PLEASE help my with my CRAVINGS!!!?!


Question: i asked a similar question about cravings before and people recommended chewing gum and eating fruit. i've been going through so much gum lately and i'm sick of fruit!! what else can i do??


Answers: i asked a similar question about cravings before and people recommended chewing gum and eating fruit. i've been going through so much gum lately and i'm sick of fruit!! what else can i do??

Why do you think you're having these cravings? It may be that you're not getting enough carbohydrate with your meals. Try having more wholegrains like brown rice and see if this helps.

If not, I find drinking a warm drink like fruit tea fills me up without the calories.

It may not even be hunger, you may just be bored so could try doing an activity you enjoy when you start to feel cravings.

If all else fails I find brushing my teeth soon after eating means I'm less likely to snack later.

Good luck. X

i dont know why but milk works for me

ok, what are your cravings? whatever your craving is, step down a bit

for example. if u are into hard, sugary candy... switch to sugary cereal (dry)

if potato chips is what you want, then switch to cripsy lettuce

vary your alternatives... what is it u exactly want frrom your cravings? do u want the crunchiness from a kit kat, so go eat celery



Explaining Food Cravings
Some researchers speculate that cravings arise in an attempt to supply the body with nutrients it lacks.
For example, carbohydrate cravings commonly reported by dieters may be due to a diet too low in calories.

"Carbohydrate cravings can simply be from hunger because your blood sugar levels are too low," says Susan Schiffman, Ph.D., professor of medical psychology at Duke University Medical Center. She also says such cravings can be based on other physiological needs.

When some people count calories, they end up getting most of their calories from fat and then the carbohydrate portion of their diets is too low.

Likewise, carbohydrate cravings experienced by heavy exercisers could result from depletion of glycogen stores, which carbohydrates replenish.

Carbohydrate cravings might be explained by a potential feedback mechanism between carbohydrate and serotonin. Serotonin is a brain neurotransmitter that some researchers hypothesize is involved in the regulation of carbohydrate intake. The theory suggests that too few carbohydrates result in reduced levels of serotonin, which then drives the craving.



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Not By Bread Alone
But Adam Drewnowski, Ph.D., director of the Human Nutrition Program at the University of Michigan, doubts the serotonin carbohydrate link. "Most people don



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