Sweet cravings are hard to control, but most commercial sweet products are fatteners. In order to satisfy your cravings without cheating your diet, choose foods that contain less sugar like natural real cream whipped topping. Artificial whipped toppings are not good for you. You can even whip heavy whipping cream with 1 tsp. sugar yourself. Dark and bittersweet chocolate are lower in sugar than milk chocolate. The more you reduce sugar and carbohydrates from your diet, the more you’ll love richer (nonfattening) rather than sweeter but fattening foods, including chocolate. If you want dessert, by all means have some, but a half or a quarter portion will be sufficient once you discover the appetite-fulfilling power of Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs) or Parent omega 6/omega 3.
You have to reduce your consumption of artificial sweeteners as much as possible. Not only have sweeteners such as Aspartame been shown to be harmful to your health, but they can also negatively affect weight loss. Artificial sweeteners actually make you hungrier. It is recommended to consume natural herbal sweetener Stevia in liquid form (www.stevia.net), or use real sugar, just lessen it.
Taking your daily requirement of EFAs or Parent omega 6/omega 3 along with reducing your carb intake will greatly reduce your desire for sweet foods. When you are not very hungry and just feel like a snack, eat no-carb/very low-carb foods like cheese, lunch meat, a small handful of nuts, etc. Parent omega 6/omega 3 and minerals give your body the nutrition it needs by naturally fulfilling your appetite AND curbing those awful carbohydrate cravings. You’ll get the same satisfaction from eating less food.
Mike Maunu – Founder
Oxygen4Life.com
