After a month of baked goods, indulgences, and heavy comfort food, I start to actually
crave more whole foods and vegetables right about now.
Not exact matches
We've since moved away from dairy and sugary canned cherries in favor of
more whole foods, but every once in a while that cherry cheesecake
craving still surfaces, and I recently decided it was time to figure out a
more nourishing way to get my fix.
It reduces
cravings greatly and resensitizes your taste buds, which makes
whole foods taste
more delicious than ever.
Moreover, once a person's body chemistry is stabilized, these
more subtly sweet,
whole foods will often be enough to satisfy sweet
cravings.
Plenty of people have recorded weight gains on a
whole foods diet, and while a bag of fresh cherries might not hit you in the exact same way as its carb equivalent in powdered sugar, it'll still spike your blood sugar, kick you out of ketosis and give you
cravings for even
more carbs.
The problem however, is that these prepared
foods often lack nutrients that our bodies need and
crave, such as Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron, and numerous others, which mainly come through eating
whole foods (vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, meat, grains, etc.) Many processed
foods also contain added sugar and fat, which make them appealing to our taste buds, but often leave us
craving more.
Eating
more real,
whole, fresh
foods always turns my sugar
cravings off.
A: I specialize in helping individuals looking to accomplish any or all of the following — weight loss, increasing energy levels, curbing
cravings and hunger, reducing stress, decreasing intake of processed
foods and living a
more whole & balanced life.
This type of detox will have you
craving fewer sweets and
more natural,
whole foods.
The first problem with
whole grains is that many
whole grain breads and cereals still raise your blood sugar fairly substantially, which stimulates an insulin spike, and triggers you to have
more cravings for carbohydrate - rich
foods later.
Skip the high - sugar breakfast
foods that leave you quickly
craving more, and eat satisfying high - fiber cereal,
whole - grain baked goods, eggs, and fruits and vegetables instead.