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What are the symptoms of Sugar Addiction? Do you have any of the following symptoms? If yes, you may have a sugar addiction. • You feel like you need sugar in order to function normally every day • If you stop eating sugar for a period of time, you begin to experience withdrawal symptoms such as headaches, nausea and mood swings • Regardless of your desire to quit sugar, you continue to eat and think about it compulsively. • You feel you need to eat more and more sugar each day to feel ‘good’ and ‘normal’ • You turn to sugar to feel good when under pressure or stress • You spend some days only thinking about eating sweet foods, and once you have, you keep thinking about more sugary foods • Do you have problems saying no to sweet foods when offered? • Do you feel angry or moody for no apparent reason?