The Sugar Addicts Diet focuses on breaking addiction to sugar to prevent mood swings that prompt sugar cravings. Sugar seems to operate like other addictive substances by creating a temporary good mood that drops off and triggers cravings for more sugar. The diet identifies hidden sugars in foods to replace high glycemic foods that spike blood sugar with low glycemic foods that release sugar slowly, avoiding blood sugar crashes and subsequent cravings. While it may aid long-term weight maintenance for sugar addicts, it is more a lifestyle than a proper diet for quick weight loss since the pace of loss is unknown.