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1. Artificial Sweeteners
Since they are so much sweeter than regular sugar, they change how you taste the food. They make you want more sweetness and you, as a result, crave sugar.
Here are other ways artificial sweeteners affect you:
- Increase your craving for food
- Cause you to eat more foods with sugar the next day
- Cause you to want higher calorie and high fat foods including sugar
- Heightens sugar cravings and dependence because they are sweeter than sugar
You may want to reconsider that artificial sweetener.
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Why You Get Sugar Cravings
Here are some reasons that may apply to you as to why you are craving sugar:
- You are using artificial sweeteners
- You sleep poorly
- You are stressed
- You are eating to soothe your emotions or to feel better
- You body needs certain minerals
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How to Stop Sugar Cravings Instantly
2. Get better sleep
3. Check your foods for artificial sweeteners
How to stop sugar cravings in the evening
- Go for a short walk – get away from the temp...
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3. Stress
Stress is another cause of your sugar cravings. You do not need to feel stressed out for stress to affect you.
Even low levels of stress and relational tension whether it be with a friend, family member, partner, or co-worker can cause you to crave sugar.
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2. Poor Sleep
Effects of poor sleep include:
- Increase in the hunger hormone ghrelin – you eat more high calories foods especially sugar, the next day
- The appetite suppressant hormone leptin is decreased...
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Artificial Sweetener Stevia
Though Stevia is 300 to 400 times sweeter than sugar, the Center of Science in the Public Interest, which is a food advocacy group, considers it safer than other substitutes and artificial sweeteners.
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The Truth About Artificial Sweeteners
Artificial sweeteners used in diet food and drinks do not help in losing weight but actually trick our bodies into thinking that sugary foods do not have any calories. People who consume artificial sugar also tend to eat more calories by increasing their portion size.
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Tips to overcome side effects
- Quit cold turkey. This includes prepackaged foods, sweetened beverages and white flour.
Eat more protein. Protein will help you avoid hunger.
Increase your dietary fiber to help you control your blood sugar.
Drink more water.
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