Sweet Surprise: A Scientific Approach, A Secret Weight Loss for Over 40, Hormone Balance, Stop Sugar and Refined Carb Cravings and Addiction, 21 Days ... Your Gut & Your Brain (Sweet Surprise Series)
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You don’t lack willpower. You’re fighting biology. Updated for 2026 — fully revised, edited, and refined for a clearer, smoother, and more powerful reading experience. If sugar cravings keep sabotaging your best intentions—if you feel stuck in cycles of emotional eating, low energy, stubborn weight gain, or blood sugar crashes—this isn’t a discipline problem. It’s a brain and metabolic problem. In Sweet Surprise , Triya Redberg— Certified Nutrition Consultant (CNC), Certified Personal Trainer (CPT), and former competitive bodybuilder —reveals why sugar and refined carbohydrates are so difficult to quit, why sugar addiction feels real, and why most diets fail. Sugar doesn’t just affect your waistline. It reshapes dopamine. Disrupts serotonin. Spikes insulin. And alters the signals that control hunger, fat storage, and motivation. It also destabilizes blood sugar and slows metabolic efficiency—making cravings stronger, more frequent, and harder to ignore. Once you understand this, cravings stop feeling mysterious—and change becomes possible. This is not another diet book. Instead of rules, restrictions, or extremes, Sweet Surprise explains what’s actually happening inside your body —and how to restore balance in your metabolism, brain, and blood sugar from the inside out. Inside, you’ll discover: • How sugar hijacks the brain’s reward system and drives compulsive eating • Why insulin resistance and hormone imbalance make fat loss feel impossible • The critical difference between sugar and carbohydrates—and why it matters • How unstable blood sugar fuels cravings, fatigue, and overeating • The gut–brain connection influencing appetite, mood, and behavior • A flexible 21-day reset framework—without calorie obsession or deprivation A note on this edition If you’ve come across earlier versions of Sweet Surprise , this updated edition has been refined to provide a smoother, more cohesive reading experience. This approach isn’t about perfection. It’s about understanding your biology so your body no longer works against you. This book is for you if: • You feel “addicted” to sugar or refined carbs • You struggle with cravings, emotional eating, or energy crashes • You’re concerned about blood sugar balance, insulin resistance, or prediabetes • You want real science—not another diet trend Sweet Surprise is the foundation of Triya Redberg’s work in blood sugar stabilization, metabolic health, and hormone balance. Scroll up and click Buy Now to finally understand what’s driving your cravings—and how to change them. Review: Loose weight without diet and exercise? Seems to good to be true but…. - Insulin resistance and hormones are the key! Fatty liver and diabetes are robbing people of quality of life and eventually causing diabetes and worse. Read (or listen) to this book over and over to get your brain to think properly and your actions will follow. Like the author I was an avid athlete. In my case regularly mountain biking thousands of feet up the mountains, kiteboarding, snow skiing, playing tennis and pickleball, hiking, etc. Suddenly in my 50’s I tore my meniscus walking through the parking lot on a warm sunny day. The MRI revealed severe osteoarthritis – the doctors explained that I had worn out my joints! Thus the Dr’s advised eliminating most of my favorite activities! Triya Redberg’s book Sweet surprise was sweet indeed! Now I was able to get my weight back to normal without the activities I could do no longer participate in . The battle for better weight and health was by changed by the way I think. Although the physical therapists got me back on my feet and the Dr’s diagnosed the causes which damaged my body. The money spent to learn the information in Triya’s book was less expensive and created the results for weight loss and a more balanced life. My advice is to give it a go… the expense is so much less than even a single visit to a doctor… yet the information gained more balanced and helpful in one’s day-to-day life. Review: This book could extend your life and even more importantly improve the quality of your life. - In life, there is nothing more important than having good health. You might be lucky enough to take health for granted for a while, but at some point, it might catch up with you, and once you lose good health you realize how important it is. Following the advice in this book brings you better health. While you hopefully are familiar with some of thing things covered, you will also be able to pick up a number of critical health tips that you were not familiar with. All it takes is a few changes in your diet, and maybe adding a supplement or two, and your health can have a dramatic improvement. This book gives you those changes and suggests some supplements so you might find one or more that you want to try. Another thing I like is the author goes over some of her challenges in life, and how she overcame and worked through them. We all have challenges, setbacks, etc., and knowing this information makes the author more relatable and believable. In other words, it shows she is human and suffers through some of the same issues that readers might be having. As you age and realize health is your most important asset, and you are searching for ways to improve your health, this book will help you improve your most important asset.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.3 out of 5 stars 273 Reviews |
M**D
Loose weight without diet and exercise? Seems to good to be true but….
Insulin resistance and hormones are the key! Fatty liver and diabetes are robbing people of quality of life and eventually causing diabetes and worse. Read (or listen) to this book over and over to get your brain to think properly and your actions will follow. Like the author I was an avid athlete. In my case regularly mountain biking thousands of feet up the mountains, kiteboarding, snow skiing, playing tennis and pickleball, hiking, etc. Suddenly in my 50’s I tore my meniscus walking through the parking lot on a warm sunny day. The MRI revealed severe osteoarthritis – the doctors explained that I had worn out my joints! Thus the Dr’s advised eliminating most of my favorite activities! Triya Redberg’s book Sweet surprise was sweet indeed! Now I was able to get my weight back to normal without the activities I could do no longer participate in . The battle for better weight and health was by changed by the way I think. Although the physical therapists got me back on my feet and the Dr’s diagnosed the causes which damaged my body. The money spent to learn the information in Triya’s book was less expensive and created the results for weight loss and a more balanced life. My advice is to give it a go… the expense is so much less than even a single visit to a doctor… yet the information gained more balanced and helpful in one’s day-to-day life.
A**N
This book could extend your life and even more importantly improve the quality of your life.
In life, there is nothing more important than having good health. You might be lucky enough to take health for granted for a while, but at some point, it might catch up with you, and once you lose good health you realize how important it is. Following the advice in this book brings you better health. While you hopefully are familiar with some of thing things covered, you will also be able to pick up a number of critical health tips that you were not familiar with. All it takes is a few changes in your diet, and maybe adding a supplement or two, and your health can have a dramatic improvement. This book gives you those changes and suggests some supplements so you might find one or more that you want to try. Another thing I like is the author goes over some of her challenges in life, and how she overcame and worked through them. We all have challenges, setbacks, etc., and knowing this information makes the author more relatable and believable. In other words, it shows she is human and suffers through some of the same issues that readers might be having. As you age and realize health is your most important asset, and you are searching for ways to improve your health, this book will help you improve your most important asset.
K**N
Equilibrium
It was a little surprising learning about all the sugars that are in everything. They can even be hidden with different names. The author talks about understanding your exposure to sugars. It was a little wordy and repetitive at times so I ended up skimming some parts and reading the ones I thought applied to me. Not looking forward to menopause. It was good learning how the different hormones interact with each other. This statement really stood out. “The body is not seeking excess energy. It is seeking equilibrium.”
S**N
Excellent Book for Gut & Brain Health
The book is well written and researched. I have a clear vision and see the complete picture of why, as we age, our bodies don't work and how to fix it. The author has connected everything that most people would have questions about: health, losing weight, getting your mind sharp, and having all in an excellent condition so you can enjoy your time every day with your family and your loved ones. I have learned a lot about the gut microbiome from this book. She also showed the gut-brain connection with weight loss and good mental health, the cause of gut dysbiosis, as well as supporting the hormone balance. She also went the extra mile to write the entire chapter about polyphenol-rich food and high antioxidant food that helps prevent disease, keeps the gut microbiome thriving, and helps us look young. Highly recommend having a sweet surprise book on your bookshelf. So you can use it for reference all year round. I like that the author listed the top 10, top 20 dense foods in each category of polyphenols, for example, quercetin, ferulic acid, and flavonoids. Also omega-3 food sources in all detail of EPA, DHA, and DPA with the completed listed.
S**S
Hmm.
I really wish people would stop treating GMO food like it's poison. Organic food is treated with pesticides. Often a lot more because organic pesticides don't work as well. Modifying food is one of the reasons the fruit you know even exists. Research what food actually looked originally. Also, the meal plan isn't included in this book. It's a separate download. Which some might think is nit picking, but several times you're told to just follow the plan. If you don't notice the download link in the back, you won't even know what the author is talking about. I appreciate the message she's trying to send and most of the information seems accurate. There's just some things that put me off.
S**D
Reading Sweet Surprise could well extend your lifespan (and decrease your waist span)
We all know the American diet and Western diets in general contain too much sugar, too much processed food, too many processed seed oils. And we should know that these contribute to the various degenerative diseases that are also associated with aging, ranging from diabetes, to cancer, to heart disease and Alzheimer's. And indeed these dietary errors lead many to higher BMI indices and obesity. Sweet Surprise packs a wealth of information especially around the topic of sugar in all its forms, but also in treating types of fats, and in providing an exercise regimen. It is extremely thoroughly researched, and as such you will have to plow through a lot of biomolecular names. Do that and you get to the benefits. The layout and inclusion of tables helps you get to the bottom line, which is finding foods that are health-positive, such as those rich in a desired nutrient, e.g. resveratrol or flavonols. Although focussed on sugar, this may be the most complete nutrition book I have ever read because of the comprehensive coverage of how insulin works, the discussion of fats and oils, and the broad treatment of antioxidants. It also discusses interval fasting and various fad diets such as keto. There is a high probability that implementing the recommendations in Sweet Surprise and changing your diet, will extend your lifespan.
J**E
Finally weight loss help for mature women
I like that this book is geared towards women over 40 who have more trouble than anyone losing weight. It is well researched and well written. The author starts by talking about overall health and well being then gets into specifics. I think there are great suggestions and the detox plan is helpful but if you followed this diet to the letter it would make you very obsessive and very difficult to live with. She even says most types of water are bad to drink. Overall though great information. Do your research and then find out what works best for you.
N**N
Useful
The message is clear from this book: eat less sugar. What surprised me was the sheer volume of information for something that should be straightforward. It was much appreciated. I, and everyone around me, have a not so great sugar eating habit. It's going to take awhile to break this cycle, but this book gave me some ideas. I will say that the section on GMO foods was odd.
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