It has been suggested that sugar cravings are a sign of protein deficiency. Therefore, it is not our fault that we are drawn to sweets.
In fact, there have been some separate studies on sugar cravings if a person lacks some vitamins, trace elements or amino acids. But on average, it's more of a matter of habit.
Most people like sweets. It's in our genes. In adulthood, we may love salty or sour, or even something with a bitterness, but as an unclouded baby, we all prefer sweet. Hence the problems.
It is interesting that very often we replace with sweets what we have received less in other areas of life. Someone seizes stress, someone rewards himself for something, someone stretches the pleasure of a feast with a dessert. This is also almost normal.
That is, it is normal to treat yourself to a sweet treat from time to time. But it would be bad to overeat.
How to deal with it
There are universal techniques. You can combine them or choose something to your liking.
Allow yourself 150 kilocalories of snacks per day.
That is, if you break down from a lack of sweets, then eat what you like, but not more than 150 kilocalories per day. Count calories.Mixtures. Make yourself a less unhealthy treat. If you want sweets, take smaller ones, but mix with the nuts. These things work well together, but nuts are already a healthy food. The result is half healthy food. Already good.
Complete refusal. This is also an option. Remove all sugars from your diet, including fruit juices and all. From this, it will usually break very much for two or three days, and then you are guaranteed to break loose, but there is a chance that your taste habits will slightly change, and you will pull a little less for sweets. Quite a working method.
Gum. They say that it helps to interrupt cravings for sweets.
Fruits. Keep them handy. If you reach for sweets, then it is better to take fruit. There is still more benefit from fruits, even sweet ones.
Get up and run. Run away from sweets naturally. If you feel like having a bite, then go outside and take a walk. There is a chance that the inner Wishlist will be distracted.
Connect the toad. Try replacing cheap sweets with expensive ones. Most people are sorry to gobble up a lot of expensive desserts. This is also such a psychological feature. Lets you enjoy a small bite.
Technical receptionfood. Eat the right foods and regularly. Maybe more often. Avoid acute hunger. During such periods, people can easily justify gluttony with sweets.
Throw out sweeteners. It only seems that they can replace sweets. The body is not a fool and begins to freak out from such deception. Then it ends with gluttony.
Reward yourself. Use refusal of sweets as an excuse to make yourself something pleasant. Psychologists say that this approach works when we reward ourselves in a differentiated manner. That is, for a small achievement in giving up sweets, there will be a small reward in the form of something pleasant. And for a complete rejection of sweets, you can pamper yourself with some exquisite entertainment. This is how our brains learn to behave better.
Plan your lunch. People most often gorge themselves on sweets when there is nothing to eat and they have to grab the first tasty treat that comes to hand. Plan lunch, buy groceries, think over the menu. The calmer and more judicious you arrange the meal, the less chances that you will grab something sweet in a panic.
Expand your social contacts. Try to be a little more around people you like. We sometimes replace people with sweets.
In short, there are an infinite number of different tricks from which you can choose something. Experiment.
