How to develop a healthier relationship with sugar: Kim
October 26, 2025
This week I’m chatting with dietitian and author Kim Shapira about what it really means to feel free around food...
and how we can build a peaceful, trusting relationship with food, especially sugar.
Kim grew up with no food rules and a pantry full of snacks where nothing was off limits.
She says that that freedom, not restriction, is what helped her feel calm and in control around food.
And as a mom, she shares how that approach shaped the way she raised her own kids, and how it still guides the work she does with her clients today.
We talk about sugar cravings, restriction backlash, and how to create a healthier relationship with food that feels relaxed and respectful.
No guilt, no obsession, no needing to “be good.”
Kim also opens up about her own sugar story: the one-week experiment that helped her break free from cravings, and how she now sees sugar: just not that big a deal.
