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what to eat when craving sugar hardcore but don't want to ruin your diet????
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06.06.09, 12:58 PM [ Flag ]
- No sugar added Fudgsicles, - 40 calories and delicious.
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  06.06.09, 01:05 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - OP: Yum. I might look into those.
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    06.06.09, 01:48 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- i make a nonfat latte and add splenda to it. usually does the trick.
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  06.06.09, 01:43 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - i have a fear of Splenda - there is a lot of weird research on it.
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    06.06.09, 01:48 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - i hear ya...i use it VERY sparingly. and i guess you might not be thrilled with aspartame or saccharine either? i'd suggest honey but that's full of sugar too, so the last thing i'd suggest is a very sweet or tangy piece of fruit. yes there's fructose in it but more digestible than refined sugar and it might help.
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      06.06.09, 01:52 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - OP: I just got a skinny Frap to curve the craving... but in general I need an ate home idea.
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    06.06.09, 01:49 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- a pickle often works for me. The problem with sugar substitutes is many of them get the body making insulin, which lowers teh blood sugar more which makes the craving worse. If you must give in, make it something with high fiber, like brown rice.
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  06.06.09, 01:49 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - OP: really? I do like Pickles!
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    06.06.09, 01:50 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - how does a pickle help blood sugar? (curious)
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    06.06.09, 01:50 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - Sorry. That was really unclear. It doesn't. But for me there is something about that sourness which totally gets my head out of the, "Must have sweet!" Thing.
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      06.06.09, 01:53 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - i love the "bread and butter" pickles...they're almost like candy, but i'm sure that's because there's sugar in them.
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    06.06.09, 01:52 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - Yeah. I was talking about as sour as you can take/get. -or
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      06.06.09, 01:53 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- prunes...they are sweet and delish!
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  06.06.09, 02:07 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - ITA (with a dab of Neufchatel(sp?)cheese in the middle -- mmmm!)
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    06.06.09, 04:52 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Chew sugarless gum
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  06.06.09, 03:16 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- apples
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  06.06.09, 03:47 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- take L-Glutamine - will stop the cravings.
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  06.06.09, 05:12 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - what is it?
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    06.06.09, 06:44 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - it's an amino acid. you can get it at the vitamin shoppe or gnc
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      06.06.09, 06:50 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - is there are reason NOT to use this supplement?
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        06.06.09, 07:07 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        I've used it on and off for years, no reason.
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        06.06.09, 07:14 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        ^^^make sure to take it 1/2 hr before meals. stops carb cravings.
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        06.06.09, 07:15 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- apple w/ peanut butter or prunes.
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  06.06.09, 06:49 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- vegan cookie or soy ice cream
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  06.06.09, 07:06 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Make some popsicles from Red and Lemon Zinger herbal tea w/honey, give yourself a couple of ounces of sliced Callebaut, Valrhona or other good dark chocolate. Skinny Cow popsicles, a glass of rice milk, a bowl of kamut with a banana, rice or skim milk.
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  06.06.09, 08:36 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- Ice cream with no sugar added with anything chocolate in it (swirls, chips)!!
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  06.06.09, 10:02 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - Diet cream soda.
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    06.07.09, 03:54 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]