Advice for Sugar Addiction

I've heard that bananas satisfy the cravings for sweets, too...and they're really good for you, and quick! (If you happen to have some when you want one.) :)

You should start drinking some of Young Living's Ningxia Red juice... it's been proven to help kick the sugar cravings! I just started drinking it because I love my chocolate but also have it in for soda, and I need to stop drinking it!

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Part of your sugar craving is caused by the peaks and lows you get in your blood sugar from eating sweet things. After you've had sugary food, an hour or 2 afterward you will have a sugar crash.

One way to combat these sugar cravings is to help maintain an even blood sugar level. Try snacking on protein every couple of hours - a handful of almonds, piece of cheese, etc. This will help maintain an even blood sugar and help minimize the cravings.

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try chewing sugar free gum when you get the urge for a snack or also try the 100 calorie packs of snacks...they are really good!

Here is some advice to curb sugar/synthetic sweetner addictions from a website page called cure zone.

While it says over indulgence in sugar does not cause diabetes, it does say heavy sugar consumption over time may eventually play a role in developing obesity, diabetes and other health problems, because of their effect on certain organs over time.

The really scary thing is many processed foods we eat have hidden sugars in them, including some canned goods, breads, crackers and more. These hidden sugars combined with candies and other sweets can mean real trouble for your health.

Here is an excerpt from a really good article below. You say you like to think about science...so you should enjoy it as it gets fairly technical about sweetners and their biolgical effects. For the full article go to;

http://www.curezone.com/foods/sugarpage.html

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How to stop eating sugar ?
There is a balance between meat consumption and sugar.

If you eat meat, you need sugar, and visa versa. Serious trouble can happen if the balance is off which is easy since sugar is addictive, like a drug. If you are a vegetarian and eat mostly carbohydrates, the effect of extra sugar is heightened.

One of the major drawbacks is that sugar raises the insulin level, which inhibits the release of growth hormones, which in turn depresses the immune system. Not something you want to happen if you want to avoid sickness.

According to Kathleen DesMaisons in her book Potatoes Not Prozac sugar sensitive people , those who have a more volatile reaction to the substance, usually have low levels of serotonin and low levels of beta endorphins.

The level of beta endorphins have a direct impact on a person’s self esteem, tolerance for pain, sense of connectiveness and to the ability to take personal responsibility for action. It follows that with higher levels of beta endorphins the disease management process would be easier.

When blood sugar spikes it signals the adrenal glands to release more adrenaline. This leads to adrenal fatigue and in turn makes blood sugar ups and downs ever more pronounced. Note this, for many of us have adrenals already fatigued from overeating of sugar.

According to William Duffy in "Sugar Blues" the difference between sugar addiction and narcotic addiction is largely one of degree. Here are some suggestions to make the withdrawal easier:

- As you are reducing the amount of sugar also reduce the amount of meat you are eating

- Eat a bit of ginger before meals

-Taking Colloidal minerals that contain trace minerals Chromium and Vanadium would solve problem of craving for Sugar and sweets !

- Craving for Sugar and sweets is a symptom of Chromium and Vanadium deficiency.

- Don’t eat any concentrated sweetener for breakfast

- Eat your breakfast as late as possible and start with fruit

- Make pause between fruit and other food

- Never eat fruit together with a rest of food

- Make treats like cookies sweetened with rice syrup (a honey like sweetener made from cultured rice) or barley malt

- Get to know some new foods that have a subtle sweet taste from natural sugars. Try manna bread (tastes like a muffin but is made only from sprouted grains) or oatmilk.

- Get to know more about the sugar/depression/energy connection. Read Food and Healing, Sugar Blues, or Potatoes Not Prozac