I crave for sugar and sweets made of it. I am 35 years old and all my life I included it in every meal from childhood. Other than that I generally eat healthy food . But my immunity has come down a lot after having two kids now. So can anyone please help me how to detoxify white sugar from my body and what to do to eliminate sugar cravings?
Replied by Pr (Houston, Texas) on 11/19/2009
Try adding bitters to your diet. I was amazed when I started putting Kale in my green drink in the morning as I no longer craved anything sweet. Curious to find out why I did some research and discovered it was because kale is considered bitter. Seems like of all the bitters kale works the best for me.Replied by Susan (Ohio, Il) on 03/19/2010
I have found that my sugar cravings to be eliminated by dietary enzymes. The product i use contains amylase 36000 du, protease 80,000 hut, invertase 500 invu, mucolase 15 mg, glucoamylase 50 agu. It is a vegan kosher plant based product whose name rhymes with penzabedika. In fact, although i have year round allergies, i can tell when my Winter ones shift to those i have in Spring. This is by an intense overwhelming and unsationable need to consume copious amounts of sugar. I do not really want any sweets, nor do i typically like this stuff. If i crave chocolate or dairy icecreams or the like, i take a magnesium and calcium citrate supplement and my desires are immediately squelched. If i dont take any supplement and i consume this stuff i immediately look for more. I believe i crave what my body needs, however, i do not always understand what the cravings are directing me eat to assuage my allergies. I think at this point, my homer simpson brain kicks in and says. "chocolate...donuts...mmmmm". I do not know what sugar or something related to it has to do with allergies. The enzymes Do stop the craving. I find it most useful to take several capsules before i go to bed. Btw i was told this product also helps with reducing inflamation associated with arthritis. I dont notice much change in my fibromylagia bc i use apple cider vinegar. This eliminated decade long, debilitating symptoms literally over night. Yeah apple cider!!!!!Replied by Katherine (Kodiak, Ak) on 05/19/2010
I used to have a major sweet tooth - my 4 year old son, too. He would wake up in the morning begging for candy, cake, chocolate, etc. My weakness was chocolate, but if that wasn't around I would snack on whatever was available. All around the same time, I found Earth Clinic and came across other natural health related articles and websites, and saw the movie Food Inc. which is basically an expose' on the garbage in our food supply. Immediately I removed the processed foods from our home and started eating whole organic grains and foods. I did not bring sugar into the house again - instead I started baking cookies and muffins with dried fruits, coconut oil, raw honey and molasses instead of sugar. I also began drinking ACV/water every day and tried oil pulling (which was difficult for me to stick with after very long because with trying to round up 4 kids for school every morning, I couldn't find the time to do it before eating breakfast - it is supposed to be done on an empty stomach). Nonetheless, I did it several times during my "detox" week.
This all started about two months ago, and that first week, my son and I quit craving the sweets without even trying. I think part of it was psychological - I could walk past the candy aisle and not even want any of it because I knew that the ingredients in it were so bad for me. But my 4 year old quit asking for sugar that first week as well. I don't know if it was a matter of "out of sight, out of mind" but I think that by replacing the refined, processed sugar with the raw honey and sweet fruits we were able to ease out of the addiction. I do believe the ACV helped me too - in fact, my cravings for coffee subsided as well. I started drinking a hot cup of ACV/water in the morning instead and found I no longer desired the comfort of the hot cup of overly-sweetened coffee! This even curbed my food cravings. Eating breakfast with a cup/glass of the ACV/water in the morning would tide me over until lunch. No more snacking throughout the morning. I think the fiber in the whole grains also helped curb my appetite.
Anyway, I know my information is written kind of randomly and unorganized, but I hope it helps. Changing your attitude toward the sweets and seeing sugar as your enemy will definitely help you to not want it anymore, and once you go a couple of days without it, you should find that you can live without it. Literally! The benefits are so worth giving it up! Good luck, I know you can do it! ;DReplied by Hairguru (Closter, Nj Usa) on 02/17/2011
Gymnema cures sugar cravings. Its also a sugar destroyer. Its an auyervedic herb/Replied by Ana Mua (Tamuning, Gu) on 05/09/2011
Raw honey has always worked for me. I have not suffered from serious cravings or serious imbalances. If I get on the sugar bandwagon and want to get off, I take a half-teaspoon full or so of raw honey when a craving comes on. In a few days the cravings are gone.Replied by Diane C. (Ashburn, Va) on 07/23/2011
Try ACV it helps to alleviate cravings for sweets. I take 1-2 tablespoons of ACV the one with the "Mother" in a glass of distilled water 8 ounces with a tablespoon of Pure Honey. This has helped with my cravings for sweets.Replied by Maryland (Los Angeles, Ca, Usa) on 07/24/2011
Apple cider vinegar worked for me as well against my sugar cravings! I would take one tablespoon of it, and lost the desire for sweets.
In your case, maybe you would have to take one tablespoon every time you crave sugar; then you diminish the dosage as you lose your interest in sugary treats.
Replied by Izabela (Bayside, Ny, Usa) on 02/25/2012
For Sugar cravings, I suggest a little diet, start 5 days of pure protein ( no fats, no carbs at all) drink a lot of water, more than 2 l, eat fish, meat, fat free dairy and eggs. It's hard at the beginning but after 3rd day, you won't want sugar at all, because of body's ketosis state, but during this ketosis state you need to drink a lot of water. After 5th day eat as u normally do (avoiding sugar of course, but whole grains, whole wheat, fruits, veggies) and continue this little modification in your diet: 2 days pure proteins, 3 days normal eating and again 2 days proteins, 3 days normal. You should stop craving sugar and also lose weight;
= eat every 2-3 h
= exercise helps control appetite
=stop eating white bread, pasta, eat only whole wheat which keeps up your blood sugar and doesn't let you crash
= no salad dressing, use olive oil with lemon
=grill as much as you can, cook without fat
=tons of water
