You might be surprised to learn that Joy, a Holistic Nutritionist, used to be a sugar addict. It was only later in life that she learned that the sugar-free foods she was consuming and her diet at the time was a big reason for it. If you currently feel addicted to sugar, don't worry – there is hope with the strategies I share in this episode! In this episode we discuss:   How sugar makes food addictive (and how food manufacturers take advantage of this) Joy's sugar addiction story and how she broke her addiction to sugar Joy and Walker's relationship with sugar as kids How much sugar the average North American consumed then and now The industrialization of food and how it has altered food for the worse Why sugar is considered to be as addictive as drugs The many negative effects of sugar How to break your sugar addiction The importance of balancing your blood sugar How a sugar addiction begins What happens when Joy and Walker's daughter Vienna has refined sugar Eating a high sugar diet ages your skin through a process called AGEs The link between sugar and heart disease How much sugar is okay Where sugar is hiding in your food (you might be surprised by this!) The role green smoothies played when breaking my sugar addiction The best part about quitting sugar SHOW NOTES: https://bejoyo.us/breakfreefromsugar SAVE 10% off of Joyous Detox Online over on joyoushealth.com/shop or over here using "JDOPODCAST10" at checkout.