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Tis the season. Holiday celebrations, lights and good cheer. Santa and sleighbells. Cookies, and sweets, and sugar, and sugar, and sugar, and sugar and sugar…. I’ve had the Sugar Blues on and off since my 20’s. An old boyfriend was first to clue me in. “You have a different personality when you eat sugar, and […]

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I've been attracted to food for good and bad reasons for years.