what kills food cravings?
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Water is a natural appetite suppressant.
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What foods are you eating to satisfy your hunger? The more high glycemic foods you eat (sugary, starchy prepared  and refined), the more you will crave those foods. Sugar is addictive and it only takes one bite to start the cycle of addictive cravings. If you replace all your snacking with raw fruit and veggies your appetite will naturally decrease, plus you'll be getting the vitamins your body needs so your overall health will increase too. It might be difficult the first week or so but your taste buds will adjust and eventually the fresh, raw produce will taste much better than the other. I'm a raw foodist myself. 95% of my diet consists of raw fruit and veggies, which includes nuts and seeds and sprouted legumes. The more raw you eat, the better you will feel overall. \n\nBlessings
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Your daily diet doesn't sound balanced.  Eat regular meals during the day or 5 small meals and 2-3 healthy snacks.  Drink plenty of water and take a daily vitamin.  At night, if you can't stop the craving, go for a healthier snack, like, peanuts mixed with cereal and raisins.  It is actually good and you get the sweets and salts too from it!  Have about a cup of it.  Believe me it is filling, you might not even eat a whole cup.\nOne more thing.  If you deprive yourself of your favorite snack, you'll binge later on.  So during your day you can have one serving of something that is your favorite.
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Why is the food in front of you?  Step away from the kitchen!\n\nFind other ways to occupy your time- especially ways that get you out of the house!  When you're busy swimming lengths, attending lectures, riding your bicycle, learning a language or speed dating you won't have time to stuff your face!\n\nInside the house, keep food out of sight and out of mind!  If you have a craving, first go to the kitchen and drink a glass of water.  Usually the craving will disappear before you're finished drinking.  Invest in a few boxes of Ziplock bags and divide boxes of cookies and bags of chips into individual portions (as soon as you get home from the store) so you don't end up eating the whole box.  Keep soda pop in cans in your closet, so if you're tempted to drink one you have to first put it in the fridge and wait for it to cool down.  I guarantee you'll forget about it before it gets cold!\n\nSomeone suggested sugar-free gum- THIS IS THE WORST IDEA EVER!  Chewing gum activates your salivary glands, causing your mouth to produce saliva.  This is your body's way of preparing to break down food (aka EAT), so it will just make you crave food even more.  Gum = weight gain!
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Chocolate's addictive. I have the same problem! My sister was addicted too. She stopped by suffering for a couple of days and now she never gets cravings. She's lost lots of weight! I just have to get round to the suffering bit....
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drink more water until your full. stop going to places  with lots of tempting food.
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You may be low in potassium.  Have a chat with your GP.  Generally cravings are the body's way of getting you to up specific nutrients.  \n\nWhen I was anaemic I was craving chocolate - chocolate has iron and sugar which helped (a very little) with my iron and energy levels.  Since I've been on Iron Therapy, the cravings have eased.
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Don't diet.  Diets are, by definition, short-term.  Instead, make permanent changes to your eating habits.  Don't eat when you're not hungry.  Learn how much food it takes to satisfy you, and don't eat more than you need.  Remember, it takes about half an hour for the signal to stop eating to reach your brain.  This means you often have to stop eating while you're still hungry, but after half-an-hour, the brain will register that you've taken in enough food and will stop bothering you.  Watch your calories and fat.  Lay off heavy meats.  Don't eat to many sweets.  Eat a balanced diet:  heavy on vegetables and fish, light on meat and pasta.  Good luck.
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I once read an herbalist recommendation that said Lobelia, Pukeweed, and Indian Tobacco (Latin Named: Lobelia inflata, L. cardinalis, L. syhpilitica) reduce the cravings, make cigerettes taste bad and help with withdrawal. I have also heard that a few drops of oil of cloves on the tongue helps with the cravings.
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NONE!! Diet pills make you feel horrible and they dont even work!
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Going to the doctor is the first step - they can give you medication to take away cravings.  Then contact AA - they will give help and advice.
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It's the stress from getting pissed off that causes the craving. Cigarettes do have a calming effect, and that is what you are looking for. Just ignore it, and in a few minutes, the craving will go away.
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The only foods you'll find artificial sweeteners in are diet drinks and sugar free sweets. Diet drinks and sweets really aren't all that healthy, anyway. Instead of diet drinks, stick to water. Water is so much better for you. As for sweets, a small amount of a regular treat is a better craving buster than fake stuff any day. Even better, try eating fruit when you have a sugar craving.\n\nIncrease your intake of fruits and vegetables, and whole grains. Vegetables especially are very low calorie, so you can eat a lot more. I lost 30 pounds by eating reasonable foods - regular cereal, veggies for snacks, brown rice, whole wheat bread and pasta instead of regular, and nearly total elimination of high calorie, high sugar foods. I say nearly because when I wanted chocolate, I had chocolate. I just shared a bar with three other people. The most important thing was portion control. For two weeks, measure and write down everything you eat. This will help you get a sense of the correct portions, and how much stuff you eat without thinking about it. After two weeks you will be able to eyeball portion sizes, and catch yourself before eating junk.\n\nI really hate the word "diet" used as a verb. It's a noun. It isn't something you do, it just IS. Your "diet" is the foods you consume, not the process of losing weight. By this I mean that you need to make a permanent change to your eating habits, not just change them when you think you should lose weight. \n\nFinally, you need to increase your activity level. Do you work out? Start walking. You don't even have to make major commitment. Next time you go to the store, park as far from the door as possible and walk. Take your groceries out to your car, then walk the cart all the way back to the store, then back to the car. If you're getting just a few things at the store, don't use a cart. Not only will the extra weight burn a few more calories, it will keep you from picking up extra stuff you don't really need. Take a walk at lunch time, even if it's just around the block. Never take the elevator - always take the stairs. Find ways to work a little extra activity into your everyday routine.
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carrots and ranch dressing are loaded with sugar!  Thats the way to beat your sugar addiction!  Er, wait. No its not.\nBut, it is better than refined sugars. get some of the diabetic candy, it tastes like ass, buy a bunch of it, replace all the other candy in your house.  It won't make you stop craving the sugar, but will make you not want to eat that nasty crap.  I think thats how it works. Like a negative reinforcemant thing.  Hey, thats a way!\nget a shock colar.  Everytime you eat some sugar, give it a zap.  Will work unless you are like into pain.  And, yw know, if ya are, write me.  LOL
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When I learned I was diabetic, I first tried to not eat any chocolate.  Then I discovered that just a small amount (half a dozen mini chocolate chips) would satisfy my craving without blowing my diet.  Something along this line might work for you, too.
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I know this may sound silly, but increase your water consumption.  I am coming off a 70lb weight loss and found the key to be drinking water.  If I felt hungry I drank water and found that it satisfied my craving.  I also used protion control at meal times, but the primary catalyst I genuinely believe was water.\nMy numbers :\n02/01/06 - 273\n06/23/06 - 203\n\n... good luck
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try chewing sugar-free gum like trigent..i especially like the orange one..it really takes away the cravings..