Sugar is 8 X more addictive than cocaine.

[Blessedbears]

I took an amazing supplement called yeast cleanse by the company Now and it caused my body to stop bein addicted to excess sugar. It worked in one week. I believe we can become overcome with candida and that also causes the cravings for sugar. I know my problem was severe... the herbs killed the excess candida.

[Sirona]

I took an amazing supplement called yeast cleanse by the company Now and it caused my body to stop bein addicted to excess sugar. It worked in one week. I believe we can become overcome with candida and that also causes the cravings for sugar. I know my problem was severe... the herbs killed the excess candida.

Your post sounds like an ad.

 

Currently there is no clinical evidence that Candida can treat any legitimate medical condition. There are plenty of 'unrecognised' illnesses to market and sell health products to treat nonexistent problems.

 

Your decrease in sugar cravings was most likely a placebo effect.

 

 

Edited March 31, 2016 by Sirona

[iNow]

Your decrease in sugar cravings was most likely a placebo effect.

Ooohh, I know! We should start selling a placebo, then!!

 

Oh wait, looks like most folks are already doing that.

[Sirona]

Ooohh, I know! We should start selling a placebo, then!!Oh wait, looks like most folks are already doing that.

Hah, and eating less sugar will in turn make you crave less sugar; no need to buy untested or regulated supplements which cost a fortune.

[StringJunky]

Hah, and eating less sugar will in turn make you crave less sugar; no need to buy untested or regulated supplements which cost a fortune.

They just make expensive urine.

[Sirona]

They just make expensive urine.

Here is an interesting story of how dodgy TGA regulations can be and how health supplement manufacturers can bypass the regulations.

 

https://theconversation.com/supplement-regulation-by-tga-is-completely-cactus-13451

 

Furthermore, a lot of herbal supplements don't contain much of those substances and some not at all and are bulked with rice powder and wheat. A New York Times article found that several herbal supplements sold in Target: ginkgo biloba, St John's wort and valerian root did not have any of the herbal ingredients listed on the label. Instead they found powdered vegetables: rice, peas and carrots.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/well/2015/02/03/sidebar-whats-in-those-supplements/?referer=

 

There is a lot of fraud in the industry as there is a lot of money to be made from feeding people's insecurities and hypochondria.

[StringJunky]

Here is an interesting story of how dodgy TGA regulations can be and how health supplement manufacturers can bypass the regulations.

 

https://theconversation.com/supplement-regulation-by-tga-is-completely-cactus-13451

 

Furthermore, a lot of herbal supplements don't contain much of those substances and some not at all and are bulked with rice powder and wheat. A New York Times article found that several herbal supplements sold in Target: ginkgo biloba, St John's wort and valerian root did not have any of the herbal ingredients listed on the label. Instead they found powdered vegetables: rice, peas and carrots.

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/well/2015/02/03/sidebar-whats-in-those-supplements/?referer=

 

There is a lot of fraud in the industry as there is a lot of money to be made from feeding people's insecurities and hypochondria.

They might as well be none of the supposed ingredients. They are not likely to have much effect anyway even if they were in there. Supplements are nothing but placebos, as you say, to help the worried well lighten the load on their wallets/purses. Most people pay the price, like this, for not having even a basic understanding of science. More fool them.

[nec209]

http://www.ecorazzi.com/2015/02/26/study-sugar-is-eight-times-more-addictive-than-cocaine/

 

And just, if not more, dangerous to our health, yet one is illegal and the other is freely advertised/promoted ubiquitously throughout the world.

 

Is the mighty dollar really so powerful as to seduce the world with such a drug and are we all equally culpable; given our collective need to accumulate imagined wealth?

 

Sex, gambling and junk food can be addicting to some people leading to bankruptcy, no job, HIV, obesity and crime. But hard drugs like cocaine and crack can lead to crime to supports one habit but they make you body sick aka withdraws. Where addiction of Sex, gambling and junk food person head their is no withdraws.

 

A herion addict withdraws is worse than cold or flu.

 

Smoking (nicotine ) is almost is addcting has herion!!!! But does not have the horrible withdraws.

 

Smoking pot can be really addictiing to some people but does not have bad withdraws like the hard drugs.

http://www.ecorazzi.com/2015/02/26/study-sugar-is-eight-times-more-addictive-than-cocaine/

 

And just, if not more, dangerous to our health, yet one is illegal and the other is freely advertised/promoted ubiquitously throughout the world.

 

Is the mighty dollar really so powerful as to seduce the world with such a drug and are we all equally culpable; given our collective need to accumulate imagined wealth?

 

 

The theory why bad stuff taste good like junk food is evolution, sugar and salt like greasy foods was almost in possible to get in nature. People evolved of the land base on plant food!! Like apes eating fruit and vegetables. Meat was hard to come by and sugar and salt was very hard to come by.

 

Base on human survival of evolution the human body needed very littile sugar and salt. These foods taste good becuse they hard to find in nature.

 

Now with modern world we have more sugar and salt than is needed for centuries.

Edited April 7, 2016 by nec209

[iNow]

http://neurosciencenews.com/nicotinic-acetylcholine-sugar-addiction-3988/

Neuroscientist Professor Selena Bartlett from QUT’s Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation said the study, which has just been published by international research journal PLOS ONE, shows drugs used to treat nicotine addiction could be used to treat sugar addiction in animals.

(snip)

Excess sugar consumption has been proven to contribute directly to weight gain. It has also been shown to repeatedly elevate dopamine levels which control the brain’s reward and pleasure centres in a way that is similar to many drugs of abuse including tobacco, cocaine and morphine.

 

“After long-term consumption, this leads to the opposite, a reduction in dopamine levels. This leads to higher consumption of sugar to get the same level of reward.

[solmon]

Because glucose, fructose and other hexoses and pentoses are fuels for our body. I would like to see how long you last without those compounds. Don't put up a strawman to try to facilitate less socially accepted hobbys.

 

Absolutely right man!

[SpaceMonkeyX]

I would like to be a contender and weigh in on all of this because i find it all very facinating. I find it so important that i want to find my thesis in it all, but there is so so so much to take in and consider that i cannot yet propose anything... given i havnt had much practice voicing anything and am new on this forum to try to remedy that as a weekness. I would like to just say that i really appreciate that you all are discussing all of these factors contributing to our health or lack there of. The community that i come from has no dialog on anything that affects or effects us. I want to learn about what we can do about all of this regardless of where blame lies and in what amounts.

After reading through the thread and having been trying to learn everything i can on this stuff for a few years now, sadly i can admit i would not be prepared to make any original claims or thesis thoughts on the subject that I can support with evidence at this time. I really really want to learn how to talk about all of this with you all and discuss the studies and arguments. I wont be an asshat and spew a bunch of docudrama pointed speculations, use out of context or comparison stats, or use fallacies just to interject. The truth is i just dont know enough about it all yet and it is a lot to process through and apply my personal self onto...But i very much value all of your participation insight... and links so ty

Hoping this isnt a breach of contract and terms derailing from the point and preparing to be pounced on...

*time out white flag* On a side note of course...: What are people who study all this professionally and help people with all these issues called specifically? do each of the factors/veriable have their own specialists or is it all covered as "nutritional science?" What about when metobolic disorders or desieses as consequences arise... is the puck passed to a person/doctor with a different kind of degree each time theres a different effect? are the people who research and publish about it the same people who teach about it? Are they physicians? what is it called when you study these reactions and needs in people (not including lab made medicines/chem)? is it a specialty? in what field?

if this is an inappropriate hijack of the thread i really apologize-i just wish i knew how to know what i dont know about all of this so to better understand and participate and find out.... mini detour asked for out of despiration for much needed education navigation; please feel free to refer me elsewhere or ignore if need be-

Thanx

Space Monkey

Edited June 26, 2016 by SpaceMonkeyX