Bullshit or sugar?

I am a big fan of linguistics, and am always amazed at the effect that the words we chose has on our mood and behavior.


A few days ago I was talking with a client that came for weight management. She was telling me about an argument with her husband (that led her to finish the Oreo cookies later that night), and described his position saying: “that’s bullshit!”. I immediately thought how curious it is that we use the excrement of an animal to represent something we disagree with because we think is fake or false. Bull shit (or cow shit) happens to be a truthful organic fertilizer that serves an important purpose. It is natural and honest. It does not mislead us and its smell and appearance make the fact that it is not something edible very obvious. Sugar, in contrast, serves absolutely no positive purpose or function. (Please note I am not talking about blood sugar or the kind of sugar that fuel our brain, but about the refined white powder that is slowly but surely killing us) It tricks us into thinking it’s great through an attractive taste and appearance. It makes us addicted to it by producing a spike of fake energy and pleasure while in reality it is the beginning of the crash. It produces candida and feeds bacteria which will reproduce and overpower our immune system, leading to illness. It turns into a sticky brownish substance that binds to proteins and clogs our arteries. Since the refinement process has depleted white sugar from minerals, it uses our mineral reserve to be metabolized. It makes our bodies acidic, so that in order to restore Ph balance we consume our calcium, and if there is not enough calcium around, we pull it from our bones, which, over time, leads to osteoporosis. It makes us fat and weak.


So, who is here the impostor, the fake one, the perpetrator? Bullshit or sugar?

I shared my thoughts about this with my client and suggested that from now on, every time she wants to refer to something false, with no value, or upsetting, she uses the word “sugar” instead of “bullshit”. By doing that, her mind will create a negative association with sugar that by repetition will become a habit and change her perception of sugar. She looked at me like I’m carzy but promised to give it a shot.


The following session she came in smiling. She couldn’t stop laughing when telling me about her family and friend’s face every time someone said something stupid and she screamed: “that’s sugar!”. It worked for her, she progressively cut down on sugar as she kept doing this. Suddenly, cookies, sodas and deserts lost their pull and power over her. As she became free from her sugar addiction and lost weight, she regained not only her figure but also her good mood.


Why not give it a shot? next time you are watching the news and hear none sense, or someone tries to trick you, forcefully say: “that’s sugar” and you may be pleasantly surprised with the change it brings.

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