by Michelle Brumgard | Oct 8, 2014 | Faith, Food and Nutrition
Can I just be real with you for today? I struggle. I struggle with wanting food more than I want God. More than I want a lot of things. I am in recovery for sugar addiction. As a culture, we tend to go to food with all of our emotions. Tired? Eat. Happy? Eat....
by Michelle Brumgard | Oct 7, 2014 | Faith, Food and Nutrition
As I mentioned last Thursday, I am going to be discussing “Made to Crave” this month. Sugar addiction is at the core of cravings for many of us, including me. In chapter one, Lysa Terkeurst discusses how we are wired to crave. God created us to crave....
by Michelle Brumgard | Oct 6, 2014 | Faith, Food and Nutrition
As I mentioned on Saturday, it was my birthday. I had a pumpkin cookie and today, I had some brownies. Will you forgive me, if you think this is wrong during a 31 day series on sugar addiction? In having this sugar and looking ahead through this week, I have...
by Michelle Brumgard | Oct 6, 2014 | Faith, Food and Nutrition
Back in the Spring of 2009 when my journey into natural health was beginning, we eliminated all artificial sweeteners. Back then, I suffered from headaches and/or migraines quite frequently. When I discovered the link between artificial sweeteners, like aspartame,...
by Michelle Brumgard | Oct 4, 2014 | Faith, Food and Nutrition
To eat the cake or not to eat the cake is the question we often mill around in our heads when “dieting” during a celebration. First of all, I am not a fan of the word “diet” in the meaning we are most familiar. My goal in this series is to...