Tuesday, November 30, 2010

HOW TO EAT LESS SUGAR?

The sugar is our weakness. Moreover, the taste for sugar is inborn, we possess from birth. Yet many of us would like, but fail to reduce their consumption of sugar. Here are 5 tips you can implement to help you overcome your sugar cravings, and at the same time, lose a little belly!

1) Remove the sweet desserts


We usually finished our meal with a dessert. If you can not do without it, choose the non- sweet : yogurt or fresh fruit (fresh fruit are the exception to desserts sweetened) in particular. This drastic measure to remove the sweet dessert is very effective in significantly reducing the daily amount of sugarconsumed and to lose the belly.
2) Add whole grains to meals
Your meals should be as comprehensive as possible and therefore include a sufficient proportion of cereal and preferably complete: bread, pasta, rice, quinoa ... With cereals, you feel satisfied after a meal. And rich in simple carbohydrates, cereals help keep until the next meal, without cravings, especially sweet.

3) Eliminate sodas and other sweetened drinks


Temporarily replace them with diet drinks, sweetened with artificial sweeteners. But gradually, you must reduce the quantities for the final stop drinking only water and soft drinks to book events (festivals, excursions ...). It should be understood that soft drinks, even those containing sweeteners, maintain our taste for sweetness. In other words, the more you eat or drink sweet and you feel like sugar. We must therefore break this vicious circle.

4) Coffee, tea with sugar substitutes go


Again, it is best to gradually reduce the number of sweeteners to get used to coffee or tea without sugar. Man has great capacity to get used to everything, do not forget, and it's not that difficult!
5) Spend 1,000 calories 
It is necessary to spend a minimum of 1,000 calories each week through physical activity. Do not panic, 1,000 calories are spent, for example, by:
- 1 hour of running.
- 20 minute walk at moderate speed, 5 times per week. 
- 20 minutes by bike every day.
- 1 hour 30 bike twice a week.
- 2 aerobic sessions per week.
6) Learn to manage your cravings for sugar 
The sudden urges of sugar are difficult to curb. Remember to relax. The fact to relax and focus his mind on something else helps pass the course compulsive.You can also do breathing exercises, calming and soothing effects, such as those we realize the stress cons: slow, deep breath for 5 seconds, blocking breathing for 5 seconds before blowing slowly for 5 seconds. 
Relaxation and breathing are also effective against the tiredness that you used to counter by nibbling a little something ... sweet.

 

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