sweet snack

[4154648540639902033_107_12]

Whats best sweet snack to eat when ur craving something really sweet but your trying not to be bad lol ive tried jelly yogurt nithing seems to work

[Paxiled]

This depends on how often you eat sweets.  Moderation is the key, not austerity.  You don't have to never eat sweets, just do them on occasion and in small portions.  Life still needs to be enjoyable.  If you don't have the discipline to just eat small portions, then that's another story and you do have to stay away from them.  Health food stores have sweets that are still not the greatest things to eat but at least they are naturally flavored and don't contain artificial things that need to be avoided entirely.  Again, moderation is the key, as too much stress about eating is just as bad as too much stress about anything else.

[sunshine_janice]

I get this fruit at super one foods....called tamarind. Its tastes like a tangy fruit roll up. Only 5 calories for one fruit. Try that...to me its heaven! !!!!!!!

[Fruttibiscotti]

Here's what I wrote for another lister today asking about sugar cravings:

This is how the battle is won or lost:  INSULIN

Insulin secretion (for the main goal of reducing blood sugar) also interferes with receptors in your brain from receiving the signal that you are full.  So, by reducing the amount of insulin secretion, you improve your brain's capacity of receiving the satiety signal.

If you google "rank list of insulinogenic foods" you will see which foods that are highly insulinogenic, and ones that are least so.  You will note that for example egg whites are very insulinogenic, while whole egg is much less.  Getting the satiety signal in your brain will have a profound effect on satiety, reducing snacking urges and cravings.

Recent studies have also shown that sugar lights up same addictive brain centres as does cocaine.  Eating foods high in sugar causes lots of dopamine released in an area of the brain called the nucleus accubens.  This is followed by down regulation, which then the victim who gets addicted needs a stronger dosage to get that good feeling again, just like dope addicts needing more and more drugs to achieve the same hit.  The less sugar you eat, the less amount sugar dosage you need to feel good.  Here's a scientific journal that shows sugar as addictive as cocaine or nicotine:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2235907/

Again, my recommendation is eat foods low on the insulinogenic effect list, so that you get a satiety signal.  And stay away from sugar and sugary foods (which by the way, are also high on the insulinogenic list, too).