Table of Contents
Introduction: Sugar: A Codependent Relationship ix
Part I Understanding Sugar Brain
Chapter 1 The Evolution of Sugar Brain 1
Chapter 2 Willpower Is Not the Problem 17
Chapter 3 How Food Addiction Fuels Sugar Brain-and Vice Versa 31
Chapter 4 The Secret of Gradual Detox 45
Part II Your Brain on the Western Diet
Chapter 5 Feeling Anxious: Hungry for Serotonin 63
Chapter 6 Feeling Blue: Ravenous for Dopamine 87
Chapter 7 Feeling Powerless: Starving for Everything 117
Chapter 8 The Secret of Intermittent Fasting 125
Part III Special Situations That Fuel Sugar Brain
Chapter 9 Obsessive Eating: Seeking Security 139
Chapter 10 Emotional Eating: The Search for Joy 153
Chapter 11 Binge Eating: Regaining Control 167
Part IV Fix Your Sugar Brain
Chapter 12 Starved for Serotonin: Sugar-Free Ways to Satiate the Craving for Sugar 187
Chapter 13 Dopamine Deprived: "Kediterranean" Diet-Approved Ways to Satiate the Craving for Fat 199
Chapter 14 The Power of Thoughts and Beliefs: Harnessing Your Subconscious and Using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Heal Your Sugar Brain 209
Chapter 15 The Sugar Brain Fix Program 235
Appendix A Sugar Brain-Fixing Recipes 277
Appendix B Sugar Brain-Fixing Supplements, Foods, and Practices 309
Appendix C Exceptions: Who Should Not Use the Sugar Brain Fix 313
Bibliography 315
Index 323
About the Author 337