Sugar addiction -- My thoughts

[Guest guest]

Let me start off by saying that I am hardly an expert. This is just

my two-cents worth that I've found to work for me. I think cold-

turkey on sugar is good. That is what I had to do due to health

problems. However, I also think that when we are craving something,

it's our bodies way of telling us it needs something. For me, I

found that if I crave chocolate, that apples (especially red

delicious apples) were good. Not in one setting. I would eat 1-3

apples a day. It would help to curb the craving and eventually it

would go away. Apple sauce with cinnamon (not the sugar mixed one

but honest to goodness cinnamon only) helps too and a wonderful treat

in the winter time when served warm.

 

When craving for hard candies, I find citrus fruits (usually oranges,

grapefruits, or pineapples for me -- on occasions lemons) helpful.

However, just arbitrarily picking a citrus fruit doesn't seem to do

me any good. I have to think which seems the most appealing. Then

when I start to eat those, I start hungering for more. I tend to

have 2-4 of them a day.

 

Another thing that keeps coming back to me from the original poster

who started this conversation was his/her (sorry can't remember off

hand) craving came *after* eating a meal. Could the timing of the

craving be an indication of the body needing a digestive aid? Not

knowing what specific kind of sugar craving this person has, this was

a thought that kept coming to mind. I think someone suggested a

peppermint herbal tea. I think that would be a good idea and a tasty

one at that. :-) I also think that eating an apple at the end of

every meal may help as well. Here's an idea from memory of my great-

grandmother. She would end her big meal at the end of the day with a

teaspoon of honey (that they harvested themselves) each night. She

would tell my mother that it helped soothe and aid the digestive

system. I don't know if this is true or not, but my mother is

convinced. Since I personally don't care for the taste of honey and

don't know how it would effect my blood sugar level, I don't eat the

stuff. As such, I can't say if it would help or not. Another idea

would be to take one tablespoon of apple cider vinegar in half a

glass of warm water, preferably before the meal. From my

understanding, this is suppose to help the body digest the food

properly.

 

I hope this helps anyway.