Let’s talk about sugar cravings...
I’ve been making a conscious effort to reduce my sugar intake during the day – the last, stubborn remnant of my previously poor eating habits – but when that post-lunch slump hits me around 2:30 in the afternoon it becomes incredibly difficult to avoid.
I do all the right things with my diet otherwise, yet to this day I crave something sweet immediately after dinner. After all, for most of our lives, dessert follows hard on the heels of dinner, as though eating a meal was just the stepping stone to the main event.
It occurs to me that some of you might be struggling with the same thing. After all, sugar is a highly addictive substance, and to make matters worse, it holds a key place in our hearts. When we’re children our parents reward us for a job well done with something sweet.
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I’ve been making a conscious effort to reduce my sugar intake during the day – the last, stubborn remnant of my previously poor eating habits – but when that post-lunch slump hits me around 2:30 in the afternoon it becomes incredibly difficult to avoid.
I do all the right things with my diet otherwise, yet to this day I crave something sweet immediately after dinner. After all, for most of our lives, dessert follows hard on the heels of dinner, as though eating a meal was just the stepping stone to the main event.
It occurs to me that some of you might be struggling with the same thing. After all, sugar is a highly addictive substance, and to make matters worse, it holds a key place in our hearts. When we’re children our parents reward us for a job well done with something sweet.
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