Celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis is speaking about her former addiction to sugar and how it inspired her new book. The 50-year-old binged on sugar for years before changing her ways, as she details in her new release, Eat Better, Feel Better: My Recipes for Wellness and Healing, Inside and Out.
De Laurentiis told CNN, “Sugar was a crutch to get my energy up. Sometimes it would be as basic as taking a sugar cube, dipping it in espresso, and eating that directly.
I ate jam directly from a container… Over time all of that and those cravings, once you’re introduced to sugar it’s very difficult to break.
It’s like a drug.” RELATED: Giada De Laurentiis’s Cat Hilariously Crashes ‘Today’ Cooking Segment De Laurentiis said her symptoms began 10
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