Guest guest Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 Hi, For cravings, Bee does recommend taking an extra vitamin C when you crave sugar. On her group we are to take a 100 mg C 4 times a day anyway. Iherb also has the pure powdered C. c. > > > Hi ruth > > I forgot to mention that when using cocoa to get off chocolate we must not mix > it with sugar or milk. It is the sugar and milk that make the cocoa addictive > > Instead a good way to eat it is by placing a table spoo or so in a bag and > eating it very slowly out of a small bag > > I foun it best to eat it early in the day, before any cravings started. Eating > it this way seemed to stave of the cravings > > As time went by I learned about almonds an how they are very good at keepinf > dopamine levels up > > And as you perhaps know by now I have for a long time been eating coconut (but > be careful with the coconut, too much too fast can cause reactions in some > people, it is best to start with half teaspoon and build up > > Anyway, nowaays i do not have cocoa every day. My chocolate aiction has gone, > and I am not adicted to the cocoa at all. But if I do fancy some I usually get a > few almonds and cover them in coconut oil and then sprinkle the cocoa on top > > Cocoa is in my view a superfood, and I do not know anybody that uses it without > milk and sugar who is addicted to it. I could be wrong because i have not done > any scientic research, but everybody i know that is using it the way i describe > is on a very low carb diet and all of them claim not to be addicted to chocolate > any more > > Anyway, you woul have to try this for yourself and see how you go > > But when i say it is a super food, what i mean is it is full of magnesium, and > we Fibros need a lot of magnesium. Also it has chromium and again chromium is > very important for Fibros. the magnesium helps relax our muscles the chromium > stabalises our blood sugars. It also has plenty of vitamin C. Not many foods on > a ketogenic iet contain vitamin C so cocoa is a good one because the Vitamin C > helps us fight off infection. And it also contains anti-oxidants which we need > for many reasons, ie to clear toxins and metals etc. I do believe fibros > struggle detoxing and i o believe this is one of the reasons why we are so ill. > so anything that helps with the detoxification porcess can only be good. the > ketones that come from the low carb diet also help us detox > > It is important when you buy tour cocoa that you buy a good quality cocoa. > Organic is best and we have to check the carb content because believe it or not > two tins on the same shelf can have a difference of 10g of carb per 100g. I do > not know why this is, but the lowest carb content is what you need to look for > > If I think of anything else i will let you know but remember it is the milk an > sugar that make it adictive, on its own cocoa becomes rather boring. But boring > is what we want if we want a stable mind and a content heart > > All my love Joanne > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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