Letting go of Sugar Addiction

My Food:
Breakfast:
1 banana mushed with 2 tablespoons raw crunchy almond butter, shredded coconut and cinnamon; so nurturing!

20 ounces Nettle herb infusion in water; adaptogen herb to fortify and nourish the body

Lunch:
salad with romaine, cabbage, carrot, daikon, cuke and dulse with nutritional yeast, olive oil and Herbamare

Snack:
3 dates rolled in coconut

Snack:
2 bricks of Two Moms in the raw goji berry granola

Dinner:
1 banana

20 ounces Oatstraw herb infusion in water; nourishing herb for the body

For many years in my early years of practice as a Health Counselor, I gave talks that incorporated the addictive nature of sugar, and how it imbalances the blood sugar like a pinball machine, spiking our energy up and then radically lowering it; even when we may not feel it. My focus was really on processed sugars; you know, the stuff that starts out as a whole food (beet plant and sugar cane) and then goes through ten or twelve steps of refining and processing to become the white powdered substance in our sugar bowls. All the sugars with "natural" names; Florida Crystals, Sugar in the Raw, brown sugar, turbinado sugar; Splenda, maltose, dextrose, glucose, sucrose; I spoke about all of them. And then I would speak about whole food sugars; maple syrup, honey, brown rice syrup, agave and black strap molasses; the sugars that did not deplete our bodies by creating an acid environment and leaching calcium from our bones.
That being said, sugar is sugar in that it still taps into the cellular memory stored in our bodies that has kept us craving sugar for years.
The source may be healthier for our system than processed sugar, but sugar is still addictive in our body's memory. Sugar is also inflammatory and can trigger Candida (yeast). By the way, both women and men can get Candida. Often when you feel bloated and gass-ey alot, this is what is happening in your body; look to your sugar intake, your dairy intake and to how much water you are drinking each day (remember, do not consume your water with your meal, as it impedes digestion; have a nice big Mason jar in the early morning to really hydrate, and bewteen meals).
Paul Nison just interviewed a 108 year old man on his show, "The Raw Life Health Show," and when asked what the key to health and longevity has been, one of his responses was that he does not eat sugar and stays away from it.
So, you all know I've stopped my nighttime eating, right? And you know that eating involved my raw desserts, right? Well, here's what I noticed tonight: I felt like a Heroin addict without her drugs! I had to "white knuckle" the feeling of craving and hunger. This tells me that the sugar was splaying far too an important role in my body, and especially at night when it wasn't having a chance to properly assimilate. This, of course, has me know that it is definitely time to let go of that nighttime eating. Thankfully, my body always tells me.
Please write in and tell me what you notice in your relationship with sugar...