Sweet Liberation: Hacking Your Taste Buds for Less Sugar
Reducing sugar cravings and resetting your taste buds can benefit your health.
Consuming sugar can lead to health problems. When sugar is converted into glucose and absorbed into the bloodstream, it causes spikes in blood sugar levels and increases insulin release. This can be harmful over time, leading to organ damage, inflammation, insulin resistance, and increased risk of diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Eating sugar can diminish the function of the liver, kidney, heart, skin, and brain.
Whir, whir, whir, the sound of the blender disturbed the peace of the morning. Annie frowned at its sound but smiled as she watched as the ingredients were mixed into crumbly flour. “Perfect,” she thought as she emptied the blender contents into a mixing bowl.
LJ put his arms around her waist as she added a cup of mashed sweet potato. “What’s cookin’ good lookin’?”
“I’m making Sweet potato cookies.”
“Right on time because we are out of cookies.”
“Annie smiled and, facing LJ, said, “I deliberately stopped buying store-bought cookies because I want to wean us off sugar. I noticed we started looking for something sweet after dinner and were starting to over-indulge in them. At least I was, but you were eating more and…
