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Sugar Addicts: Get Personal Help During The Sugar Freedom & Forgiveness World Tour

Bring me Into Your Living Room, Community Center, Place of Worship or Business to Discover "Secrets to Fast Forward Beyond Sugar Shock to Get Slimmer, Sexier & Sweeter”

All Stops are by Request Only

Sugar addicts, let’s connect and let me help you in the flesh—not just virtually through Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Google+ or YouTube. 

Bring me into your living room, community center, place of business or worship so you'll discover "Secrets to Fast Forward Beyond Sugar Shock to Get Slimmer, Sexier & Sweeter.”

Drum roll!

I’m thrilled to announce that, in honor of my 15 years sugar-free (mostly) -- or "my 15-year-sugar-free-iversary" -- in mid-April, I’m going on the road to personally help, encourage, and inspire thousands of sugar and carb addicts as part of The 2013 Sugar Freedom & Forgiveness World Tour.

You now have this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to book me to speak to intimate groups (10 people and up) in your private home, community center, place of worship or business all across the United States and parts of Europe, including San Francisco, Atlanta, New York, Paris, and Sydney. 

Please note that all stops are by request only.

Apply here to be included as part of the 2013 Sugar Freedom & Forgiveness World Tour.

During my talks on the tour, I'll:

• Reveal never-shared secrets to effortlessly let go of your sugar habit and flip on your Sugar-Free Power.
• Give you 3 simple, powerful tools to stomp out scary sugar cravings as they strike.
• Help you identify your two biggest obstacles to success.
• Disclose the single biggest mistake most people make when trying to limit sweets and tell you how to easily avoid it.
• Share one simple tactic to fast-forward you to success.
• Give you the sour scoop--on how eating too many sweets doesn’t just make you gain weight. Overdosing on sweets—which most people do—can mess up your moods, ruin your concentration, squash your  libido, and trigger, heart, disease, cancer and type 2 diabetes.
• Personally answer your top question(s).  

This talk is for you if:

• You want to shed excess weight to get slimmer, sexier, and sweeter, as well as happier, positive, and more focused.
• You feel addicted to sugary foods or processed carbs. (You can relate to alcoholics or drug addicts.)
• You want to boost your energy.
• (Females) You have horrible female challenges during either your time of month (your period) or life (menopause).
• (Males) Your libido isn’t what it used to be.
• You have hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), prediabetes, type 2 diabetes or heart disease.
• You suffer from one or more of the following symptoms: mood swings, severe fatigue, headaches, crying spells, difficulty concentrating, depression, forgetfulness, and lightheadedness.
• You’ve read one or both of my books, Sugar Shock or Beyond Sugar Shock, but would like personal guidance to Easily Achieve Sugar Freedom.
• You want to look and feel younger, turn heads whereever you go, and out-perform people 15 years younger.

The 2013 Sugar Freedom & Forgiveness World Tour kicks off mid-April in the Western part of the United States.

I'll reach the rest of the U.S. and parts of Europe and Australia later in the year.

Apply here, on this Sugar Shock Blog, to be included in this once-in-a-lifetime event.

Please note:

• Limited opportunities are available on a first-come, first-served basis. 
• You can choose between: A 45-minute talk, a 1-hour Smart-Sugar-Sleuth Supermarket Tour, and a 3-session Turbo Charge Your Sugar Freedom private coaching package.
• Your advance orders of 10 or more copies of Beyond Sugar Shock will be shipped in advance. 

The 2013 Sugar Freedom and Forgiveness World Tour is dedicated to my beloved mother, who recently passed away.

To bring me into your home, community or place of worship to discover "Secrets to Fast Forward Beyond Sugar Shock to Get Slimmer, Sexier & Sweeter,” submit your application now.

If you have any questions, submit them here. (They will not be published unless you agree.)

Connie Bennett is a bestselling author (Beyond Sugar Shock and Sugar Shock), an internationally acclaimed transformational speaker, and a sugar-addict-turned Sugar Freedom Coach, who runs the popular Sugar Freedom Now Virtual Course.

Connie's sour-to-sweet story began in 1998 when she was ambushed by a whopping 44 mysterious ailments, including crippling fatigue, unpredictable mood swings, severe PMS, and scary heart palpitations. On doctor's orders, Connie reluctantly gave up her cherished candies, cookies and other "culprit carbs," and much to her delight, ALL of her symptoms disappeared. Soon, people kept asking Connie her secrets to breaking free, which led to her becoming now known as The Sugar Freedom Coach.

Connie's new book, Beyond Sugar Shock, has been endorsed by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer and many others. Her first book, Sugar Shock, was praised by Dr. Mehmet Oz.

In mid-April, Connie will embark on The Sugar Freedom & Forgiveness World Tour. It is designed to help sugar addicts around the globe easily release their dangerous habit so they can get slimmer, sexier and sweeter -- and have fun at the same time.The tour -- which also is intended to help people discover that Life is Sweeter without Sweets™ -- will raise awareness about the harmful dangers of over-eating sweets and refined carbs. (The average person over-indulges in these fast-acting, non-foods, whether she or he knows it or not.) The Sugar Freedom & Forgiveness World Tour is commemorating Connie's 15-year-sugar-free-iversary (of mostly shunning those dangerous sweets). It is dedicated to Connie's recently deceased mother.

Connie has been featured by hundreds of media outlets, including "CBS News Sunday Morning," "Oprah & Friends Radio," "The Howard Stern Show," TIME magazine, Woman's World, Women's Health, Delicious Living, Shape, The Chicago Tribune, and Detroit News.

Connie is a certified life coach, who trained at the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching or iPEC; a certified health coach, who studied at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition; and an accomplished reporter, who has master's of science degree in journalism from Northwestern University's esteemed Medill School of Journalism.

She hosts the popular Gab with the Gurus Show, for which she interviews bestselling authors and experts in a variety of fields, from wellness to relationships to social networking.

Get free gifts at Connie's website, BeyondSugarShock.com, and connect with Connie on Facebook.

Dr. Wayne Dyer Endorsed My Book, Beyond Sugar Shock, for Hay House: He Joins Dr. Daniel Amen, Dr. Bernie Siegel, Dr. Christiane Northrup & Others

Woo Hoo! Best-selling author and beloved teacher Dr. Wayne W. Dyer just gave me the most exciting, amazing gift!

The remarkable Dr. Dyer -- author of many bestsellers, including his latest, Wishes Fulfilled: Mastering the Art of Manifesting -- has just endorsed my next book, Beyond Sugar Shock.

This endorsement means so much to me at this time. Although I've been a fan for years, lately, I've been relying and turning to his motivational works and books over and over again.

For instance, every morning now, I chant and listen religiously to his Meditations for Manifesting: Morning and Evening Meditations to Literally Create Your Heart's Desire.

I'm also very eager to get his new I AM Wishes Fulfilled Meditation, that Dr. Dyer and James F. Twyman have created. I'm sure it will be miraculous.

So here the endorsement that Dr. Dyer so kindly gave:

"I have taken the advice and guidance that Connie offers here and used it to reclaim my  own well being. We have unknowingly and unwittingly become a nation of addicts, and here in this book you are given a blueprint for living a life of perfect health. Follow the easy-to-apply guidelines, and then you will be able to look in the mirror and say, `I AM finally living a healthy life.' There is no greater feeling and it is your birthright. You were not designed to walk around in shock. A much needed book. --Wayne Dyer"

Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Dr. Dyer!

Now, I encourage you to watch these fascinating interviews with him. 

And make sure to sign up for a chance to get Dr. Dyer's new book, Wishes Fulfilled, and a copy of Anita Moorjani's Dying To Be Me, offered by Hay House, his (and my) publisher.

Watch Dr. Wayne Dyer Wishes Fulfilled | Preview on PBS. See more from pbs.

 

Dr. Dyer is joining many other wonderful experts, who've generously provided endorsements, including Dr. Daniel Amen, Dr. Bernie Siegel, Brian Tracy, Dr. Joe Vitale, Marci Shimoff, Janet Bray Atwood, John Assaraf, and Brian Alman, Ph.D.

Nutrition gurus Dr. JJ Virgin, Dr. Oz Garcia, Dr. Jonny Bowden, Ann Cooper, Marc David, and Mark Sisson also said kind words about Beyond Sugar Shock, which offers you a fun, simple, compassionate six-week Mind-Body-Spirit adventure to easily and effortlessly release your sugar addiction.

In the book, I take you by the hand, so to speak, and coach you to Sugar Freedom so that by the time you finish the book, you're now leading a life that's sweeterlicious (that's my word for delicious, combined with scrumptious, delicious, and of course, sweet).

Even fellow sugar experts have been kind enough to praise it--which gives me such profound joy. 

I bow my head in gratitude to such amazing authors of sugar books or programs as Jeff O'Connell (to your left), Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum, Richard J. Johnson, M.D., Jill Escher, and Kathie Dolgin (a.k.a. "High Voltage"), to whom I'm so grateful for writing endorsements for Beyond Sugar Shock.

It's also been an honor to have several authors published byHay House (my publisher) offer endorsements.

A very special thanks go to Dr. Christiane Northrup (see photo to your left), Colette Baron-Reid, Dr. Ken Druck, Donna Gates,Lauren Mackler, and CarolineSutherland.

Read my recent Sugar Shock Blog post to read the nice things other empowering speakers and best selling authors have said about Beyond Sugar Shock. 

Beyond Sugar Shock: Why I've Been Away a Lot -- Coming Soon

You may have noticed that I haven't been super active on this Sugar Shock Blog during the past few months.

That's because I've been quite busy writing, rewriting, and wrapping up work for my next book Beyond Sugar Shock.

The subtitle is: The 6-Week Plan to Break Free of Your Sugar Addiction & Get Slimmer, Sexier & Sweeter.

This book is the follow up to my first book, Sugar Shock! How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How You Can Get Back on Track.

Earlier, I announced Beyond Sugar Shock here and also here. And here is my my recent post about it.

Beyond Sugar Shock, marks the culmination of more than 13 years of researching and helping sugar addicts. (Of course, I also learned a lot by quitting sugar myself in 1998, on doctor's orders.)

Beyond Sugar Shock is coming to you, thanks to my publisher, Hay House, which is the international leader in self-help and transformational publishing.

This book is designed to help you if you're a sugar addict of any size or shape -- overweight, obese, or even slim.

It's also for you if you've been plagued by headaches, anxiety, crazy cravings, brain fog, fatigue, low libido, severe PMS, or other unexplained symptoms.

Beyond Sugar Shock will provide you with a simple six-week program, which allows you to release your sugar addiction easily and effortlessly.

For instance, in Beyond Sugar Shock:

• You'll get simple, fun Mind-Body-Spirit techniques to break free of your sugar addiction.
• You'll undertake simple, interactive adventurcises™ (my word for adventurous exercises), which will drive you to important self-discoveries.
• You’ll get several dozen ways to stomp out your sugar cravings.
• You’ll discover your sugar color code. (Yes, we're all different in our relationship with sweets, and this knowledge will empower you to make the right choices for you.)
• You’ll detox gradually so that your body, mind and spirit won’t go into shock as you move beyond your sugar obsessions and towards a better life.
• You’ll get healthy meal plans and tasty recipes from a nutritionist and exercise physiologist.
• And much more.

Hay House is releasing Beyond Sugar Shock on May 1, but in the meantime, you can sign up for a pre-recorded Sugar Freedom Now Course, in which you'll get to learn some amazingly simple techniques to help you break free.

In addition, stay tuned for some special programs.

Stay tuned for a sneak peek at the gorgeous cover! And I invite you to get excited and spread the word to friends.

146 Reasons Why Sugar Is Ruining Your Health: By Dr. Nancy Appleton

Today, I'm reviewing information from my heroine and role model, Dr. Nancy Appleton, author of Suicide by Sugar: A Startling Look at Our #1 National Addiction and Lick the Sugar Habit, a powerful book that helped me kick sugar back in 1998.

The reason I'm looking at Nancy's material is that tonight, she is my guest expert on the Break Free of Your Sugar Addiction in 6 Weeks Program.

Nancy is an amazing anti-sugar pioneer, who was one of the first to speak out about its dangers. Not only has she written Suicide by Sugar: A Startling Look at Our #1 National Addiction and Lick the Sugar Habit, but she created the shocking video, Sweet Suicide, produced by the Price-Pottenger Nutritional Foundation. (See trailer below.)

Nancy has been gathering information for years about how sugar is cutting your life short. Just look at her startling list of 146 Reasons Why Sugar is Ruining Your Health.

146 Reasons Why Sugar Is Ruining Your Health
By Nancy Appleton, Ph.D.

1. Sugar can suppress the immune system.
2. Sugar upsets the mineral relationships in the body.
3. Sugar can cause hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and crankiness in children.
4. Sugar can produce a significant rise in triglycerides.
5. Sugar contributes to the reduction in defense against bacterial infection (Infectious diseases).
6. Sugar causes a loss of tissue elasticity and function, the more sugar you eat, the more elasticity and function you loose.
7. Sugar reduces high density lipoproteins.
8. Sugar leads to chromium deficiency.
9. Sugar leads to cancer of the ovaries.
10. Sugar can increase fasting levels of glucose.
11. Sugar causes copper deficiency.
12. Sugar interferes with absorption of calcium and magnesium.
13. Sugar can weaken eyesight.
14. Sugar raises the level of a neurotransmitters: dopamine, serotonin, and nor epinephrine.
15. Sugar can cause hypoglycemia.
16. Sugar can produce an acidic digestive tract.
17. Sugar can cause a rapid rise of adrenaline levels in children.
18. Sugar mal-absorption is frequent in patients with functional bowel disease.
19. Sugar can cause premature aging.
20. Sugar can lead to alcoholism.
21. Sugar can cause tooth decay.
22. Sugar contributes to obesity
23. High intake of sugar increases the risk of Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis.
24. Sugar can cause changes frequently found in person with gastric or duodenal ulcers.
25. Sugar can cause arthritis.
26. Sugar can cause asthma.
27. Sugar greatly assists the uncontrolled growth of Candida Albicans (yeast infections).
28. Sugar can cause gallstones.
29. Sugar can cause heart disease.
30. Sugar can cause appendicitis.
31. Sugar can cause multiple sclerosis.
32. Sugar can cause hemorrhoids.
33. Sugar can cause varicose veins.
34. Sugar can elevate glucose and insulin responses in oral contraceptive users.
35. Sugar can lead to periodontal disease.
36. Sugar can contribute to osteoporosis.
37. Sugar contributes to saliva acidity.
38. Sugar can cause a decrease in insulin sensitivity.
39. Sugar can lower the amount of Vitamin E (alpha-Tocopherol) in the blood.
40. Sugar can decrease growth hormone.
41. Sugar can increase cholesterol.
42. Sugar can increase the systolic blood pressure.
43. Sugar can cause drowsiness and decreased activity in children.
44. High sugar intake increases advanced glycation end products (AGEs). (Sugar bound non-enzymatically to protein)
45. Sugar can interfere with the absorption of protein.
46. Sugar causes food allergies.
47. Sugar can contribute to diabetes.
48. Sugar can cause toxemia during pregnancy.
49. Sugar can contribute to eczema in children.
50. Sugar can cause cardiovascular disease.

51. Sugar can impair the structure of DNA
52. Sugar can change the structure of protein.
53. Sugar can make our skin age by changing the structure of collagen.
54. Sugar can cause cataracts.
55. Sugar can cause emphysema.
56. Sugar can cause atherosclerosis.
57. Sugar can promote an elevation of low density lipoproteins (LDL).
58. High sugar intake can impair the physiological homeostasis of many systems in the body.
59. Sugar lowers the enzymes ability to function.
60. Sugar intake is higher in people with Parkinson’s disease.
61. Sugar can cause a permanent altering the way the proteins act in the body.
62. Sugar can increase the size of the liver by making the liver cells divide.
63. Sugar can increase the amount of liver fat.
64. Sugar can increase kidney size and produce pathological changes in the kidney.
65. Sugar can damage the pancreas.
66. Sugar can increase the body's fluid retention.
67. Sugar is enemy #1 of the bowel movement.
68. Sugar can cause myopia (nearsightedness).
69. Sugar can compromise the lining of the capillaries.
70. Sugar can make the tendons more brittle.
71. Sugar can cause headaches, including migraine.
72. Sugar plays a role in pancreatic cancer in women.
73. Sugar can adversely affect school children's grades and cause learning disorders.
74. Sugar can cause an increase in delta, alpha, and theta brain waves.
75. Sugar can cause depression.
76. Sugar increases the risk of gastric cancer.
77. Sugar and cause dyspepsia (indigestion).
78. Sugar can increase your risk of getting gout.
79. Sugar can increase the levels of glucose in an oral glucose tolerance test over the ingestion of complex carbohydrates.
80. Sugar can increase the insulin responses in humans consuming high-sugar diets compared to low sugar diets.
81. High refined sugar diet reduces learning capacity.
82. Sugar can cause less effective functioning of two blood proteins, albumin,
and lipoproteins, which may reduce the body’s ability to handle fat and cholesterol.
83. Sugar can contribute to Alzheimer’s disease.
84. Sugar can cause platelet adhesiveness.
85. Sugar can cause hormonal imbalance; some hormones become underactive and others become overactive.
86. Sugar can lead to the formation of kidney stones.
87. Sugar can lead to the hypothalamus to become highly sensitive to a large variety of stimuli.
88. Sugar can lead to dizziness.
89. Diets high in sugar can cause free radicals and oxidative stress.
90. High sucrose diets of subjects with peripheral vascular disease significantly increases platelet adhesion.
91. High sugar diet can lead to biliary tract cancer.
92. Sugar feeds cancer.
93. High sugar consumption of pregnant adolescents is associated with a twofold increased risk for delivering a small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infant.
94. High sugar consumption can lead to substantial decrease in gestation duration among adolescents.
95. Sugar slows food's travel time through the gastrointestinal tract.
96. Sugar increases the concentration of bile acids in stools and bacterial enzymes in the colon. This can modify bile to produce cancer-causing compounds and colon cancer.
97. Sugar increases estradiol (the most potent form of naturally occurring estrogen) in men.
98. Sugar combines and destroys phosphatase, an enzyme, which makes the process of digestion more difficult.
99. Sugar can be a risk factor of gallbladder cancer.
100. Sugar is an addictive substance.
101. Sugar can be intoxicating, similar to alcohol.
102. Sugar can exacerbate PMS.
103. Sugar given to premature babies can affect the amount of carbon dioxide they produce.
104. Decrease in sugar intake can increase emotional stability.
105. The body changes sugar into 2 to 5 times more fat in the bloodstream than it does starch.
106. The rapid absorption of sugar promotes excessive food intake in obese subjects.
107. Sugar can worsen the symptoms of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
108. Sugar adversely affects urinary electrolyte composition.
109. Sugar can slow down the ability of the adrenal glands to function.
110. Sugar has the potential of inducing abnormal metabolic processes in a normal healthy individual and to promote chronic degenerative diseases.
111. I.Vs (intravenous feedings) of sugar water can cut off oxygen to the brain.
112. High sucrose intake could be an important risk factor in lung cancer.
113. Sugar increases the risk of polio.
114. High sugar intake can cause epileptic seizures.
115. Sugar causes high blood pressure in obese people.
116. In Intensive Care Units, limiting sugar saves lives.
117. Sugar may induce cell death.
118. Sugar can increase the amount of food that you eat.
119. In juvenile rehabilitation camps, when children were put on a low sugar diet, there was a 44% drop in antisocial behavior.
120. Sugar can lead to prostate cancer.
121. Sugar dehydrates newborns.
122. Sugar increases the estradiol in young men.
123. Sugar can cause low birth weight babies.
124. Greater consumption of refined sugar is associated with a worse outcome of schizophrenia.
125. Sugar can raise homocysteine levels in the blood stream.
126. Sweet food items increase the risk of breast cancer.
127. Sugar is a risk factor in cancer of the small intestine.
128. Sugar may cause laryngeal cancer.
129. Sugar induces salt and water retention.
130. Sugar may contribute to mild memory loss.
131. As sugar increases in the diet of 10 years olds, there is a linear decrease in the intake of many essential nutrients.
132. Sugar can increase the total amount of food consumed.
133. Exposing a newborn to sugar results in a heightened preference for sucrose relative to water at 6 months and 2 years of age.
134. Sugar causes constipation.
135. Sugar causes varicous veins.
136. Sugar can cause brain decay in prediabetic and diabetic women.
137. Sugar can increase the risk of stomach cancer.
138. Sugar can cause metabolic syndrome.
139. Sugar ingestion by pregnant women increases neural tube defects in embryos.
140. Sugar can be a factor in asthma.
141. The higher the sugar consumption the more chances of getting irritable bowel syndrome.
142. Sugar could affect central reward systems.
143. Sugar can cause cancer of the rectum.
144. Sugar can cause endometrial cancer.
145. Sugar can cause renal (kidney) cell carcinoma.
146. Sugar can cause liver tumors.

To buy Sweet Suicide, if you live in the U.S., go here. Canadians can get it here. And the rest of the world can purchase it here.

Let us know what you think of Nancy's book, Suicide by Sugar, and Nancy's video, Sweet Suicide.

If you're a sugar addict, I also encourage you to purchase Nancy's Body Monitor Kit. Rather than having to run to the doctor's office or a lab for a blood test, Nancy has developed a test kit based on the Sulkowitz Reagent, which reveals the calcium secreted into your urine. Includes 1 bottle, 2 test tubes (the second a spare), 1 pipe cleaner, an instruction book, an eyedropper and a roll of pH paper to test the acidity-alkalinity of both urine and saliva. It comes with two bonus audio CDs to enhance your knowledge, “Body Monitor (45 min)” and “Diet and the Immune System (78min).”  Price: $33.00 + $8.25 shipping (US price, Foreign is more.)

To order in the U.S., go here.. Canadian residents can purchase it here. And people in the rest of the world can order here.

By the way, you can join the Break Free of Your Sugar Addiction Program anytime. And when you do, the interview with Nancy is one of several exciting guest programs you'll get.

Get Social Media Secrets with Mitch Meyerson

Are you stumped as to how to make the best of social media?

Fret no more. Author and super marketer Mitch Meyerson has put together an amazing new book, Success Secrets Of The Social Media Marketing Superstars, which features tips and tactics from 20-plus social media marketers social media campaigns on how to cut through the clutter, reach out to millions and grow your business.

This book is a must-have for anyone of any profession.

You will get valuable information to help you if you're an entrepreneur, a health counselor, a life coach, an author, a sugar addict, an employee or an overworked housewife.

In addition to buying this Success Secrets Of The Social Media Marketing Superstars, I invite you to listen to today's Gab with the Gurus Radio Show, when Mitch shared some ideas with you on how to create an online marketing campaign and .

In Success Secrets Of The Social Media Marketing Superstars, you'll learn about some of the biggest mistakes that people make with social media and then you'll discover how to fix them.

In this book, in addition to Mitch, who offers six key principles to master online marketing; you'll also hear from the following experts:

• Keith Ferrazzi and Tahl Raz on Relationship Strategy;
• Brian Clark of Copyblogger on the Psychology of Social Media Marketing;
• Ann Handley; on Creating Content;
• Gary Vaynerchuk: on Building Mega-Followings;
• Andy Wibbels: on Personality;
• Chris Brogan: on Building Communities;
• Joel Comm: on Success Qualities;
• Craig Valentine: how to Communicate with Impact;
• Starr Hall: on Building Profits;
• Dan Janal: on PR Strategies;
• Michael Stelzner: on how to Go Viral;
• Denise Wakeman; on Blogs;
• Mari Smith, on Facebook;
• Deborah Cole Micek: on Twitter;
• Barbara Rozgonyi: on LinkedIn;
• Julie Perry: on YouTube;
• Chris Garrett: on Social Bookmarking;
• Kim Dushinski: on Mobile Marketing;
• Shama Kabani on how to create Online Videos;
• and Dave Evans: on how to do social media on One Hour a Day.

Mitch is the author of nine books, including Mastering Online Marketing, Guerrilla Marketing On The Internet, Six Keys To Creating The Life You Desire and World Class Speaking. He had been a featured expert on Oprah and has trained and certified over 300 coaches in his acclaimed Guerrilla Marketing Coach Certification Program. He is also a keynote speaker and accomplished musician.

Learn about this new book at  ==>> http://www.SocialMediaMarketingSuperstars.com <<==

Now listen to today's Gab with the Gurus Radio Show.

For the last few minutes of this Gab with the Gurus Radio Show, nationally recognized publicity expert, marketer and bestselling author Arielle Ford will talk about the 21st Century Book Marketing conference in San Diego on Sept. 25 and 26.

This fabulous event -- which I attended last year and highly recommend -- will give you the latest information about how to successfully launch your book in the 21st century.

At the 21st Century Book Marketing event, you'll hear from top publishers, publicists, marketers, social media experts and authors, who will share their secrets and the latest information.

For those of you who seek love, Arielle, author of The Soulmate Secret, will also share what is the first step to take to find your soulmate.

Listen now to this fabulous radio show.

Why I Didn't Audition to Host my Show on Oprah's New Network

Many of you have asked me whether or not I auditioned to host my own show on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), and you wondered where you could find my video. You can’t find my video, because I never submitted one. Let me tell you why.

First of all, I gave this very serious consideration. I even developed a fascinating concept for my own TV show. (In fact, I'm really excited about my idea for a show, which I've never seen anywhere.)

But after reviewing the guidelines for the Your OWN Show Video Competition, I realized – regretfully – that I just could not apply right now.

Here’s why: As I announced here last week, I just got a deal for my next book -- the follow-up to Sugar Shock -- from Hay House, the leader in self-help and transformational publishing.

I’m very excited, honored and committed to writing the best book that can help, I hope, millions of people, break free of their sugar addiction for good.

As I studied the submission guidelines, I realized that if I had been fortunate enough to be selected as a finalist that I just wouldn’t have had ample time to commit to it. (You need to be able to leave town to compete for 6 weeks.)

In addition, another guideline gave me pause. It said that if you have another contractual obligation that may interfere, you should not apply. That was the line that ultimately stopped me from applying. (I'm days away from signing my contract with Hay House, and I'll be in writing mode as the contest cranks up.)

Anyhow, I’m not about to jeopardize my book deal with Hay House. Workwise, that must be my priority. And I'm having a blast so far writing it.

So, even though I’d very much like my own TV show on OWN (or elsewhere), the time isn’t right.

But I’m still hanging onto my idea, because it would make for a great TV show. And my intention is to make it happen – but not while I'm on book deadlines.

Right now, I need to finish researching and writing my book. Speaking of which, would you please help me name this follow-up to Sugar Shock?

Learn more now

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or
http://www.sugarshockblog.com/2010/06/help-me-name-my-new-book-win-gifts.html

Cast Your Vote: WriteABookBeforeYouDie.com or HelpForAuthors.com

Thanks to book marketing guru John Kremer, author of 1001 Ways to Market Your Book and founder of TenMillionEyeBalls.com, for inviting you to vote for the preferred title of my new blog to help authors.

Cast your vote below or here: http://twtpoll.com/mdx2ny

John also invites you to join with the other 5,500 book authors on the Book Marketing Network at http://bookmarket.ning.com, where he shares lots of great tips.

Please tell John that Connie sent you.

Authors and aspiring authors, please make sure to visit my new blog for authors, where you get all kinds of tools, tips and information to great events and people. Just go to or -- you can get there either way. And please share your comments, too.

Authors, Sugar Addicts & Others with Bad Habits: ICF Certification Celebration Special for First 15 People

Click to listen to this vlog post.

This week, I received my certificate from the International Coach Federation, which presented me the designation of Associate Certified Coach (ACC).

To celebrate the fact that I'm now an ACC, I am offering to the first 15 people a chance to work with me for a special Coaching with Connie ICF Certification Celebration rate.

This is my second coaching certification. I'm also certified as a Certified Professional Coach from iPEC (the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching), the acclaimed, rigorous program where I studied to become a life coach.

In addition, I'm a certified health coach, thanks to the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN), where I also studied.

Now that I'm triple certified and have years of wonderful "pre-succeeding experience" (heck, call it "failing") to quit sugar, kick other bad habits or write my first book, I'm more than ready to help more people.

It would be my honor and pleasure to help you accomplish your goals and dreams. If you're among the first 15 people who act, you can receive my special Coaching with Connie ICF Certification Celebration rate. I specialize in three areas. Specifically, I can help you to begin:

• To break free of your sugar addiction.
• To realize your dream of writing a book.
• To quit another bad habit or what I call a babit™.

Space is limited for this special offer: You will receive 3 private phone sessions with me for only $300. (That's a savings of $50.)

In addition, you will receive a gift:

• If you're a sugar addict, you'll get complimentary access to a replay of my 7-week Break Free of Your Sugar Addiction program.
• If you're a writer, you'll receive a complimentary audio download of the "How to Write How-To Articles" program with Publicity Hound Joan Stewart.
• If you're seeking to lick another horrible habit, you'll get an audio replay from my "Thrive, Don't Just Survive" program. 

To sign up now, just click below and you'll receive my Coaching with Connie ICF Certification Celebration Sale rate.

Coaching with Connie ICF Certification Celebration Pre-Summer Special (3 Sessions)

 By the way, for those of you who would like to become a health coach and/or a life coach, I highly recommend both the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC) and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN).

If you'd like to study at either institution, you will be in for an amazing, transformative experience. I cannot rave enough about both schools and how life-changing they both are.

The training at both iPEC and IIN is superb; the curriculum is superlative and comprehensive; staff members and teachers are adept, insightful and sensitive to your needs; your fellow classmates are wonderful and committed to growth; and you will emerge a better, more well-rounded person with all these special skills. 

If you like to learn more about either the place where I studied to become a life coach (iPEC) or where I learned to become a health coach (IIN), just tell them that Connie Bennett sent you. Please note that I do get a referral compensation from both places. However, I would heartily praise both iPEC and IIN even if they weren't nice enough to compensate me.

Both iPEC and IIN and utterly amazing places. So if you want to be a certified life coach or certified health coach, I recommend that you act immediately by calling either iPEC and/or IIN.

Now, to begin coaching with me to kick sugar, write a book or break another bad habit, sign up now. Remember you need to act fast, because space is limited to the first 15 people.

Just click below and you'll receive my Coaching with Connie ICF Certification Celebration Sale rate.

Coaching with Connie ICF Certification Celebration Pre-Summer Special (3 Sessions)

Discover "Top 10 Reasons You Failed to Lose Weight or Kick Sugar" in Free Teleseminar Wednesday

Do you wonder why you keep flopping on your diet over and over again? Frustrating, isn't it?

Discover "The Top 10 Reasons You Failed to Lose Weight or Kick Sugar" in a free teleseminar I'm hosting this Wednesday (March 31) at 8 pm EST (5 pm PST) with popular low-carb blogger Jimmy Moore.

I'm co-hosting the program with popular low-carb blogger Jimmy Moore, author of 21 Life Lessons From Livin' La Vida Low-Carb: How The Healthy Low-Carb Lifestyle Changed Everything I Thought I Knew

You'll be wowed by Jimmy's story. In January 2004, he weighed in at 410 pounds at age 32. (See what Jimmy looked like then, to your left).

He finally decided to face up to the fact that it was time for a change. He launched on a diet, shed 180 pounds, shrunk his waist by 20 inches, and dropped his shirt size from 5XL to XL. (The photo of above is Jimmy now.)

Now, Jimmy is devoted to helping millions, and I'm honored that he's agreed to join this free teleseminar for you. Together, we'll share our insights and explain 10 Top Reasons Why You Failed to Lose Weight or Kick Sugar. Sign up below.

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Ignite Your Intuition With Dr. Judith Orloff's "Second Sight"

From time to time, I love to share information here about healers and empowering gurus, who are doing exciting things.

Today, it's my honor to tell you about my talented and daring colleague Judith Orloff MD, a UCLA psychiatrist, intuitive healer, New York Times best-selling author and pioneer, who bridges mainstream medicine with intuition, energy medicine, and spirituality. 

Today, Dr. Orloff celebrates the exciting launch of her new book, Second Sight: An Intuitive Psychiatrist Tells Her Extraordinary Story and Shows You How To Tap Your Own Inner Wisdom.

A riveting story of Dr. Orloff's exile between two worlds—intuition and mainstream medicine—Second Sight reveals Dr. Orloff's journey from an intuitive child, alone with confusing abilities, to an esteemed intuitive psychiatrist who dares to come out of the “intuitive closet” to defy medical taboos. She also teaches you empowering, practical techniques to awaken you own intuitive powers to transform your health and life.

Today Dr. Orloff is treating you to an incredible book-launch, one-time offer with a special “Act On A Hunch” gift collection from herself, and friends Michael Beckwith, Dr. Daniel Amen, Shirley MacLaine and many more.  Plus receive Judith's first lesson from her new "Emotional Vampire Course" from the Daily Om!

To purchase the book and receive your special gifts go here now.

And for more inspiration, visit Dr. Orloff's website.

P.S. – Remember that the entire “Act On A Hunch” gift collection is yours FREE with your book order … but ONLY when you grab it before the cut-off. Don’t miss your chance! Get your book now.

Love Your Body & Your Life With Sarah Maria at 2 pm EST

Wouldn't it be nice to feel great about your body?

Join me on Tuesday's Gab With the Gurus Radio Show to get tips from body-image expert Sarah Maria, author of the book Love Your Body, Love Your Life, on how

Learn more about this show on the Gab With the Gurus Blog.

Heartfelt Holiday Gifts

Wow! What a wonderful Gab With the Gurus Radio Show we had about Heartfelt Holiday Gifts!

Five charming, dazzling guests just appeared on the show to offer you suggestions for Heartfelt Holiday Gifts.

1) On this Heartfelt Holiday Gifts show on BlogTalkRadio.com -- which you can listen to at any time (see below) --  you'll hear from Randi Luckman, founder of HealthGifts.com. Randi, who I met while attending the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN), tells you about ... drum roll here... The Sweeter Life Gift Basket that we've developed for you.

This Sweeter Gift Basket will contain such things as ginger tea, bath salt, a relaxation CD, cinnamon, aromatherapy oil, some organic almonds, fish oil, powdered stevia and body oil.

Please note that the basket shown (above left) is Randi's Stress Buster package. Stay tuned, because you'll soon get more details and have a chance to see a photo of our new Sweeter Life Gift Basket, which will be available in standard delicious and deluxe packages. 

2) In addition, on this Heartfelt Holiday Gifts show, you'll also get inspirational, heartwarming suggestions and thought-provoking thoughts about gift-giving from the "Queen of Gift Giving" Robyn Spizman,  founder of TheGiftionary.com and author of The Giftionary: An A-Z Reference Guide for Solving Your Gift-Giving Dilemmas . . . Forever! .

TheGiftionary.com has thousands of ideas that can help you to show your loved ones you care by offering Gifts That Give Back.

3) Meanwhile, Debra Berndt, creative-visualization guru and love-mind expert Debra Berndt -- author of the upcoming book Let Love In -- tells you about two life-changing products that she's steeply discounting just for you.

You can get her soothing Complete Relaxation Set (9 MP3s) and Weight Loss Hypnosis Set (4 MP3s). You'll be shocked when you learn how the low price at which she's offering them to you.

To get your special discount, all you need to do is type in the code "sweet" to get the special discount.)

To get a flavor for Debra's amazing talents at relaxing you, check out our free, soothing holiday gift. That's right -- you get a free download from our Relieve Holiday Stress program which we held last week.

We're offering this present to you as our way of wishing you a happy, healthy, calm holiday. You can listen to your audio download now, through the end of the month.

To get there quickly and easily, just go to

Please feel free to spread the word, too, to your friends around the world about this free holiday gift. Just  send them to: http://tinyurl.com/RelieveHolidayStress.

When you've listened to our free holiday gift, pleae let us know what you think.

4) You'll also hear from Arielle Fierman, who creates amazing jewelry, especially the I Love Me rings shown above).

Again, just give her the code "sweet" to get your discount only available to readers of the Sugar Shock Blog, listeners of the Gab With the Gurus Radio Show and fans and followers of all of guests appearing on this show.  

5) On this Heartfelt Holiday Gifts show, you'll get ideas for inexpensive healthy gifts that you can cook from Terry Walters, author of the wonderful, award-winning book, CLEAN FOOD: A Seasonal Guide to Eating Close to the Source With More Than 200 Recipes for a Healthy and Sustainable You.

Terry will even tell you how you can cook edible, healthy gifts on a budget.

For further information, I encourage you to visit all of our guests' websites.  (If you buy something from them, you're invited to mention how you heard about them -- through this Sugar Shock Blog, the Gab With the Gurus Radio Show or one of the guests on the show today.) Please check out their beautiful sites, which contain wonderful, heartfelt, high-quality products.

• HealthGifts.com (Randi Luckman)
• TheGiftionary.com (Robyn Spizman), also VoiceQuilt.com, GiveApp.com and BabyBop.com
• Terry's Kitchen (CLEAN FOOD)
• BeWellWithArielle.com (Arielle Fierman)
• Complete Relaxation Set and Weight Loss Hypnosis Set (4 MP3s) (Debra Berndt)
  

On the Heartfelt Holiday Gifts show, I also mentioned four of my favorite books, which would make great gifts, in my humble opinion.

I also highly recommend:

The fabulous books, The Art of Extreme Self-Care and Take Time for Your Life from life coach and bestselling author Cheryl Richardson. I cannot rave enough about these books, which will help you to take back your life and become a master at treating yourself well.

Clean Plates N.Y.C. from Jared Koch and Alex Van Buren. Every health-minded New Yorker will enjoy having this handy little book, which is a guide to the healthiest, tastiest restaurants in Manhattan. (And it's small enough to fit in your handbag or briefcase.)

SUGAR SHOCK!, which, admittedly, is my book. By giving this to a friend or loved one, you're saying that you care about them and their health and you'd like to help them to live sweeter lives. In the book, which involved my interviewing hundreds of health experts  and connecting with thousands of sugar addicts worldwide, you get educated about the dangers of sugars and refined carbs. In addition, you get many simple, useful tips to help you to break free of your harmful habit. In SUGAR SHOCK!, I strove to take a gentle, compassionate approach, and my intention is to serve as your friendly, compassionate, sugar-free guide, who holds you by the hand to help you become more healthy, happy and centered.

Now that you have a number of ideas for Heartfelt Gifts, let me also help you breeze through the holidays with poise, dignity and peace of mind.

Read my 7 Tips to Relieve Holiday Stress story on my Huffington Post blog.

FYI, please note that the last live Gab With the Gurus Radio Show of 2009 will take place next Tuesday (Dec. 15) at 2 pm EST, when you'll learn how to Love Your Body, Love Your Life with Sarah Maria, a body image expert.

Later in the month, you'll also have a chance to listen to replays of two favorite show from 2009. 

Listen to the Heartfelt Holiday Giving show now.

Are You a Hypoglycemic Who Finally Got Help? Reporter Wants to Interview You

Are you a reactive hypoglycemic, who spent years trying to figure out why you had fatigue, headaches or other ailments? Were you misdiagnosed and prescribed anti-depressants?

If so, a writer with major national publication wants to talk with you.

This reporter is seeking attractive, articulate women aged 30 to 50s, preferably mothers, who have reactive hypoglycemia and were astonished to learn that their eating habits and sugar consumption were to blame for all their confusing ailments. You need to have resolved your health issues and experienced an improvement to your health and energy. 

If you fit into this category, please let me know ASAP so that the reporter can interview you.

 

Authors & Aspiring Authors Only

Authors and aspiring authors, getting a book published isn’t enough.

You need to know how to promote and market it so people buy it.

Join some 200 of us, who are going to gorgeous San Diego on Oct. 10 and 11 to learn about book marketing and more.

Impatient for more info? Get info now.

At this event, you’ll listen to keynotes with Jack Canfield, Marci Shimoff and Debbie Ford. 
Plus, you’ll learn about:

• Publishing  and Distribution Options: What's Best For Your Book
• Secrets for Attracting Traffic and Building your List
• How PR is Changing in the 21st Century
• How to Use Internet Search Engines to Market Your Book
• Marketing Venues Beyond the Bookstore:  Teleseminars, Webinars, Virtual Book Tours, Web TV Shows and More
• Hi Tech Marketing- Using Blogs, Podcasts and Video blogs
• Social Networking:  How to Use Social Networking Sites to Sell Books:  YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn your Way to New Customers
• Make Money Marketing and Selling Products:  CDs, DVDs, Workbooks, Continuity Programs, Consulting and More
• Book Trailers
• Selling Your Book Through Amazon (SNP, Buy X get Y, and more)
• And Much More

Get details now about this exciting event: http://mixiv.com/vp/60394/19382/

Sugar Addict? Get Inspired by "Speed Shrinking's" Susan Shapiro

Are you struggling with a sugar habit or another addiction?

Take heart. You can get out of your self-destructive cycle. 

Just listen anytime to this week's Gab With the Gurus Radio Show with Susan Shapiro, author of the entertaining novel Speed Shrinking.

Susan will tell you how life becomes much richer and better when you get out from under your addiction.

Speed Shrinking is the Hot, New Trend

Check out this cool interview all about the new wave of Speed Shrinking, a trend that's been created, thanks to my friend Susan Shapiro, author of the entertaining, new novel Speed Shrinking, which offers a humorous account about how a self-help guru (a sugar-addiction specialist, no less) going on a shrink shopping spree, seeing 8 in 8 days to help stop her cupcake binging right before a major TV appearance.

See the fun news story that ran about it. As you'll see, I was one of the "Speed Shrinkers."

Feel Special & Enrich Your Life With True Love - Guest Blog Post

You can enrich and energize your life with true love rather than sugar.

You can feel so rewarded and fulfilled in a marriage or committed relationship that those quickie carbs completely lose their allure.

With proactive techniques that you'll learn here, love can fill you up. You won't need to rely on an empty, tragic sugar addiction, which you need to frequently re-fuel with those empty-calorie, health-harming carbs.

Today's special blog post is for single ladies (never-married, divorced or widowed) -- or even unsatisfied married women -- who long for fulfilling, amazing true love with a remarkable, adoring man.

The author of this post is the charming, long-married, personable psychologist Dr. Diana Kirschner, the bestselling author of Love in 90 Days: The Essential Guide to Finding Your Own True Love.

Dr. Diana, who gave you many helpful tips on my Gab With the Gurus Radio Show last Tuesday, reminisces here about her early days as a child when her mom used sugar as love.

Then, she offers you tangible guidelines to find true love. She wrote this post especially to help you, because we ran into each other and became friends this past weekend at a wonderful Book Publishing 2.0.program.

Incidentally, Dr. Diana is a media darling, who has appeared on Oprah, The Today Show and recently The Mike and Juliet Show, where she facilitated a 90-day Love Challenge. (Sure enough, Amelia, the love mentee, did find someone.) So here's Dr. Diana's post:

Feel Special & Enrich Your Life with Fulfilling, Nurturing True Love -- Not Unfulfilling, Unsatisfying Sugar by Dr. Diana Kirschner, the bestselling author of Love in 90 Days: The Essential Guide to Finding Your Own True Love.

When I was a child, my mother often showed her love by secreting me away from my other siblings and sharing a cookie, a piece of cake or candy just with me. In fact, she stressed that she was sharing it with me because I was so special. I certainly felt special—even though the sugary love drug usually made me sick to my stomach. (Ring a bell?)

Authors & Aspiring Authors: Get Tips From Mark Victor Hansen, Arielle Ford & Others

Attention, authors! Have you listened yet to today's Gab With the Gurus Radio Show?

If you're now published or want to be, you need to check out this show and learn from the masters.

Listen now -- at any time that works for you.

Help Me to Help You -- The White-Out Diet Will Be In Your Hands Jan. 2010, Helping You, If You Spread the Word Now

Special Announcement:

Greetings, wonderful, savvy people,

Exactly 11 years ago today, I first kicked sugar and refined carbs and got a better life.

And today, more than a decade since I became reborn, I'm launching an unusual marketing campaign to promote my next book, The White-Out Diet.

The catch is that it's not out yet. My goal is to have it hit bookstores and your favorite online retailer Jan. 2009.

The economy is prompting me to do something really different so that I can get a book deal for my next book, The White-Out Diet, which I know could help many.

Please see this email (below), which I just sent to members of my mailing list.

If you can help, I'd really, really appreciate it!

Anyhow, my goal is to help millions, and I think I can, but I need wonderful people like you to spread the word! Please read on.

Thanks in advance ever so much!See letter below.

Warmly and gratefully,

Connie

Subject: Help me, please... The White-Out Diet, my next book, is coming with your help -- benefits galore

Dear [Your Name Goes Here],

 

Would you like to lose weight for good,banish fatigue, boost your energy, feel and look

more youthful, get more oomph in the bedroom and build a life of passion, purpose and pizzazz?

 

Well, The White-Out Diet, my next book (the follow-up to SUGAR SHOCK!), is intended to help YOU

achieve ALL of that -- and more.

 

This book, I hope, will come out in January 2010.

 

But here's the catch: I need your help so that this book will become a reality and be available to you through bookstores,libraries and online retailers.

 

You see, while this fun, easy-to-read,

friendly, compassionate book can help

you in so many ways, these challenging

economic times are prompting me to

rely on you.

 

Let me explain.

 

Like all other industries, the

publishing industry has been hit

by the economic downturn.

 

Publishers are tightening their belts and making less acquisitions.

So my literary agent explains to me.

 

More importantly, major publishers only want to make book

deals with people, who are household names

-- movie stars, TV personalities, celebrities and so on.

 

And publishers only want authors with a "Big Platform"

-- this means millions (or least hundreds of

thousands) of followers, fans and friends.

 

Therein lies my challenge.

 

While editors at publishing houses loved my White-Out Diet

concept and my background as author of an acclaimed

book (SUGAR SHOCK!) from a major publisher (Berkley Books,

part of the Penguin Group), their enthusiasm was dampened

because I'm not a household name -- yet.

 

And while I do have a Big Platform,

it's not big ENOUGH -- yet.

 

But I'm determined to get The White-Out Diet published so it can help you.

 

So I realized that it's time to put the Law of Attraction into action.

 

And I'd be grateful to you for any help you can give to make this happen.

 

The White-Out Diet is a great book, and it deserves to be in your

hands next January, 2010, so it can help you.

 

Ultimately, this challenge presents an

incredible opportunity.

 

It's time for me to become pro-active,

creative and what I call "author-preneurial."

 

I'm even planning some outrageous, exciting activities

to drum up the necessary attention in The White-Out Diet, because

I KNOW this book can really enhance, improve and change your life.

 

(Got any clever, out-of-the-box marketing and promotion ideas? Know any celebrities?

Please share this info with me

ASAP, but privately.)

 

So would you be kind enough to act now (spending only about a

minute or two) to support the campaign to get The White-Out Diet

into the hands of people who need it?

 

Act now, please. Just go here:

 

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http://www.WhiteOutDiet.com

 

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My Intention: Get 500,000 or More in Pre-Sales Commitments

for The White-Out Diet From People Like You

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So here's my intention, my wonderful,

health-minded friends, fans and colleagues.

 

I would like to guarantee publishers that The White-Out Diet will

sell 500,000 or more copies.

 

Will you help me -- and yourself? Would you please:

 

1) Promise to buy 1 or more copies of

The White-Out Diet

 

2) Tell 2 or more friends and loved ones about this fun, friendly, helpful

book. Just send them to www.WhiteOutDiet.com and

 

3) Tell your entire online community and friends through social media sites. This

means posting (preferably several times) links to http://www.WhiteOutDiet.com

on your Facebook page and those of your friends.

 

And for those of you on Twitter.com,

would you send out lots of tweets? Just refer people to http://www.WhiteOutDiet.com

Here's one I wrote for you:

Join the White-Out Diet Super Friends campaign. This could help you, your friends, etc. http://www.WhiteOutDiet.com

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Visualize With Me: The White-Out Diet

Is In Your Hands Now, Helping YOU

=======================================

 

Will you join with me now?

 

You see, I'm utterly convinced that with your support, we'll get an

amazing momentum going.

 

Just envision this: Even if only 1 percent of the people on Facebook

(200 million) and Twitter (6 million) spread the word and make pre-sales

commitments, this book will become a mega-bestseller before it's even published!

 

In fact, if hundreds of your friends and friends of friends get involved, The White-Out Diet

will get way more than 500,000 in pre-sales commitments.

 

I've now shared my dream with you. (Guess it's not private any more? LOL!)

 

Will you join me in this dream so that I can help you and your friends with The White-Out Diet?

 

Just think: You could be on the ground floor of an empowering, cutting-edge, life-changing

guerilla marketing campaign that helps millions.

Do you feel great or what?

 

I hope you're excited.

 

Just imagine The White-Out Diet helping you to become healthier and to

accomplish amazing things.

 

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More About The White-Out Diet

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Let me tell you more about this book

so you can understand why I'm so eager for you to be able to get it in January 2010.

 

The White-Out Diet -- whose

subtitle is A 21-Day Plan to Peel Off

Pounds, Boost Energy, Rev Up Libido,

Banish Toxins & Turn Back the Clock --

could help you to:

 

* Easily lose weigh*t for good

 

* Feel and look more youthful

 

* Banish fatigue and boost your energy

 

* Rev up your libido

 

* Become more calm, cheerful and content

 

* Have a better memory

 

* Find out which "white" foods are

wiping you out and doing you in;

 

* Learn 21 days of easy tools, tips and

tactics to accomplish all of the above; 

 

* Turn your life around so that you can

plunge into a life of passion, purpose & pizzazz; and

 

* Open up your life in new ways (you

see, this isn't just a diet book -- it's more of a lifestyle book)

 

The White-Out Diet also has the

participation of cutting-edge people in

the fields of health and wellness. For instance:

 

* Joshua Rosenthal, MScED, Founder &

Director of the Institute for

Integrative Nutrition (IIN)-- has kindly agreed to write the introduction.

 

(I'm so honored, excited and

grateful to Joshua, because he's busy running the largest nutrition school  in the world.

I just love IIN, which I attended.

It attracts the most wonderful, fellow grads, students and staffers.)

 

The White-Out Diet also will involve the participation of other acclaimed

health experts and celebrities:

 

* A famous medical expert will do

the foreword. (I'm eagerly awaiting

word from someone who is really famous.) Dr. Nicholas Perricone wrote

the foreword for my first book, SUGAR SHOCK!

 

* Integrative physician Richard M.

Linchitz, M.D. - a cancer survivor

himself -- will serve as medical

consultant for The White-Out Diet. 

 

(Dr. Linchitz has an amazing

tale himself. Back in 1998, he

overcame lung cancer making many of the lifestyle changes

we tell you about in The White-Out Diet. (FYI, he got cancer despite never having smoked.)

 

* Plus, The White-Out Diet will have meal plans created by

recognized nutritionist Jill Lane, C.N.C. 

 

* In addition, as with SUGAR

SHOCK!, The White-Out Diet will have

numerous endorsements from well-known

health experts and celebrities.

 

Dr. Mehmet Oz, Dr. Christiane Northrup,

Kathy Smith, former presidential

contender and former Arkansas Gov. Mike

Huckabee, film producer Harvey

Weinstein, actress/author Marilu Henner

and Dr. Joseph Mercola were among those

who have endorsed SUGAR SHOCK!

 

So, can I count on you to spread the

word about The White-Out Diet to help me get a book deal?

 

Just go now to

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www.WhiteOutDiet.com

 

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Gifts to You For Helping Bring

The White-Out Diet to Bookstores,

& Online Retailers

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Of course, because of you're providing

vital help so The White-Out Diet can

get into your hands, you'll get benefits as a token of my gratitude.

 

To find out what these gifts are and to join the exciting White-Out Diet,

Royal Treatment Super Friend campaign, go here now:

 

=====>>>>

www.WhiteOutDiet.com

 

From the bottom of my heart, I thank

you in advance for your invaluable support!

 

Just imagine: Because of you, The White-Out Diet will be in your hands

in January 2010, and it will help you and millions like you.

 

Again, thank you so much for helping me

to help you by guaranteeing that The White-Out Diet can help people like you.

 

Gratefully yours,

Connie

 

P.S. Make sure to spread the word to 2 or more friends now. Just send them to the new blog:

 

===== >>>>>

www.WhiteOutDiet.com

 

While there, you'll see a really fun, creative White-Out Diet design from the

talented Hillary Carlip, whose clients have included such big names as Jennifer Anniston.

 

P.P.S. If you have great marketing ideas, contacts in the media or celebrity friends,

please write to me ASAP at connie@sugarshock.com

 

Connie Bennett. C.H.H.C. - Stop Sugar Shock

 

The Great Worldwide Sugar-Out Challenge: Ann Louise Gittleman, Nancy Appleton, Dr. Larry McCleary, Dr. Scott Olson & Other Experts Offer Inspiration & Information to Sugar Addicts Everywhere

Whenever a new year arrives, millions of Americans and people around the world put losing weight, improving health and getting in better shape as top resolutions.

A group of us health experts challenge you to confront and defeat your sugar habit as a vital, potentially life-changing step to help you peel off pounds and perhaps resolve numerous health issues.

Please join about a dozen of us -- authors of books about sugar, doctors and nutritionists -- on Jan. 16 at 12 noon Eastern on my Gab With the Gurus Radio Show when we issue the Great Worldwide Sugar-Out Challenge.

On Jan. 16, a little over two weeks into the new year, we will invite you sugar addicts out there (you know who you are) and overweight or obese people, to either cut back or totally kick sugar and refined carbs to lose weight, as well as help your mind, moods and overall health.  

We also want to draw attention to the fact that the average American consumes about 170 pounds of sugar per year or one cup a day. (By "sugar," we mean all caloric sweeteners, including high fructose corn syrup, glucose syrup and dextrose and honey.) People in other countries take in too much sugar as well.

All of these excess sweeteners could lead to more than more than 100 health problems, including obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer's disease, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), failing memory, anxiey, mental confusion, sexual dysfunction and infertility.In addition, too much sugar can cut your life short and age you more quickly.

Among the experts who will join us for the special, hour-long Gab With the Gurus Radio Show is Dr. Nancy Appleton, Ph.D., author of Lick the Sugar Habit. Nancy -- one of my inspirations -- is an anti-sugar pioneer, who has been warning about the dangers of sugar since the 1970s. Perhaps you've seen her jaw-droppingly large list of 146 Reasons Why Sugar is Ruining Your Health, an amazing, continually expanding checklist that's been been widely circulated.

We'll also be joined by "First Lady of Nutrition" Ann Louise Gittleman, Ph.D., the diet/detox expert, visionary and author of the really helpful, practical book, Get the Sugar Out: 501 Simple Ways to Cut the Sugar Out of Any Diet. (Ann Louise's picture is at the top of this page.)

I'm honored and delighted that both Nancy and Ann Louise are joining us, because their books, along with William Dufty's eye-opening  Sugar Blues,were my main sources of comfort when I was kicking sugar back in 1998. (My own book SUGAR SHOCK! didn't come out until years later, in 2007.)

Also appearing for our Great Worldwide Sugar-Out Challenge on the Gab With the Gurus Radio Show will be pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Larry McCleary, author of The Brain Trust Program. He will tell you how too much sugar can make your brain shrink, wither or atrophy. As I mentioned last January on my SUGAR SHOCK! Blog, he says that if you want to age your brain, all you have to do is eat the typical American diet!

Of course, kicking sugar to lose weight or resolve other horrible health problems already has been proven by millions, who've followed this advice offered in such books as The Atkins Diet, The South Beach Diet, Sugar Busters: Cut Sugar to Trim Fat, Dr. Gott's No Flour, No Sugar Diet and Potatoes, Not Prozac.

The idea for a worldwide challenge comes from Dr. Scott Olson, a Colorado-based naturopath, researcher and health adviser, whose 30-day challenge I chanced upon, thanks to Google alerts. Dr. Olson just released the new book, Sugarettes, whose title, of course, is intended to make you think of cigarettes. (Clever, eh?)

Anyhow, I was so impressed by Scott's passion and commitment to helping people give up sugar for better health and and an improved life that I immediately tracked him down in late December, called him and asked if I could join his effort. When Scott eagerly invited me to come on board, we then discussed designating one day to issue a challenge. That's when I decided to hold a special, hour-long Great Worldwide Sugar-Out Challenge on my Gab With the Gurus Radio Show and to invite  some experts or fellow sugar-book authors, whom I'd  interviewed for my book SUGAR SHOCK!

I'm still inviting more authors of sugar books and experts, who've endorsed my book. (Collaboration -- even among so-called "competing authors" -- is so much more fun and rewarding than doing things on your own.)

The concept of challenge is an effective one that appeals to people the world over. In fact, I've heard from thousands of people from all over the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, Costa Rica, etc. who've read my book SUGAR SHOCK! How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life--And How You Can Get Back on Track and then took us (contributing author Dr. Stephen Sinatra and I) up on the 21-day challenge that we issued.

These happy (what I call) "Sugar Kickers" write to proudly share that they've taken the challenge to heart and found that removing sugar completely transformed their lives, enabling them to get rid of excess weight, as well as banish heart palpitations, infertility, low libido, anxiety and severe PMS. Kicking or curtailing your sugar intake could even prevent or enable you to manage type 2 diabetes, resolve or improve heart problems and help cancer to go into remission. So join us on Friday, Jan. 16 at 12 noon Eastern (or listen afterwards, at your convenience).

By the way, during our Great Worldwide Sugar-Out Challenge on the Gab With the Gurus Radio Show, you may hear differing points of view from the sugar experts about how, why or how long you should quit sugar, because we just don't agree with each other about everything. What this means is that you'll get ample information to allow you to make a decision that works for you. (Some of us strongly disagree about artificial sweeteners so you may hear one person say it's OK while another such as myself might adamantly urge you to cut them out entirely. You'll also get opposing views as to whether you should kick cold turkey or gradually.)

What all of us experts and authors of sugar books do agree upon is that too much sugar -- which is typically consumed by the average American or typical person in other "civilized" countries around the world -- can wreak dangers galore on you, from heart disease to type 2 diabetes.

If you haven't quit sugar yet as a new year's resolution, you don't have to turn your back on the substance yet. Just join us on Jan. 16 on the Gab With The Gurus Radio Show to learn how too much sugar could harm you and how your life will be much better and healthier without sweets and refined carbs. You're sure to be educated, inspired and motivated by us to take action that day.

Stay tuned for more details and names of guests to appear on The Great Worldwide Sugar-Out Challenge, because I'm still working on getting more authors with "competing" books. I'm getting such a kick out of doing this, and it'll be so fun and inspiring to have us all together on Blog Talk Radio!

Please note that participants in The Great Worldwide Sugar-Out Challenge will be invited to use Twitter as a valuable tool and ally to help them while they're quitting. In fact, in addition to posting encouraging messages and other tidbits all day on Jan. 16 on www.Twitter.com/ConnieBennett, I will be posting tweets using my new account. (Name coming shortly.)