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I know this is going to sound nuts but I thought someone out there might have experienced this or know why it might be.
I have always had a GINORMUS sweet tooth. If you asked all my friends one thing about me, they would all say, "DESSERT".
Anyway, long story short. A while back I started having trouble sleeping. I'm not a huge drinker but I started having a glass of wine before I went to bed to help me sleep. Within a week or two my sweet tooth disappeared.
Maybe I've just stumbled on a new weight loss plan. Well, only if they start making zero calorie wine.
I know this is going to sound nuts but I thought someone out there might have experienced this or know why it might be.
I have always had a GINORMUS sweet tooth. If you asked all my friends one thing about me, they would all say, "DESSERT".
Anyway, long story short. A while back I started having trouble sleeping. I'm not a huge drinker but I started having a glass of wine before I went to bed to help me sleep. Within a week or two my sweet tooth disappeared.
Maybe I've just stumbled on a new weight loss plan. Well, only if they start making zero calorie wine.
I used to have a big sweet tooth, but then I began taking chromium picolanate, 200 mcg a day. It cured my cravings. I don't take it as much now, and I do eat so much less than I did years ago. When I was 21 I used to bake cookies and eat them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Now I am just eat two chocolate covered caramels a day, and I think that is too much.
Maybe your sweet tooth was more related to your insomnia or vise versa. There have been several articles in the news lately reporting lack of sleep makes you tend to gain weight.
Yes, I realize alcohol = sugar but what would different about the sugar produced by the wine that would eliminate the sugar cravings. I mean they went away completed not that they were temporarily satisfied after I drank the wine.
I have realized this too. There are times when I drink red wine, especially on vacations when I'm free from responsibility. At that time I have absolutely no interest in sweets. When I'm back at work or school and cut off the wine, I'm back to the sweets. Alcohol is a sugar that digests fast like sugar, in fact the body will process alcohol first. I've heard if you cut out sugar, simple starches (like white bread), and caffeine you will dramatically cut down your cravings for sweets and alcohol.
When you have a glass of wine your tongue taste the sugar and sends to your liver which registers "YOU ARE HAVING SUGAR" ... thus substituting the sweets you normally would eat.
I have low blood sugar and I have to watch out for this ...... because even if you do not have sugar your body will register it as you had it pulling the sugar from your blood (weight loss) and then your sugar levels drop ............ might be grumpy , feeling very tired ... even go as far as passing out ........
I craved sweets before my low blood sugar "acted up on me"
From what I have read, more protein in the diet is supposed to help cut down on those sugar cravings. Works for me. I have a protein shake every morning and don't eat until 1 or 2 pm, have my main meal. Then something light at dinner (salad), but with some protein (i.e. turkey or cheese, etc.).
even CRAZIER ...if I have so much as one glass of RED wine I have such strong sugar cravings that I actually get in the car and drive to the nearest store for candy, cookies or whatever to satisfy those cravings!! It almost seems uncontrollable!! So now, in addition to not having any of those things in the house, I had to rid myself of any red wine....what's that about??!
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