Do you crave SUGAR/SWEETS? - 12 practical tips to help

Description:
This video is about Sugar, sweets and why we many of us have cravings and even addictions leading to weight gain and other metabolic diseases. Listen to some of the causes as given in modern medicine with studies done on the subject. Learn how Ayurveda explains this based on doshas in a simple way. Check out 12 practical tips that can help relieve this addiction to sweets.
Sugar and Artificial Sweetener Challenge Instructions
For two weeks, cut out all added sugars and artificial sweeteners.
1. Do not add any form of sugar (see list below) or any alternative sweeteners to foods or drinks! Avoid artificial and alternative sweeteners including Sweet ‘N Low, Equal, Splenda, monk fruit, neotame, stevia, and xylitol, etc. No added sweeteners!
2. Avoid all sweetened sodas, bottled teas, sports drinks, energy drinks, fruit drinks and juice (even 100% juice), specialty coffee drinks, and any other liquid with added sweeteners.
3. Cut out any foods that have a lot of added sugar or any artificial sweeteners such as cookies, cake, candy, yogurt, soy or almond milk, breakfast cereals, energy bars, or other foods. Read labels! Aim for food with 5 g or less of added sugar. Look at the ingredient lists of foods you eat for other names for sugar such as the following:
Sucrose
Corn syrup
Agave
Dextrose
Grape sugar
Brown sugar
Date sugar
High-fructose corn syrup
Maple syrup
Evaporated cane juice
Coconut palm sugar
Turbinado sugar
Powdered sugar
Honey
Molasses
Barley malt
Cane sugar
Raw sugar
Brown rice syrup
4.
Note: Plain unsweetened milk and yogurt and fruit contain natural sugar, which is fine because it is not added sugar. Limit dried fruits to 2 servings per day and fresh fruits to 4 to 5 servings per day.
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References:
1. An Integrative Review on Role and Mechanisms of Ghrelin in Stress, Anxiety and Depression. An Integrative Review on Role and Mechanisms of Ghrelin in Stress, Anxiety and Depression | Bentham Science
2. Sinha R, Gu P, Hart R, Guarnaccia JB. Food craving, cortisol and ghrelin responses in modeling highly palatable snack intake in the laboratory. Physiol Behav. 2019 Sep 1;208:112563. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2019.112563. Epub 2019 May 27. PMID: 31145919; PMCID: PMC6620125. Food Craving, Cortisol and Ghrelin Responses in Modeling Highly Palatable Snack Intake in the Laboratory - PMC
3. Greer SM, Goldstein AN, Walker MP. The impact of sleep deprivation on food desire in the human brain. Nat Commun. 2013;4:2259. doi: 10.1038/ncomms3259. PMID: 23922121; PMCID: PMC3763921. The impact of sleep deprivation on food desire in the human brain - PMC
4. Bartolotto C. Does Consuming Sugar and Artificial Sweeteners Change Taste Preferences? Perm J. 2015 Summer;19(3):81-4. doi: 10.7812/TPP/14-229. PMID: 26176574; PMCID: PMC4500487.
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Disclaimer: This video is for educational purposes only. This is not medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider for your medical needs.

[@HeeralShivnani]

What about if happened to eat dessert after a meal - should we end with astringent after the dessert or before it?

[@vpknutrition-integrativehealth]

Eat with your meal. Just don’t have it as a separate dish after a while like we do in modern times. Ideally better to end with astringent. Maybe eat some fennel seeds at the end.

[@vpknutrition-integrativehealth]

If you eat with a meal it maybe ok. Chew on some fennel seeds for astringent and digestion!