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Part three of ways to eliminate food cravings.

#1 Fix Your Digestion (aka Gut!) to eliminate carb cravings.
If your gut can't do its job properly, it increases carb cravings.

Here's a few reasons why:

* Elevated or increased inflammation can cause carb cravings because when inflammation is elevated, your body becomes resistant to insulin’s message that you are satisfied and thus, makes you crave more food.
* Nutrient deficiencies are always a lead cause of cravings and even more so if your digestion doesn't work right.  If food is not being properly digested, how can you absorb the nutrients?  Carb cravings tend to be associated with deficiencies of the B vitamins, chromium, magnesium, and carnitine.
* Neurotransmitter function: Poor digestion (gut health) can alter neurotransmitter function and increase depression like symptoms.  These symptoms often lead to overeating carbs!  It's worse than the diet cycle and studies have even shown the viscous cycle! Depression or a low mood can lead people to consume high-sugar foods to elevate their mood and feel better.  But as we know, blood sugar drops and the cycle continues.

How do you fix your digestion and gut health? 
First, you eliminate foods that you may be hypersensitive to such as dairy or gluten. Next, you can use a Probiotic Supplement. Ingesting high-powered Probiotic bacteria and eating lots of prebiotic foods can optimize your health.  A prebiotic is a special type of soluble fiber that is used mostly by the beneficial (good bacteria) as a fuel. These include onions, leeks, Jerusalem artichokes, asparagus, banana, and chicory root and are easy to add to your diet.

#2  Control your stress to eliminate carb cravings.
Stress does alot of damage to your body and can cause a definite increase in carb cravings. Carbohydrate foods supply your brain with serotonin which is synthesized from the amino acid tryptophan and makes you feel good. When stress hits you, Serotonin gets depleted. So, you crave carbs in order to refill that Serotonin. Add to that the fact that stress elevates cortisol levels. High cortisol levels actually reduce the desire for non-carb foods, making them less appetizing. Basically, you won't be craving fish with broccoli, but you will have a strong desire for cake, sweets and high carb foods.

How do you control this craving?
Stress management is vital to a healthy body! Everyone needs some form of stress release. It could be weight training, walking, Yoga, Meditation or some other form of mindset practices. Stress release has been found to have distinct effect on the body as it decreases cortisol.   Be sure you incorporate some stress release into your daily routine!

#3  Sleep to eliminate carb cravings.
Lack of sleep increases desire for yummy carbs.  Fatigue from lack of sleep also reduces your will pow...