How to curb sugar cravings when you are giving up AL

[sunshinedaisies]

How to curb sugar cravings when you are giving up AL

For what it is worth - if you up your protein intake, you will find that it lowers the sugar cravings........I am not sure why it works, but it does.....

[Determinator]

How to curb sugar cravings when you are giving up AL

Spacebebe, good question. I used coconut oil in place of cooking in dishes where a tropical flavor is intended. like most Asian, also north African, Cuban, Central American dishes even can often benefit from the unique flavor of coconut oil. if you prefer less coconut flavor there are some brands that are very non-aromatic.

on of my fav veg dishes now is sweet potatoes or yams roasted with coconut oil and of course....garlic! it's so good its crazy.

Sunshine, you're so right and for a variety of reasons. there are only 3 macronutrient food groups:

proteins (essential to life)
fats (essential to life)
carbs (not essential to life)

if we shift daily caloric intake to favor proteins and fats and decrease carbs even by a reasonable amount everything starts to work better in the human body/brain. this evens out our blood sugar spikes (this is more important than most folks realize for health). and it does indeed lessen the 'carbage' cravings.

[spacebebe01]

How to curb sugar cravings when you are giving up AL

Determinator;1323986 wrote: :

proteins (essential to life)
fats (essential to life)
carbs (not essential to life)

That makes so much sense when I see it like that. I could try in a sneaky way to improve my sons diet as well. eg when I make spag bol I can easily make more sauce with more meat, oil, and veg and just make less spaghetti with it. I will try and think of other ways as well. So many of my meals are so carb high, I know this but need to start trying to do somethng about it. It will take more organisation, and cost more tho but it needs to be done

[Determinator]

How to curb sugar cravings when you are giving up AL

that's super Spacebebe. also try using veggies instead of pasta, it's surprisingly very very good.

you can whiz up cauliflower in the food processor just until it takes the shape/size of pastini or orzo. then saute that in olive oil or butter and your good to go.

I'll also serve a meat marinara sauce in a bowl with arugula or spinach. it may sound weird but it's awesome.


finely sliced cabbage is also great raw or saute'd.

[spacebebe01]

How to curb sugar cravings when you are giving up AL

Thanks for that D, I like veggies, My sons dont tho so I am going to have to make meals again that will go with either the carb stuff for them, but less than they used, to and lots of veggies for me. I didnt know what marinara sauce was so I just googled it and I have been making it for years anyway

[pixie]

How to curb sugar cravings when you are giving up AL

D, sweet potatoes roasted with coconut oil and garlic sounds awesome - thank you for that suggestion! :happy:

I just bought my first tub of coconut oil a few weeks ago and though I love the taste, it's still a struggle to incorporate it into my cooking.

And I know this isn't the cooking forum, but any other suggestions on using veggies as a pasta substitute would be welcome!

[FlyAway]

How to curb sugar cravings when you are giving up AL

pixie;1325149 wrote: D, sweet potatoes roasted with coconut oil and garlic sounds awesome - thank you for that suggestion! :happy:

I just bought my first tub of coconut oil a few weeks ago and though I love the taste, it's still a struggle to incorporate it into my cooking.

And I know this isn't the cooking forum, but any other suggestions on using veggies as a pasta substitute would be welcome!

I take zucchini and slice them with a vegetable peeler into long strips. Quickly saut? them in a wok or frying pan and use in place of pasta.

[pixie]

How to curb sugar cravings when you are giving up AL

FlyAway;1325203 wrote: I take zucchini and slice them with a vegetable peeler into long strips. Quickly saut? them in a wok or frying pan and use in place of pasta.

Thanks flyaway, I'm going to try that - sounds like it would go well with lots of different sauces.

[Determinator]

How to curb sugar cravings when you are giving up AL

this is great news. and they got these great results on a far-from-ideal diet plan (only 2 days per week)

Intermittent, Low-Carbohydrate Diets More Successful Than Standard Dieting, Present Possible Intervention for Breast Cancer Prevention