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Follow the Scandinavian Diet guidelines for eating the right foods. Your sugar craving may indicate you’re not getting enough nutrients. Eat all the recommended servings of fruits, vegetable, grains and protein and you will be less likely to supplement your diet with sugar. Following are just a few ideas.
- Avoid fruit drinks and bottled teas – Did you know they can contain 20 to 30 grams of sugar per 8 oz serving. Most bottled drinks are 32 plus ounces.
- Eliminate soda – Soda contributes more sugar to our diets than any other food. Did you know that people who drink large amounts of soda can develop kidney stones!
- Eat healthy snacks – As boring as this sounds it will help keep your blood sugar levels stable so that you won’t be searching for sugar.
For more helpful hints on how to cut back on sugar please visit the health library at our website at http://www.scandinaviandiets.com/
I'm eating Honey now, and that has a jillion calories too. I think the only way to lose weight is artificial sweetners, to get rid og sugar cravings!
ReplyDeleteI love this site! It's always good to remember where to start especially where extra sugar can sneak into our diets. Any healthy snack combos you're especially fond of? Mine is PB on celery with a few raisins...we used to call it 'Ants on a Log' as kids. :)
ReplyDeleteBe careful with the artificial sweetners, besides the fact it all chemical it doesn't do anything to eliminate the sugar craving, it just removes the calories. Keep your honey just keep it in moderation. You may also benefit from eating 6 small meals a day, this will help keep you satisfied longer and possibly help you get get rid of the sugar cravings. I challenge you to keep your sugar to a minimum for three days, after that you should have less cravings.
ReplyDeleteHi Laura,
ReplyDeleteThanx for loving our site, and sharing your snack ideas, sometimes just that added little idea like the raisins changes it up enough to keep from getting bored, and also helps us to think of other things that will work. Hopefully those raisins don't have a sugar coating....
I am in my car a lot and need snacks that can survive the day. Lowfat string cheese and an apple are a favorite of mine. The protein in the cheese combined with the carbohydrate in the apple makes a perfect small meal. Also the crunch of the apple satisfy's the desire for snacking. Also the apple is a great source of fiber, normally 4 grams, and we are hoping you are getting 35 grams a day. (Hopefully from real food and not a supplement)
Thank you!
Diana
I've been eating a lot of blue berries, and trying to cut back on the sugar! Now I want to put honey on them, here I go again!
ReplyDeleteYou have a real thing going on with honey and cravings for sugar. Blue berries are a great choice for breakfast or snacks. Try and eat a protein with your blue berries and they should seem a little sweeter and not require more HONEY!
ReplyDeleteIf you could go 3 days with less sugar you would have less cravings.
Hope that helps!
Thanx,
Diana
I am addicted to the blue berries and the honey now, HELP!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe best way to get the sugar out of your diet is first to get it out of your house and out of sight. If you have to go out and get it chances are you'll at least cut down.
ReplyDeleteI have a feeling you are leaving yourself hungry to much of the time. Are you getting enough calories with every meal?
Diana
How do we know how much sugar is too much for certain foods we would otherwise consider 'healthy.' Some of the all natural, 100% fruit and veggie juices and even yogurt have sugar. How much is too much? Does the sugar contect negate the other benfits of the 'healthy' food?
ReplyDeleteHi Denise,
ReplyDeleteThis is a question that a lot of people have. There is a lot of sugar in our food today, some if it is hidden, and sometimes it is confusing. I’ll be answering your question, however I need to give you a little additional information first.
We’ve all gotten a little more savvy about reading nutritional labels of the food we consume. We’ve even gotten pretty good at understanding what protein, carbohydrate, and fat do for us and have begun to try and cut back on certain types of fat. Remember when we all thought that cutting back on fat was the key to weight loss? Then right about the time we thought we had the answer we learned that all fat is not created equal, and we should always eliminate trans fat, and saturated fat, but then there is good fat, and how much of that is to much?
Now we have the low carbohydrate diets, and low Glycemic diets, and there’s a new added discussion about the sugar in carbohydrate. Pretty soon you’ll be hearing more about slow carbohydrate consumption. It will be then newest diet buzz word coming around the bend. Slow carbohydrate provides the best energy and takes the longest to process. You’ll find that brown rice, most legumes, sweet potato, and other starches that are high in fiber will fit into this category and the best choice for “low sugared carbohydrate”.
Another good example is orange juice. Oranges and orange juice are healthy choices right? Then answer is yes to oranges, but questionable with the juice. The label says 100% fresh, so you think there is no added sugar, or maybe it also says no added sugar, but the label says 32 grams of carbohydrate, (this is for a 6 ounce portion, most of our glasses are 8 to 12 ounces if not more). Just underneath the carbohydrate listing is the sugar listing and it states that there are 28 grams of sugar, yikes…..what does that mean? When you eat an orange you are getting approx. 12 grams of carbohydrate, and 4-6 grams of sugar, and 4 grams of fiber, probably 0-1 gram of fiber in the juice unless it’s added. Drinking the juice is like eating 4 oranges. Because of the fiber it would be better to eat the 4 oranges. There are now some juices out there that are low carbohydrate, but keep in mind they are probably artificially sweetened.
Yogurt is another example, we think of yogurt as a good choice, but many fruit flavored yogurts are high in carbohydrate and high in sugar. Look at the label you’ll see what I’m talking about.
Here’s what you should always do:
Read the nutritional labels, if the sugar content is 50% of what the carbohydrate is consider it a high sugar item.
I see that you’re a member of Scandinavian Diets. Take a look at the Glycemic Index Chart and stay within the green zone if quick weight loss is your goal, or yellow if you have less then 20 pounds to lose.
Whether weight loss is your goal or not, staying away from high sugared items is the best way to follow a healthy eating program for life.
Let me know if that helps.
Thanx again,
Diana
WOW! THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION! I will check out the GREEN ZONE. My approach is to have a healthy routine. But a little on the lazy side when it comes to reading labels. Thanks for making it easier.
ReplyDeleteOkay, now a question about Honey; I noticed another honey addict! I make my dressings and marinades with honey never sugar. SOMETHING to sweeten. Is honey a healthy substitute for added sweetness? If I could add dark chocoalte to everything I would....but that's probably not a big no-no! Shoot...
Hi Denise,
ReplyDeleteOh my, I have my hands full with you honey lovers. Honey is a better choice when looking for sweetners, but as I pointed out before you just have to be careful about portions. If your adding to salad dressings your probably not using to much so I wouldn't worry to much about it. A lot of advice is almost always geared to people who are interested in weight loss. If you are at a healthy weight then you probably are not over doing it with the honey, if you are concerned with your weight it might be something to cut back on. Calorie for calorie sugar and honey are almost the same. Honey is a "good for you" product, it's natural and has a lot of health benefits, sugar is processed and not good for you at all from a health standpoint.
Dark chocolate is something you should eat everyday! Not a lot, but a small square at the end of the day is a great way to tell yourself that this is the closing of the kitchen and you're ending it with decadence. One small square is about an inch just in case you're wondering.
Hope that answers your questions!
Thanx,
Diana