Barley Candy

Candy bowls are everywhere. Full of candy, chocolates, cookies - and all the trimmings. And to make matters worse, people bring their extra candy to work. You take a song and two songs, then three ... and it goes all downhill from there. The next thing you know you are three pieces of bread for lunch, the thirst for caffeine and snack on pretzels and chips. The frenzy of celebrations began.

If you run away and hide on an island, hoping that you shrink away like Tom Hanks? Absolutely not.

First, understand that your sugar problems are not entirely your fault. Sugar is addictive - very addictive. It is one of the five most addictive foods - cheese, peppers, caffeine, and chocolate are the other four. In fact, some of my clients can not stop eating sugar for at least three days, even after minor treatment for a chocolate bar or an ice cream sandwich.

If you're a sugar addict or maybe you feel a bit of control around him - Here are five suggestions to break the pattern at the physical level. For emotional and mental patterns, you'll have to wait for another article ...

1. Drink more water! I know it sounds simple, but drinking water can make your body in balance. A body of research is to balance the simplest form of comfort and relief - and for most of us who comes in the shape of candy.

2. Give your body softer starchy vegetables like sweet potatoes and squash. Try to have half a sweet potato in the morning with a serving of protein such as eggs or chicken-sausage. By giving your body a dose of complex carbohydrates in the morning, you can offset sugar cravings later in the day. Try it. My clients are always surprised by it.

3. Eat more protein at each meal or snack, especially in the morning. Protein helps control glucose levels. Roller coaster blood sugar levels can make you feel like sugar, even when you try hard to resist. Starting the day with more protein, you create a balanced blood sugar - making it easier to make healthy lunch choices.

4. Eat less protein and more vegetables. I know I am in contradiction with the number three. But some people (and this is much rarer) are proteins with so much at each meal and snack that their bodies have become too acidic and find relief with the sugar. Thus, you may need to reduce protein and increase dark green leafy vegetables to balance you.

5. Replace your sugar processed with solutions like the most natural brown rice syrup, agave nectar syrup and barley malt. Try replacing sugar solutions treated with more natural in your favorite recipes. You'll find that natural sweeteners are less addictive and satisfying.

This is only the beginning. But it should give you a good start. I see you cruise right through the gut than candy as I type this. I mean really, who needs another Snickers anyway?

Thank you very much, and be well!