How To Reduce Sugar Cravings For Good

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According to the American Heart Association, the average American consumes approximately 16 teaspoons more added sugar than is recommended per day.

The good news

To stop sugar cravings you don’t need to make any drastic diet changes. Cutting out sugar starts with awareness, preventative measures, and simple substitutes.

Creating consciousness around how added sugars act in the body will help you recognize the symptoms of sugar cravings and treat them as such.

How to reduce sugar cravings

Remove all sugar and processed foods from your house.
You can bet you'll face temptations to eat sugar while you work on breaking your addiction. It is going to happen.

You can drastically increase your ability to resist temptation by removing all foods from your house that contain sugar as well as those that are processed (remember, highly-processed foods are quickly converted into sugar once you eat them!)

Look through your kitchen, cupboards, and pantry for all sugary drinks, cereals, snack bars, yogurts, baked goods, breads, and anything else that contains sugar.

Throw all of it out and commit to not bringing these foods back into your home until you are confident that your addiction has been permanently broken.​

Eat protein

Protein deficiency can contribute to sugar cravings as the body searches for a quick energy source. Adding protein to every meal ensures that the body always has fuel to access and maintains a steady blood sugar level, preventing any spikes and crashes.

Replenish your gut

Having an unhealthy gut usually means sugar cravings will show up in the form of sweets, bread, fruit, or dairy. Too much sugar consumption contributes to an overgrowth of “bad” bacteria in the gut, also known as dysbiosis, which also creates an inflammatory environment in the body.

When the gut is in a state of balance, the good bacteria thrive, controlling inflammation and bad bacteria overgrowth, and the body is better able to digest and detoxify any foreign poisonous substances to avoid nutritional deficiency.

Tips for balancing the ratio of good bacteria in your gut include consuming fermented vegetables (think kimchi and pickled veggies), probiotic liquids (such as coconut kefir and kombucha), and healing bone broth.

Eat breakfast that is balanced in macro-nutrients

Many sugar cravings are stimulated because your body hasn't received the nutrients it really craves. The easiest way to eliminate, or at least minimize, these deficiencies is by eating a well-rounded breakfast.

Eat a breakfast meal that includes healthy sources of the 3 macronutrients: Carbohydrates, protein, and fat.

Eat a balanced diet

Eating too much of one flavor profile can create extreme cravings for the opposite flavor. A diet high in salty foods tends to create cravings for sweet foods. Listen to your body and take note of what you’re eating to find balance with a variety of flavors.

Get plenty of sleep

Drink lots of water and get plenty of sleep. Quality sleep is crucial when talking appetite control. It’s much more challenging for a sleep-deprived you to resist sugary foods and refined carbohydrates.

The body of a sleep-deprived person is signaling that it wants a pick me up, and the body’s neurons and muscle memory cleverly recognize that sugar provides a “high”, so the body asks for it, often in the form of a sugar craving.

Sweeten up with vegetables

Sweet vegetables such as carrots, sweet potatoes, podded peas, beets and sweet bell peppers can provide you with a quick burst of energy when you need a pick me up.

By regularly incorporating these sweet flavors you can more easily keep intense sugar cravings away since you’ll be satisfying the need for sweet flavors.

Swap refined carbs for fat

When we opt for a “low-fat” diet, we are more often than not choosing to replace a flavorful, moist, and satiating food with another flavorful substitute: usually a refined carbohydrate (AKA sugar).

Our bodies digest simple carbs very easily, which in turn creates a craving for more sugar in attempts to energize the body once again. This yoyo-ing deprives our body of maintaining equilibrium and is totally unsustainable.

Healthy fats serve the body well and aid in hormonal balance, boost the metabolism, and regulate blood sugar. Eating a source of healthy fat along with or in place of a carbohydrate will slow down the absorption of glucose in the bloodstream, preventing undesirable sugar highs and lows and curb sugar cravings.

Healthy sources of fat include nut butters, avocados, eggs, coconut oil, and high-quality animal protein such as wild caught salmon.

These tips have been tested and proven to help break even the nastiest sugar addictions. The first few days will likely be the hardest, but you will begin feeling amazing in no time.

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My sister can't do without having sugar in her meal. In fact, when she consumes swallow (solid food with soup), she must flush it down with coke, else she won't be balanced. Telling her to sweep all sugary food out of the house would make her feel the world is coming to an end. She can't do without taking tea and bread daily. If at all she's able to forgo other sweet things, that two would be an exception. It's easier said than done. However, if one can be disciplined, it's achievable. Thanks for bringing this. It's a helpful content.

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