Beat Sugar Addiction Now! by Jacob Teitelbaum and Chrystle Fiedler Summary
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Dr. Teitelbaum's revolutionary guide exposes sugar as our hidden health enemy. Using practical quizzes to identify your specific addiction type, this 2010 wellness game-changer sparked debate among health experts. Could your unexplained fatigue, weight gain, or mood swings actually be sugar's silent sabotage?
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The Hidden Epidemic Poisoning Our Children
Picture a nine-year-old child standing on a scale. Now imagine that same child holding a bag containing their exact weight-not in toys or books, but in pure sugar. That's precisely how much added sugar the average American child consumes each year: 78 pounds. This isn't a cautionary tale from a dystopian future-it's happening right now, in homes across the country. When Jennifer Garner and Jessica Alba began speaking out about children's sugar consumption, they weren't jumping on a trendy bandwagon. They were responding to a genuine health crisis that has tripled childhood obesity rates and transformed type 2 diabetes from an "adult-onset" disease into a pediatric epidemic. Sugar addiction isn't a metaphor or an exaggeration-brain imaging reveals that sugar triggers the same neural pathways as cocaine and heroin. Yet we serve it to our children three times a day, then wonder why they can't sit still, focus in school, or stop begging for more.
Why Your Child Can't Stop at One Cookie
Building Your Foundation: Partnership Over Policing
Liquid Candy: The First Battle
Morning Transformation: Breakfast That Sustains
Strategic Snacking and Dessert Wisdom
Unmasking Hidden Sugars and Sustaining Success
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"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
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