Sugar and refined carbohydrates are very common and can be quite addictive. But work hard and take on board some of these tips to help you, and it’ll definitely pay off. You’ll be rewarded with so much more health and wellbeing…
• Always read the label on packaged foods. Avoid if the ingredients list contains any of the following:
o Sugar
o Cane Sugar
o Beet Sugar
o White Sugar
o Brown Sugar
o Raw Sugar
o Glucose
o Fructose
o Dextrose
o Actually, pretty much anything ending in “ose”!
o High fructose corn syrup
• Use sweet foods that are made with natural unrefined sugars instead of refined sugar. Also, you can use these sweeteners to make your own sweet treats! They include:
o Raw honey
o Rapadura, non-refined cane sugar, evaporated sugar cane juice
o Molasses
o Maple syrup or maple sugar
o Date Sugar
o Coconut palm sugar
o Barley malt and rice malt syrup
o Sorghum syrup
o Stevia
• To satisfy your sweet cravings, eat fruit!
• Use properly prepared whole grains instead of refined grains (I will write plenty more on this in a new blog entry coming soon!)
• Change your mindset. Read up on the dangers of refined sugar and you’ll get to the point where you see sugary treats as poison rather than tempting food. Why would you want to eat it? I’ve included some good books for this purpose below.
• Fill up on healthy, tasty and satisfying foods. That way, you’ll be much more satisfied and won’t have such a strong need and craving for sugary harmful foods. Eat plenty of healthy fats (read my blog entry “The truth about fats”), protein from animal foods and some healthy sweet treats (fruit, unrefined sweeteners in moderation).
• Don’t beat yourself up over slip-ups. Just keep working at it steadily and with persistence, and you’ll get there. Anything lasting and worthwhile takes some work and some time.
