Need Sugar? Give Yourself an Inner-Dose!
“I’m depressed. I need a cookie.” Sophia Petrillo , The Golden Girls If you’ve seen the sitcom, The Golden Girls , you know Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty) as the wisecracking mother of Dorothy (Bea Arthur). The great thing about sitcoms is that there’s a lot of hidden truth underneath the wisecracking, and there’s none greater than the truth in the above quote—if you’re used to escaping your uncomfortable feelings through food. Many of us who struggle with body weight do so because we subconsciously—and sometimes consciously—medicate our emotional pain away with food. Sugar and salt are two of the primary addictive substances that are excellent for making us feel better, at least initially. I love sugar. There isn’t any greater comfort food than chocolate chip cookies or cheesecake (I hear the Golden Girls applauding). But the problem with sugar is that it always bottoms-out. We experience our sugar-rush and then there’s the big blood sugar drop soon after. The high...