How Sugar Hijacks Your Brain (Neuroscience)

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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)

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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

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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

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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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9 helpful vegan foods to cure bloating (+ the science why)

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Thank you sooo much for taking the poll last week!!

The response, as always, was great (you guys are the best!)

Bloating/Distension was voted the biggest digestive woe in our group. I can’t wait to share my remedy for this with you!


QUICK RECAP: I’m sharing with you what I do to get my leanest, slimmest looking body and how I finally got rid of my belly bloat, gas, and constipation after elimination diets and other remedies …

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