Life After Sugar

It's a question I get a lot: What if I don't have enough willpower to cut sugar?

Well... here's my own question: What if it's not even about willpower?

In fact, you don't need willpower to cut sugar. R…

This is part 2 of my chat with best-selling author Steven Gundry MD.

Listen to Part 1 of our chat here.

2500 years ago, Hippocrates said: "All disease begins in the gut".

In this episode, Dr. Gundry and…

Steven Gundry, MD is a cardiothoracic surgeon and bestselling author of "The Plant Paradox" as well as his most recent book, "The Gut-Brain Paradox".

In this episode, we talk about gut health, a subje…

If you're a layperson like me (that is, not a health professional or a nutrition expert), then you may not know what "insulin resistance" is.

I certainly didn't.

It was only when I stopped eating sugar…

Back in her 20s, Colleen was suffering from chronic exhaustion, pain, and bloating. She was unable to function and she was sleeping all the time.

Despite taking a cocktail of medications, nothing seem…

Martin grew up post World War II in the Czech Republic in central Europe, in a small village.

He says that his family was poor, but they ate all kinds of organic foods, as well as hunted food, like ph…

Hi! It's me, Netta. And I have to tell you that all my life I was a real sweet tooth.

People made desserts just for me, and my whole identity was wrapped up in my love for sweet foods, desserts, choco…

Cindy started swimming competitively when she was 10 years old. She didn't really think about what she was eating because she was just swimming so much.

So she ate whatever was presented to her.

But wh…

My expert guest this week is Dr. Bob Rakowski who is a seasoned functional medicine practitioner with over three decades of experience. 

In this episode, Dr. Bob describes how as a teen growing up in …

What does it feel like to live sugar free?

Every individual has a different answer. 

And in this episode, Freedom from Cravings Formula graduate Noreen shares how she feels one year after signing up fo…

When she was younger, Karen never had a weight problem. She was tall and slim.

But then with the ups and downs of life, including several very stressful situations, her weight went up. 

Covid and menop…

Amy is a functional medicine nurse practitioner who is passionate about helping patients reverse disease and obtain true health and healing.

In this episode, we talk about stress, and how sugar can ac…

"Netta, are sweeteners better than sugar?"

It's a question I often get asked.

So you'll get my answer in this episode... although it might not be what you're expecting!

Because I question the concept of…

Pamela is an intermittent faster.

And for her, eating less sugar (or low carb) fits perfectly with her IF lifestyle.

For Pam, it was a process to find what works for her. And it may not be the same for…

Sharon used to LOVE chocolate. She ate it every day. She couldn't imagine life without it.

And she certainly never wanted to give up chocolate.

So how did Sharon go from loving and needing chocolate to…

It's the new year, and there might be some tweaks you can make to your everyday habits so that gradually you get to freedom from cravings.

The book Atomic Habits by James Clear is a great reference if…

This is the last episode of 2024, so let's finish off the year in good cheer and in good health.

And maybe good health for you includes less sugar.

But maybe it's difficult for you to imagine actually…

One of the fears that people have (and I definitely had it myself) is that if they cut sugar from their diet, then there's nothing left to eat.

I mean, sugar is everywhere. Right?

Well, not quite.

Sug…

It's the end of 2024, and this short episode will help you start to shift a few beliefs about how you will feel with less sugar.

For example:

• how reducing or cutting out sugar can help reduce mood swin…

Meredith grew up in the 80s and 90s eating all the "low fat" products because she was convinced that eating fat made her put on weight.

It was only years later, after grad school, that she learned th…