Life After Sugar
Welcome to Life After Sugar: Stories to Inspire, with Netta Gorman. The podcast that's not just about sugar, but about your relationship with it, and especially with yourself. This podcast is for you if you know that you need to cut down sugar, but you're not sure where to start, and you're feeling tired, sluggish, and overwhelmed because sugar seems to be everywhere. Get back your energy, lose your extra weight and the stiffness in your joints, get your digestion back on track, without feeling like you're depriving yourself of anything or being on a diet! Here you'll hear inspiring stories of people who cut out sugar in their own way, at their own pace, and for their own reasons. I hope that this podcast will inspire you to discover your life after sugar too! For more details, visit the Life After Sugar website at aftersugarclub.com.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 244
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
163. Perimenopause, intermittent fasting, and sugar
This is a shared episode with Michelle, host of the Fast and Fabulous podcast. We talk about our experiences with perimenopause, and the link with sugar.
Perimenopause hits women at different ages and…
162. "A sugar-free diet increases my energy": Julie
Julie used to eat junk food until a car accident led her to gain weight and feel unwell.
That led to her holistic healing journey.
She decided to follow a program that required her to weigh and measure…
161. Listener question: What about flour?
Reducing or cutting sugar is usually seen as something positive (if a little marginal). And sugary or sweet foods are relatively easy to spot.
But recently, I've been getting this question from my lis…
160. "My auto-immune symptoms and my gut health improved so much": Michele
Michele is a busy mom of 4, and a military wife. She's also a personal trainer and health coach.
Her journey started after having her third child, when she became so much busier and realized that she…
159. "Cut sugar?! That's so extreme!": Teresa
Teresa struggled with sugar addiction and health issues related to high sugar intake for years.
When her naturopath suggested she cut out sugar, she thought it was "extreme"!
But she did it - she cut o…
158. "Eat everything in moderation"? No thanks!
Have you been told that eating "everything in moderation" is part of a healthy, balanced diet?
But what if you can't moderate certain foods? Like sugar?
Many of us can't... and we feel guilty and asham…
157. "I was tired of feeling tired": Steve
Steve Campbell played sports growing up, but an injury in high school caused him to gain weight.
His dad was a bodybuilder and gave him an example of discipline with fitness and eating. But he struggl…
156. "I had to reframe how I see sugar": Sandhya
Sandhya is a pharmacist in Australia.
In 2019 she started getting symptoms of breathlessness and palpitations. So she went to the doctor and got everything checked out, but the only thing they could…
155. The challenges of my sugar free year: Netta
Ever wonder what challenges I (Netta) have in my "life after sugar"?
Well, I can tell you this: I'm not perfect!
I have my ups and downs, just like you.
In this episode, I'm sharing a few of my challeng…
154. 24 tips for a joyful sugar free life
In this episode I'm giving you 24 tips for a more joyful sugar free December... or for any time of the year!
These tips come from the Life After Sugar Advent calendar.
Want to transform your relation…
153. Mindset tips to feel confident this holiday season: Karen
In this episode, my guest Karen gives some valuable mindset tips to help you feel more confident this holiday season... and all year round!
We talk about:
- How language and mindset are critical - how we…
152. "We can't moderate ultra-processed foods": Jamie and Paige
In Episode 152, I'm talking with two lifelong processed food addicts, Paige Alexander and Jamie Morgan Reno.
We talk about their struggles, lessons learned, tools, tips, and resources that freed them …
151. Hunger, sugar, calories, and hormones
Do you feel hungry several times a day?
What if that sensation you're feeling isn't actually hunger?
What if it's to do with your hormones?
Which hormones?
Well, primarily: ghrelin, leptin, and insulin.
M…
150. Step 1 to freedom from cravings
In this episode, you'll hear an excerpt of a recent online workshop I gave called "5 Steps to Freedom from Cravings".
Full disclosure: these are the exact same steps that I teach inside of the Freedom…
149. "Food addiction is not your fault": Amanda
Amanda Leith struggled with weight problems for most of her life.
She tried all the diets, exercise classes, and therapy. The solution, she was told, was either, “Eat less and exercise more,” or, “Wo…
148. "For me, eating less sugar isn't a punishment, it's self-care": Sarah
In this week's episode, Sarah shares about her struggles with an eating disorder as a teenager, as well as with cravings due to crazy hormones during her recent pregnancy.
Sarah used to see cutting s…
147. Let's bust some myths about sugar (1)
Let's bust some myths about sugar! 💥
My listeners asked me to bust all kinds of myths about sugar, cravings, and "life after sugar".
Here are this week's myths:
1. "Everything in moderation".
2. "You hav…
146: Halloween edition: What scares you about sugar?
In this special Halloween edition, I ask: What scares you the most about eating sugar... and about NOT eating sugar?
In this episode, you'll hear about common fears such as:
- the fear of failure
- feeling…
145. Sugar, insulin resistance, metabolism, hormones, and menopause: Dr Èvelyne
Are you struggling with hormonal issues? Maybe peri-menopause or menopause symptoms?
What if reducing refined carbs like sugar could help with a whole host of dysregulations, including hormonal issues…
144. "Knowing your blood glucose levels is empowering": Catherine
Do you know what a CGM is? If you're diabetic, you might use one.
It's a "continuous glucose monitor", and it's a little gizmo that you put in your arm to measure your blood glucose levels.
Even if yo…