'It was, I call, a drug addiction': How a Vancouver nutritionist curbed her sugar fix

In her mid-20s, Sherry Strong started each morning by downing a half litre of Sarah Lee Ultra Chocolate ice cream.

She continued feeding her sugar craving until bedtime. Twenty years later, Strong says she can fit into one leg of the pants that she used to wear.

“It was, I call, a drug addiction,” she told North by Northwest host Sheryl MacKay.

“There’s no difference between that and any other drug. It’s just that it’s socially acceptable. It’s cheap, it’s everywhere