Our brains often instinctively crave sugar. It could be a slice of cake during times of stress, a bar of chocolate when bored, or a sweetened coffee when needing a pick-me-up. The inability to quit sugar may not stem from a lack of willpower but rather from not fully grasping the nature of sugar and not finding the most effective methods to quit.
Sweet Cravings: The Instinct for Survival and Growth
“Sugar is very important for our body and our brain. And I think this is where a lot of the difficulty (in cutting out sugar) lies,” Jessica Russo, a clinical psychologist from Philadelphia, told The Epoch Times during an interview.Sugar serves as the primary energy source for every cell in our body and much of the food we eat is broken down into various sugars.