Constant Cravings and How to Tame Them

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Constant Cravings and How to Tame Them

From Calorie King

Delany

Wouldn't life be simpler if instead of craving cakes and candy your body cried

out for lettuce?

But unless you're Bugs Bunny, that's never going to happen.

The good news is that there are ways to control your cravings so they don't lead

to unhealthy eating habits and an expanding waistline.

Read on to find out more.

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.. Before you go craving mad

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Prevention is better than a cure

At 10 am it's chocolate, by noon it's fries, at 3 pm you can't live without that

Coke, and by 9 pm you're spoon-deep in a tub of ice cream. Sound too familiar?

If you feel like you're constantly craving one food or another, it's very likely

that you're simply not eating properly.

First, you may just be hungry. Do you get enough calories from protein, healthy

fats and carbohydrate? Do you eat at regular enough intervals? When you're

hungry you're more likely to crave high-calorie, high-fat foods. Cravings are

also often related to dips in blood sugar levels, which happen when you don't

eat regularly enough. If you experience a dip in blood sugar, you're likely to

look for a quick fix in the form of chocolate or other candy.

Eating regular, well-balanced meals, with plenty of lowfat protein (eggs, fish,

lean meat, legumes, leafy greens) will ensure that your blood sugar levels

are stable and that you are getting the calories you require throughout the day.

This can make a huge difference to getting your cravings under control.

Smart snacking on fruit, nuts, seeds (pumpkin, sunflower etc.) chopped

vegetables, homemade soup, yogurt or lowfat cheese will also help you prevent a

mid-afternoon

blood sugar slump and the cravings that accompany it.

Also keep in mind that lack of certain nutrients can lead to cravings. For

example, lack of protein may cause you to crave ice cream, lack of carbohydrate

may cause you to crave fries, and so on. The same goes for micronutrients -

chocolate contains zinc and magnesium, so your afternoon Hershey's bar may

simply be satisfying a physiological need for more broccoli. Although, if you're

craving chocolate sometimes no other food will hit the spot - there's

a reason Hershey's doesn't make a broccoli bar.

Vicki

" For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with

Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. Then we who are alive and remain

will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air,

and so we shall always be with the Lord. " (1 Thessalonians 4:14 & 17)