chocolate cravings

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I don't think I've posted on this topic before here so I'll mention

this for all the chocoholics! Almost two years ago now I solved my

problems with cravings quite by accident by buying a box of " Healthy

Coffee " at a holistic health fair. After drinking it for one week, I

realized I hadn't had a single craving for chocolate the entire week

and I'd lost a few inches around my waistline. I noticed when I was

able to do up the top button on a skirt I usually left open since the

jacket covered it anyway. This got me quite curious so I investigated

the coffee further.

It contains reishi mushroom which is good for a million things but I

never read anything about the sweets cravings. One day I picked up a

book at Walmart called " The Diet Cure " by Ross (fascinating book

if you're interested in nutrition and health) which is basically all

about amino acids. The diet is very complex involving taking lots of

supplements but it also explained that if amino acids are lacking

there are actually little spaces in brain where neurotransmitters

can't cross to do their job. Replace the amino acids, the cravings go.

Reishi is full of amino acids and I guess I was lacking one. There

wasn't a day that went by that I didn't NEED to have chocolate. Trying

to quit was worse than quitting smoking. Reishi is safe for anyone to

take (even those with mushroom allergies for the most part but still

get it tested if you have an allergy just to reassure yourself). It's

also an immune modulator, not booster so it's safe for MS. Two tsp of

sugar get the immune system working which is not what you need with

MS! Dark chocolate is of course the best and contains the least

amount of sugar. Milk chocolate is deadly! Very hard to stop with

just one piece!

I'm sure there are other products that would have the same effect. I

was just trying to get off coffee and lucked out with this one. In-

Liven also contains all the essential amino acids that the body

needs.

In my studies of this, I've collected quite a few documents that I can

email anyone if interested.

I still eat the occasional piece of chocolate which I enjoy but never

the whole bar and I'm not addicted anymore. I drink my healthy coffee

and take In-Liven everyday.

Sharon