How can I control my cravings for simple carbs?

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Jeannette Bessinger
Balance for Life, LLC
www.balanceforlifellc.com  
(401) 835-2428

Jeannette Bessinger, Board Certified Holistic Health Counselor and owner of Balance for Life LLC, is a co-author of the upcoming book, Simple Food for Busy Families, author of Your Baby's Best Food, and meal and recipe designer for the Dr. Jonny Bowden’s The Healthiest Meals on Earth. A motivational speaker and health/nutrition educator, Jeannette regularly gives talks and classes to businesses, corporations, non–profits, wellness centers, hospitals, colleges and faith–based organizations with an interest in wellness and disease prevention. Jeannette has provided services in health education and prevention for individuals and groups in a wide variety of venues for fifteen years.  Creator of the Whole Life Nutrition™ approach to health improvement, she currently runs successful lifestyle change programs in both hospital and holistic settings. Jeannette acts as a lifestyle health consultant to several public and private groups and coalitions working to improve the health of schools and cities. She was a lead strategist on a citywide intervention plan for obesity funded by the RI Department of Health, and designed an obesity prevention program for Head Start with a grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics. A graduate among the first class of women at Columbia College, Columbia University, Jeannette has pursued an extensive, multi–modal education in teaching, health and wellness. As a very busy wife and mother of two children, she understands first hand how challenging it can be to maintain a healthy balanced lifestyle as a working parent. With a personal history of autoimmune disease and diabetes, she knows how vital it is to put your health first on your priority list. Much of the depth and practical nature of Jeannette's material arises directly from her own efforts to meet the challenges of balancing health, family and a lively career.

How can I control my cravings for simple carbs?

 

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Jeannette Bessinger: With simple carbohydrates, the more you eat, the more you want. You probably discover that if you are on a roller coaster and craving these all the time. There are some tricks that you can use. One of them is to if when you are eating your meal to actually eat the protein first. That slows down the rate of absorption in your small intestine of the sugar and so it acts like time-release and it will make you feel a little more full, a little more comfortable and it will diminish your cravings somewhat.

You don t want to go more than four hours without eating something because that will trigger at very extreme hunger and probably for simple sugars. So, eat at least every four hours. Another trick which may not be intuitive especially for nighttime eating is to eat your breakfast. If you have a healthy breakfast, especially if you include some protein, you might find that your nighttime cravings will calm down a little bit over time.

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