Sydney nutritionist Cassie Platt, is set to release a new book entitled Don’t Quit Sugar. She’s not the only one sounding alarm bells. Kotowicz’s dissenting voice is almost alone among the comments after the post most are applauding Wilson and confessing their own ‘failures’ something Kotowicz warns can be part of a broader problem of normalising and encouraging similar binge-guilt behaviour. Watch Nigella Lawson discuss the dangers of restrictive eating below (post continues after video). Isn’t it possible that there is a happy medium in there somewhere? It’s not crack. I am human after all…”īeing harsh on ourselves, not only does not help, but makes us feel so much worse in the long run because it deconstructs our sense of self and causes us to beat up on ourselves. But for some reason, I needed to eat them and that’s ok. While you may wonder what this has to do with anything, imagine being able to say to yourself: “So I ate the croissants… Did I enjoy them? No. My other concern are the notions of ‘failing’ or ‘slip-ups’ as described by many of the readers in their comments…. To some vulnerable people in our society, it simply provides an excuse to restrict and control and can trigger these people into disordered eating or even into bona fide eating disorders. Kotowicz was clearly concerned for Wilson’s well being. She was one of the first to leave a comment on Sarah Wilson’s blog piece about eating the croissants. Paula Kotowicz, an eating disorders counsellor, has written on her blog about how avoiding particular foods (when there is no scientific health-related reason to so) can cover up dangerous eating disorders or conditions. In particular, there is a strong view amongst many nutritionists and eating disorder experts that cutting out sugar entirely can be dangerous for both mental and physical health. ![]() While there are many devotees of the no-sugar lifestyle in Australia, the program also has its critics. And witness the whole ruddy lot, warts and pillowy stodge and all. I ate a hearty meal of meat and vegetables. Around 5pm I was able to get up and drive to the next town. I had to lie down under a tree for two hours. Maturity just let it be a shithouse day (where previously I would’ve freaked that I’d even allowed a shithouse day to occur). I witnessed how shitty I was with everything. I was not as emotionally open and grateful as I am normally with such experiences. So I hiked along some cliff tops and concentrated on calming down. Sugar AND gluten in the one injection.īut maturity saw me get a grip and go for a walk. The rest of the day I felt incredibly ill. And the anxiety – now carrying the weight of a gluten-y, sugary pillow – would flare up again.Īfter I ate the two chocolate croissants, the same pillowy panic took over. It wasn’t enjoyable. The stodge was like a suffocating pillow I could jam down on top of the anxiety. Stodgy, PUFA-drenched pastries were what I would drown myself in when the panic and anxiety in my gut got too much. It’s the rut that I used to go to almost daily when I got hurt, uncertain, uncomfortable, wobbly. And the flap took me straight back to a well-grooved rut that I spent, ooohhhh, a good twenty years chiselling into my being. They were stodgy and filled with PUFA-drenched Nutella-like goo. Let’s be sure: they weren’t even good ones. So yesterday I ate two chocolate croissants. Here is how she described the physical, mental and emotional aftermath: If quitting sugar isn’t your thing, we recommend you try out this delicious mug cake recipe (post continues after video). And then yesterday, she revealed on her blog that she’d eaten sugar while travelling through Europe. ![]() Since then, Wilson has been building a sugar-quitting empire, with her best-selling books, website and program proving immensely popular. In her book she describes the immediate improvements in her health and the positive effect it has had on managing her autoimmune disease and thyroid condition. Wilson originally decided to quit sugar in 2011, as an experiment for her column in Sunday Life, a Fairfax owned magazine. I Quit Sugar has also become an eight-week program, not unlike Michelle Bridges‘ 12 Week Body Transformation program. ![]() She’s a journalist and media commentator but she’s also the author of three books: physical book I Quit Sugar, e-books I Quit Sugar: an 8-week program and the I Quit Sugar Cookbook. That headline is significant because of who Sarah Wilson is. The post was simply called: “I ate sugar.” Yesterday, social media was buzzing with debate about a new post on Sarah Wilson’s blog.
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