by CHEF AJ » Sat Aug 31, 2013 12:41 pm
When someone has the biogenetic disease of food addiction, even small amounts of refined sugar, flour, or wheat in a recipe ( think BBQ sauce, pasta) can trigger overeating and lead to a binge. That's why recovery starts with abstinence from these foods.
Whole foods do not affect the brain chemistry like this. All the problems ith addiction come from refining. Beets are healthy, sugar is not. Whole grains are healthy, grain alcohol is not. The white poppy is not a problem for people, but when you refine it into cocaine or heroin, it becomes a problem.
People that don't have this disease can have a little sugar, a little flour, maybe even a little alcohol. Those that suffer from refined carbohydrate sensitivity best avoid these.
It depends on what your goals are. I have learned that there is no problem so great that "just one bite" if these foods won't make worse. One bite is too many, 1,000 is never enough.
For me, abstinence is bliss!
Love & Kale,
Chef AJ
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