In studies,
chocolate cravings seems especially tied to hormone changes (menstruation, pregnancy, etc) and the magnesium in chocolate, as well as its ability to affect neurotransmitters may be a large part of the reason.
Not exact matches
Well, as you know I always
crave chocolate and combined with my recent french toast
cravings seemed like the perfect dessert to bring to the virtual baby shower for my friend Lisa of Wine and Glue.
If I'm
craving cake I go and get a real white flour butter sugar
chocolate cake and have a slice - it just
seems to help the most lol the substitutions just don't truly cut it since I started having old fashioned cake again it actually is my favourite
chocolate fix oh actually a warm brownie with coffee or vanilla ice cream is also high up there!
During my afternoon slump, where I particularly
craved something sweet, I simply made a cup of hot
chocolate with my cacao powder, hot milk or dairy substitute (I think rice milk tastes best) and little bit of sweetener and
seemed to feel satisfied.
The classic peanut butter and
chocolate combination we all (North Americans)
seem to
crave.
I always
crave something sweet after a meal and usually have something like a lollipop, low fat hot
chocolate made with water and a dash of milk or a
chocolate rice cake, not ideal I know but
seems better than having a bar of
chocolate!
I find that when I'm hungry or having a strong
craving, it's really difficult to resist eating that
chocolate bar or that sugary cereal that
seems to be calling my name and waiting to sabotage my healthy eating efforts.
I never had much trouble with
cravings, they
seemed to disappear right away, except for
chocolate during hormone episodes.
If I'm
craving cake I go and get a real white flour butter sugar
chocolate cake and have a slice - it just
seems to help the most lol the substitutions just don't truly cut it since I started having old fashioned cake again it actually is my favourite
chocolate fix oh actually a warm brownie with coffee or vanilla ice cream is also high up there!