Life After Sugar
Welcome to Life After Sugar: Stories to Inspire, with Netta Gorman. The podcast that's not just about sugar, but about your relationship with it, and especially with yourself. This podcast is for you if you know that you need to cut down sugar, but you're not sure where to start, and you're feeling tired, sluggish, and overwhelmed because sugar seems to be everywhere. Get back your energy, lose your extra weight and the stiffness in your joints, get your digestion back on track, without feeling like you're depriving yourself of anything or being on a diet! Here you'll hear inspiring stories of people who cut out sugar in their own way, at their own pace, and for their own reasons. I hope that this podcast will inspire you to discover your life after sugar too! For more details, visit the Life After Sugar website at aftersugarclub.com.
Episodes
265 episodes
264. Sugar and emotional eating
What is emotional eating?For a long time, I didn’t think emotional eating had anything to do with me. I thought I just liked sugar. I thought I needed more discipline. I thought I should “do better.”You may relate....
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263. The biochemistry of sugar and energy: Dr. Elizabeth
My guest this week, Dr. Elizabeth Wanek, has a chemistry degree, a medical doctorate, and decades of practice.She challenges conventional healthcare thinking by connecting physics, chemistry, and biology to how we see energy, food, sugar...
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41:20
262. Natural sugars, added sugars, and nutritional guidelines
What actually counts as a whole food — and why does that matter when it comes to sugar?In this episode, I unpack the difference between foods with added sugars and whole foods that naturally contain sugar, like fruit and dairy.&...
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261. “Sugar isn't a treat for me anymore”: Mirinda
In this episode, Mirinda shares her honest journey with sugar, dieting, and the lifelong food noise so many women know well. Growing up with mixed messages about food and years of yo-yo dieting, Mirinda explains how sugar slowly beg...
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34:22
260. “Your body needs less sugar and more real foods and healthy fats”: Dr. Aaron
In this episode, I’m joined by Aaron, a family physician who explains why most doctors get surprisingly little training in nutrition — and how that gap shaped the way medicine treats chronic disease. Aaron shares how his upbringing ...
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259. The pros and cons of cutting sugar
Cutting or reducing sugar can feel incredible… and also uncomfortable.In this episode, I talk honestly about both sides of the journey to your "life after sugar" — the benefits we love and the challenges we don’t always talk ab...
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258. How was your (sugar free) year?
Hi, it's Netta.I'm recording this episode in December 2025, and if your year wasn’t perfectly sugar-free… don't worry. I'm guessing that nobody's year was perfect — not even mine! ;-)In this episode, I explore what it ...
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257. “Small diet changes can reverse Type 2 diabetes”: Dr. Oberg
In this episode, I talk with Dr. John Oberg about his groundbreaking work helping people with Type 2 diabetes.His medical practice dramatically improves their blood sugar through small, sustainable changes. He shares behind-t...
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31:49
256. "I can manage my Type 1 diabetes with less sugar": Ty
In this episode, I’m chatting with Ty, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when he was just 8 years old.Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition where the pancreas stops making insulin, so the body can’t regulate blood sugar on its ...
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255. What to do when cravings hit
Cutting sugar can feel empowering… until the cravings hit. In this episode, I walk you through what’s really happening when you stop eating sugar and refined carbs, why your body and brain can feel out of control at first, and why t...
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254. How to get more energy with less sugar: Uma
In this episode, I talk with Uma, a health coach and yoga teacher based in South Africa. Uma shares her personal journey of growing up with a diet full of sugar and flour, how her health began to decline, and what finally inspired h...
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253. “Yeast overgrowth can make you crave sugar”: Dr. Carolyn
In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Carolyn Dean, who is a medical doctor, naturopath, and author of Exposing Sugar Toxicity.We discuss sugar and cravings, and how they’re often linked to much more than willpower. The main culpri...
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252. The link between self-esteem and sugar
In this episode, I explore the emotional side of sugar cravings, and how low self-esteem can quietly keep us stuck in the sugar cycle.This episode was inspired by Patra, a member of my Freedom From Cravings Formula program.<...
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251. "As a functional doctor, I always ask my patients to cut sugar": Dr. Anju
In this episode, I speak with Dr. Anju, a former family doctor who shifted into functional medicine after realizing that treating symptoms wasn’t enough… She wanted to help people truly heal.Dr. Anju and I talk about:How grow...
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250. How to develop a healthier relationship with sugar: Kim
This week I’m chatting with dietitian and author Kim Shapira about what it really means to feel free around food...and how we can build a peaceful, trusting relationship with food, especially sugar.Kim grew up with no foo...
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26:38
249. Cut sugar, OK! But cut flour?? Why?!
When I first told people I’d cut out sugar, everyone was so impressed — “Wow, that’s amazing! I could never do that!”But when I mentioned I’d also stopped eating bread, the mood totally changed.“Wait… no bread? Why?! That’s too extre...
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248. "My eating disorder was a way to cope with my emotions": Mallary
In this episode, my guest Mallary talks about her moving story of living with an eating disorder that began after losing her mother at the age of 12. Mallory opens up about how grief, perfectionism, and the need to “stay small” shap...
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31:04
247. "My Lyme disease symptoms lessened when I cut sugar": Sarah
My guest this week is functional medicine nutritionist Sarah Reilly, founder of Get Nourished. Sarah opens up about her long battle with undiagnosed Lyme disease and the surprising discovery that sugar was actually feeding ...
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35:20
246. What I learned about food - and time - in Italy (Part 2): Netta
Ciao! Take the time to listen to this episode... because it's about what I learned about food in Italy...but especially, it's what I learned about time.My experience in Italy in the summer of 2025 showed me that th...
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245. "Eating less sugar saved me from weight loss surgery": Jonathan
Growing up, Jonathan described himself as "the fat kid".His weight yo-yo'd constantly, reaching over 400lbs as an adult.Jonathan had tried hundreds of diets, but he could never keep the weight off.One day, he saw himself in...
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32:36
244. "Try cutting sugar! What do you have to lose?": Marcia
My guest this week is very special... because it's my mum, Marcia!And it's her birthday too!In this episode, we talk about how and why my mum decided to try cutting sugar 10 years ago, at the age of 68.But she didn't just c...
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34:50
243. "Just 7 days without sugar can have a positive impact": Alicia
Alicia ate sugar and processed foods all her life, into her 50s.Then after a medical appointment, she realized that she needed to make a change for her health.And even though it wasn't easy, she decided to stop eating sugar.
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242. "I lost over 200lbs when I decided to cut sugar": Alex
Alex struggled with food for most of his life, but he never knew that he had a real problem with food addiction.He thought that he was lazy, weak-willed, and doomed to be overweight and unhappy forever.His self-esteem was low, and...
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