We are hardwired to love sweets. To survive in lean times during our hunter gather days, we had to fatten up if we came upon a berry patch or a beehive.
But today we live in a sea of sugar that sends our biological desires into overload. Use the four steps in this video to end sugar cravings once and for all.
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Same with sugar ... I've experienced how quickly the cravings go away once you go cold turkey; it's the eventual falling off the wagon, the way they cravings come roaring back after one little bowl of ice cream or something with hidden sugar, that's the tough part. You've got to be vigilant, read labels, rediscover how delicious scratch cooking can be, rethink the topic of desserts and treats, and give up sugar again when you need to. By the time the 30th day rolls around, you're feeling so good you don't want to go back to the sugar roller coaster ... but we live in a sugar-laden culture and it's a daily challenge.
Best,
Helen's Daughter
Of course, my afternoon sweets were always homemade or vegan/health food types, but I didn't always eat just one because one lead to two lead to three etc. Plus, I always wanted sweets and had to exercise control - a pastry between breakfast and lunch if they were around, a little ice cream after dinner, a couple pieces of chocolate to 'pick me up' - it'd sneak in there. Now, it's fantastic, I'm not even tempted because the cravings stopped. And you're so right, it only took a few days off gluten and all sugar to tame this beast. It's actually easy and so liberating! Great message. You're going to really help folks!
All doctors assert that glycosylated hemoglobin levels, which reflect our history of sugar consumption, measure the previous FOUR MONTHS (not one) of sugar consumption.
Our bodies clearly are acting on a four month cycle here, the amount of time needed to replace all our red blood cells.
To frame remediation programmes with a one month time horizon (instead of four) increases the risk of failure unnecessarily.
Look at the top tier peer reviewed literature on programmes to keep weight off; the clear findings is that the more gradual the changes, the more persistent they are.
Besides you are not addressing my key point.
Given the 4 month time horizon for glycosylated hemoglobin readings, having a 30 day program is insufficiently long to actually FEEL the changes brought about by only replacing one quarter of your sugar saturated hemoglobin with new, healthier sugar free red blood cells.