This part of your brain causes compulsive eating Posted by:Lindsay S. Nixon

Welcome to Day 3 of the Sugar Sobriety Series :) 

Yesterday I shared with you how sugar hijacks the brain’s pleasure center (the nucleus accumbens) and today I’ll explain how sugar activates the brain’s reward systems.

Did you catch the plural? Unlike other addictive substances, sugar activates TWO regions in the brain’s reward system: sweetness and calories. This is part of the reason why sugar is so hard to resist. 

Fortunately for us, these rewards don’t …

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How Sugar Hijacks Your Brain (Neuroscience) Posted by:Lindsay S. Nixon

Welcome to Day 2 of the Sugar Elimination Series :) 

Yesterday I shared with you that foods containing sugar trigger a special region in the brain (the nucleus accumbens) that is ground zero for all conventional addictions such as gambling and drug abuse. 

This response can even be viewed on brain scans, which is what you were looking at in yesterday’s blog post. Sugar lights up the nucleus accumbens like a Christmas tree. 

Today I’m going to …

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ULTIMATE list of hidden sugars (77 tricky names, many are not obvious) Posted by:Lindsay S. Nixon

Sugar has about 10,000 names (okay, that’s a bit of an exaggeration). 

To help you out, I’ve compiled an ULTIMATE list of hidden sugar names. 

Last I counted there were 77, but if I missed one please let me know ;)

If you were subscribed to my newsletter, you would have received this as a handy PDF today. 

It’s too late to get it now, but if you don’t miss any more freebies (or the rest …

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Welcome to the Sugar Elimination Series Posted by:Lindsay S. Nixon

Over the next couple of days I’m going to share with you everything I’ve learned about sugar addiction, the drug-like effect sugar has on your brain, and how you can unhook yourself without going mad (or relapsing hard). This isn’t the usual “go cold turkey” BS you’ve heard before. I’ve uncovered some seriously cool science-based hacks that stop the sugar hijacking that happens in your brain. 

RECLAIM THAT NEUROCHEMISTRY! IT’S YOURS! 

There’s going to be some geeking out …

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8 Effective Period Constipation Solutions Posted by:Lindsay S. Nixon

Are you sometimes mystified by your bowels? Do you go through weeks’ of perfectly poops and then suddenly things clog? Do you ever have random diarrhea or constipation that comes out of nowhere but (thankfully) clears up after a day or two? 

I’ve scienced the crap out of this (literally!) -- here’s what you need to know.

BACKSTORY: 

Immediately after I released my original Bikini Blueprint + shared what I learned about digestion and the surprising number …

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