**Edit** You can still click the link below and watch the recording! :D
WOW!! I am unbelievably excited, honored, and nervous to be leading this Live call on FB for so many people!!! EEEEEEKKKK.
Ok.. but what makes me an expert on sugar?? Why should you come and listen to me talk on the subject?
To answer that I have to tell you about my son... our sweet little 6 year old.
Ben is your average kid with a big loving heart! He is sweet, gentle, and very affectionate! He loves to help out around the house (but hates to clean his room) and is very gently with his baby brother.
Ok, enough back story... Ben... like most kids... gets hyper when he gets his hand on some sugary treat. Unlike most kids however... he gets AGGRESSIVE, ANGRY, MEAN, and basically has crazy outbursts that resembles something out of the Twilight Zone.
I'm not exaggerating here either.
He has straight up clawed me with his talon like nails. Given me death stares that could out do any teenager. Growled louder then a Grizzly bear, and hits himself or others in his way.
ALL IN PUBLIC MIND YOU.
So I did what any normal rational parent of this day in age does....
I searched the internet. HAHA
Of course Web MD had him with tumors that were effecting his neurological pathways. haha
Also around this time I was taking a health class in college. We were learning all about GMO's, gluten, and... you guessed it... sugar. All of this info was so new to me and blew me away. I got hungry.... for more information.
Then I heard about this documentary called Fed Up. (check it out on Netflix or go to fedupmovie.com for more info) and let me tell you... I was BLOWN AWAY and just how HORRIBLE this sweet white substance is. (Seriously... come listen to my talk to find out exactly what I'm talking about)
So I set out on how to rid our diet of this stuff, and GMO's, and all the other CRAP the food industry puts in our food. That is when I decided to try going Paleo.
Now it wasn't an easy switch for a child, but we got him completely switched over in 6 months. (He still has a few "cheats" here and there I'm very realistic I promise) Anyway.. something amazing happened! MY SWEET LITTLE BOY CAME BACK!!!! We had fewer and fewer outbursts and now he just has the normal kid fits that every parent has to deal with.
Sometimes I would think... this has to be all in my head. He doesn't really have a sensitivity to Sugar... thats CRAZY. BUT... then I would give in and give him a juice box from concentrate or let him have that cookie... and about 20 min later I completely regret my decision and am reminded that this really is a thing and I'm not crazy.
But... but... he is a KID... I have to let him eat kid food and have cookies and ice cream.
NO... no I don't. BUT what I have learned to do is make some seriously delicious treats that actually taste way better then the stuff at the store and contains ZERO refined sugar! I make treats with only raw honey, stevia, pure maple syrup (sometimes), coconut sugar, dates, raisins, ripe bananas, or fruit juices. That is IT.
So wether you have been Paleo for a long time and this is old news to you, you are brand new to Paleo and still figuring things out, or you just want to learn how to live a healthier lifestyle YOU ARE INVITED to this exclusive ONE time live call where I will be giving you the down and dirty about Sugar, giving away some of my favorite healthified (is that a word?) treats, AND I will be leading a FREE sugar detox group after Thanksgiving! (like I said... I'm realistic... I want pumpkin pie too! lol )
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