CARB CRAVINGS BY JENNIFER NICOLE LEE
We crave carbs because they act as a mood stabilizer, making us feel good when we’re stressed. Craving carbs is not about lack of discipline. … Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that stabilizes mood and makes you feel calm and relaxed. Prozac and many other antidepressants increase brain serotonin levels.
Top tips to stop carb cravings
- Give in a little. Don’t each a cheat meal, go for a cheat bite, or 2!
- Combine foods. This helps diminish carb cravings.
- Go cold turkey. Go for 3 days not eating carbs. This will reset your tastebuds.
- Grab some gum. Sugar free of course.
- Reach for fruit.
- Get up and go. Exercising or moving will take your mind off of your craving.
- Choose quality over quantity. Go for better quality of food, thus cutting the cravings.
- Eat regularly. Graze throughout the dat.
Great Carb substitutes:
Instead of rice, go for Cauliflower rice.
Instead of spaghetti, go for Zoodles, zucchini noodles
Instead of Pizza Dough, go for cauliflower pizza dough
Instead of potato chips or French fries, go for butternut squash wedges
Instead of pasta lasagna, go for zucchini slices.