4 Ways to Kick the Sugar Blues
Do you love sugar, but know it is time to cut back? Here are 4 easy ways to reduce the amount of sugar you're eating, or get it out of your life for once and for all. Some people can deal with it by eating less - others find that they need to let it go completely . Either way, these 4 simple steps will help.
1. Don’t allow yourself to eat unconsciously
1. Don’t allow yourself to eat unconsciously
We all have so much on our plates, metaphorically and in reality. It's easy to push anxiety and stress aside with sweets. Start making your sugar treats just that - something very special. Eat slowly, appreciating every bite, savoring every git of it, and make sure to add some complex carbohydrates to slow down how quickly it hits your bloodstream. butter, eggs, cream, nuts or avocado to slow the sugar absorption.
2. Plan ahead
A primary rule is to stay a few steps ahead of the white demon, never go to the grocery store when you're hungry. If you work or volunteer somewhere that has a lot of candy, cake, or donuts around, go fortified with your own healthy snacks. Carrots and celery are always good of course, but if you want to feel you're having a treat, make some air popped popcorn, spray it with olive oil, and sprinkle some sea salt on it. Find a tea that you really like, that doesn't need sweetener. I don't like the taste of green tea, but I love it when it has ginger in it.
3. Fermented foods can save the day!
For some reason, fermented foods are known to help reduce sugar cravings. Tempeh, kombucha, kefir, miso, fermented sauerkraut, and fermented condiments all have beneficial flora that will diminish the damaging effect of sugar, especially when they're eaten at the same time.
And better yet, those micro-flora will ingest some of the sugar themselves!
Over time, fermented foods can also help to reduce your sugar cravings dramatically,
4. Add Chromium Picolinate to your Supplements
A recent study tested blood sugar levels after eating white bread and found that just having 400 micrograms of chromium reduced blood sugar afterwards by 23%. It has been shown to reduce carb cravings and stabilize blood sugars, and the best part is that people with the greatest carbohydrate cravings had the best results!
Once you have cut back on your sugar intake, it will get easier. And if you remove it from your diet completely, then taste it several months later, you'll be amazed - it won't taste good anymore! Hard to believe, but true. And the health and beauty benefits will be a bigger reward than you may even realize.
