Sugar destroys your energy and your appearance!

Today is the first day of our cleanse – look around and appreciate the view!

Some of you may be familiar with inspirational cancer survivor Kris Carr.  I just received her most recent newsletter, which I thought serendipitously aligned with the sugar part of our detox:

Want to know what I’ve been craving a lot? Sugar. Want to know why?
Because a bunch of cookies found their way into our cupboard and
eventually into my tummy. Though I don’t normally have a sweet tooth, I
found myself making mindless pantry raids.

Next we received some awesome vegan chocolate as a
gift. I mean, delicious. “Why not grab a cookie and some chocolate
since I’m passing by the kitchen anyway?” No big deal. But as the week
went on (and the next week followed), I noticed a habit forming.
Everyday at around 4 p.m. my body told me it was time for my “treat.”
That’s why I call sugar: “crack.”

Then I began noticing some zits, decreased
energy, irritability, restless sleep, and well, I just felt itchy. Not
to mention, at age 40, I started to get really bad migraines, and let me
tell you, sugar does not help. It sorta feels like giving myself brain
surgery with an ice pick!

I know what sugar does to the body. For the love
of Jesus, I wrote a whole chapter on it in “Crazy Sexy Diet,” but I had
forgotten just how powerful a drug it is. Funny enough, I was telling a
member of my Crazy Sexy team about what I was experiencing, and she
started to giggle: “No way! I just cut back on sugar, and my skin is
clearing up, I lost a few unwanted pounds, and my energy is regulating.”

Exactly!