Crave Sugar
Most people have a sweet tooth. As a matter of fact, humans are predisposed to like sweet things. Science has long known that there are sweet “receptors” on the tongue that practically guarantee that we are going to want a sweet treat every now and again.But, a desire for a piece of chocolate after a meal or even for an apple as a mid-afternoon snack is not the same as craving sugar-laden foods. A craving is more than a desire; it’s a physical reaction to a physiological need.
The body craves what it feels it is missing. And, in the case of a sugar addiction, the body interprets a lack of sugar, and other high-carb foods, as an actual nutritional deficiency.
Why Do I Crave Sugar?
Yet, it’s what’s in those sugar-laden foods that the body really wants. It only associates the need for sugar as part of the usual method of getting those nutrients. For instance, at the core of every chocolate bar is the cacao bean. And cacao beans are loaded with magnesium.
So, when you crave a chocolate bar, your body actually wants more magnesium. Satisfy the body’s need for magnesium and you might eliminate those late-night cravings for chocolate.
The body craves other high-carb foods for the same reason. Once upon a time, carbs were less of a taste temptation, and more of a nutritional requirement. Whole grains were once the only way the body received certain nutritional components such as fiber, selenium, potassium and magnesium. Today’s food processing and decades of bad farming removes those nutrients.
Although food manufacturers often add vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients to their products you will never be able to take in all the vitamins and minerals you need from a standard diet; nutrients your body needs to function properly.
Essentially, modern farming and food processing methods, in addition to the way we eat, has practically guaranteed that you will forever have cravings and that these cravings will, more often than not, lead to overeating – and weight gain.
And, as a final cementing of what has become a vicious circle, our need for the nutrients our bodies have been designed to believe are in certain foods, makes us crave foods that are less and less nutritious, creating even stronger cravings!
If you want to turn off your sugar cravings for good — before you go from irritable to violent — you will have to change your eating habits and enrich your diet with vitamins, minerals and other healthy, natural supplements.
And, the best way to get minerals back into your body is to eat plants grown in mineral-rich soil. Not only are the plants themselves loaded with natural sources of vitally important vitamins and minerals, growing food in nutrient rich soil promotes even healthier plants instead of leaching those nutrients from the plants.
So, the next time your body craves a Hershey bar, recognize the craving for what it is; your body’s signal that you are lacking what you need to maintain optimal health, and forgo the chocolate for foods that actually feed your body, not the craving.
