Resisting insulin awash in a pool of sugar

February 16, 2016

Resisting insulin awash in a pool of sugar: Too much insulin

Sugar is a serious drug that is very addictive. Insulin resistance should be a daily practice meaning that we defeat sugar addiction by resisting insulin naturally.

From our previous article we listed too much insulin, cortisol and adrenaline, imbalances of sex hormones like estrogen and testosterone and insufficient thyroid hormones as being epidemic, we now want to look at each in details for a better understanding of the best action to take should you find yourself in situations like this. To start us off into this discussion, we spoke with experts from AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center, a facility that is rich in expertise and very resourceful in terms of addiction health related complications to help us put to perspective what happen when there is too much insulin in the body and how best insulin resistance can be practiced in a day to day way of life. Doctor Dalal Akoury who is the founder of this facility is going to share with us some of the practical examples to help us understand better the magnitude of the problem. This is one piece of information you don’t want to miss and therefore we invite you to stay with us and invite a friend so that together we can make a difference in our societies and defeat all complications that comes with insulin resistance or as we have baptized it resisting insulin.

A few years ago a client I will call Larry (not his real name) came to my office and his story was very interesting and I am persuaded to share with you because I believe it will help you understand the problem from the practical angle. Larry was in his early 40s an executive officer in a reputable organization. He came to me for a cardiac stress test. In his mind he knew that he was dying of heart disease and convincing him otherwise was not very easy. He explained to me how he was feeling and using his own words he said that every afternoon, he would experience sudden onset of sweating, a racing heart, anxiety and shortness of breath. With these signs Larry was convinced that he was dying of heart condition. Besides these he was also stocking some weight around the abdomen.

After listening to him narrate his story, I responded to him in a way that he felt was irrelevant by telling him that “he is not taking his breakfast meals” I also told him that “each time he is eating he feels tired and because of that he often skip meals during the day and that his reason of doing so is to remain alert and focus to his work. My provoking statements did not end there and I continued to tell him that each time he experiences such feelings he often go to the vending machine for a glass of soda to get a quick sugar fix, and that in just a few minutes he feels better and that has become his routine and way of life. In disbelief Larry looked at me shocked, wondering how a total stranger could tell his exactly how he lived his life without him disclosing.

I don’t know if this is communicating to you anything, but I explained to Larry that he was fighting with his genes and was insulin resistant or simply he was resisting insulin leading to wide swings in blood sugar that were responsible for his symptoms. Larry could not regulate his blood sugar because he was pumping out too much insulin and that is how his symptoms became easy to identify. Feeding on too much sugary food stuff like flour, and white rice, your insulin levels spike. This then causes your cells to become resistant to its effects and the consequence of that is that you will pump out more insulin, become more resistant to the ultimate effects and the vicious cycle of insulin resistance continues.

Resisting insulin awash in a pool of sugar: Energy and mood swings

From the story of Larry you realize that to a greater extent, we are the real cause of our insulin problems. While Larry suspicion may have not been accurate, but one point is very clear that insulin resistance has high potential of causing energy and mood swings. According to the experts at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center, this can come with serious health complications like high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, cancer, brain aging, dementia, and the list is endless. Another point of concern is that Larry is not alone in this problem of blood sugar control. Available statistics indicate that between 80 and 100 million people in America alone are suffering from insulin resistance. It therefore means that as this practice continues (resisting insulin) each person needs to reevaluate him/herself to be sure and avoid surprises. You can use this formula to test if you are a potential candidate. It has been established that majority of people with insulin resistance have extra fat around the middle. Therefore check your waist-to-hip ratio and the measurement around your belly button. What you get divide by the measurement around your hips. If the solution is greater than 0.8, the chances are that you have insulin resistance. Remember that this is practical irrespective of how you look like. Like for instance, you may be tall, thin, short, fat, or any combination of these and still have insulin resistance. It therefore means that the only way to know for sure is to take an insulin response test, which measures blood sugar and insulin while you are fasting and 1 and 2 hours after you consume a 75-gram sugar drink.

Resisting insulin awash in a pool of sugar: The harmful effect of sugar on our health

Having appreciated how insulin can cause energy and moods swing, let us now interrogate further the other harmful effects of sugar in our health as we come to the end of this section of discussion. The body normally produces insulin in response to food in our stomachs and in particular sugar. When we eat too much sugar we produce insulin in excess and this can result into a variety of health problems as already mentioned above. New findings are establishing that we were not accurate initially when we bought the thought that insulin’s only helps the flow of sugar into cells for purposes of metabolizing and transforming the stored energy of the sun (in plant foods) with the oxygen we breathe into the energy we use every day to run our bodies. New findings reveal many other functions of insulin that affects the body. Ideally when there is too much insulin, the results can be catastrophic and the following are some of the new findings:

Now we recognize insulin as a major switching station, or control hormone, for many processes. It is a major storage hormone fat storage, that is.
Insulin acts on your brain to increase appetite, specifically an appetite for sugar. Try as you might, as long as your insulin levels are high you will fight a losing battle for weight loss.
It increases LDL cholesterol, lowers HDL cholesterol, raises triglycerides, and increases your blood pressure. Insulin resistance causes 50% of all reported cases of high blood pressure.
It makes your blood sticky and more likely to clot, leading to heart attacks and strokes.
It stimulates the growth of cancer cells.
It increases inflammation and oxidative stress and ages your brain.
It even increases homocysteine because sugar consumption decreases vitamin B6 and folic acid.
Insulin also causes sex hormone problems and can lead to infertility, hair growth where you don’t want to grow it, hair loss where you don’t want to lose it, acne, low testosterone in men, and more. It also leads to mood disturbances.

Finally it is important to note that insulin resistance is not a genetic defect, an error in our evolution, or a mistake by God. It is just as a result of the simple fact that we have strayed from eating in harmony with our genes. In other words, we do not fit into our genes and you can consult with doctor Akoury for more insight on any concern you may be having.

Resisting insulin awash in a pool of sugar: Too much insulin

Initial training of children on healthy lifestyle

September 26, 2015

Initial training of children on healthy lifestyle: Protecting children from the danger of food addiction

Initial trainings of children on healthy lifestyle

Initial training of children on healthy lifestyle is very important if we want to protect them from future complications on their body organs including the brain

Is your child professing some signs of addiction to what goes round in the environment? How well do you know what your child feeds on and do you ever impact on them positively to live their lives in a health way? These are some of the concerns that we find ourselves struggling with in our day to day life. We are actually living at a time when life demands and work commitments have taken most of our time and so we often have very little time for ourselves and our families. Experts from AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center have established that in our quest of providing good life for our family by working hard or do I say by spending more than three quarter of our time at our work stations, we often put our children on the sport light thereby subjecting them to the danger of embracing acts that can only lead them to living a very unhealthy lifestyle in the future. It is because of this fact that we want to focus our discussion in this article on the initial training of children on healthy lifestyle. Doctor Dalal Akoury a veteran addiction expert of more than two decades laid a foundation in correcting this problem by establishing a medical center whose main objective is to transform each individual’s life through increasing awareness about health and wellness and by empowering individuals to find their own inner healing power.

She says that empowering people is very instrumental in unlocking the stalemate of addiction and this should begin at the very initial stages of a child’s life. In our previous postings we highlighted some of the techniques available for preventing childhood addiction on food and as we progress into this, we just want to encourage you to make reference to that. In the meantime I want to pose a challenge to you by asking that “are you living a life that can be seen as healthy and that when your child emulate he/she will be proud that I am healthy today because I learned it from my parents?” like I had mentioned more than 75% of our time we spend at work and we have left our children in the care of teachers and housekeepers who may not be doing a good job in training our children to feed on healthy food. To complicate the matter further we ourselves we don’t lead by example. The kind of food we stock at home are loaded with tones of calories. Because of this habit we all need help to bring radical change in the life of our children. This is what doctor Dalal Akoury and her team of experts at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center does best. It will however interest you to note that Dr. Akoury’s practice focuses on personalized medicine through healthy lifestyle choices that deal with primary prevention and underlying causes instead of patching up symptoms. This is the kind of professional you need in situations like this and therefore if this description suits your case, then you can call doctor Akoury on telephone number 843 213 1480 and schedule for an appointment with her for further professional deliberations. In the meantime, let us narrow our discussion to some of the significant elements that you can adopt to help you train your child on healthy living and more so in the line of eliminating the dangers of food addiction. The following guidelines could work for you:

Initial training of children on healthy lifestyle: Encourage new foods in your menu

This you can do by embracing the following:

Serve a new food with one your child likes.
Being patient and keep offering new foods, even if they are rejected at first and assume that your child will like new foods.
Offer new foods in a relaxed environment.
Don’t use food as a reward, pacifier or punishment.

Initial training of children on healthy lifestyle: Make mealtimes a positive experience

Mealtimes should be relaxed and happy. Suggestions include:

Let your child explore food by touching and expect some mess.
Let children feed themselves and give help if needed.
Enjoy family meals together at a table, so children can watch and copy others, try the family foods and enjoy company while eating.
Keep mealtimes relaxed. Don’t have too many distractions like the TV on.
Offer encouragement, but don’t argue or force your child to eat.
Talk pleasantly to your child at mealtimes, not just about food.
Don’t ask your child to eat quickly.

Initial training of children on healthy lifestyle: Safety suggestions

To reduce the risk of choking, safety suggestions may include the following:

Always supervise young children when they are eating.
Encourage your child to always eat sitting down to prevent falls and reduce the risk of choking.
Avoid small hard foods such as nuts, raw carrot, hard lollies and popcorn. Offer lightly steamed vegetable sticks instead.

Initial training of children on healthy lifestyle: Drinks for children

It is very important that you offer all drinks to your children in a cup. Sometimes children fill up on drinks, particularly sweet ones like juice, and this leaves less room for foods. This you can avoid by:

Offering up to three cups of milk only each day, with water at other times for thirst. Full fat milk should be given up to two years of age and then reduced fat may be given.
Remember that juice and sweetened drinks are unnecessary.

Initial training of children on healthy lifestyle: Seeking for professional help

Many parents worry about their children’s eating at some stage, particularly in younger children when food intake and appetite appear to change daily. Therefore if this concerns you, then you should ask for professional help if:

You have concerns about your child’s growth
Your child is unwell, tired and not eating
Mealtimes are causing lots of stress and anxiety.

Finally remember that good training on healthy feeding and acceptable healthy lifestyle are the foundations that will make children grow up in resistance to the temptation of wrong food stuff that can be very addictive and injurious to their general well-being. This should be the desire of all parents so that together we can bring up young and vibrant healthy society now and in the future.

Initial training of children on healthy lifestyle: Protecting children from the danger of food addiction

The five steps of eliminating sugar addiction

July 2, 2015

The five steps of eliminating sugar addiction: How to completely eliminate sugar exposed

The five steps of eliminating sugar addiction are not the only available options, we have several including food healthy food stuff. All we need to do is to choose wisely

When we talk of eliminating sugar from our health many may wonder why remove such a sweet food that we use freely and willingly. I would say that such concerns may be justified because this is not a harmful substance. In fact it is a food element that under normal circumstances should not cause any problem let alone being hazardous to health. But that notwithstanding your worries seems not to be ending. Recently you were struggling with your weight and even though you enrolled in a weight loss program, nothing seems to work despite the efforts you’re putting. You even try to maintain your diet but even this is an uphill task and you can’t just keep to the diet. Surely when all these are happening, then you have reason to wonder. We understand what you are going through and as professionals we want to make a difference in your life by sharing some of the five steps of eliminating sugar addiction. This choice of topic is not to confuse you but to unlock certain facts hidden from you. Doctor Dalal Akoury a veteran expert in addiction and the founder of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center, has found out that patients make the best results by receiving a combination of medications, natural therapeutic approaches and psychosocial therapies to synergistically align the body, mind and spirit which will ultimately provide a long-term life change. Therefore if this first part of the discussion is describing your situation, then it is likely that you were tied in by a sugar addiction and didn’t even know it. To understand this better, doctor Dalal Akoury is going to share with us same five-steps plan to help you cut cravings for the sweet stuff and start satisfying up on healthy whole foods. The good news about this is that feeding this way will not just help you kick sugar to the curb, but you’ll also feel much better, lighter, and more energized.

Eliminate sugary beverages
Eliminate junk foods
Drastically reduce carbs
Reduce hidden sugars
Maintain your new way of eating

The five steps of eliminating sugar addiction: Eliminate sugary beverage

The most immediate thing to do is to begin disassociating yourself with sugary beverages. You may not know but there are so many culprits including soft drinks, sweetened waters, coffee drinks, energy drinks, fruit drinks, and even apple juice. These are elements we often use without any suspicion yet they contribute immensely to our sugar craving problems. As a matter of fact, apple juice can be a combination of apple flavoring and 100% sweetener derived from concentrated fructose from the apple, so it can be called 100% apple juice.

One problem is that the size of these beverages can be deceiving; in many instances, they are packaged in a way that the content is loaded with more sugar and calories thereby causing these excesses of sugar to sneak into your diet without your knowledge. A conventional 12-ounce serving of a typical sugar-sweetened carbonated beverage, for example, is approximately 150 calories. But people rarely drink one serving. In fast-food chains, convenience stores, and movie theaters, these beverages are offered in portions that can contain anything between 300 to 500 calories. What does that communicates to you? It can only certify that we are ignorantly harboring a lot of sugar in our body systems.

Even cutting just one serving per day has been shown to produce a weight loss of 1.1 pounds at six months, and 1.4 pounds at 18 months. That might not sound like a tremendous amount, but remember that many people are not drinking just one 12-ounce serving per day. Approximately half of Americans drink sugary beverages “on a given day,” and within this half, about 25% derive 200 or more calories from them. It is therefore very important to appreciate that these drinks are of no use to you and eliminating them is the way to go. Remember that if you’re a big fun and a heavier consumer of sugary beverages, you may find it difficult to eliminate this habit and for sure it will be a tough one, but all the same it has to be done even if going cold turkey is going to be your best bet. This is because they are not part of your new way of eating, and it’s not suggested that you allow even small amounts of them into your diet. And like I had said before these drinks has no value addition to you other than giving you a little pleasure which you can comfortably get from elsewhere from now on and in a more healthy way. Now that you know of what is not adding value to your health, it is time to take bold steps of eliminating them. Doctor Akoury advices that at this point, you need to list all the sugary beverages you often use and create a working plan for their replacement, this way you will not be tempted to relapse or cheat. But as for those bad ones, besides removing them from your shopping list, any leftover stock in the house should be drained down the sink. Is that too difficult? Yes but it is far much better that the repercussions that will fallow if the practice continues.

The five steps of eliminating sugar addiction: Eliminate Junk Foods

The generation that used to feed well is long gone says doctor Dalal Akoury. In the ancient time, our ancestors used to feed mostly on plants fresh ones for that matter. Today even what we consider as fresh plants is not due to the intoxication of the atmosphere in which they are planted. The soil is loaded with toxic elements and we cannot guarantee freshness. Back to the elimination of junk foods and you may want to ask “where are they?” You’ll most likely find these foods in vending machines anywhere around you including at sporting events and fast-food restaurants. Besides that, you’ll also likely to find them lining in the shelves of your pantry, can you confirm if that is true? These are actually the forces that fuel your addiction and that should be your starting point.

It’s therefore very important to begin by identifying the sources of unnecessary sugars in your diet and eliminate them. This means you’ll have to cut sweet foods like cakes, cookies, candy bars, and ice cream as well as savory and salty foods like chips, popcorn, and pretzels, all of which are classic examples of junk food. This includes even the seemingly healthy items like most granola bars, energy bars, fruit bars, caramel-laced rice cakes, and buttery crackers. You know junk food when you see it, and remember that anytime you’re in doubt, the understanding is that it’s most likely junk food. We had listed the five steps of eliminating sugar addiction but so far we have discussed only the first two, we will however continue with the remaining three in the next article and this is something you don’t want to miss. In the meantime, it is very obvious that sugar elimination may not be that easy for many people. Therefore it would be very important that you get professional assistance from the experts from AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center under the able leadership of doctor Dalal Akoury today. Scheduling for that appointment will be the starting point to overcoming all the obstacles between you and permanent elimination of sugar addiction.

The five steps of eliminating sugar addiction: How to completely eliminate sugar exposed

Taming sugar addiction using natural food stuff

July 2, 2015

Taming sugar addiction using natural food stuff: Foods that help curb sugar cravings

Taming sugar addiction using natural food stuff is one of the best ways of putting to check the ever increasing problems of addiction in our societies.

Since sugar is food legally allowed for human consumption, it usage should not be a reason for us to suffer health complications. If there is anything that will cause this sweet food stuff to be a bitter stuff, then we must be able to arrest it and enjoy the sweetness of sugar. We have therefore purposed this article to bring to you some of the few foods items that are applicable in taming sugar addiction. Our topic of discussion is therefore going to focus on taming sugar addiction using natural food stuff. Experts at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center have reported that sugar cravings can be curbed by feeding on naturally available varieties of anti-craving food stuffs like tomatoes, chicory greens, cinnamon, fish, apples, oats, eggs, beans and romaine lettuce. With the help of doctor Dalal Akoury MD and founder of this health facility (AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center) we are going to focus our discussion on the foods that can help reduce and stop cravings for sugar and other sweet substances. Therefore for any concern that you may be having about sugar cravings and nutrition, you can schedule for an appointment with doctor Dalal Akoury for the best diet tips that will naturally fight off sugar cravings from your life.

Taming sugar addiction using natural food stuff: Tomatoes

Tomatoes are a nutritional champion and one of the best foods to feed on a regular basis more so if you want to restrain your sugar cravings. Along with romaine lettuce and onions, tomatoes are up there at the top of the list of the most chromium-rich foods. In addition, tomatoes are a great source of serotonin, which is great news as studies suggest that decreases in serotonin levels can cause us to crave sugar. Serotonin is a chemical that functions as a neurotransmitter helping brain cells and other nervous system cells communicate with one another.

Taming sugar addiction using natural food stuff: Chicory Greens

If you’re looking for a great functional food to prevent sugar cravings, you may want to give chicory greens a try. According to traditional Chinese medicine, sugar cravings may be a sign of an imbalance which can be rectified by eating bitter-tasting foods such as the leaves of the chicory plant. As an additional bonus, chicory greens contain vitamin B6 which is a credited and well-known anti-craving nutrient.

Taming sugar addiction using natural food stuff: Cinnamon

Cinnamon has extraordinary properties that can help keep sugar cravings at bay. A mere half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day has been shown to be very effective at normalizing blood sugar levels and reducing food cravings. The main active ingredient in cinnamon is called hydroxychalcone, which is thought to enhance the effect of insulin. Cinnamon also appears to prevent post-meal blood sugar spikes by slowing the gastric emptying rate (GER), which means that the food remains in the stomach longer.

Taming sugar addiction using natural food stuff: Fish

Fish is a great food to add to your diet if you want to curb sugar cravings. Fish works its anti-craving magic in two ways: First, it appears to make the body more sensitive to the hormone leptin. Leptin has been shown to promote development of gray matter in the part of the brain that regulates food cravings and can consequently result in fewer sugar cravings. Second, fish is a rich source of glutamine, an amino acid that provides energy to the brain and helps build and maintain muscle mass. It may also help reduce cravings for sugar and carbohydrates. This is likely to be a result of glutamine’s stabilizing effect on blood sugar levels: when the levels are low, glutamine suppresses insulin to prevent further decline of the sugar levels. Glutamine also stimulates the release of glycogen to help increase the blood sugar to normal levels.

Taming sugar addiction using natural food stuff: Apples

An apple a day keeps the doctor away goes the old adage. But did you know that apples can also keep sugar cravings at bay? Apples contain pectin, a type of dietary fiber that makes you feel fuller and for a longer time, so you will eat less during the day. The high concentration of pectin also contributes to the fact that apples have a low glycemic rating compared to most other fruit. As most of the pectin is in the skin, it is best to buy organic apples so that you can eat them unpeeled.

Taming sugar addiction using natural food stuff: Oats

Eating a bowl of freshly cooked oatmeal for breakfast is a great way to start your day off right. Oatmeal has the highest satiety ranking of any food, and eating them early in the day has been shown to reduce cravings as well as the number of calories consumed throughout the rest of the day. This is because, unlike most other carbohydrate-rich foods, oatmeal digests slowly and thus helps keep blood sugar on an even keel. Further, oats are a good source of many B vitamins as well as zinc.

Taming sugar addiction using natural food stuff: Eggs

Eggs are a great source of B complex vitamins which are known for their ability to control sugar cravings. Eggs are also packed with protein, which helps control food cravings and prevent overeating by making you feel full for longer. Probably the best way to include eggs in the diet is to have them for breakfast: according to a research conducted at the Rochester Centre for Obesity in America it was established that eating eggs for breakfast could limit the calorie intake throughout the rest of the day by more than 400 calories. With all that and the fact that they taste great too whether boiled, poached, or scrambled, it is definitely worth including eggs in your diet.

Taming sugar addiction using natural food stuff: Beans

Beans are wonderfully versatile legumes that come in different shapes, sizes, and colors. Yet, they are all tasty and highly nutritious. They should also be an integral part of any nutritional plan designed to stave off sweet cravings. Beans are loaded with protein and fiber a stellar macronutrient combo for preventing cravings. What’s more, beans appear to promote the release of cholecystokinin in the small intestine. Cholecystokinin is a digestive hormone that has appetite suppressant qualities. If your diet is currently low in beans, it is best to add them gradually as they may initially cause intestinal gas.

Finally we need to hold on to sugar if we have to be safe from all the effects that are associated with its craving. There are so many things in health that will not be clear to you until you get to consult with the relevant professionals. In our case of sugar cravings, we are all aware of the sweetness of sugar but may not be informed of the dangers of its addictiveness. Therefore to get more clarity about this beyond this article, you need to schedule for a special appointment with doctor Akoury for a more in-depth professional approach about your concerns on sugar cravings today.

Taming sugar addiction using natural food stuff: Foods that help curb sugar cravings

Natural means of fighting sugar cravings

July 1, 2015

Natural means of fighting sugar cravings: Putting sugar addiction to check

Natural means of fighting sugar cravings can be very effective in bringing sugar cravings to manageable levels

There is no doubt about the sweetness of sugar and naturally sweet things are liked by many globally. No one would want to associate with nasty and horrible taste because that is how we are, the human nature in us. The problem comes when one begins to take sugar excessively to the point that they cannot do without it. When we begin to crave for sugar, then its usefulness and sweetness is altered to addiction which can come along with other health conditions which may be chronic in nature for human life. Experts at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center under Doctor Akoury’s care recommends that when one begins to get into this stage of usage then such a person should seek for help immediately from the medical experts. The consequences of not taking action in good time can be very endangering as we will be able to see in the course of this discussion. In the meantime, doctor Dalal Akoury will be taking us through the discussion focusing on the natural means of fighting sugar cravings as follows:

Natural means of fighting sugar cravings: Diet tips to fight off sugar cravings

The consumption of refined sugar all over the world is sky rocketing and this is a great point of concern for many experts. Take for example in the US it had been estimated that an average American citizen is consuming up to 160 pounds of refined sugar yearly. Can you imagine that? This high consumption of sugar is not just in America, but also in most of the western countries. As a matter of facts, studies have positioned western world to be leading in the prevalence in the number of health conditions which are associated with sugar consumption. Some of those health conditions may include the following: diabetes, certain forms of cancer, obesity and overweight, and tooth decay. Besides that, it is also very important to note that the consumption of too much sugar can also have an impact on individual’s mood causing them to feel tired, irritable, anxious and aggressive.

These complications can really bring you down with a lot of discomforts if treatment is not sought for in good time. With these conditions, one would wish to take action immediately but unfortunately, it is often very difficult to cut back on sugar. This is because human beings have a natural tendency to like sweet things a nature’s trick to save us from poisonous plants which usually have a bitter taste. A sweet tooth was valuable to the survival of our ancestors also because sugary foods provide a quick source of energy. The problem these days is that we eat far more sugar than our ancestors ever could. Also the type of sugar we tend to consume makes us more vulnerable to health problems: rather than indulging in healthy sweet treats like berries or fruit we often opt for unhealthy snacks containing concentrated amounts of white table sugar. This highly refined sugar has little nutritional value; yet it is high in calories. With that said and done let us now get to the natural means of fighting sugar cravings, and remember that the presentations we are going to give only represent diet related tips to help you fight off sugar cravings but are not in any way substitute the professional medical or nutritional advice by the professionals.

Natural means of fighting sugar cravings: Increase brain serotonin levels through diet

The chemical known as serotonin is responsible for the communications between the cells and other nervous system cells. It functions like the neurotransmitter that helps in the transmission of communications to the brain. Some of the perfect sources of serotonin may include walnuts, pecans, plantains, pineapple, bananas, kiwi fruit, plums, and tomatoes.

Natural means of fighting sugar cravings: Eating sufficient of tryptophan-rich foods

Tryptophan is an essential amino acid found in protein rich foods. It normally serves as a precursor to serotonin and therefore an adequate intake of tryptophan rich foods can help with sugar cravings. To get the most out of tryptophan, one should try to increase the blood levels of tryptophan, relative to the blood levels of the other essential amino acids, as other amino acids compete with tryptophan for entry to the brain. One way to do this is to consume some healthy carbohydrates together with the tryptophan-rich meal. It is important to note that carbohydrates stimulate the production of insulin, a hormone which lowers the blood levels of all the essential amino acids, except tryptophan.

Natural means of fighting sugar cravings: Consumption of plenty of foods rich in B vitamins

B vitamins can be helpful for fighting sugar cravings. Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), found in a variety of foods including beans, meat, poultry, fish, and some fruits and vegetables, can be particularly beneficial due to its role in the conversion of tryptophan to serotonin.

Natural means of fighting sugar cravings: Ensure an ample supply of glutamine

Glutamine is an amino acid that provides energy in the brain and helps build and maintain muscle. It is commonly used by body builders to help reduce muscle deterioration during and post workout. Glutamine may also help reduce cravings for sugar and carbohydrates. This is likely to be a result of glutamine’s stabilizing effect on blood sugar levels: when the levels are low, glutamine suppresses insulin to prevent further decline of the sugar levels. It also stimulates the release of glycogen to help increase the blood sugar to normal levels. Glutamine is found in many protein rich foods such as fish, chicken, beans, and dairy as well as in vegetables such as raw parsley, spinach, cabbage, and beets.

Finally remember what I had said above that these are only tips to help you fight off sugar cravings but are not in any way substitute the professional medical or nutritional advice. The communication behind this statement is that when you are following these natural tips, you will still need the services of professionals to help you out from time to time. It is because of this gap that lead to doctor Dalal Akoury to make a decision of forming a medical center whose main objective is to transform each individual’s life through increasing awareness about health and wellness and by empowering individuals to find their own inner healing power. Dr. Akoury’s practice focuses on personalized medicine through healthy lifestyle choices that deal with primary prevention and underlying causes instead of patching up symptoms. With visionary experts like this, you should not continue to suffer because of any kind of addiction. Therefore you may want to schedule for an appointment with this great addiction professional to help you address all your known concerns.

Natural means of fighting sugar cravings: Putting sugar addiction to check

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