How to Avoid Hidden Sugar & Overcome Addiction with JJ Virgin
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Do your sugar cravings feel more like an addiction at times? You're not the only one.
We all know we shouldn't eat too much sugar, the problem is, it’s sneaking into so many food products, even some that are touted as health foods!
In this week’s podcast episode, join JJ Virgin, celebrity nutritionist, fitness expert, and 4x NY times bestselling author, where she lifts the veil on sugar and discover how different foods can powerfully change the way we feel daily.
In this week's episode with JJ Virgin you’ll discover:
- The key elements to making yourself feel beautiful.
- Number 1 confidence zapper and how to mitigate it so you can be your happiest self.
- Main causes for bloating and how to mitigate them.
- 7 foods that cause intolerance plus JJ’s advice on food sensitivity testing.
- The connection between sugar and gut dysfunction, the dangers of fructose and artificial sweeteners, plus ‘healthy foods’ that have as much as 44g of sugar!
- Differences between fructose and glucose and how they are used in the body.
- How to transition off sugar and simple swaps.
- Everyday foods that support confidence and radiance.
- Adaptogens, what they are, why they are useful, and how to use them.
- Tips for weight loss, traveling, and eating out.
- JJ’s natural beauty rituals and guiding wisdom and principals.
Episode resources:
- Clean Eating Program.
- Learn more about JJ Virgin here.
- Lemon-Aid Recipe here.
- Adaptogens Article here.
- International Society for Orthomolecular Medicine here.
- What's with Wheat documentary here.
If you feel it’s time to overcome your sweet tooth addiction, shed some extra pounds, or boost your energy levels naturally with nourishing and cleansing whole foods, then I’d like to invite you to join me and the Food Matters community in a 21-day clean eating program.
James Colquhoun is the filmmaker behind Food Matters, Hungry For Change, and Transcendence Seasons 1 & 2 and founder of Food Matters and FMTV. Along with Laurentine ten Bosch, James founded the Food Matters community following the release of the 2008 documentary, giving people the tools (films, books, articles, and guided programs) to take charge of their own health. From here, FMTV was born! It was designed as a place where you can access vital information by watching all of your favorite inspiring documentaries, expert interviews, & recipe videos in one place, and in early 2020 FMTV found it's new home on Gaia.
