Stop Your Cravings in 3 Days!

Health Inspires FREE 3 Day Challenge 
How to Stop Your Cravings in 3 Days 

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First, I would like to recognize that most of us have some type of habit, or addiction, if you will;  whether it be food, alcohol, the need for approval, or power, for example. What I am talking about is something that has more power over us than we wish it did.  For the purpose of this health tip, I am going to discuss cravings in the context of a habit.  

10 things you need to know about cravings:

• Consuming processed foods will cause your cravings and cause them to persist. That is; salt, sugar, fat, and artificial anything
• Dopamine, the chemical/neurotransmitter associated with the reward center of our brain, is released when we eat sugar and fat
• When we eat sugar, our brain says: “YUM!!  I want more of that!” And we search for it until we get what we want (the craving)-“I have to have that now!”
• The problem with sugar, aside from all the negative health consequences, is that dopamine does not level off with sugar intake as it does with healthy foods
• The more sugar we have, the more we want, the more we crave and the cycle continues
• Eating a healthy meal will result in some dopamine response because of the pleasure of eating food;  but if we continue to eat the same healthy meal, dopamine will level off over time (why we get bored with some foods) 
• When we eat processed foods, we eat sugar (carbohydrate) in the form of maltose, dextrose, sucrose, fructose, lactose and on and on.  It is in bread, crackers, spaghetti sauce, canned anything, salad dressings, soups and more;  hence, we keep that craving alive; examples: jarred spaghetti sauce has 2 tsp. of sugar in 1/2 cup. Look at the label on that granola bar, protein bar, bread, and even yogurt!  How much added sugar do you see? (The American Heart Assoc. recommends that women have no more than 6 tsp of added sugars each day -(fresh fruit is a good choice and is not considered “added” sugar)…added sugar is anything additional to naturally occurring sugar)
• There is a dopamine response with other things that make us feel good and that are also related to the brain’s reward center such as, socializing and sex
• The reason some call sugar “addicting” is because dopamine is also released with drug use, heroin, and alcohol abuse in addicts.  However, A MUCH FOR VIOLENT and VOLATILE reaction and release is associated with these drugs and sends a drug seeker into the mode of doing anything to get those drugs
• The less sugar we have, the less cravings we will have and the less dopamine response will occur when we have a sweet treat, and only sometimes.  For example:  If we have sugar all of the time (processed foods and sweetened beverages), our response will be to crave, crave, crave.  If we have a small piece of our favorite cake rarely or only sometimes, then when we choose to have it, the dopamine response will not be as dramatic and we will be satisfied

So what can you do to stop your cravings?
Accept my 3-day Challenge!  

Why?  Because 3 days is just long enough to help you get back in the game,reduce your cravings, gain control over your actions, and you will feel better without the junk.  All you have to do is to decide that you are going to do this and do it!  


Health Inspires 3 Day Challenge

3 Steps to Stop your Cravings in 3 Days

• Acknowledge your craving is merely a thought, and that thought is what creates the image of what you think you have to have right now (You have control over your thoughts)
• Have a planned distraction to remove yourself from that thought and your environment: go for a walk, drink some water, call a friend, read a book…
• Avoid all processed foods over these next three days and instead choose and prepare only real foods, eat fruit as a snack when you are hungry or when you are craving something sweet, limit your portions and choose grilled proteins, whole grains, and many leafy green vegetables and other colorful vegetables.  Choose olive oil and avocado for healthy fats as well as raw nuts and seeds, and only a small handful per serving (1 oz. or less).  Plan your meals, have healthy snacks prepared and available.  Other tricks are to fill in with green tea and drink 8 glasses of water a day

All you need is one day in a row.  Then…pat yourself on the back, wake up and do this again.  After 3 days, your cravings will subside and you will feel amazing.  For all future days, continuing on day 4, is to limit all junk food and to know what you are eating. Plan your meals, know what days you might want to enjoy your favorites and limit the portion.  For example, if everybody is going out for pizza at lunch one day from work and you would like to enjoy that, then order a salad and have one and no more than two pieces of pizza. Read all food labels and check for added sugar.  

I want to hear from you!  Did it work?  How do you feel?


Health Inspires.

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