Sugar Addiction Recovery and Metabolic Psychiatry | Mike Collins - Ketobiography | Lyssna här

📣 Mike Collins has been sugar-free for over three decades, and he believes sugar meets every clinical requirement of a substance use disorder. The founder of SugarAddiction.com and the Quit Sugar Summit breaks down the science, the stigma, and what's coming next.

📋 Mike, known as the original Sugar-Free Man, walks through how growing up with a mother who equated sugar with love shaped his own journey — and how that experience, paired with his background in addiction recovery, led him to found SugarAddiction.com and eventually the Quit Sugar Summit. We talk about raising his kids sugar-free from the womb, the science connecting fructose to the brain's reward system, and the intersection of metabolic psychiatry and addiction recovery driving his upcoming Metabolic Psychiatry Summit.

🔑 What You'll Learn

Why Mike believes sugar meets the clinical definition of a substance use disorder
How raising his kids sugar-free from birth shaped his view on food and the brain
The nonprofit fundraising model behind the Quit Sugar Summit
What's coming in the upcoming Metabolic Psychiatry Summit
Why he won't name one "right" diet after interviewing every camp from vegan to carnivore

💡 Key Insight

"Treatment is discovery, and meetings are recovery." — Mike Collins

🌐 Connect with Mike Collins

https://sugaraddiction.com

https://sugardetox.com

https://www.facebook.com/personinrecovery

https://www.instagram.com/realsugarfreeman

https://x.com/SugarDetox

🎟️ Register for the Metabolic Psychiatry Summit

https://summit.robyndobbins.com

⚕️ This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and is not medical advice; always consult a qualified healthcare professional about your own health decisions.

⏳ Chapters

0:47 Introduction

3:22 Mike's Mother and Growing Up on Sugar

7:10 Raising Kids Sugar-Free From the Womb

9:03 Founding SugarAddiction.com

10:38 Fructose, the Brain, and the Sugar Addiction Theory

12:27 Quit Sugar Summit's Nonprofit Fundraising Model

18:51 Is Sugar a Substance Use Disorder?

21:54 Metabolic Psychiatry Meets Addiction Recovery

26:55 Why Mike Won't Name One Official Diet

38:01 12 Years of Quit Sugar Summit

41:52 Inside the Metabolic Psychiatry Summit