Posted by LIFE on August 18, 2006, at 22:55:36
In reply to JIM AS A SOURCE OF INFO AND SUPPORT, posted by LIFE on August 11, 2006, at 15:16:41
I really hate to hear ya'll are having such a hard time with the sugar cravings, it's hell when there are candy bars and cookies everywhere. Not to mention the doughnuts and fried pies, my favorites. Because of the depression, though I am not plagued with the fear of weight gain, I have had to replace refined sugars and beat chocoholism with natural sugars. Fruit consumption is the first line of defense, but you need a way to actually satisfy the cravings monster. Try frozen fruit slushes and juice every kind of fruit you can get your hands on. Carb cravings can be cut by juicing raw white or Irish potatoes with apples. If you find your natural juices are not sweet enough add a pinch of white stevia, green stevia does not mix well, and the white gives you the psychological satisfaction of using what looks like sugar. Stevia is wonderful on fruits of all kinds that are not sweet enough, it sweetens them better than white sugar, believe it or not. After a glass of potato and apple juice( sweet potatoes are good too), you will notice your craving for breads and cooked carbs strangely satisfied. Juice two more glasses of anything fruit( try to limit the purity of your juices to two ingredients, you will better manage the routine that way, in a couple of days you will crave the clean juices. When in a hurry, buy natural unsweetened frozen fruits, strawberries, peaches, blueberries, add stevia and whip a slush in your blender, add yogurt (antidote to bad candidus, fights yeast infections and irritable bowel syndrome, or a non-dairy coffee creamer for a smoothie affect, and good luck. Sugar cravings are the worst and not at all good for any of our maladies. Hope this helps! Let me know. And a juiced potato with apples tastes better than you think, and raw metabolizes in your system better and does not cause weight gain. Good luck, fellas, redundantly "hang in there" you both have a good number of clean days under your belts be sure to give yourselves credit for that! Life
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