Do You Crave Sugar and Sweet Snacks?

Do you know that sugar can be good for you? Cravings sugar can be because your body needs some sugar. However, if the sugar has been processed improperly, it may taste like you expect it to, but some or most of the food value may be lost. Then you keep craving it because you did not get what you needed it for – why you craved it, and then it may to turn into an addiction.

Sugar helps us digest food, it has enzymes for this purpose; however most of the sugar on the market has been processed so thoroughly that the enzyme is gone or dead. My personal opinion is that without that enzyme to digest the sugar properly, we get an imbalance in our system, which may cause things like diabetes. If the missing enzyme were not enough, often bleach is used in the processing, which is poisonous to us; to be very clear, the sugar that we are most familiar with: white sugar is very bad for our health. I usually find good sugar in Asian supermarkets, and I have also found some in health stores. The best is in blocks, but of course sometimes we need it to be more granulated, and that is available as well.

I had a serious longstanding craving for peppermint patties before I learned this. I could easily eat a whole bag of peppermint patties, especially if I was upset, or lonely. Then I found out how much the right amount of good sugar can help digestion, and also peppermint is good for digestion, which is why mints are often offered at the end of a meal. Of course it only works if you have a good clean peppermint. You could chew peppermint leaves, or have peppermint tea, or use peppermint essential oil. I found that if I put a drop of peppermint essential oil on a piece of sugar that I cut from a bar of natural sugar from the Asian market, I only need a little and I am satisfied, my digestion is improved, and I feel much better! I could even dip it in good healthy chocolate – yumm! For more information, see my article on chocolate.

And what is the most exciting news is that when you ‘satisfy’ your craving with a moderate amount of sugar that is complete and processed cleanly, that moderate amount satisfies that craving! (If you have a long standing “addiction”, then you may need to work on that part of it, but you won’t have the true need type of craving left unsatisfied to complicate the issue and thwart your efforts!)

Nancy Jean Nason is an author and entrepreneur for WholiHealth and Off & Runnin, dedicated to Wholism in foods, for the body, body-mind-spirit, even in your business, as well as for the whole planet. For more about Nancy Jean, see www.WholiHealth.Blogspot.com

Cravings: addiction or "?"

Do crave chocolate? Sugar? Salty snacks?

Do you know that even these foods can be good for you? Cravings can be because your body needs these foods. However, if the food has been processed improperly, it may taste like you expect it to, but some of the food value may be lost.

In addition, it is so important to use the Whole food, rather than extracting parts such as oils, enzymes, etc. -- one perfect example of Wholism. Then you keep craving the food because you did not get what you needed it for – why you craved it, and then it may to turn into an addiction.

Here are some examples:

Salt

There is a magnetic relationship between salt and minerals, so one of the benefits of eating salt is the minerals you get. The problem is that most salt in the stores, restaurants, etc. has had the minerals taken out , so they can sell them separately and make more money, or the salt compound was made in a laboratory; one reason most salt is pretty cheap and a good sea salt or other complete salt is more: you are getting much more than plain salt (plain salt doesn’t really happen in nature).

This cheap salt goes through your body leaching minerals out of your body, because of the magnetic relationship; and since our bodies are made of minerals and water, a lack of minerals can only mean deterioration.

The answer? Only use good complete salt; that cheap salt can be for not slipping on the sidewalk or some people use it on the stove to keep food from sticking that overflows out of pans, but it should not be considered real food because it has been altered.

I have found a sea salt that I love; it is called SmartSaltz® and not only does it have the minerals it needs, they did not remove the minerals, they did not add calcium silicates, and they found a way to remove the dirt, and make it into fine flowing crystals.

Many scientists believe that these impurities/dross can potentially run interference with heart health. It does not taste as brackish if you get a little too much; it is the cleanest tasting salt I have ever tasted. You can even see it if you dissolve both kinds of salt in separate jars of water. You can see a video of this and try it by going to the following website:

http://offnrunnin.fg-bg.com/US_SmartSaltz.html

Sugar

Sugar helps us digest food, it has enzymes for this purpose; however most of the sugar on the market has been processed so thoroughly that the enzyme is gone. My personal opinion is that without that enzyme to digest the sugar properly, we get an imbalance in our system, which may cause things like diabetes.

If the missing enzyme were not enough, they often use bleach in the processing, which is poisonous to us. I usually find good sugar in oriental supermarkets, and I have also found some in health stores.

Chocolate

Among other things, dark chocolate has the highest antioxidant I have ever seen charted: rated in the 13 thousand ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbency Capacity is a measure of the ability of foods to subdue harmful oxygen free radical that can damage our bodies.) units per 100 grams compared to 980 for Brussels sprouts, 2400 for blueberries, or 5770 for prunes (the highest besides chocolate) (SOURCE: Data from U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Journal of the American Chemical Society).

However, when chocolate is ruined by refined sugar, wax, lard, transfats, milk, hormone treated dairy, or cheap fillers, the antioxidant quality may be lacking or non-existent. With ForeverGreen’s, 100% organic, Good for you, Guilt Free, Dross Free, 24 Karat ChocolateTM, WOW, what a clean tasting chocolate!

http://offnrunnin.fg-bg.com/US_Chocolate.html
There are several forms to choose from; the "24 Karat Fondue Chocolate (natural)", 2 pounds of wafers is the best value.


And what is the most exciting news is that when you ‘satisfy’ your craving with a moderate amount of salt, sugar, chocolate that is complete and processed cleanly, that moderate amount satisfies that craving! (If you have a long standing “addiction” to one or all of these, then you may need to work on that part of it, but you won’t have the true need type of craving left unsatisfied to complicate the issue and thwart your efforts!)

Remember, your cravings may be an addiction, but maybe it is just your body telling you what it needs; be sure to give it what it needs, not just what tastes like what it needs, and of course moderation is important and easier to do if you are using whole fresh foods.