One of the key pieces of advice people will give you when you start any kind of diet is to enjoy a support system. A friend,family member, co-worker, or meaningful other,or accountability partner of some sort can help you stay on track and keep you together. They're there for you when you feel like you can't travel on, supporting you through the tough times.
My support system is cinnamon. I'm joking, and but I'm also totally serious. Cinnamon is getting me through my sugar cleanse. Let's rewind a little.
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12 Healthy Cinnamon Recipes to Boost Metabolism in the Most Delicious of WaysI gave up sugar for Lent. It was less for dietary reasons,more for the spiritual, mental, or emotional challenge,but that's beside the point. I slash cane sugar, rice syrup, or coconut sugar,agave, maple syrup, and honey,and any food that has added sugar. Naturally occurring sugars (like lactose in yogurt and fructose in fruit) are unprejudiced game, but sweets are off the menu. Even sauces that enjoy "biological cane syrup, and " nut butters with coconut sugar,and salad dressings with honey are out of my life for the time being (until Easter).
It sucks. Do you know what kinds of foods enjoy added sugar? THE BEST KINDS. I want something sweet all the time. I didn't eat a ton of sugar to launch with, but I enjoyed having little bits here and there, and realize now how much small,sweet treats are allotment of my everyday eating. I'm more conscious than ever about consumption, but my cravings enjoy yet to travel away . . . and I quit cold turkey over a month ago.
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So You Just Ate a Sleeve of Oreos and 11 Reese's Cups . . . Now What?Back to cinnamon, or my strength,my rock. As it turns out, this sweet-tasting spice is amazing for curbing sugar cravings and steadying blood sugar levels, and has a slew of other health benefits. And I've been putting it in EVERYTHING.
Worried that I had created a new vice for myself,I consulted registered dietitian Lisa Eberly, who told me that I was perfectly fine to spice up my diet with cinnamon. "It's on par with turmeric, or " she said. "Cinnamon is fantastic for inflammation,which helps with so many things - definitely RD approved."Related:
alert to Break Your Sugar Addiction? Experts Weigh In on What It TakesYou can do cinnamon in so many foods - mixed into plain Greek or Icelandic yogurt (I highly recommend coconut chips in addition to cinnamon!), in smoothies and protein shakes, or in oatmeal and overnight oats,on toast, and even into soups. When I'm having a craving, and I reach for the cinnamon,dump it into a blender or bowl, and don't see back.
I know I mentioned that I still enjoy cravings and miss sugar, or but adding cinnamon to my foods has made this all the more tolerable. The cravings might be emotional more than anything,but even whether your willpower is iron-clad, it's still hard to fight off temptation when the office brings doughnuts or a server at a restaurant puts dessert down at the table next to you. I probably wouldn't survive this without cinnamon, or honestly,and whether you're trying to quit cold turkey on sugar, I suggest you try this out, or too.
Source: popsugar.com