Yes, given the way it's consumed in the Western world. We eat it nearly constantly as added sugars and treats with most meals, which keeps our bodies in overdrive. 

Learning how and when to consume sugar is central to ending chronic weight gain.

The issue is less about being a person who craves sugar and more about the relentless cues in your environment that push you to consume it.

Sugar feels addictive because of the two most overlooked parts of sugar. 

1. Small (even tiny) amounts affect your overall consumption.
2. There are constant suggestions to consume sugar through marketing, friends, treat culture, and the societal notion of self-soothing through sweets.

Sugar acts on your hunger and provides highly absorbable calories. I don't know how I would have a healthy weight without a framework to limit it. 

Is life less sweet? Not a bit. The less you consume, the less you want it. Plus, when I do have it, I truly enjoy it (as opposed to the internal deal-making and guilt I 

I'm doing a series where I outline how I approach day-to-day life differently now that I am no longer overweight. You'll get a look under the hood, as it were, of healthy weight living.

Like a BEFORE & AFTER–but your life.

While bodies vary in metabolism and calorie needs, the issue with modern obesity is environment. Specifically, our food environments.

Diet culture says make good 'choices' or count or fast or whatever nonsense they can come up with next. You can see where that's gotten us.

Before 1960, the obesity rate was less than 10%. That means the people who think their size is a biological dysfunction would've had no problem with their weight before the rise of highly processed foods.

Therefore, it makes sense to focus on behavior, rather than biology. How we shop, socialize, and self-soothe, among other things.

Navigating the world we live in now.

This is part 4.