Have you been told already you are an extreme person for doing this diet?

“Life is short, eat something”.

“The body needs sugar. What you do is not healthy”.

“You’re extreme for doing this.”

And other such statements. Have you heard those?

I recognize these, too. When I cut sugar, the people around me always had something to say:

“Sugar is natural!”

“The body needs sugar”!

“Fruits and a lot of them, that’s healthy!”

And other such remarks.

Do you hear that too? I suggest taking that lightly.

Most people including myself have been educated on the nutritional perception that carbohydrates are the basis of everything and juices are a boost of vitamins and health.

The truth is a far cry from this. And when you’re told that sugar is natural, answer that heroin and cyanide are also natural 🙂

But seriously, it is not always easy to make a change when our environment has so much influence on us.

And the strange thing is, at any given time, we find that many around us are trying to adopt a diet and change their nutrition. Yes, including cutting down on sugar. Weird, ha?

Look around.

Many weigh themselves every day.

Having exercise schedules.

And most people stick to weight loss programs or diets.

So how is it that, precisely in saying no to sugar and reducing carbs, the reaction of the environment is so extreme?

I’m always surprised that, sometimes, the environment is so intolerant towards a person who stops eating sugar.

Is it threatening?

Or maybe a lack of education?

“Everything is In Moderation”

Either way, many participants in the GNS challenge report an environment that urges them to do “everything in moderation.”

If it happens to you, you’re not alone.

And this is the most amazing of all. The average daily sugar consumption of a Western person increased 40 times. Yes, 40X in the last 200 years.

This is extreme.

The link between the sugar content in foods and soft drinks with obesity and diseases, including diabetes, is a scientific fact.

There is no “moderation” in the average diet in the Western world. Meals based on potatoes, ketchup, pasta, rice, breakfast cereal, and sugary drinks in many homes are the routine dishes.

Bread? Everyone loves it, so it comes next to every meal.

And, in between, everyone eats some cookies, ice cream, or a piece of cake. And everyone drinks cola, iced tea, or flavored (sugary) water.

So first, let’s take a deep breath. We can feel good about what we’re doing here.

Your Process

The process you are doing is not extreme at all, and there is no danger to life here!

All you have to do is give up sugar and most carbs for 21 days of your life. 21 days where you examine how terrible it is to get along without eating sweet foods. How awful it is to stop bombard your body with sugar.

After 21 days, you could develop the healthy lifestyle that you choose and want, from a place of choice and not addiction.

In fact, you are with us because you have decided that you have enough of this bad eating. And it’s time to take out only one thing from the plate that will change the entire picture. The one thing that will allow your body to recuperate.

Yes, helping your precious gift… is not extreme at all.

So you do not have to call this challenge a “rehab”. But you are with us because you are “addicted” to this sweet thing. Don’t blame yourself.

The Sweet Taste

The sweet taste is the first taste that our tongue learns to recognize immediately upon our birth. Breast milk is lactose-rich milk that is, rich in carbohydrates needed for the rapid development of the baby.

And our tongue gets used from the first moment to the sweet taste like the good and familiar taste of our mother.

Perhaps from there, we get used to what accompanies us later in life, as if the sweet taste is the taste of comfort. The taste of the “joy of life.”

But these habits that became fixed in our lifestyle have been running our lives for too long.

And now, we are in the time of awakening.

Breaking the Illusion

For four years, I told everyone how healthy I’m eating. I thought I was “educated” about true health until I realized I understood nothing.

The process of disillusionment I went through, and which I hope you will go through when you complete the challenge, made me feel free.

Only when I was freed from this need, I realized how enslaved I was to it all my life. Yes, the word enslaved may make you cringe, but try for a moment to think about your afternoon coffee.

Do you know this moment when you “must” have something sweet next to your coffee?

How many times do you find yourself simply “must” have something sweet at lunch when you return from your break back to your office chair?

How many times have you looked in the fridge for something to snack only because your favorite series is about to start? 😉

I’ve got the feeling you understand what I’m talking about.

In all those times when you felt you must have something sweet, it was the sugar that kept you going. The need for sugar pushed you to the fridge or pantry.

And when you feed “that need”, it calms down. But only for a short time. Half an hour – an hour later, the need will raise its head again.

Enough is enough.

You’re here because you have made a decision to break out of this vicious circle.

Well done so far. It’s almost 2 weeks, you’re doing great. Keep up your excellent work.