VIDEO : Mika Brzezinski Reveals ?Lifelong Struggle With Sugar? In New Op-Ed

?Morning Joe? co-host Mika Brzezinski revealed what she called a ?lifelong struggle with sugar? on Sunday in a new Op-Ed for NBC News.

?My diet has always gotten in the way of my productivity, because I have struggled with food issues for decades,? Brzezinski wrote.

?Alone in my car, I have even been known to eat the icing off six Hostess cupcakes. You get it. I have a disordered relationship with sugar.?

?I feel gutted and empty when I haven?t had sugar for a few hours and start searching for it,? she added.

In the piece, Brzezinski lauded the positive effects of mindfulness therapy and said that her work with Massachusetts behavioral therapist Dr. Gillian Galen had helped her kick the addiction for nine days and counting so far.