Sugar Craving/Addiction: What to do?

The moment you had sugar craving/addiction, is the moment you knew you had a high sugar intake level, you wish to stop or reduce it but you know that you wish to take something sweet now. That's really annoying because it's a trade off between health and taste.

Sugar is a part of our body needs. However, following my previous post about why you should avoid sugar at all cost, I had mentioned that we don't need to take extra sugar because most of our food contain of sugar. You have a high chance of consuming sugar whenever you eat. So, it's not necessary to take in extra sugar because that is no longer a need, but an addiction.

Understanding that we don't need to consume extra sugar as it will only turned into a component that do more bad than good in our body, there are still time when we crave for sugar all of a sudden. And it's not like the craving will go off really soon. Therefore, we need to take extra step to stop ourself from the sugar trap.

Before we talk about avoiding sugar at all, here is a good news: you can get sweetness from fruits. Fruits are source of natural sugar, provided that you eat it raw, which means not getting it from canned, dried fruit snack, bottle fruit juice, or any other processed method. So to fight sugar craving, always remember to fill your fridge with your favorite fruits and when sugar craving hits you, get the sweetness from the fridge.

But what to do if you are at outside or in any circumstances that you can't reach any hea;thy fruits? This is something that can't be helped, but you can fight sugar craving with water. Water is the purest drinks in this world. It has unlimited benefits that we can't describe all within 10,000 words. When sugar craving hits you, you can drink lots of water until you don't feel like eating or drinking anything. Soon, sugar craving will go away. It's best if you can take cold water to fight sugar craving. But usually it's better to take warm water thou.

But hey, plain water is tasteless, how do it help to sugar craving? Remember, we are talking about addiction here. There is no sweet way for you to handle it and let it go away while take your time to enjoy some sweetness. You need to force it to go away. Which means forcing yourself to drink water instead of trying to take something sweet.

Sugar craving is the addiction that happen at your tongue and throats. That's where the sugar craving come from. And it's an endless hole that you can't stop by filling in sugar whenever you feel like it.