It is clear that the key to curbing sugar cravings is balancing blood sugar. This is often the key to weight loss too! Let's Recap the past posts.

To curb sugar cravings:

Eat a Whole Foods Diet: foods that are unprocessed and unrefined, chemical free.

Eat sugar with protein, fats, and fiber to slow the rate of absorption of sugar into the bloodstream.

Eat Breakfast with Protein Every Morning.
This helps maintain blood sugar stability throughout the day. It also prevents low blood sugar hunger binges.
Examples: Eggs, cottege cheese, apple with nut butter, whole milk yogurt, protein smoothie.

Take a Multivitamin Daily to fill in any holes in your new whole foods diet.
Make sure you buy a food based vitamin. Your body will understand it better. (New Chapter is a good brand). I DO NOT recommend buying vitamins at Target, Walgreens, etc. They typically have unhealthy binders and are not the best quality.

When all of these suggestions fail, and it's a birthday or holiday, prone to sugary dessert binges, avoid refined sugar and synthetic sweeteners like Splenda. Opt for natural sugars. Natural Sweeteners are products which the nutrients have not been removed. Fruit and sweet vegetables like sweet potatoes and beets are obvious choices. They are also the best choices due to the fiber content.

Check back for my next post that will reveal additional natural sweeteners that are great alternatives to refined sugar when baking!