7 Strategies to Crush Your Sugar Cravings
Hello, dear friends
I would like to share with you 7 strategies that I learned from Dani Hamilton to decrease your sugar cravings.
1- Stabilize your blood sugar. When your blood sugar drops, you have physiological cravings for fast energy foods such as sugary foods and beverages. When you indulge in eating those types of foods, you stay in the cycle of eating and crashing. Your physiological cravings will always win over willpower. You have to keep your blood sugar stable to help with the physiological cravings.
3- Eat your protein first. Eat it until you can’t take another bite. You have a protein threshold that tells your body you are full. If you do not eat enough protein, your body will keep telling you you are hungry. After you have eaten your protein you will still have room to eat your healthy fats and vegetables. For women, 30 gms of protein per meal, and for men, 50 gms.
4- Improve fat digestion. If you can’t digest fat, your body is not able to use it as an energy source. If you do not have a gallbladder, you need to take some form of bile salts every meal for the rest of your life. If you still have your gallbladder and you do not digest fat well, a bottle or two of bile salts will help with that. You can also try a shot of apple cider vinegar in water before your meals.
5- L-glutamine powder. L-glutamine is an amino acid that is very healing for the gut. It also will cut cravings for sugar in the moment. Mix 1-2 tsp in water and it will cut your cravings.
6- Eat enough HEALTHY fats. Fats are like a log burning on a fire. They burn long and slow. Carbohydrates are like kindling, short and fast burn. Fats keep you full longer and do not affect your blood sugar. Healthy fats are found in foods in their natural state; avocados, olives, macadamia nuts to name a few.
7- Stop eating anything sweet. Sugars, artificial sweeteners, fruit. You need to get away from additional sugar in your diet to allow for a change in your palate. When you do this, you will enjoy savory foods more and be able to taste the natural sweetness in food.
When I was in this zone, I felt the best I have in a very, very long time. I did not crave sugar at all. I was amazed at how naturally delicious food was. It was not easy to maintain this through the holidays, but I did eat so much less sugar than I ever had through this holiday season. I am a work in progress. The sugar cravings can easily return, but I am feeling so much better with my healthier food choices. It is easier and easier for me to want to stop the sugar train and get off.
Much love and gratitude –
Janalee