Want to stop sweet cravings? Here's a method that works. Cravings for sweets usually kick in when your blood sugar levels dip below where they should be. The sweet craving is the body's way of telling you to eat something to bring the blood sugar levels back up. These cravings will typically kick in if you haven't eaten for long periods of time. They can also happen if you've eaten some kind of high sugar, processed foods. (Think: cookies, cakes, candy, biscuits, pastries, soft drinks). Once the initial blood sugar boost wears off, a slingshot effect can happen, where your blood sugar levels dip. Sweet cravings are also typical if you're starting out on a diet. If you're overweight and you're used to eating large quantities of carbohydrate each day, your body will crave sugar or other carbohydrate laden foods simply because that is what's it's conditioned to expect. So how do we stop sweet cravings? There are many ways, but here is a sure- fire method that works.

2. Want to stop sweet cravings? Here's a method
that works. Cravings for sweets usually kick
in when your blood sugar levels dip below
where they should be. The sweet craving is the
body's way of telling you to eat something to
bring the blood sugar levels back up.

3. These cravings will typically kick in if you
haven't eaten for long periods of time. They
can also happen if you've eaten some kind of
high sugar, processed foods.
(Think: cookies, cakes, candy, biscuits, pastries,
soft drinks).

4. Once the initial blood sugar boost wears off,
a slingshot effect can happen, where your
blood sugar levels dip

5. Sweet cravings are also typical if you're
starting out on a diet. If you're overweight and
you're used to eating large quantities of
carbohydrate each day, your body will crave
sugar or other carbohydrate laden foods
simply because that is what's it's conditioned to
expect

6. So how do we stop sweet cravings? There are
many ways, but here is a sure- fire method that
works:
Start exchanging lower quality foods
for higher quality foods

7. What does this mean? Well, higher quality
foods are foods that are closer to their
original form. For example, a freshly picked
apple. That apple is in it's original form and
contains all it's fiber and nutrients

8. Your body needs to digest and pull nutrients
from the apple. This takes effort from your
body (your body likes this kind of effort).
This is high quality food.

9. Now, there are many different things you can
do to lower the quality of that apple.
Lowering the quality of the apple can mean a
loss of nutrients or fiber, it could mean less
effort to digest by the body (remember your
body likes the effort), or it could mean that
you've added extra calories in the form of fat
or sugar.

10. You can bake it into an apple pie, you can make
apple sauce, you can blend it into a smoothie.
There are a myriad of things you can do with
the apple. Not all, but most will lower the
quality of the apple. Eating lower quality food
can trigger sweet cravings later on.

11. Bottom Line: To stop sweet cravings, keep the
food you eat as close as possible to it's
original form.