Review: How to Reduce Sugar Consumption
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 29, 2013
I'm always trying to avoid sugar except when I get hungry for a doughnut. Then I seem to forgive myself one small indulgence now and then. Otherwise I use stevia as a sweetener in all my drinks.Sweetly Seduced is really about how we can attempt to avoid the lure of sugar. We can do this better when we learn all about the ingredients in our processed foods. While it might be ideal to avoid all processed foods that is not always possible. So Rickman explains how to avoid the top sugars that are in most foods.What is helpful about this book is it deals with why we crave sugar in the first place. It explains how "carbohydrate consumption stimulates the release of serotonin." This of course makes us feel better for a while until we have a sugar crash. The source of our sugar craving may just be stress so the author explains how to avoid stressful situations and people. Basically this book promotes a healthy lifestyle and explains how to stop making bad food choices.This book is also filled with practical ideas for stress reduction like not answering emails every second of the day. By making specific times to answer email you will definitely feel less stress and cause other people less stress too.I loved this small book and I think you will too. It is helpful in many ways and made me think about how I can live a healthier life.One idea this book doesn't mention is how to make your own drinks with stevia. I put the juice of one lemon and one packet of stevia into a bottle of water. This satisfies my craving for a sweet drink. This also works with limes.~The Rebecca Review