Addicted To Sweets: How To Avoid Sugar Cravings

Written by Susan Fox, Health Writer

Highlights:

Everyone has experienced a craving for certain foods, especially sweets.
The unique Almased formula works to eliminate cravings by supporting the appetite-regulating hormone - ghrelin.
Refined sugar is a powerful drug and may be as addictive as cocaine.
When a craving for sweets is combined with hunger, it’s almost impossible to resist.
TIPS: "Just say NO" to junk food, do some cardio, eat healthy protein, don’t use artificial sweeteners, try fasting with the Almased Plan.
BEST TIP: Use the Almased Shake to end cravings, balance hunger hormones, reduce appetite and keep you full up to 4 hours, and support thyroid function and healthy blood sugar levels.

Every one of us is familiar with that feeling – craving sweets for the 2:00 p.m. pick-me-up or after-dinner for the chill-out-and-relax mode. Somehow, the urge just “happens” and we can’t seem to control it. Or can we?

Do You Ever Wonder, “Why Am I Craving Sweets?”

According to Joseph Mercola, M.D.,¹ sugar is one of the most addictive food ingredients as it triggers the production of your brain’s natural opioids – a key to the addiction process.

It may sound extreme to compare craving a chocolate bar to a craving for heroin, but the same brain regions are involved in both cases. Three regions of your brain – the hippocampus, insula, and caudate, which are related to emotion, memory, and reward, are activated.

Refined sugar may be even more addictive than cocaine - one of the most addictive substances currently known.

Sugar is a Very Powerful Drug

You can learn how to avoid sugar cravings and Almased is your best place to start. Almased’s² unique formula is backed by over 30 years of strong scientific research and can help optimize metabolism and stomp out cravings by supporting the hunger hormone ghrelin.

What Does it Mean When You Crave Sweets?

What causes sweet cravings?³ Craving is not simply hunger, and it's important to notice the difference. Hunger is a true signal from your body calling for energy. A sweetness craving is your brain calling for the reward of something that releases a lot of dopamine into the system.

The double whammy comes when you are craving something sweet when you are also hungry. It becomes a powerful drive that most people can’t resist.

According to Anna Taylor, MS, RD, LD,⁴ skipping meals or waiting too long between meals leads to significant hunger, which makes you crave anything sweet that you can get your hands on. Cramming them into your body late in the day means the calories will get stored as fat.

TIP: One tip used to handle cravings while hungry is to eat a healthy meal and just say “NO” to the sweet junk food the body is howling for. Protein-rich foods, such as meat, fish, and eggs are good for curbing hunger,⁶ and that's an excellent way to start.

TIP: However, your best long-term solution for dealing with the sugar obsession can be as simple as including the Almased Shake into your lifestyle. After drinking one serving of Almased, the body has significantly lower levels of the appetite-regulating hormone, ghrelin. Moreover, satiety-related protein Peptide Tyrosine Tyrosine (PYY) trends higher after consuming Almased when compared to a standard meal.

In combination, lower ghrelin and higher protein PYY concentrations help reduce appetite to help the body stay full longer. This also supports overall weight loss efforts for those who may be dieting.⁷

Listen to how Wendy C.⁸ used Almased to slam her cravings out of the ballpark:

“My journey with Almased changed my life. During the first phase of the program, I lost 12 pounds. I was amazed by the results and by the amount of energy I felt almost immediately. I felt amazing. I was not hungry; all I wanted to do was eat healthy."

“My cravings for bad food no longer existed.”

“When my family would bring home pizza and sweets, I was able to refrain from joining them, and I did not crave sweets any longer… I cannot go a day without a shake; I am officially down 54 pounds now and still LOVING Almased more than ever.”

TIP: Another good tip to reduce cravings is to rev up on cardio.⁹ Anyone who exercises on a regular basis will know that a significant amount of cardiovascular exercise is one great "cure" for cravings.

Perhaps the mechanism is related to the dramatic reduction in insulin levels that occurs after exercise. Since elevated insulin levels are another contributing factor to cravings if insulin levels are reduced many cravings merely fade away.

How Long Does it Take to Stop Craving Sugar?

It takes most people 8 to 12 hours for their body to burn the sugar stored in your body as glycogen found primarily in your liver and your muscles.¹⁰ Most people never deplete their glycogen stores because they eat three or more meals throughout the day and are in constant "feast" mode. This lifestyle has trained your body to burn sugar as your primary fuel and effectively shut off your ability to use fat as a fuel.

How to Get Rid of Sweet Cravings

TIP: To stop sweet cravings, some people bite the bullet by eliminating sugar from the diet altogether. Cold turkey. No grace period, no phasing out. Just drop all sweets completely.

Keep the lid closed tight on the sugar bowl but empty the pantry, too. Typical processed foods contain sugar, often where least expected:

Crackers Salad Dressings
‘Healthy’ Energy Drinks
Canned Soups Pasta Sauces
Gravy
Peanut Butter
BBQ Sauce & Ketchup
Marinades

Since sugar keeps you craving sweets all the time, if you don't have iron willpower then hunger will cause you to give up on your good intentions quickly.

This is when Almased comes to the rescue!

TIP: The Almased Plan will reduce your cravings significantly, help you lose weight quickly without hunger, and improve your metabolic health at the same time.

TIP: Artificial sweeteners are not your friend! According to Sharon P. Fowler, MPH, and author, “Artificial sweeteners can actually raise your insulin levels and lower your blood sugar, which may stimulate hunger and move existing calories into storage in your fat cells.”

Whether you want to create a lifestyle free from compulsive sugar addiction, improve your health, or if dieting to lose weight, you want to know how to curb sweet cravings without the defeating discomfort.

You Don't Need to Starve Yourself to Lose Weight

TIP: One of the most effective ways to eliminate sugar cravings and shed unwanted weight is intermittent fasting, as this will help reset your body to burning fat instead of sugar as its primary fuel. When sugar is not needed for your primary fuel, and when your sugar stores run low, your body will crave it less.¹³

The easiest and most popular way to achieve this is a liquid fast with meal replacement shakes. However, not all meal replacements are created equal, and the quality of the shakes you consume during a fast is crucial to its success.

Fasting with Almased

TIP: Almased’s 4-Phase Figure Plan works for quick weight loss, weight maintenance and for a healthy lifestyle that kicks your cravings to the curb.

Almased Shakes help to keep you full and your energy levels will remain high, so you won’t feel deprived or sluggish. With Almased, you change the hormonal environment and make your body and brain "want" to lose weight. Simply said, Almased:

Resets your metabolism and keeps it active
Helps you burn fat and retain lean muscle mass
Supports healthy blood sugar level and thyroid function
Keeps you full up to 4 hours

Once you've become fat adapted and are of a healthy weight, use Almased to maintain your ideal body weight and remain free of those irresistible sugar cravings. When you drink Almased, you notice improved focus and energy levels during the entire day.

What Makes Almased Special?

Almased is a dietary supplement made from non-GMO soy protein, skim milk cultured yogurt, and enzyme-rich raw honey. Almased produces a number of extraordinary effects in the body that optimizes the metabolism, helps the body lose weight, and improves overall health and wellbeing.

In a study from the University of Wyoming, raw honey was found to activate hormones that control and suppress the appetite – reducing sugar craving and offering potential weight-lowering effects.

Even So, Should We Still be Worried About the Sugar in Almased?

One 50 gram serving of Almased contains 15 grams of sugar originating from yogurt and honey using a unique proprietary fermentation process. The small amount of sugar is combined and consumed with a high amount of protein; lowering the glycemic index of Almased.

Almased has a low glycemic index (27), with little impact on blood sugar level compared to high glycemic index foods. According to Chief Knowledge Officer, Charles Shively, Ph.D., RPh, from AskDrS.org, “This slow release of sugar in Almased allows the body time to respond with appropriate insulin levels, helping the body to metabolize sugar more efficiently.”

TIP: This is your wake-up call! The Almased Plan is easy to follow, shoves those cravings out of the way and gives you the quick and noticeable results you want. Start your lifestyle change with Almased!

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