10 Steps to Stop Your Sugar Cravings

As a functional nutrition and wellness consultant and coach, clients often come to me feeling tired with weight to lose and big sugar cravings! I work with them on a personalized plan to achieving and maintaining their ideal weight as well as feeling more energy and that often starts with these 10 steps. Every BODY is different, but these steps are a good starting point for anyone.

1. Be mindful of combining your meals with a Protein, Fat, and Carbohydrate. Carbohydrates should primarily come from vegetables. 
2. Buy grass fed meats and organic grains and produce as much as possible. You’ll  want to avoid assimilating the harmful chemicals often used in conventional farming and processed foods. If consumed  in high amounts, your body will create additional water and fat cells to store them in  order to protect your vital organs.  
3. Try to go grain free for a minimum of three months. This will force you to eat more vegetables and to stay away from the addictive high starchy comfort food grains  provide – not to mention the inflammatory affect gluten can have on the body.  
4. Try to go dairy free for a minimum of three months. Pasteurized dairy has little nutritional value and is therefore fattening. In addition, dairy contains a protein called Casein, which can contribute to inflammation in the body.  
5. Minimize or avoid alcohol and carbonated beverages, both of which in excess, can create mineral deficiencies and lead to digestive issues as well as water retention.  
6. Avoid Synthetic Sweeteners. Use raw honey, Grade B Maple Sugar, or palm sugar if  necessary.  
7. Drink more water – Drink at least ½ your body weight in ounces of water per day.
8. Be mindful of eating. Chew your food slowly. Eat only until you’re not hungry  anymore. Stop before you’re full. Try not to go 4 hours without any food – this will  slow down metabolism and contribute to food cravings and over-eating.  
9. Eat more raw! If you haven’t already, invest in a VitaMix Blender. This will allow you to  blend a variety of vegetables and fruit into a delicious smoothie. One of my favorite recipes is 1 apple, 1 cucumber, a handful of spinach, 1-inch cube of fresh ginger root and 1 TBS of coconut oil. This recipe would make 2-servings and could be  consumed as a meal with a healthy protein on the side.  
10. Learn Your Metabolic Type. 

Have questions or want to get started on your path to more energy and less sugar cravings? Reach out, I’d love to hear from you.