Sugar Made Me Sick!

Sugar Made Me Sick

You might think I’ve always been the super healthy/fit guy who has it all together.

But nope. That’s far from the truth.

Here’s what really happened…

I had pneumonia.

I had a heart attack (yep, five stents in my heart).

I got the flu a bunch of times.

Every winter, from October to April, I had a cold.

Even got a summer cough a few times… no clue how.

I was always tired, especially after eating. Sometimes I’d fall asleep right after lunch - like deep sleep.

I had adult acne (look at the pic above, I was around 22 - I know I look like a pepperoni pizza 🍕)

Itchy skin patches that woke me up at night.

Had to pee 2 times every night.

And worst of all, I was just stressed out about my health.

If we’re being honest, you’re probably healthier than I was.

But here’s what I found out:

Sugar was the problem.

Like, 99% of my health issues were linked to sugar.

Now, I know there’s a ton of info out there.

Should we eat meat? Go vegan? Eat protein every 2 hours? Are raw veggies bad for digestion?

Honestly, I don’t know what’s true anymore. I just do what feels right for my body.

But when it comes to sugar…

I know 1,000,000% that it messes me up.

I don’t need a study to prove it. I lived it.

Once I learned how to deal with sugar, everything changed.

✅ I haven’t been sick in forever (no coughs, no colds).

✅ My skin cleared up. Its not perfect, but its better (I basically traded my hair for clearer skin - I'll take my peanut head over the salami face any day)

✅ I sleep through the night.

✅ I’m not tired during the day anymore.

✅ I don’t scratch myself awake at 2 a.m. (Unless I eat sugar the wrong way... I’ll explain in a second.)

Now, I’m not telling you to cut sugar out completely.

But I am telling you to learn how to control it.

And when I say “sugar,” I mean 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐬. Let me break it down:

2 kinds of carbs:

Simple carbs = fast sugar = white rice, white bread, sweets, most snacks, even fruit (although fruit is its own category).

Complex carbs = slower, better energy = veggies, lentils, black rice, quinoa, oats, sweet potatoes, nuts.

What changed everything for me was this simple rule:

Eat more complex carbs. Fewer simple ones.

Here’s what I eat now:

Black rice sushi

Lentil pizza

Lentil curry with quinoa

Sweet potato + avocado wraps

Broccoli soup

Zucchini-feta patties

Oat bread

Overnight oats

Then — after the good stuff — I’ll enjoy:

Oreo cheesecake

Banana ice cream (with nutella & peanut butter of course!!)

Dates

Vegan Ben & Jerry’s cookie dough (those cookie bits are amazing!!)

A bit of fruit

So instead of eating white rice → then fruit → then ice cream...

I flip it.

I eat complex carbs first, simple carbs second.

This changed my life.

It changed how I feel.

It changed how I look.

It changed how I see sugar.

Maybe it’ll help you too.

Give it a shot.