foods that stabilize blood glucose,
i.e., clean proteins, slow-burning carbs, and healthy fats. This will lower your insulin levels into the target zone and is the most effective way to activate insulin (see the Sugar Free reset rules, page 88).
• Exercise
so that your liver and skeletal muscles can store more glucose as glycogen and use it as fuel (see the Exercise section, page 94).
• Take supplements
that help to sensitize your cells to insulin again, and rehab the bodyguard (see the Supplements section, page 92).
The Science Behind Sugar Free
Let’s follow the path of a bite of cupcake in order to understand the science of insulin and how it can get out of whack. Normally, you absorb the cupcake into your bloodstream as a sugar, such as glucose. An increase in your blood sugar level triggers your pancreas to make more insulin, which attaches to your cells and removes sugar from your blood so it can be used as energy. Initially, your insulin targets mainly muscle and liver cells.
When you have insulin resistance, your cells have a decreased capacity to respond to insulin. To compensate for the decreased sensitivityto insulin, your pancreas secretes more insulin to try to grab the attention of the worn-out cell receptors. Higher levels of insulin then create inflammation, make your blood sugar swing from high to low, and cause you to feel hungry soon after eating. When insulin remains high, you are no longer a lean, mean, fat-burning machine. Because your cells cannot absorb the glucose normally, your liver converts the glucose into fat.
Fortunately, insulin resistance is reversible. Even if you feel totally out of control with your sugar cravings, I can help you. That’s because when you cut out sugar, your cravings will heal and your insulin will normalize. Make this important change for yourself.
Keep in mind that sugar is powerfully addictive. 7 I put sugar in the same category as addictive drugs like crack or heroin. Take Oreos, for example. One study from Connecticut showed that rats fed the iconic cookie liked it as much as cocaine and morphine. 8 When the rats ate Oreo cookies, the pleasure center of their brains, the nucleus accumbens, lit up like a Christmas tree—the same area in the brain that lights up with cocaine. Sugar and cocaine both stimulate the addictive part of the brain with a neurotransmitter called dopamine, known for its role in pleasure and satisfaction. Rats in the study even broke open the cookie to eat the sugary middle first. Still not sure if you’re addicted to sugar? One study showed that 34 percent of people seeking weight loss are food addicts. 9
Sugar substitutes fare no better. Indeed, one study suggests that saccharin is eight times more addictive than cocaine. 10
Sugar Free: The Three-Day Reset for Insulin
Let’s start! Remember, the seventy-two-hour reset is a simple way to take care of the chronic symptoms that plague you, especially fat gain. Each cycle takes a mere three days to reverse and resetyour body’s hormone receptors. Of course, the Hormone Reset is a twenty-one-day program, so as you focus on each reset and tune into the changes that reset brings, you’ll achieve the full benefits of the program by continuing each reset for the balance of the twenty-one days. The Sugar Free reset is one crucial piece of the puzzle.
My clinical experience has taught me that resetting your insulin is the single most important action you can take to lose excess fat. Perhaps you have been trying to lose weight for years, or even decades, leading you to feel hopeless, stuck, and desperate. You are not alone.
You need to cut the sugar. This includes all the usual suspects, such as cakes, cookies, muffins, and soda. If you think you can simply switch to another sweet, addictive substance, sorry again. “No sugar” includes sugar substitutes too, with the exception of stevia. Scrutinize labels because sugar lurks in the most unsuspected places and hides under various
i.e., clean proteins, slow-burning carbs, and healthy fats. This will lower your insulin levels into the target zone and is the most effective way to activate insulin (see the Sugar Free reset rules, page 88).
• Exercise
so that your liver and skeletal muscles can store more glucose as glycogen and use it as fuel (see the Exercise section, page 94).
• Take supplements
that help to sensitize your cells to insulin again, and rehab the bodyguard (see the Supplements section, page 92).
The Science Behind Sugar Free
Let’s follow the path of a bite of cupcake in order to understand the science of insulin and how it can get out of whack. Normally, you absorb the cupcake into your bloodstream as a sugar, such as glucose. An increase in your blood sugar level triggers your pancreas to make more insulin, which attaches to your cells and removes sugar from your blood so it can be used as energy. Initially, your insulin targets mainly muscle and liver cells.
When you have insulin resistance, your cells have a decreased capacity to respond to insulin. To compensate for the decreased sensitivityto insulin, your pancreas secretes more insulin to try to grab the attention of the worn-out cell receptors. Higher levels of insulin then create inflammation, make your blood sugar swing from high to low, and cause you to feel hungry soon after eating. When insulin remains high, you are no longer a lean, mean, fat-burning machine. Because your cells cannot absorb the glucose normally, your liver converts the glucose into fat.
Fortunately, insulin resistance is reversible. Even if you feel totally out of control with your sugar cravings, I can help you. That’s because when you cut out sugar, your cravings will heal and your insulin will normalize. Make this important change for yourself.
Keep in mind that sugar is powerfully addictive. 7 I put sugar in the same category as addictive drugs like crack or heroin. Take Oreos, for example. One study from Connecticut showed that rats fed the iconic cookie liked it as much as cocaine and morphine. 8 When the rats ate Oreo cookies, the pleasure center of their brains, the nucleus accumbens, lit up like a Christmas tree—the same area in the brain that lights up with cocaine. Sugar and cocaine both stimulate the addictive part of the brain with a neurotransmitter called dopamine, known for its role in pleasure and satisfaction. Rats in the study even broke open the cookie to eat the sugary middle first. Still not sure if you’re addicted to sugar? One study showed that 34 percent of people seeking weight loss are food addicts. 9
Sugar substitutes fare no better. Indeed, one study suggests that saccharin is eight times more addictive than cocaine. 10
Sugar Free: The Three-Day Reset for Insulin
Let’s start! Remember, the seventy-two-hour reset is a simple way to take care of the chronic symptoms that plague you, especially fat gain. Each cycle takes a mere three days to reverse and resetyour body’s hormone receptors. Of course, the Hormone Reset is a twenty-one-day program, so as you focus on each reset and tune into the changes that reset brings, you’ll achieve the full benefits of the program by continuing each reset for the balance of the twenty-one days. The Sugar Free reset is one crucial piece of the puzzle.
My clinical experience has taught me that resetting your insulin is the single most important action you can take to lose excess fat. Perhaps you have been trying to lose weight for years, or even decades, leading you to feel hopeless, stuck, and desperate. You are not alone.
You need to cut the sugar. This includes all the usual suspects, such as cakes, cookies, muffins, and soda. If you think you can simply switch to another sweet, addictive substance, sorry again. “No sugar” includes sugar substitutes too, with the exception of stevia. Scrutinize labels because sugar lurks in the most unsuspected places and hides under various
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