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Heather: Hey guys!
This is Heather from HealthyEatingStartsHere.com.
Alright, today I wanted to give you some of my tips for getting over sugar cravings, because
this is something that I’ve dealt with in the past.
I have a pretty big sweet tooth and it’s something that you guys asked me about a lot
because it’s really, really tough these days to resist sugar cravings.
Not only are we bombarded with advertising and stuff about chocolate bars, about cookies,
but all these sweet things, but the stuff they put in there is very hard to resist.
Those refined sugars, refined flours, any kind of chemicals and preservatives they put
in there.
Sometimes they make you crave things even more.
So, it can be a vicious cycle - if you keep eating those things, you keep craving them.
Okay, so, some tips that I have for you.
Number 1, start making your own treats, because if you can get yourself off of those processed
sweets then you’ll find it a lot easier to resist.
Because, like I said, you’re getting off those refined sugars and processed foods.
So, I like to make my own healthy treats.
One of my favorites is to make cookies.
You can make cookies with whole grain flours.
So, I’m talking about things like whole wheat flour or spelt flour, brown rice flour,
coconut flour.
There are all kinds of different flours out there that you can experiment with.
And you can find recipes for them now, because everybody is into using these things.
So, it’s awesome - you can make your own cookies and then use unrefined sugar.
So, things like coconut sugar, pure maple syrup, sucanat.
All these different kinds of things.
Now, you don’t want to do too much.
It’s always good to reduce the amount of sugar that you’re using in something, but
it’s also important to switch the type of sugar, because that can make a huge difference.
The refined white sugar is very, very potent and so it’s really easy to get addicted
to it.
Another tip I have for you is to get enough sleep.
I’ve been seeing lots of stuff and reading lot of things recently talking about sleep
and the connection that it has to part of your brain that controls willpower.
So, if you’re low on sleep you find it even harder than normal to resist those temptations
not only because of what’s going on in your brain, but also if you think about it just
common sense wise, when you aren’t sleeping enough, you’re maybe not think quite as
clearly and then you don’t have the strength in your convictions that you maybe do when
you’ve had the perfect amount of sleep.
So, get some sleep and then my third tip is to take some probiotics.
The bacteria in your guts, the balance between the good and the bad bacteria - if the bad
bacteria get out of control, if there are too many bad ones then your sugar cravings
can get out of control as well, because those bacteria feed off of the sugars, the bad sugars
that you might be eating in your diet.
So, make yourself some healthy treats, get some sleep, and get some probiotics.
Those are my three tips and there are tons of recipes out there for healthy treats.
So, just figure out what it is you crave when you have a sweet craving.
So, some people eat cookies, some people eat ice cream, some people -- I don’t know what
else do you crave, but you can find recipes for these things.
I’ve got lots of recipes on my site and you can find them for oatmeal cookies, gingerbread
cookies.
I’ve got a chocolate gingerbread pudding, and mango-banana-coconut ice cream.
I keep adding more fruits in there.
Mango-banana-coconut ice cream is so awesome.
And for me, what I really love is just plain fruit.
It is so sweet and delicious you’ll love it.
You’ve just got to learn to recalibrate your mind a little bit to see those things
as proper treats.
So, that’s it.
Those are my thoughts on controlling cravings for sweet stuff and I would love if you guys
would share some of your tips because I’m sure everyone has different things that will
work for them and if we all share what has worked for us, we can all learn from each
other.
So, go ahead and share that below the video in the comments and I’ll see you guys next
time.
I’m going to share some tips on healthy treats, healthy sweet treats this week.
So, stay tuned for that.
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