| Sugar is found in nearly every processed and | | | | diets. |
| manufactured food you can imagine. Even lots of | | | | There is s a way to control and lessen your sugar |
| healthy carbohydrate foods like "whole grain" cereals | | | | cravings, And, that is with proper meal planning. By |
| and breads have one kind of sweetener or another. It's | | | | planning and making healthful meals with an effective |
| hard to find products without extra sugar. | | | | balance of protein, fat and fiber you will help maintain a |
| Look a the content label of almost any canned or | | | | more uniform blood sugar level and avoid sugar |
| boxed food item and you'll most likely see sugar, corn | | | | desires. Also, eat reduced servings in more frequent |
| syrup, high fructose corn syrup, cane juice, and a | | | | meals. Studies have found that when the interval |
| multitude of additional sugars. Even if you don't | | | | between meals increased, the total amount of calories |
| consume soda pop or eat a lot of candy or health | | | | consumed in a day rose and the nutritional value of the |
| bars you're receiving a fair amount of sugar. In fact, | | | | meals declined. |
| you're probably getting so much sugar that stopping | | | | In other words, the optimal way to lessen sugar |
| cold turkey would produce a few indicators of sugar | | | | cravings is to plan smaller, healthy meals and eat more |
| dependence. Several studies have shown that sugar | | | | often. This will steady your blood sugar levels and |
| alters the opioids and dopamine in the brain and | | | | keep you feeling energetic throughout the day. |
| activates the beta endorphin receptor sites. Cutting | | | | Between meals, perhaps your best snack should be |
| sugar consumption drastically will create a strong | | | | water. You recognize we should all drink more water. |
| desire and the urge to go on a sugar splurge. | | | | But, drinking water also fills your stomach and reduces |
| One of the problems with sugar is that it is associated | | | | your hunger. This helps you avoid the sweetened |
| with your energy level and your general health. When | | | | snacks that add both needless calories and bad |
| you eat sugary foods your blood glucose level | | | | refined carbs. |
| increases, your pancreas secretes the hormone insulin | | | | If you want to reward yourself with a snack there are |
| to trigger your liver, muscles and fat cells to absorb this | | | | now plenty of reduced carbohydrate snacks available. |
| excess glucose, thus causing your blood glucose level | | | | You can get low carb food bars, yogurt, and even low |
| to drop. This can result in depressed blood glucose | | | | carbohydrate ice cream. So, plan your snacks by |
| levels that will make you feel lethargic. You will then | | | | buying more healthy low carbohydrate snacks. |
| want additional sugar and this cycle starts anew. | | | | After you've gotten your blood glucose leveled out for |
| Diets that call for the short-term elimination or | | | | a couple of weeks, you may well be prepared to |
| permanent reduction of carbohydrates, like the Atkins | | | | effectively start your no carb or low carbohydrate diet. |
| diet, are often very difficult to adhere to. Cravings for | | | | Appropriate planning is what will make the difference. |
| sugar are too intense for many to remain loyal to such | | | | |