You can be legitimately addicted to, and experience withdraws from, sugar. Refined sugar/ cane sugar is actually really bad for you (though corn syrup is arguably worse), but unfortunately for most of us, it’s also in just about everything that’s processed. Most people addicted to sugar don’t even realize it because it’s such a common part of our diets. Your brain processes sugar as a reward, which leads to addiction and cravings. You CAN re-train your taste buds by cutting out all sugar for several weeks (including natural sugar), but it’s a rough few weeks because the withdraws are no joke; Anxiety, depression, irritability, cravings, headaches, tiredness, and muscle aches are all common sugar withdraw symptoms.