Every time we eat sugar, the amount of glucose rises in the blood. To balance this, the pancreas releases insulin. What most people don’t realise is that insulin is a stress response that tells your body to store fat. Insulin rushes to the rescue and then when it’s done, sugar levels often fall below normal and so we crave sugar again. This is the reason why sugar is considered so highly addictive."

Every time we eat sugar, the amount of glucose rises in the blood. To balance this, the pancreas releases insulin. What most people don’t realise is that insulin is a stress response that tells your body to store fat. Insulin rushes to the rescue and then when it’s done, sugar levels often fall below normal and so we crave sugar again. This is the reason why sugar is considered so highly addictive."