Can You Be Addicted To Sugar? Part 4

Synopsis

The remainder of the steps boost further healing while lessening the desire to consume sugar.

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• This step involves taking vitamins, specifically:
• Vitamin C - to aid in detoxification, the yield of serotonin, and mending from adrenal fatigue
• Vitamin B complex - once again to support the production of serotonin and in the metabolism of carbs into fuel
• Zinc - helps boost healing and supports proper insulin

This step likewise advocates consuming a small amount of a complex carbs right before going to bed to promote the brain to produce sufficient serotonin to help you feel less agitated, competent, and able to state "no" to sugar.

Part of a potato with the skin on is the advised carb. Consider the potato as "medication"-kind of an antidepressant in a different package.

In this step, you make sure to shift the processed carbs (white) that you consume to complex carbs (brown). Complex carbs 'burn' slower and thus prevents a sudden blood glucose elevation and subsequent collapse.

Illustrations of complex carbs (browns) include:

• Whole wheat
• Oats
• Millet
• Barley
• Corn
• Quinoa
• Spelt
• Brown Rice
• Potatoes with the skin on
• Veggies
• Beans

Simple carbs (white foods) include items like:

• White bread
• White rice
• White flour
• White flour tortillas

Most prepackaged desserts and snacks

Likewise, dried fruit may be a trigger for a few sensitive people due to the concentrated fructose and is consequently limited or avoided. Utilizing a food journal may help determine what foods work for you and which ones spark off those unpleasant, moody sugar feelings and even sugar gorges.

This step is a personal determination. A few people will significantly cut back the sum of sugar in their overall diet and feel easy with that. 

A lot of other people go on to remove all sugar from their diets. Having surmounted each of the previous steps will assure a smooth and successful bout with this step.

You may need to completely detox from all sugars and what learn what might be expected. It involves learning where sugars hang around in foods, having a plan in place for the day you say adieu to all sugars, and what to expect subsequently.

A really big part of this step consists of planning, waiting, contemplating, and then taking action steps in an attentive way. This is immense for addicts. There's a huge payoff if you decide to wipe out most sugars from your diet. You'll feel better than you ever have.

Next is the recovery period after beating the sugar demon. It offers calm and stability.  It offers the chance to learn fresh skills to deal with life events without sugar, which may occasionally be challenging. It's a lifelong procedure to learn and enjoy.

Progress not perfection" is a center Twelve-Step slogan and one that's especially useful for doing food recovery. You can't ever get a perfect journey with food. Life is too composite and textured for perfection.

The true perfection you'll attain is the joy and confidence you'll feel about controlling your "half-baked" body chemistry.

It's about finding out what works for your body, recovering your life, and living it to the fullest.