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Life After Sugar

Welcome to Life After Sugar: Stories to Inspire, with Netta Gorman. The podcast that"s not just about sugar, but about your relationship with it, and especially with yourself. This podcast is for you if you know that you need to cut down sugar, but you"re not sure where to start, and you"re feeling tired, sluggish, and overwhelmed because sugar seems to be everywhere. Get back your energy, lose your extra weight and the stiffness in your joints, get your digestion back on track, without feeling like

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215. "Sugar is instant pleasure, but long-term pain":...

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2025/02/23

My expert guest this week is Dr. Bob Rakowski who is a seasoned functional medicine practitioner with over three decades of experience. In this episode, Dr. Bob describes how as a teen growing up in the USA, he lived on milkshakes, cheeseburgers, french fries, and Mountain Dew. Tons of sugar! By the time he graduated high school, he was overweight and lacked energy. When Bob was just 18, he had an epiphany: he decided that for one week, he'd eat healthy. For him, it was a simple d...

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214. What does it feel like to live sugar free?

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2025/02/16

What does it feel like to live sugar free? Every individual has a different answer. And in this episode, Freedom from Cravings Formula graduate Noreen shares how she feels one year after signing up for the program. The question is: How will YOU feel? Need guidance and support to get rid of cravings so that you can slim down and finally feel in control around food? To get personalized guidance from me, plus support and accountability in a small group... apply here to join the&nbs...

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38:18

213. "Fasting and less sugar helped with my weight at...

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2025/02/09

When she was younger, Karen never had a weight problem. She was tall and slim. But then with the ups and downs of life, including several very stressful situations, her weight went up. Covid and menopause definitely didn't help! But two things did help Karen: cutting down sugar, and intermittent fasting. Listen to Karen's inspiring story as she tells how she stepped out of the "calories in - calories out" diet paradigm that wasn't working for her. Karen was open-minded enough to look at...

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35:01

212. "Eating sugar can create stress in your body": Amy

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2025/02/02

Amy is a functional medicine nurse practitioner who is passionate about helping patients reverse disease and obtain true health and healing. In this episode, we talk about stress, and how sugar can actually increase the stress levels in your body. Sugar can negatively affect cortisol and adrenal levels, as well as your gut health. We often think that the stress in our life is "out there"... but in my chat with Amy, you'll hear her talk about how the body reacts to stress... and what you ca...

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211. Listener question: Are sweeteners better than...

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2025/01/26

"Netta, are sweeteners better than sugar?"It's a question I often get asked.So you'll get my answer in this episode... although it might not be what you're expecting!Because I question the concept of "good" and "bad" with respect to food, especially sugar and sweeteners.In fact, instead of focusing on the value of certain types of foods, I prefer to focus on something far more important:YOU.Need guidance and support to get rid of cravings so that you can slim down and finally feel in control ...

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37:25

210. "For me, less sugar fits perfectly with...

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2025/01/19

Pamela is an intermittent faster.And for her, eating less sugar (or low carb) fits perfectly with her IF lifestyle.For Pam, it was a process to find what works for her. And it may not be the same for you (in fact, it probably isn't - because we're all different).In this episode, Pam shares the benefits of intermittent fasting on her hunger, her health, and her lifestyle. And how reducing processed carbs and sugar works in perfect tandem to her IF lifestyle. Need guidance and support to get ri...

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29:04

209. "I used to love chocolate... Now I don't need...

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2025/01/12

Sharon used to LOVE chocolate. She ate it every day. She couldn't imagine life without it.And she certainly never wanted to give up chocolate.So how did Sharon go from loving and needing chocolate to not wanting it or missing it anymore?Listen to Sharon's inspiring story to find out!Find Sharon here.Need guidance and support to get rid of cravings so that you can slim down and finally feel in control around food?To get personalized guidance from me, plus support and accountability in a small ...

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208. How to make new and sustainable habit changes

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2025/01/05

It's the new year, and there might be some tweaks you can make to your everyday habits so that gradually you get to freedom from cravings.The book Atomic Habits by James Clear is a great reference if you're struggling with cravings for sweet foods or junk foods, and if you find yourself mindlessly snacking whenever you're tired or stressed or emotional.James Clear in his book talks about how to create a good habit, and he has 4 laws to help you. James Clear's first law is to make it obvious. ...

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207. How will you feel with less sugar? (Part 3)

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2024/12/29

This is the last episode of 2024, so let's finish off the year in good cheer and in good health. And maybe good health for you includes less sugar.But maybe it's difficult for you to imagine actually feeling better with less sugar because you've never done it before.Or you have, but you feel you failed, or you just can't believe that taking away all your favorite sugary comfort foods will actually make you feel better.One of the top fears that people have is that they won't actually feel bett...

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206. How will you feel with less sugar? (Part 2)

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2024/12/22

One of the fears that people have (and I definitely had it myself) is that if they cut sugar from their diet, then there's nothing left to eat.I mean, sugar is everywhere. Right? Well, not quite. Sugar - added sugar I mean - is nowhere to be found in whole foods: in fruits and vegetables, for example.But it is a very common additive in industrial highly processed foods, or "ultra processed foods" as they're known.And many studies have shown that there's a link between chronic inflammation and...

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205. How will you feel with less sugar? (Part 1)

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2024/12/15

It's the end of 2024, and this short episode will help you start to shift a few beliefs about how you will feel with less sugar.For example:how reducing or cutting out sugar can help reduce mood swingshow eating less sugar can give you more energyhow you can achieve freedom from cravingsDon't believe that reducing or cutting sugar can do all that?Try it and see!Need guidance and support to get rid of cravings so that you can slim down and finally feel in control around food?To get personalize...

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34:29

204. "It was sugar - not fat - that made me put on...

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2024/12/08

Meredith grew up in the 80s and 90s eating all the "low fat" products because she was convinced that eating fat made her put on weight. It was only years later, after grad school, that she learned that those products contain a bunch of added sugars.Meredith started to educate herself about the effect that sugar and processed foods have on her body and weight. And she decided to stop eating them.Now she takes care of her weight and health (including her mental health) with real, whole foods - ...

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203. "Eating clean improved my health after bariatric...

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2024/12/01

Camilla has experienced a lot of health issues in her life, including bariatric surgery.In this episode, she talks about how early her sugar addiction began, and how she almost lost her life because of post-surgery complications.Malnutrition is a common side effect of bariatric surgery. Camilla discovered that her health improved when she focused on eating clean and cutting sugar, sweeteners and additives. She also started to develop a line of clean supplements that don't contain fillers and ...

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202. Is it possible to enjoy the holidays with less...

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2024/11/24

It's November, and the holiday season is upon us.So is it really possible to enjoy the holidays with less sugar?You'll find the answer (well, MY answer) in this short excerpt from a recent online workshop I gave on November 16, 2024, called "The Key to Getting Rid of Cravings so that You Can Feel in Control Around Sugar… Without Feeling Deprived or Restricted".Need guidance and support to get rid of cravings so that you can slim down and finally feel in control around food?To get personalized...

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201. "My obsession has been replaced with peace...

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2024/11/17

Vanessa has traveled all over the world.And she came to the conclusion that sugar is literally everywhere!That's not good news for anyone... but especially for her, because as she freely admits, Vanessa is a sugar addict.So how did she go from being completely obsessed about food (or rather, ultra-processed foods) to feeling peace around food, especially sugar?You'll hear about Vanessa's road to recovery in this episode.Find Vanessa here.Need guidance and support to get rid of cravings so tha...

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200. Why I created the Life After Sugar podcast

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2024/11/10

It's the 200th episode of the Life After Sugar podcast! Woo hoo!!I started this podcast in January 2021, and it's become a passion for me, and an inspiration to thousands of people. So thank you for listening!!In this episode, I tell my own personal story of my struggles with cravings and sugar. And how I got to my "life after sugar".You'll also hear why I created this podcast, and how it's helped others.Need guidance and support to get rid of cravings so that you can slim down and finally fe...

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47:21

199. "Cutting sugar saved me thousands of dollars on...

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2024/11/03

Carol didn't really have a problem with sugar until later in life.After each of her 4 pregnancies, she put on weight. Despite challenges like a divorce when her children were still young, Carol was a fighter. But she did overeat... especially sweet and salty foods. And it just got out of control. Her weight climbed, and eventually her nurse practitioner suggested the drug Ozempic, which cost $1000 per month.Listen to how Carol saved herself from taking the drug... and saved thousands of dolla...

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198. "I don't numb the pain away with sugar anymore":...

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2024/10/27

Sarah grew up with a mother who was very intentional with feeding her family healthy food. She cooked everything from scratch. As a child, Sarah didn't have any exposure to sugar whatsoever.And because there was no option for sugar in her life, Sarah says that she was neutral around food.Until her late thirties, when she decided to do a popular elimination diet. She had no weight to lose at the time, but she wanted to see what the hype was about.So she went on a 30-day elimination diet where ...

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197. "I finally feel like I have power over sugar":...

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2024/10/20

Acquanda grew up eating what she calls "semi-healthy foods", like flavoured yogurts.Then when she moved close to her sister, who's a great cook and dessert maker, Acquanda started eating sweets more often... and craving them!That's when she realized that she had a problem with sugar. She felt powerless.Acquanda was doing research on African American women in the southern states who are breastfeeding. That's when she noticed that packaged and fast foods were everywhere. The food options at the...

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196. Whole, processed and ultra-processed foods:...

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2024/10/13

Whole foods... processed foods... and ultra-processed foods (UPFs)... What's the difference?I'm not the first to ask this question.In fact, the NOVA system assigns foods to one of four groups, based on how much processing they have been through:Group 1 - Unprocessed or minimally processed foodsGroup 2 - Processed culinary ingredientsGroup 3 - Processed foodsGroup 4 - Ultra-processed food and drink productsIn this episode, you'll get examples of foods from each group. Unsurprisingly, I also ta...

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