Beyond Disorderly Eating - Beginning

“First things first…. Always. This is not the time or place to rush. Come to understand that knowledge will make your climb easier. It will motivate you. ” …. Elizabeth Bohorquez, RN, C.Ht.

No doubt about it! We are a nation of addicts with sugar and refined carbohydrates ranking right at the top of the list. Sugar, and its relations are absolutely everywhere and like wallpaper, we tend not to see it, even though it surrounds us on all four walls. Sugar is a substance that can be abused, and while not formally listed along with other drugs, it is responsible for a host of problems ranging from chronic disease to poor cognitive or mind function. According to Janice Keller Phelps, M.D., author of The Hidden Addiction and How to Get Free, sugar is the prime culprit to all other addictions including alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, marijuana, sleeping pills, tranquillizers, speed, cocaine, other uppers and opiates. In my personal and professional experience, sugar addiction is at the heart of all bingeing, as well as depression, anxiety and panic disorder. It can drain your quality of life, no matter who you are or where you come from.

As bad as this sounds, it is not hopeless. You can choose to get a handle on the problems, even if they are multiple. You can choose to get well and stay well. So how did you end up in such a quagmire? Here’s what I’ve found in my years of research. While some individuals can see the problem, many cannot. Fewer understand it and even less know how to manage it on a long-long basis, so the head goes in the sand. There are some people who question whether or not there truly is a need to manage it, accepting it as just a small problem sitting in a sea of bigger and more important problems.

Why this confusion or seemingly lack of interest? The problem may begin with sugar’s label of innocence. We call people we like "sugar" or "sweetie" and even Grandma encouraged us to eat it. Would Grandma knowingly give us something dangerous? If you ever want to start a hot discussion, bring up the subject of sugar and pay attention to the defense. Watch the wide variety of emotions, some quite heightened. Ask if there is such a thing as sugar addiction. Just the idea of this can bring giggles, sometimes followed by anger and even remorse. Some people will defending it, as if it were on trial. “After all, it’s only food !!! Isn’t there enough in our world to be stressed about without adding what I put in my mouth?” And then the rationalization, “ If it were so bad there wouldn’t be so much of it around! Someone would take it off the shelves.” Someone?

If you are wondering if you should be concerned or not about what you put in your mouth, let me share some information with you. While most of us aren’t keen on reading statistics, they certainly can help to shake us up a bit and help us focus on what’s important. In addition, when we want to motivate change, it does help to put our focus in the right place. Reading this book is like being in one of my classes and while I have no intention on putting you to sleep with statistics, I will be holding some up for you to see. Knowledge is important. The information I’ll be sharing with you will be useful to you later on as you build your own self-motivation images.

First and foremost, do know that sugar addiction is no joke, but a true medical epidemic of pre-diabetes, heart and circulatory disease in drag. And that’s not all. Since sugar appears to be the underlying addiction to all addictions, you can add the rising number of addictions in our society to this grand epidemic that is raging and destroying our nation and other parts of the world that follow our leadership.

There are many reasons we have difficulty seeing the extent of the problem. As we explore the first reason, we get a awareness lesson in waking up, or seeing with “new eyes.” The truth is that we have such an overwhelming availability of unhealthy food and beverage, as well as the never-ending advertisements by the food industry, it is difficult to see the foods that are not sugar-related. It’s like other foods don’t even exist.

Making matters worse, most of us are completely unaware of what happens to our minds and bodies when we eat like this. The whole idea that food and beverage is connected to physical, mental and emotional outcomes appears to be foreign. Forget trying to get the idea across that there are both short and long term outcomes. For some reason we appear to be a very uneducated population in regard to how we manage our self-care and it is taking a very hard toll on our society.

Of course there is a percentage of our population who is aware, but even those who are awake to sugar addiction appear to have problems succeeding in staying on course. If you are one of these people, I’m glad you have decided to explore this book and different ways to approach the problems you may have been experiencing. Reading this book is like being in class. Throughout the chapters you will be introduced to some of my patients and students who have asked some excellent questions. Don’t feel left out! If you have questions, you can contact me online or come to a complimentary class right on your own computer screen. This information can be found in the back of this book.

Yes, there is a lot to learn about sugar addiction, and sometimes it seems overwhelming. Remember that all knowledge is self-motivational and will add to your success. It is very important to take your time with this work. We often have a tendency to rush through things. This is enhanced if you have a problem with sugar addiction. You may be experiencing ADHD or other cognitive problems. That’s why working in a journal is helpful. That way you engage more than one of your senses, and your subconscious mind will assist you in organizing your new knowledge.

You may have personal experience with some of the areas I’ll be mentioning, but not all. Because you are going to be working with your subconscious mind, each experience can be made useful through something called negative motivation. For example, if you don’t have diabetes, it can still be a powerful, negative motivator for you. You will read more about this later on in the self-hypnosis chapters. Let’s go ahead now.

Elizabeth Bohorquez, RN, C.Ht is a Clinical Hypnotherapist, President & Program Designer for Sarasota Medical & Sports Hypnosis Institute located in Sarasota, FL & online at www.hypnosis-audio.com & www.sugar-addiction.com She is the author of Sugar....the Hidden Eating Disorder & How to Lick It & Beyond Disorderly Eating...The Truth About Sugar, Bingeing & How to Stop. She has also written & produced +350 audio CD's & mp3's. The websites include moderated discussion groups, ezines, library & a host of other educational tools for learning Interactive Self-Hypnosis. Visit the online Boot Camp & work directly with the author. Download a free mp3 each month.

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