In transitioning to healthier eating, fruit for dessert in place of junk or non-nutritive foods high in sugar
and chemical additives will help with sugar cravings. Let it take the place of cakes, pies and other baked goods and candy.
Fresh, organic and in season is best, but don't let this deter you if you can't afford or get fresh organic. Frozen is next best. All fruit is better than sugary treats and processed cakes, pies and cookies as a dessert.
Tip: The less beef, chicken, hard dairy products (hard cheeses) and overly salty foods you eat, the less sugar you will crave. These are more tightening or contracting foods, making you crave the opposite, which is sugar and soft dairy products (expansive or relaxing foods). Vegetables are also more relaxing, but of better quality. Grains, beans, and vegetables are more in the center of the spectrum.
Remember that fruit doesn't take the place of vegetables and is best as a snack or dessert. The whole fruit is better than fruit juices, but occasionally a small amount of juice is OK. It's a better choice of beverage than non-nutritive, sugary sodas, or used as a sweetener in cooked desserts.
My macrobiotic teacher Lisa Silverman used to say "find other types of sweetness in your life." Meaning not always just sweet sugary foods, but life's other sweets, such as relationships (friendships), walking, enjoying nature — whatever you find "sweet." But this could take me to another subject ("how to get off the sugar") and I won't get into that now.
So, try fruit instead of junk food, cakes, pies, and cookies for a week and see how you feel.
Or try some of these fruit sweetened or rice syrup-sweetened desserts from my previous posts. They're listed from light, to medium, to sweeter or "wider macro" in that order. Kanten,Apple -Blueberry Crisp, Monhegan Mace Cookies.
Fresh, organic and in season is best, but don't let this deter you if you can't afford or get fresh organic. Frozen is next best. All fruit is better than sugary treats and processed cakes, pies and cookies as a dessert.
Tip: The less beef, chicken, hard dairy products (hard cheeses) and overly salty foods you eat, the less sugar you will crave. These are more tightening or contracting foods, making you crave the opposite, which is sugar and soft dairy products (expansive or relaxing foods). Vegetables are also more relaxing, but of better quality. Grains, beans, and vegetables are more in the center of the spectrum.
Remember that fruit doesn't take the place of vegetables and is best as a snack or dessert. The whole fruit is better than fruit juices, but occasionally a small amount of juice is OK. It's a better choice of beverage than non-nutritive, sugary sodas, or used as a sweetener in cooked desserts.
My macrobiotic teacher Lisa Silverman used to say "find other types of sweetness in your life." Meaning not always just sweet sugary foods, but life's other sweets, such as relationships (friendships), walking, enjoying nature — whatever you find "sweet." But this could take me to another subject ("how to get off the sugar") and I won't get into that now.
So, try fruit instead of junk food, cakes, pies, and cookies for a week and see how you feel.
Or try some of these fruit sweetened or rice syrup-sweetened desserts from my previous posts. They're listed from light, to medium, to sweeter or "wider macro" in that order. Kanten,Apple -Blueberry Crisp, Monhegan Mace Cookies.