sugar blues

cgditty
cgditty Posts: 4 Member
edited November 26 in Recipes
any low calorie ideas for the sugar cravings?

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  • estherdragonbat
    estherdragonbat Posts: 5,283 Member
    edited April 2018
    Fruit-based desserts can be pretty good. I'm making an apple-pear compote this week. It's not what I'd call low sugar, but it IS low calorie. (I've arbitrarily decided to keep my desserts to 200 calories or fewer per serving. This qualifies.)

    https://www.yummly.com/recipe/Pear-Apple-Compote-with-Honey-and-Maple-Syrup-2205717
  • midlomel1971
    midlomel1971 Posts: 1,283 Member
    I love a Jello sugar-free pudding. (60 cal)
  • anastasiapuzur
    anastasiapuzur Posts: 16 Member
    Eat watermelon!
  • pjsprov910
    pjsprov910 Posts: 6 Member
    Partially freeze a banana, don’t let it freeze, just get really, really cold. Put the super cold banana in the blender or food processor. Add a couple tablespoons of unsweetened almond or coconut milk. Add a tablespoon of unsweetened coco powder. Blend until smooth. If your banana is ripe it will provide plenty of sweetness and it tastes like a chocolate milkshake
  • kimothyschma
    kimothyschma Posts: 209 Member
    Frozen cherries, partially defrosted, with a little honey drizzled on top. Mmmmmm.
  • no1racefan1
    no1racefan1 Posts: 277 Member
    edited April 2018
    An idea I found on here--slice and freeze a banana; once frozen (or mostly frozen) toss in food processor and add a couple tablespoons of peanut butter and a cup of almond milk. I am no longer able to eat much dairy and this tastes just like my favorite shake from Dairy Queen! Plus its about 500 calories less :)

    I also like BarkThins dark chocolate as a daily treat. There are many varieties; I like the coconut one and also the one with pumpkin seeds, since that adds a little bit of protein.

    I am not a fan of artificial sweeteners.
  • CarvedTones
    CarvedTones Posts: 2,340 Member
    edited April 2018
    CarvedTones wrote: »
    My advice is to stay away from artificial sweeteners; they tend to make cravings worse in the long run. I go with things that have lower sugar or just small things that are sweet. I eat a lot of fruit; I can't wait for the reasonable priced melons in summer.

    Not sure why I got the woos. here is some science behind my statement:
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2892765/
    original source - The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine is a PubMed-indexed, open access, quarterly journal edited by Yale medical, graduate, and professional students and peer reviewed by an extensive network of experts in the fields of biology and medicine.
    artificial sweeteners, precisely because they are sweet, encourage sugar craving and sugar dependence. Repeated exposure trains flavor preference [54]. A strong correlation exists between a person’s customary intake of a flavor and his preferred intensity for that flavor.

    It is possible to resist the stronger urges and it won't necessarily happen to every individual.
  • foreverhealthy3
    foreverhealthy3 Posts: 111 Member
    this is a tough one for me, also. Dairy queen has a 50 calories 13 carb fudge bar that is a treat. https://www.dairyqueen.com/en-CA/Menu/Treats/Fudge-Bar/#open_nutrition
    I also like frozen purple grapes when it's hot. I sometimes try nuts, cheese cubes and a few chocolate chips; combining protein and the choocolate
  • CarvedTones
    CarvedTones Posts: 2,340 Member
    CarvedTones wrote: »
    CarvedTones wrote: »
    My advice is to stay away from artificial sweeteners; they tend to make cravings worse in the long run. I go with things that have lower sugar or just small things that are sweet. I eat a lot of fruit; I can't wait for the reasonable priced melons in summer.

    Not sure why I got the woos. here is some science behind my statement:
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2892765/
    original source - The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine is a PubMed-indexed, open access, quarterly journal edited by Yale medical, graduate, and professional students and peer reviewed by an extensive network of experts in the fields of biology and medicine.
    artificial sweeteners, precisely because they are sweet, encourage sugar craving and sugar dependence. Repeated exposure trains flavor preference [54]. A strong correlation exists between a person’s customary intake of a flavor and his preferred intensity for that flavor.

    It is possible to resist the stronger urges and it won't necessarily happen to every individual.

    And another new study out...

    https://www.medicaldaily.com/zero-calorie-artificial-sweeteners-linked-diabetes-obesity-just-sugar-study-423703

    I would like this to be woo as much as anyone else, but it appears there is an evidence based case against using artificial sweeteners.
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