Hello! A 19-year-old girl writes to you. As the title suggests, I think I'm addicted to sugar. I constantly eat jam and not a little, every time I say to myself this is the last time, but I always fail! Is it dangerous to overdo it with sweets, is it really possible to be addicted? Tell me some methods for giving up sugar!
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Are you serious? It is very clear that it is possible, not to mention harmful. There is plenty of information on the Internet about sugar and its harms. For starters, limit it, eat healthier, and if you feel like it, you can eat dark chocolate with a high percentage of cocoa, or a little honey. At least for me it worked. Good luck.
Of course, sugar addiction is similar to drugs. There is research on the issue that confirms this. How is it overcome? Very easy if you know what to do. Not with lichen but with a lot of eating. What? !? Lots of food, come on! Well, yes, with a lot of food. Look now - when you are hungry your body sends a signal to eat and because you are used to sweet things you go and eat sweets. However, if you have eaten a lot until you are completely full of things like meat, eggs, cheese, fruits, vegetables and similar foods and your stomach is full, then you no longer have any appetite and you do not feel like eating sweets. When you do this, your appetite for sweets will disappear and your body will get used to the new foods and you will not eat sweets at all.
Sugar is addictive and addictive. At your age, your metabolism is fast and you burn calories quickly, but if you continue like this, you will gain a lot of weight, especially after 30 years. I personally stopped using sugar (in the cases when I can choose, ie in things prepared by me, I resigned myself to the packaged ones or when I am a guest, restaurant, etc.). I replaced it with stevia, the first 2 days it's a bit strange, but then there are no problems, I don't miss the sugar at all.
At least you admit you're addicted. Most people like this don't even think about it ... You're in a loopy metabolic mess called "carb hell." What does it consist of? You eat jam (carbohydrates), after which your pancreas secretes huge amounts of insulin to process them. As a result, your blood sugar drops sharply and the excess accumulates as fat in the body. And only after an hour - an hour and a half you start to experience such a carbohydrate deficiency that immediately and against your will you reach for the new portion of jam ... So in time you will reach obesity and type 2 diabetes, with all the harmful consequences for the cardiovascular system. system, blood pressure, liver, kidneys, etc ... Fortunately you are very young and if you decide - you can prevent this unenviable scenario ... The first step, what you have to do is stop these outbursts of carbohydrate hunger that force you, despite your will, to reach for the sweet. This is done by imposing a certain diet. The first step is to take some measurements of your body (weight, wrist circumference, waist circumference through the navel ...) and determine your daily protein needs. Then break this amount into 5 portions (3 large for main meals, and 2 small for supporting snacks) and always consume protein to carbohydrates in a ratio of 4: 5. The amount of fat is determined by the intensity of the life you lead. Read Dr. Barry Sears' book "The Zone" - it's available at izvorite. It describes everything in detail, including menus for individual meals. During this diet, which you should keep for at least 6 weeks, and it is recommended - forever, YOU WILL NOT HUNGER. It will also lead to a LACK OF DESIRE FOR SWEET. Well, of course you can eat sometimes, but for fun, not out of necessity / abstinence. Your situation is very serious, do not underestimate it at all! I missed out on time, and after 20 wasted years I got into very serious conditions - diabetes, steatosis of the liver, many extra pounds, blood to the heavens, high cholesterol and triglycerides ... "metabolic syndrome", as doctors call it. Now things are under control (for about 2 years), but it cost me at least 10 times more effort than it would cost you. Read and start now! Speak and gain the full support of your parents or the people you live with. Because it's not easy ... YOU WILL NOT HUNGER. It will also lead to a LACK OF DESIRE FOR SWEET. Well, of course you can eat sometimes, but for fun, not out of necessity / abstinence. Your situation is very serious, do not underestimate it at all! I missed out on time, and after 20 wasted years I got into very serious conditions - diabetes, steatosis of the liver, many extra pounds, blood to the heavens, high cholesterol and triglycerides ... "metabolic syndrome", as doctors call it. Now things are under control (for about 2 years), but it cost me at least 10 times more effort than it would cost you. Read and start now! Speak and gain the full support of your parents or the people you live with. Because it's not easy ... YOU WILL NOT HUNGER. It will also lead to a LACK OF DESIRE FOR SWEET. Well, of course you can eat sometimes, but for fun, not out of necessity / abstinence. Your situation is very serious, do not underestimate it at all! I missed out on time, and after 20 wasted years I got into very serious conditions - diabetes, steatosis of the liver, many extra pounds, blood to the heavens, high cholesterol and triglycerides ... "metabolic syndrome", as doctors call it. Now things are under control (for about 2 years), but it cost me at least 10 times more effort than it would cost you. Read and start now! Speak and gain the full support of your parents or the people you live with. Because it's not easy ... and not out of need / abstinence. Your situation is very serious, do not underestimate it at all! I missed out on time, and after 20 wasted years I got into very serious conditions - diabetes, steatosis of the liver, many extra pounds, blood to the heavens, high cholesterol and triglycerides ... "metabolic syndrome", as doctors call it. Now things are under control (for about 2 years), but it cost me at least 10 times more effort than it would cost you. Read and start now! Speak and gain the full support of your parents or the people you live with. Because it's not easy ... and not out of need / abstinence. Your situation is very serious, do not underestimate it at all! I missed out on time, and after 20 wasted years I got into very serious conditions - diabetes, steatosis of the liver, many extra pounds, blood to the heavens, high cholesterol and triglycerides ... "metabolic syndrome", as doctors call it. Now things are under control (for about 2 years), but it cost me at least 10 times more effort than it would cost you. Read and start now! Speak and gain the full support of your parents or the people you live with. Because it's not easy ... high cholesterol and triglycerides ... "metabolic syndrome", as doctors call it. Now things are under control (for about 2 years), but it cost me at least 10 times more effort than it would cost you. Read and start now! Speak and gain the full support of your parents or the people you live with. Because it's not easy ... high cholesterol and triglycerides ... "metabolic syndrome", as doctors call it. Now things are under control (for about 2 years), but it cost me at least 10 times more effort than it would cost you. Read and start now! Speak and gain the full support of your parents or the people you live with. Because it's not easy ...
Well, according to the American Food Association, it is normal to eat about 70-80 grams of processed sugars a day ... Others argue that this should be common to all types of sugars in food: white / brown, ie processed sugar, honey , molasses and what not, fruit sugar and milk sugar (lactose). The last group of scientists agree that the so-called processed sugar should be no more than 30 - 40 grams per day, and the rest should come from the intake of fruit and lactose. I will illustrate things as follows - half a cup of tea full of small fruit or chopped large fruit is on average equal to about 15 grams of fruit sugar. That is, if you eat fruit for the day, as much as a cup of tea and here is half of the recommended daily intake of fruit sugar. 30 g of sugar / don't necessarily imagine the product sugar ... put glucose-fructose processed nonsense in sweet things / is about 55-60 g of chocolate dessert. You have to be very careful with the sweetened with sugar drinks !!! One glass of red Coca Cola is your daily intake for processed sugars! The sweetened milks have 12-18 g of sugar per 100 ml. ie not per cup or package ... If you like to dissolve 3 in 1, but there the added sugar is often about 12-15 g per package depending on the brand. Not to mention that sugar is added to some breads, sauces, etc. There are small amounts of natural sugars in almost every food, so this threshold for sugar intake is reached very quickly. And yes, sugar has been found to be addictive. That's why the big chains even put a little sugar in the meatball of the sandwich. Keep a diary for one or two days, where do you get it from and how much sugar and establish the actual consumption and start gradually reducing it, because otherwise in time you will really have health problems. In no case do not replace it simply with another type of sugar: e.g. processed with fruit or lactose in milk. You just have to reduce the total consumption. Look at the packaging where it says about carbohydrates "...., of which sugars / lactose / ..." Read and educate yourself on the subject, but do not go to extremes. When you are under stress, the body is looking for an easy source of food, and these are the sweet things. In such cases, instead of fainting, you really need to give a little fast fuel / without overdoing it /. In no case do not replace it simply with another type of sugar: e.g. processed with fruit or lactose in milk. You just have to reduce the total consumption. Look at the packaging where it says about carbohydrates "...., of which sugars / lactose / ..." Read and educate yourself on the subject, but do not go to extremes. When you are under stress, the body is looking for an easy source of food, and these are the sweet things. In such cases, instead of fainting, you really need to give a little fast fuel / without overdoing it /. In no case do not replace it simply with another type of sugar: e.g. processed with fruit or lactose in milk. You just have to reduce the total consumption. Look at the packaging where it says about carbohydrates "...., of which sugars / lactose / ..." Read and educate yourself on the subject, but do not go to extremes. When you are under stress, the body is looking for an easy source of food, and these are the sweet things. In such cases, instead of fainting, you really need to give a little fast fuel / without overdoing it /. and these are the sweet things. In such cases, instead of fainting, you really need to give a little fast fuel / without overdoing it /. and these are the sweet things. In such cases, instead of fainting, you really need to give a little fast fuel / without overdoing it /.
In general, eat real foods - meat, eggs, potatoes, fruits, fish. Do not overdo it with sugar, because dentists are just waiting for that. This attraction I have noticed is not actually to sugar, but to flour and fat. Jam often has a lot of fat. It feeds on baked potatoes, bananas. Whatever foods you eat when you are hungry, you will want them when you are hungry again.
And food addiction, is it possible? Yes, we humans are addicted to food. The problems come with overeating and lack of physical activity corresponding to splashing. Replace some of the jam you cram in with another type of food - salads, cooked, fruit. And find a job or occupation that will distract you from thinking about the refrigerator. Eat only when you feel hungry and not to overeat!