Kick Sugar to the Curb to Reduce Inflammation & Restore Your Health | Julie Daniluk (#450)

Julie Daniluk (IG: @juliedaniluk) is a nutritionist and TV personality and the award-winning, bestselling author of Meals That Heal Inflammation, Slimming Meals That Heal & Hot Detox.

Her 4th book, Becoming Sugar-Free, was released in September 2021 and quickly became a Canadian bestseller.

Julie has appeared on hundreds of television and radio shows, including The Dr. Oz Show. She is in her 11th season as a resident expert for The Marilyn Denis Show.

If you’re looking to break up with sugar for good and still have plenty of options for adding healthy sweetness to your diet – this episode is for you.

Watch the full video version of this conversation below.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Sugar = inflammation
• Eliminating sugar can improve ADHD symptoms
• Sugar is as addictive as cocaine
• Sugar ages us head to toe
• Healthy alternatives to sugar
• Buffer your blood sugar by eating fiber
• Cane sugar vs. white sugar
• Raw honey is healing for your gut
• Inositol can reduce panic attacks and PCOS
• Why Julie gave up sugar for good, 14 years ago
• Emotional eating is a form of self-harm
• Eating disorders and EMDR therapy
• Julie recalls her life-threatening food poisoning incident
• Focusing on a gut healing & anti-inflammatory lifestyle
• 90% of your serotonin is made in your gut
• The best healing foods
• Julie’s intermittent fasting routine + what she eats in a day
• Focus on fat-fueled snacks
• True fasting means no caffeine
• Julie’s favourite adaptogenic herbs for adrenal support
• The benefits of obscure alternative sweeteners
• Choose coconut sugar over maple syrup
• Break up with high levels of fructose
• Vitamin P helps transport vitamin C
• Try wearing a continuous glucose monitor
• Why you should avoid agave syrup
• Julie’s top 4 alternative sweetener recommendations
• What’s 3 food interference?
• Bitter foods impact our tastebuds
• What happens with cortisol when you extend your fast?
• Julie suffered a hormonal heart attack in 2016
• Supplements that heal your heart
• What is POTS?
• Types of exercise to introduce when healing
• Stimulating the vagus nerve
• Sarcopenia is the robber of health
• What do I need to do today?
• Practicing radical gratitude

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Related links:

Julie Daniluk – Becoming Sugar-Free (book)
Julie Daniluk’s website
Follow Julie Daniluk on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
Julie Daniluk – Hot Detox (book)
Julie Daniluk – Slimming Meals That Heal (book)
Julie Daniluk – Meals That Heal Inflammation (book)
Listen to Julie Daniluk previously on TUHP (episode #022, #071, #136, and #180)
Becoming Sugar-Free (website)
3 Steps to Becoming Sugar-Free (Julie’s guide)
Dr. Ben Feingold – Why Your Child is Hyperactive (book)

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