If you seriously want to stop the cravings you have to stop eating food or drinks that spike your blood sugar. Your blood sugar levels will normally increase when you eat, but you want the increase to be slow and gradual. We know that sweet foods or sweet drinks will spike your blood sugar, but now science says that “enriched wheat flour” also will spike your sugar levels. And what's so bad about that, you might ask? A big spike in blood sugars meanings that blood sugars will crash hard and in a very short time will be lower than normal and that will cause a craving to bring your blood sugar level back to normal. Then depending on what you eat, you might spike those levels again which will set you up for another crash and yet another craving. So snacking at night would be inevitable. If you want to avoid food cravings avoid anything that will spike your glucose or blood sugar levels.
I'll explain as if you're looking at a graph. If a normal blood sugar is about 5.6 and you eat ice cream and your blood sugar spike to 8, and your body is working normally, your blood sugar will drop rapidly to say 4 because the effects of the sugar won't last very long, but now your below your normal level and your body will trigger another craving to get you back up to your normal level of 5.6. Now, these numbers are just numbers and if you're concerned about your level you want to see your Doctor and get a blood test. When you're overweight it's important to have regular checkups that include blood tests. High blood sugar levels are a serious problem.
But let's get back to cravings, people that snack a lot often don't understand why their snacking, and snacks put on the weight. So we know sugary foods will spike glucose or blood sugars levels and now science thinks that enriched wheat flour can do the same. Enriched wheat flour is in almost all bakery goods. Bread, cakes, donuts anything that comes from a bakery and that includes chips, crackers, pretzels and any other type of snack food. Now you might think because you don't eat wheat bread that you're safe. All processed flour is made from wheat flour or partial wheat flour. You want to start reading the labels and avoid foods with processed or enriched flour.
Ever wonder why gluten-free is so popular now. Gluten-free means there's no wheat flour or any wheat in that food. Read the label on gluten-free bread and you find it's made of rice flour. Gluten-free products will help you control the spike in your blood sugar which in turn help you avoid cravings. You can buy gluten-free bagels, pasta, rice cakes, cereal and bread just to name a few at any of the major grocery chains. So gluten-free will help you control your weight and avoiding sugary foods and drinks will also help cut your calories.
Most people think that losing weight is all about either dieting or all about exercising. But you have to do both. Nine out of ten people put the weight back in a few months. If you're going thru the trouble to lose the weight and don't forget the money your spending, it's important to keep it off. Losing the weight and staying with a moderate exercise plan will make you much healthier. You're going to feel like a kid again after you lose your first 10 pounds of body fat. You don't want to return to the old you, overweight and tired all the time.
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