How do I overcome my lifelong addiction to sugar? -
How do I overcome my lifelong addiction to sugar? -
I am middle aged. I have a life long addiction to rich sweet sugar treats like ice cream, cake, cookies, chocolate, pastries.... How do I finally overcome this lifelong addiction?If I could stop smoking 4 years ago I surely can give up sugar!
ThanksSo what-s a savvy consumer like you to do?? It-s hard enough to fight an enemy you can see.? It-s harder yet to combat an enemy that you can-t detect.? But you can still do your part to lower your sugar consumption.? And we-ll give you some simple tricks:
Start by eliminating all sugary drinks from your diet.? Not only do sodas and powered drinks contain sugar, but so do those supposedly health sports drinks and even those fruit juices. Replace those sugar-laden drinks with water. Focus, instead, on drinking more water. Remember that health experts recommend you drink a minimum of 8 eight-ounce glasses of water daily.? You can easily replace any of these with water. Bored with plain water?? Treat yourself and put a slice of lemon in it.? This adds to the flavor without the dangers of the sugar.
If you know that a food contains sugar, limit your consumption to three times a week.? This is, without a doubt, one of the very best techniques to beat the craving for sweets.? Other effective methods to reducing your sweets craving is to eat healthy, balanced meals.? You need to start your meal off with a protein, preferably a complete protein.? A complete protein is any food that comes from an animal.?
Then, add a natural source of carbohydrate to it.? This could be a vegetable, a legume, or even a properly prepared whole grain or a fruit.? But wait, you-re not done yet.? Next you need to include some good fats to your diet.? These include butter, coconut oil, canola oil or olive oil.? These fats are much more important than you think.? They slow down the entry of sugar into the blood stream, preventing those miserable mid-morning and afternoon crashes.
Your next step in reducing your sugar consumption is to replace refined sugars with natural ones.? There is, indeed, a difference.? Refined sugar products include white sugar – like you may put in your coffee or you put in your cereal.? Refined sugar also comes in many other forms, though, so you have to read food labels carefully.? Other names refined sugar goes by include corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, dextrose, fructose, and sucrose.? You also want to eliminate as much as possible all artificial sweeteners.?
Instead, you want to become familiar with products such as maple syrup, molasses and raw unfiltered honey.? Many health food stores offer products made with these natural sweeteners.? You can even find cookies and ice cream made with these.? This is a great introduction to the natural alternative that replaces refined sugars.? When you begin to switch from refined sugar to natural, go slowly and be patient with yourself.? Sugar is a powerful addiction!
Visit Best Natural Remedies Online for more articles.Sugar is not something you can quit cold turkey. Sugar is a natural substance that your body needs and craves. However, it-s not a bad idea to reduce your intake.
The most effective way is to not buy any.
When you go to the store, try not to buy any kind of sugary treat. It is much easier to resist things in a store than to resist them in the home.
If there is no sugar available to you, you wont eat any. Also, try not to substitute the missing treats with an excess other foods either. That can be just as much of a problem.You should set yourself a limit to how much sugar you can have per day and read the nutrition facts on everything you eat and drink. Than lower the amount you allow yourself every week. Also Fruit is a very good replacement for sugary snacks try eating apples and oranges.Cold Turkey, I used to eat 2 donuts every morning - Ho Ho-s for lunch, then I gave up sweets for lent, After about 2 weeks you stop craving it - you can walk right by the office donuts no prob. Lost 35 pounds too! But you can-t kid yourself about controlling it later, it-s just like being an alcoholic. It took me 2 tries to figure that out.Take up smoking again! Most Doctors (myself included) agree that nicotine is a great replacement for what most retarded non-doctors call the -sugar high-. Smoking suppresses the appetite and also makes you look totally bad ***. Good luck and smoke up!
-Dr. BillDont stress yourself out.
if you try too hard by TRYING to stop completely you won-t get anywhere.
just try to avoid it a little bit
it will take time but dont use the word diet
thats too hard
just dont forget what you want to do and u will stop in no time...
dont make it such a big dealI would look up different detox rogeams. After a while you shouldn-t want sugar anymore unless you entroduce it back into your life. Detox would be very strict though and past probably a couple weeks.wow, um... if your trying to do it for health related reasons, id say you dont need to exactly give it up altogether just excercise every so often.
or try getting addicted to salty foods. hahaWean yourself. Cut back in small amounts, gradually.
Also, there are many sugar free products out on the market that taste just as good as sugared sweets.Eat fruit and vegetables, fatty.Try working in healthier sweets such as fruits and more natural sugars.Do like what you did with smoking - stop.
No brainer.uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu doooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnttttttttttttttttttt…I drink mountain dew everyday. I don-t know how I would ever give it up..he-he me to when find out let me know
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