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Food Cravings and Sugar Cravings While On a Weight Loss
Plan
You have been on a weight loss plan for a bit and then it
hits - the food cravings
and the sugar cravings.
You go shopping and load up your cart with the wrong foods,
or you go to somewhere and have two servings of chocolate cake,
when you know you should not be eating any.
Oh, oh, your food cravings just got the best of you. Your
weight loss plan bit the dust.
Why does this happen? We all have food cravings and they activate
brain areas related to reward, emotion and memory. Certain parts
of the brain are associating emotions with rewards.
This craving could go so far as to have triggers - something
happens and this craving starts up. A thought or an event takes
place, and bam - there is your craving talking to you.
And with this food craving, usually comes a very clear picture
of exactly what you want to eat. It could be sugar cravings,
a salt craving, chocolate cravings, etc.
So how do you curb food cravings? Many people suggest that
besides those food cravings being from a triggered response in
the brain, the cravings may also have their roots in hidden nutritional
deficiencies.
So for example, if you have chocolate cravings, it could be
that you are lacking in some of the nutrition found in chocolate,
such as magnesium. So you would put more magnesium foods in your
diet. Magnesium foods are dark leafy greens, raw nuts and seeds,
legumes and fruit.
That is why with a weight loss plan, it is important not to
cut your calories too low, or to cut out too many foods, as this
will set you up for nutritional deficiencies and you may start
up with food cravings.
Another tip is to eat the snacks between meals, or spread
your total servings of food out to 5 servings a day. This way
you have a snack between your main meals. This keeps the blood
sugar more stable and it won't dip, setting up hunger or cravings.
So use a balanced weight loss plan, one that does not cut
too many calories or health giving foods from your diet and you
may not have to fight the food cravings and sugar cravings so
much.
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Article by Jeannie Crabtree. Visit her site for weight
loss diets, weight
loss plans and exercise
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