Sugar cravings
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hoping32
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Hello! I am looking for information on what you do for sugar cravings. I get them without seeing sugary food. I am looking into supplements. I am wondering if anyone has success with supplements. Thank you!!!!
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What kind of supplements? Assume u r on a LCHF diet - how long? R u consuming any artificial sugar replacements? What exactly are u craving?1
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A lot of people swear by l-glutamine.3
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baconslave wrote: »A lot of people swear by l-glutamine.
Is that what @KnitOrMiss mentioned had a good result for her? I recall her mentioning something that really helped with sugar cravings.1 -
I find that when I consistently keeping my carbs very low (about 30 g or lower), the sugar cravings disappear!3
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For me, I notice if I am not paying attention to getting enough salt, I can get sugar cravings.4
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If you are consuming any other sweet replacements (stevia, diet soda, etc) I'd try cutting those out cold turkey. When I remove these things, it takes about 3 days for me to get over the cravings.2
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I've read articles about chromium supplements helping with sugar/carb cravings (it is supposed to help keep your blood sugar levels more balanced and stable, which may not be the problem with you depending on how low carb you are), but I have no experience using them myself I'm afraid!0
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For me, I notice if I am not paying attention to getting enough salt, I can get sugar cravings.
Same! I've been drinking an oxo cube in hot water for the past few days and honestly feel that the additional salt has almost made MORE of a difference to me than increasing fat/decreasing carbs3 -
Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »baconslave wrote: »A lot of people swear by l-glutamine.
Is that what @KnitOrMiss mentioned had a good result for her? I recall her mentioning something that really helped with sugar cravings.
http://carbsyndrome.com/is-your-brain-two-quarts-low/
http://www.foodrenegade.com/how-beat-sugar-cravings-glutamine/
https://www.afpafitness.com/research-articles/alcoholism-need-vitamins-become-well-2
http://flowingfree.org/diet-and-supplements-that-help-you-quit-smoking/
Some of these are specific to sugars/carbs, but most factor in some type of addiction. Another site I discovered a while after these others is:
www.everywomanover29.com
There is a lot on that site about differing issues from things like stress eating to insomnia to anxiety, etc. I hope at least one of these helps!1 -
I've read articles about chromium supplements helping with sugar/carb cravings (it is supposed to help keep your blood sugar levels more balanced and stable, which may not be the problem with you depending on how low carb you are), but I have no experience using them myself I'm afraid!
I absolutely hated taking anything with chromium in it. While I'm insulin resistant, my body apparently has created it's own workarounds for processing carbs, and every time I had anything with chromium, I would crash out like crazy!!! I have learned only to support my body's systems, not to override them!1 -
KnitOrMiss wrote: »Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »baconslave wrote: »A lot of people swear by l-glutamine.
Is that what @KnitOrMiss mentioned had a good result for her? I recall her mentioning something that really helped with sugar cravings.
http://carbsyndrome.com/is-your-brain-two-quarts-low/
http://www.foodrenegade.com/how-beat-sugar-cravings-glutamine/
https://www.afpafitness.com/research-articles/alcoholism-need-vitamins-become-well-2
http://flowingfree.org/diet-and-supplements-that-help-you-quit-smoking/
Some of these are specific to sugars/carbs, but most factor in some type of addiction. Another site I discovered a while after these others is:
www.everywomanover29.com
There is a lot on that site about differing issues from things like stress eating to insomnia to anxiety, etc. I hope at least one of these helps!
Those links are very helpful! After reading them (a week or two ago in response to a different thread?) I got some L-Glutamine, and it does take the edge off the sugar cravings for me. I'm taking one every morning, one in the afternoon when the cravings hit, and another in the evening.1 -
I have also heard that healthy gut bacteria will reduce sugar cravings, especially if you have the bad bacteria which can make you crave sugar. Try some good quality probiotics and see if that helps. And honestly, just cutting out sugar and artificial sweeteners your cravings will disappear in a few days. Good luck!4
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Thank you all! I am lchf, but by the time I get into ketosis I get driving sugar cravings. It is absolutely horrible. I will read up on the links above. Thank you!!0
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@hoping32 I was 63 and in very poor health when I went off of added sugars and all forms of all grains. It was a hellish two weeks craving wise then they just faded fast over the next few weeks. That was nearly three years ago and the cravings still are not controlling any more.
Now if I let daily carbs go much over 50 grams daily I can feel some cravings starting which I take as a warning to get back into nutritional ketosis which is now very easy.3 -
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KnitOrMiss wrote: »
Candida in hindsight was behind my cravings I expect.0 -
If your carbs were from grains, the gliadin derived peptides are exogenous morphinelike compounds also called exorphins. They bind to opiate receptors in the brain, and do not cause 'highs', but stimulate appetite (especially for carbs) and cause effects such as brain 'fog', anxiety, binge eating disorders, depression & paranoia. Journal of Biological Chemistry:
jbc.org/content/254/7/2446.full.pdf3 -
Artificial sweeteners! If you are using them, STOP! No diet soda, ice tea, or even gum!
They tease the brain into expecting the sugar dosage. When the brain does not get what it wants, the cravings kick in. The Low carb diet will eliminate the cravings but it may take a week or two.2 -
katstremmel1012 wrote: »Artificial sweeteners! If you are using them, STOP! No diet soda, ice tea, or even gum!
They tease the brain into expecting the sugar dosage. When the brain does not get what it wants, the cravings kick in. The Low carb diet will eliminate the cravings but it may take a week or two.
Hmm. Are you suggesting that sugar and stevia won't cause cravings but Splenda will?0 -
katstremmel1012 wrote: »Artificial sweeteners! If you are using them, STOP! No diet soda, ice tea, or even gum!
They tease the brain into expecting the sugar dosage. When the brain does not get what it wants, the cravings kick in. The Low carb diet will eliminate the cravings but it may take a week or two.
Hmm. Are you suggesting that sugar and stevia won't cause cravings but Splenda will?
In tolerance doses, rather than taste doses, I don't find craving triggers with stevia, erythritol, or xylitol, personally, or any combo of those.
Actually, in super low "only sweeten to tolerance level," I can even do liquid Splenda/sucralose without too much issue...but not powder (as an additive, like in cream cheese clouds, but not in soda)...
Anything like AceK, aspartame, powdered splenda, anything with dextrose/maltodextrin, and I'm in Craving Hades... Especially Quest bars? The only ones that don't trigger me only have the top three above.
Sugar and most sweeteners cause me cravings, but once I figured out how to only sweeten to the lowest level I could tolerate and not to my taste preference, it took the edge off of most of that FOR ME...0
