“Sugar is the sociopath of foods. It acts sweet, but it’s really poison.” – Karen Salmansohn

I know it has such a negative impact on me…yet I have such a hard time looking away. Cakes and cookies and creams oh my! Toss in Christmas festivities and the effects are multiplied.

It’s my own fault. For some nostalgic reason, I feel obliged to bake in December. Peanut butter chocolate squares, snickerdoodles, sugar cookie cut-outs, shortbread, etc. Yes, I tell myself that I do it for the kids…but who eats it? ME!

Of course there are scientific connections – dopamine availability, impulse control disorders, microbiome health etc. Just google “sugar and Parkinson’s” and you will find a plethora of scientific journal articles and research into the topic.

I don’t need any further scientific proof or research to confirm that this substance that I love, is tremendously harmful to my health. My symptoms speak for themselves. I am fully aware that sugar does not get along with my gut, my heart or my brain – yet I continue to consume it in unhealthy and immeasurable quantities.

This is it. We have to break up.

There is no better (and more obvious) time to start over, so tomorrow at midnight on December 31st, I will make valiant attempt to make a clean break from processed sugars.

There. I wrote it down so I must mean business.

Now, I just have to tell sugar…

Helpful links:

Davis Phinney Foundation – Sugar Cravings

5 Tips to Beat Sugar Cravings with Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson’s Foundation – Diet Guide

Parkinson’s Disease and Sugar Intake-Reasons for and Consequences of a Still Unclear Craving