The hell of giving up sugar (and why it's worth all the agony in the end): We're endlessly told sugar is the new nicotine.

• Despite a seemingly healthy lifestyle Nicole Mowbray couldn't shift her extra weight; then she realised her diet was saturated with sugar
• Too much sugar can lead to heart problems and increased cancer risk
• Nicole found after one day of going cold turkey on sugar she had severe head pain, nausea, aching limbs and flu-like symptoms
• However, two years later she has come out the other side slimmer, healthier and happier than before

No one can have escaped this year’s shocking sugar headlines: more addictive than tobacco, more dangerous than alcohol, more fattening than fat.

Countless column inches have been devoted to telling us exactly why — and how — we should be cutting back on sugar, hidden in almost everything we eat.Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2658488/The-hell-giving-sugar-worth-agony-end-Were-endlessly-told-sugar-new-nicotine-Now-witty-revealing-new-memoir-describes-hard-quit.html