Life After Sugar

This is a crossover episode with my friend Michelle from the Fast and Fabulous podcast.

We talk about:

• how I fought against cutting sugar for the longest time 
• how I fell into intermittent fasting 
• how e…

Dr. Michael Mosley is the author of several books, including The Fast 800, The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet, and The Clever Guts Diet.

Sadly, he passed away in June 2024 while on holiday in Greece.

In this…

My guest this week is Nikki, who's a fellow mom with 3 boys at home. 

In this episode, we talk about whole foods, how she feeds her family, and how she helps other moms find more energy in the sometim…

From November 2023 to June 2024, we had an Italian student staying with us. Not exactly an exchange student, more like a big brother for our daughter.

And during those months of his stay with us, I le…

From early childhood, Siobhan remembers sneaking cookies before anyone else woke up in the morning. Even as a toddler, she was never able to eat sugar in moderation.
Once she hit puberty, this addict…

Claire grew up in New England with European parents. She enjoyed a whole foods diet and loved fresh seasonal foods, including fruit, vegetables, and cheeses.

Processed foods didn't hold much attractio…

Susannah grew up with a typical North American diet. Sugar was part of that diet, and sweets were a very big part of her family's everyday life.

Susannah's mother would serve ice cream every night aft…

In this short episode, you'll get some consumer tips for how to spot hidden sugar in cereal.

For example:

1. Beware of health claims on the packaging!
2. Read the list of ingredients before you look at the Nu…

Danielle's journey with sugar started in childhood. 
She remembers that sugar was a massive part of her upbringing.

With her family, she always had ice cream after dinner.  Sugar was always a treat.
The…

Do you remember Episode 6 of the Life After Sugar podcast, where I interviewed my daughter Lily?
She was 12 at the time. She's 16 now.

In this special Mother's Day edition, I take a quick trip down me…

Krissy grew up eating a normal American diet: lots of carb-heavy processed and packaged foods.
When she was younger, she was active, which together with her tall frame helped her stay slim.

Then in her…

My guest Dr. Paul Kolodzik trained as an MD in emergency medicine. 
In this episode, he freely admits that like most physicians, he didn't get much training on nutrition.

But what he learned over a per…

This episode actually comes from a request from listeners of this podcast to talk about the long-term benefits that I've experienced after all these years of living sugar-free.

Because it can seem pre…

Wendi and I have been good friends for several years. We have lots of things in common, including living our lives with less sugar and more joy. We can't chat without breaking into giggles!

In this ep…

Tracey recently celebrated her two-year anniversary for intermittent fasting.
But sugar was always a problem during her eating window.

Tracey believed she really had a sugar addiction because when she…

Today's episode is going to clarify the relationship between alcohol, sugar, and cravings.

But first, a disclaimer: I'm not a doctor, so nothing in this podcast should be construed as being medical ad…

In this week's episode, I'm truly honoured to be chatting with Dr. Nicole Avena who is the author of her new book called "Sugarless".

Dr. Avena is a Princeton research neuroscientist and a pioneer in …

As Charlotte was growing up, her parents used food to reward good behaviour. This led her to develop an early love of sugar, especially chocolate.

During her teenage years in the 1990s, Charlotte felt…

When Noreen joined the Freedom from Cravings Formula 90-day program, she was struggling with various health challenges, including diverticulitis and poor sleep.

She is now experimenting to learn what…

I hate to say it, but many of us have been fed some pretty widespread myths about food - especially sugar - over the years.

This episode is a recording of a live online workshop that I gave in January…