Feel like you’re always craving sugar?
Feel like a meal isn’t complete without something sweet at the end?
Do you hate it when someone tells you just to “eat a piece of fruit” if you have a sweet craving?
If you can answer “YES” to any of these questions then let’s have a chat about sugar and cravings. I’d like to preface this by saying I’m not here to convince you to cut out all sugar or try to “detox” your way to a zero sugar lifestyle. I love brownies and cookies just as much as the next girl!
That being said, if you have a large amount of refined sugar in your diet or using a lot of zero calorie high intensity sweeteners, your threshold for being satisfied is much higher than someone who doesn’t consume much sugar on the day to day.
For example, if you have a diet that promotes balanced blood sugars with protein, healthy fats, and high fiber carbs from whole food sources, you’re likely to be satisfied with a sweet, in-season piece of fruit. On the other hand, if your typical diet includes high amounts of refined carbohydrates, sugary beverages, artificially sweetened food and beverages, a piece of fruit probably isn’t going to kick the sugar craving.
So if you identify more with the second scenario where do you start to lower your threshold for sweetness satisfaction? First, slowly start to make improvements to the overall quality of your meals. If you need some easy meals to get started with, check out my post for 3 Ingredient Meals.
Second, start to swap some of your sweet treats for healthier versions. Please note that I said SOME of your sweets, not all. You don’t have to always choose the healthier sweet treat all the time.
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