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Crazy for Sugar

goldiejdb
goldiejdb Posts: 63 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I have been having crazy, intense sugar cravings as of late. I was never a sweets person before. Does that mean I may have a nutrient deficiency somewhere?

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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    doubtful...

    Have you recently given up alcohol or substantially reduced alcohol consumption?
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,296 Member
    Do you eat fruit? For some people, eating whole fruit helps manage cravings for less-nutritious sweets. Three servings daily is a reasonable target. Not a cure-all, but has helped me and others.

    Congratulations on your sobriety!
  • leahraskie
    leahraskie Posts: 260 Member
    Are you letting your blood sugar get too low? When I have idiopathic hypoglycemic episodes I just shovel in anything sweet I can get.
  • ama3387
    ama3387 Posts: 242 Member
    I craved sugar really bad after becoming sober. It did decrease after the first year! Congratulations on the sobriety!
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  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    moosmum1972 wrote: »
    goldiejdb wrote: »
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    doubtful...

    Have you recently given up alcohol or substantially reduced alcohol consumption?

    Yes, I’ve just reached 3 months sober

    Probably why. Don't know how true it Is but I read the body craves sugar when you stop alcohol.

    It's common. (So is excessive coffee drinking, just from observation.) I did some even though I never drank anything sweet or with meaningful residual sugar. I think it's about it being a good alternative for self-comfort and that kind of thing. For me, when I quit, I didn't want to be too strict on myself about food, although part of that was that I was actually super disciplined about food when drinking for the most part.

    I don't think it's exactly the body craving it, but the mind, but who knows or it's probably the same basic thing.
  • pamfgil
    pamfgil Posts: 449 Member
    There's resouces on the interweb on how to deal with sugar cravings after quitting alcohol, I found one under hipsober, but do a search and there will be others.
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