street drugs as well as to smoking and stress. It's associated with certain "bio markers" in the blood, the presence of fat tissue, liver dysfunction and aging. These bio markers are not usually monitored or measured by PCP's and are not known by the every day person.  Consequently, chronic low grade inflammation typically flies under the radar and goes unnoticed.  This is complicated by the fact that low grade chronic inflammation is characterized by low energy, non specific aches and pains, and apathy.  These vague symptoms are easily attributable to other causes.  

A high sugar, high refined carbohydrate diet is one of the biggest contributors to chronic low grade inflammation and metabolic syndrome.  Sugars and refined carbohydrates result in the production of insulin to move the sugar out of the blood and into the cells where its used for energy or stored for future use.  Excessive consumption of sugars and highly refined foods results in constant and excessive production of insulin, a metabolic disruptor and stressor.  They also result in the overproduction of triglycerides, another metabolic stressor that increases the accumulation of bodily fat.