Disadvantages of eating only fruits and vegetables

You can't eat them on their own.

Fruit and vegetables are extremely healthy. The fiber keeps your digestive system in check, cleans out toxins and feeds good gut bacteria. Spinach, lettuce, blueberries, peaches, bananas, lemons, grapes, and avocado are super foods.

These plant foods have almost all of the vitamins, minerals, electrolytes, antioxidants and other plant compounds that you need to be healthy.

In fact, a fruit-only diet helps you to lose unhealthy weight in a matter of days. Any balanced diet is incomplete without fruit and vegetables. They are the opposite of junk food.

There isn't a single food that you can eat outside of moderation, though. Even too much water will damage your health. Green leafy vegetables like bok choy and even fruit salad have their own disadvantages if you eat too much of them.

If fruit and vegetables are so good for you, how can they damage your health if you eat too much of them? Is your health negatively affected when you don't balance fruit and vegetables with other healthy food?

Disadvantages of eating only fruits and vegetables

1. Low in fat, protein, iron and zinc

2. Low in calories

3. Decreases appetite

4. Digestive issues like diarrhea, bloating and gas

5. Should not be eaten before, during or after exercise

6. Limited mineral (calcium and iron) absorption

7. Risk of disease contamination and pesticide residues

8. Increased risk of kidney stones

Eat other foods for balance.

1. Low in fat, protein, iron and zinc

Fruit and vegetables are low in fat

You need 44 - 77 grams of fat per day. 

That equates to 13.3 kilograms (or over 29 pounds) of bananas, 26 kilograms (or over 57 pounds) of apples, 49 kilograms (over 108 pounds) of potatoes, or over 18 kilograms (over 39 pounds) of carrots. This would be needed to reach the bare minimum of 44 grams of fat.

Compare that to less than 83 grams (under 3 ounces) of nuts, 414 grams (under 15 ounces) of eggs, or 327 grams (under 12 ounces) of salmon.

It is clear to see that you will run into a fat deficiency if you eat fruit and vegetables without another good source of fat.

Fat deficiency can lead to the following health problems:

1. Hunger

2. Dry skin

3. Hormonal imbalances

4. Poor temperature regulation

5. Extreme mental fatigue

6. Mental decline

7. Depression

Eat enough fat every day.

Low in protein

You have a minimum requirement of 46 - 56 grams of protein per day.

That equates to 4.6 kilograms (over 10 pounds) of bananas, 17 kilograms (over 37 pounds) of apples, 2.2 kilograms (over 4 pounds) of potatoes or more than 4.4 kilograms (over 9 pounds) of carrots. This is the bare minimum of protein intake per day.

Compare that to 220 grams (under 8 ounces) of nuts, 365 grams (under 13 ounces) of eggs or 225 grams (under 8 ounces) of salmon.

Protein deficiency can lead to:

1. Edema (swollen, puffy skin)
2. Fatty liver
3. Brittle skin, hair and nails
4. Muscle loss and muscle weakness
5. Bone fractures
6. Stunted growth
7. Increased frequency and severity of infections
8. Increased appetite (despite increased food intake)

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Low in iron and zinc

Key minerals like iron and zinc are extremely important for your overall health. They are most common in protein-rich foods like meat, fish, eggs, dairy, nuts, beans, legumes, seeds and lentils. Notice that fruit and vegetables are not the best sources of iron and zinc.

Iron deficiency can lead to:

1. Extreme tiredness and fatigue

2. Paleness

3. Shortness of breath

4. Headaches and dizziness

5. Heart palpitations

6. Skin and hair issues

7. Tongue and mouth issues

8. Restless legs

9. Brittle, spoon-shaped nails

10. Unusual cravings

11. Anxiety

12. Cold hands and feet

13. Frequent infections

Eat enough protein-rich food.

Zinc deficiency can lead to:

1. Growth retardation

2. Loss of appetite

3. Impaired immune function

4. Hair loss

5. Diarrhea

6. Delayed sexual maturation

7. Impotence

8. Eye and skin diseases

Get enough zinc.

2. Low in calories

Fruit and vegetables are surprisingly low in calories. This is great for people who need to massively reduce their caloric intake, but it isn't so good for a healthy, long term diet.

A healthy individual should eat around 1 600 - 3 000 calories per day.

Bananas are 75% water. Apples are 86% water. Potatoes are 79% water. Carrots are 88% water. This doesn't leave much room for calories.

Severe calorie restriction can lead to:

1. Weak bones

2. Low metabolism

3. Moodiness and depression

4. Infertility

5. Weight gain

6. Low energy levels

7. Weak immune system

8. Mental decline

9. Lack of motivation

10. Constant hunger cravings

11. Addictive behavior

12. Hormonal imbalances

13. Overall weakness

Eat enough calories.

3. Fruit and vegetables decrease appetite

If you eat too many calories every day (as most of us do), fruit and vegetables can help. They will decrease your appetite. If you eat too many of them (and not enough of other foods), though, you risk decreasing your appetite too much.

This will make it harder to stomach the idea of food.

Fruit and vegetables decrease appetite because of their high water and fiber content. Fiber cannot be digested. Your digestive system takes a long time to process fiber. The high water content adds a lot of nutrient-free bulk to the hard-to-digest fiber. This keeps your digestive busy.

You won't feel hungry for food because your digestive system will still be busy processing your last meal. This is why fruit and vegetables lead to such rapid weight loss.

Never overdo it.

4. Fruit and vegetables can cause digestive issues like diarrhea, bloating and gas

This is especially true if you eat a lot a fruit and vegetables at once after you've avoided them for a long period of time.

We've already discussed how fruit and vegetables are harder for your digestive system to process than unhealthy, processed food. You can run into digestive issues if your digestive system isn't adept at digesting the fiber in fruit and vegetables. This can lead to bloating, diarrhea and gas.

The solution is quite simple. Eat less fruit and vegetables, but eat them consistently, so that your digestive system can to adapt to the new food.

Look after your digestive health.

5. Fruit and vegetables should not be eaten before, during or after exercise

This point relates very closely to the last two points. Your digestive system works hard to process the fiber in fruit and vegetables. This requires blood flow.

The fact that blood redirects to the digestive system after eating food is the reason behind fatigue, sleepiness or lethargy after a large meal.

This will decrease energy levels and, therefore, exercise performance.

Opt for foods that give you quick energy and digest faster. This will give you immediate energy for your workout, sustainable energy during your workout and better recovery after your workout.

Timing is everything.

6. Fruit and vegetables limit mineral absorption

Important minerals include calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur, sodium, chlorine, magnesium, iron, cobalt, copper, zinc, manganese, molybdenum, iodine, and selenium.

Oxalates are anti-nutrients that are found in plant foods. They block the absorption of minerals. Oxalates are very common in green leafy vegetables, other vegetables, fruit, cocoa, seeds and nuts. They bind to minerals and escort them out of the system via urination or defecation.

Your body makes oxalate on its own. Vitamin C is also converted into oxalate.

Spinach might be high in calcium, but the high oxalate content in spinach blocks the majority of the calcium from being absorbed.

This study found that when woman drank milk and ate spinach at the same time, the calcium from milk was absorbed without hindrance.

The point of this study is to show that while the oxalates in certain food might stop us from absorbing the minerals in that specific food; it won't stop us from absorbing the minerals from other foods.

To prevent nutrient deficiencies (and mineral deficiencies in this case), eat a variety of different foods so that your body can get all of the nutrients that it needs.

Strive for balance.

7. Risk of disease contamination and pesticide residues from fruit and vegetables

The fruit and vegetables themselves aren't the only things that increase the health risks associated with a fruit and vegetable-only diet.

Food-borne diseases spread most rapidly through fruit and vegetables. Bacteria, parasites, chemicals and viruses cause over 200 different diseases. This includes diarrhea and cancer (click the link for more information).

Healthy foods are good for our bodies, but they are good for germs as well. This is why healthy food is more likely to go off compared to unhealthy food. The wholesomeness of food directly impacts its germ-spreading potential.

Plants fight against harmful germs right from the time that their seeds germinate. This battle doesn't end after harvest time. Diseases have a chance to inhabit natural food along every step of the growing, harvesting, transportation, selling, buying and storage process.

Pesticides are used to try and negate some of the risks of disease, but the pesticides themselves can cause us harm (in the same way that they kill off germs).

Avoid this disadvantage of fruit and vegetables by cleaning all of your fresh produce regularly. Don't buy more than what you can eat before it starts to spoil.

Eat clean.

8. Risk of kidney stones from fruit and vegetables

This relates to the point about how fruit and vegetables may limit mineral absorption. Oxalates bind to minerals and escort them out of the body. Oxalates can bind to calcium, for example, to form calcium oxalate. They may also bind to iron to form iron oxalate.

When mineral oxalates aren't successfully eliminated thought defecation or urination, they can form kidney stones.

Oxalates and minerals are natural compounds - there is no need to try and avoid these things altogether. You are more likely to die from the absence of minerals than from kidney stones.

Oxalates are already present in the urinary tract. They usually remain dissolved and don't cause any issues. The problem comes in when they don't stay dissolved and therefore cause kidney stones.

In some cases, oxalates and minerals form crystals that turn into kidney stones. This usually happens when oxalates are high (and when urination frequency or volume is low).

80% of kidney stones come from calcium oxalate. A low-oxalate diet may help to prevent kidney stones.

The best advice to prevent a variety of health complications is to eat a variety of different foods. You can't rely on one type of food exclusively for the various reasons listed above. Stay Strong!

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Disadvantages of bok choy

Don't eat too much bok choy.

Bok choy is a super food. It is low in calories and high in fiber and water. Bok choy gives your body almost all of the micro nutrients that it needs. Everybody should eat green leafy vegetables like bok choy.

This doesn't mean, though, that you can have as much as you want or eat it exclusively instead of other foods. Just like with any food group, green leafy vegetables become unhealthy when you eat too much of them. This can lead to serious health problems.

Disadvantages of bok choy

1. Low in key nutrients: protein, fat, carbohydrates and calories
2. Diminished appetite when eaten in excess
3. Diarrhea, bloating and gas and other digestive issues when introduced into the diet
4. One of the worst foods to eat before, during or after exercise
5. Contamination, toxic pesticide residue and disease risk

Make it a part of a balanced diet.

Nutritional content of bok choy

100 grams of bok choy contains:

1. 95.32 grams of water
2. 13 kilo-calories (or 55 kilo-joules of energy)
3. 1.5 grams of protein
4. 0.2 grams of fat
5. 0.8 grams of ash
6. 2.18 grams of carbohydrates
7. 1 gram of fiber
8. 1.18 grams of sugar
9. 105 milligrams of calcium
10. 0.8 milligrams of iron
11. 19 milligrams of magnesium
12. 37 milligrams of phosphorus
13. 252 milligrams of potassium
14. 65 milligrams of sodium
15. 0.19 milligrams of zinc
16. 0.021 milligrams of copper
17. 0.159 milligrams of manganese
18. 0.5 micrograms of selenium
19. 45 milligrams of vitamin c
20. 0.04 micrograms of thiamine
21. 0.07 milligrams of riboflavin
22. 0.5 milligrams of niacin
23. 0.088 milligrams of pantothenic acid
24. 0.194 milligrams of vitamin b 6
25. 66 micrograms of folate
26. 6.4 milligrams of choline
27. 0.3 milligrams of betaine
28. 0 micrograms of vitamin b 12
29. 223 micrograms of vitamin A
30. 0 micrograms of retinol
31. 2 681 micrograms of carotene
32. 0 micrograms of lycopene
33. 40 micrograms of lutein and zeaxanthin
34. 0.09 milligrams of vitamin e
35. 0 micrograms of vitamin D
36. 45.5 micrograms of vitamin k

You get almost all your micro nutrients.

1. Low in protein, fat, carbohydrates and calories

Bok choy (and other green leafy vegetables) is a great source of micro nutrients (vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, fiber). Due to the fact that they are over 95% water, they aren't very good sources of macro nutrients.

Low in protein

You need protein to make new tissue (brain, muscle, joint and heart, lung, skin, hair and nail tissue), antibodies, enzymes and blood. Low protein can diminish the quality of any of these parts of your body. In fact, low protein leads to many diseases, frequent infections, brittle nails, hair loss and depression.

The minimum daily protein intake protein is 0.8 grams per kilogram or 0.36 grams per pound. There are about 1.5 grams of protein for every 100 grams of bok choy.

If you weighted 70 kilograms (or 154 pounds), you would need to eat 5.8 kilograms (or 13 pounds) of bok choy to get your minimum daily protein requirement. This figure would increase if you weighed more or if you exercise regularly.

Compare that to 438 grams (or 15 ounces) of nuts or 302 grams of chicken for your daily, minimal protein requirement.

Bok choy just doesn't cut it as far as what you need regarding protein.

Don't miss out on key nutrients.

Low in fat

Fat is extremely important to your health. It is a stable from of energy. Fats give us essential fatty acids that can't be produced within the body. It is an important component of cell walls and gives us the means to absorb fat-specific nutrients like vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E and vitamin K.

Fat regulates your hormones and provides you with energy when you aren't eating food. It prevents energy burnout, insulates your body and protects your organs from damage.

You should eat 44 - 77 grams of fat per day, on average.

There are 0.2 grams of fat per 100 grams of bok choy. You would need to eat 22 kilograms (or 48.5 pounds) to 38.5 kilograms (or 85 pounds) of bok choy to get your daily fat requirement.

Avocado will give you 15 grams of fat per 100 grams. You would only need to eat 293 grams (or 10 ounces) to get your daily fat intake.

Learn about the types of fat - and which ones you should eat.

Eating too little fat can lead to excess hunger, dry skin, poor temperature regulation, mental fatigue and hormonal disruptions (loss of menstrual cycle in woman and low testosterone in men).

Good sources of healthy fats include avocado, cheese, dark chocolate, eggs, fatty fish, nuts, chia seeds, extra virgin olive oil, coconuts, coconut oil and full-fat yogurt.

Good fat foods come with other nutrients.

Low in carbohydrates

Bok choy is an extremely low carbohydrate food at 2.18 grams of carbohydrates per 100 grams. This makes it a great option for people who want to eat a low carbohydrate diet or follow the keto diet.

It is not a good source of carbohydrates, however, for people who want to follow the health dietary recommendations.

This is how you can work out how many carbs you should eat. A moderate carb intake would be 75 to 150 grams per day.

Bok choy simply doesn't have enough carbohydrates to meet this carbohydrate goal. You would need to eat 2.78 kilograms (6.1 pounds) - 6.88 kilograms (15.2 pounds) of bok choy to meet the above goal.

Good sources of carbohydrates include vegetables, fruit, legumes, nut, seeds, whole grains and tubers.

You would only need to eat 429 grams (15 ounces) to 857 grams (30 ounces) of potatoes to get the right amount of carbohydrates.

Eat the healthiest type of carbs.

Low in calories

Bok choy does not have enough calories to fulfill your daily caloric (energy) requirements, either.

100 grams of bok choy has 13 calories. If you plan to consume the recommended 2000 calories per day, you would need to eat over 15 kilograms (more than 33 pounds) of bok choy!

While this makes it a great food to reduce your caloric intake and feel full, relying too much on bok choy has the disadvantage of starving your body of the energy that it needs.

Low calorie diets can be dangerous. They can cause fatigue, mental decline, muscle loss, diarrhea and constipation, eating disorders, depression, hormonal imbalances and gallstones.

Unhealthy diets that limit calories too much lead to more weight gain in the future. Your body will adapt by increasing appetite and lowering metabolism. This will cause greater weight gain as soon as you stop your unhealthy diet.

A good weight loss diet should make you feel more energized - not lacking for energy. It should improve your health so much that you never want to go back to unhealthy eating.

The best diets are sustainable.

2. Diminished appetite when eaten in access

One of the disadvantages of bok choy is the fact that it can reduce your appetite. This might be great for people who want to lose weight, but it is not so good for people who struggle to eat enough as it is.

The large water content of bok choy adds bulk to the food without any nutritional value. Fiber takes longer to break down and sits in your gut for longer. This will prolong the time that it takes before you feel the need to eat again.

If you eat too many low-calorie, high-fiber foods; you won't feel hungry often enough to eat all of the nutrients that you need. This can lead to nutrient deficiencies and a weaker, undernourished body.

My appetite plummets as soon as I have my daily 5 fruit and vegetables (which are so important for all of the micro nutrients). To overcome this disadvantage, I eat my calorie-dense foods (that are high in proteins, fats and carbohydrates) first. I save my fibrous foods for the end of the day so that they don't stop me from eating all of the foods that my body needs.

Bok choy, as we have already seen, is high in so many beneficial nutrients. This doesn't mean that you can rely on it as your primary food source. Always choose a variety of different foods from different food groups so that your body gets all of the important nutrients.

Too much of any food can hurt you.

3. Digestive issues caused by bok choy

Green leafy vegetables like bok choy are actually very good for your digestive system. The fiber feed good gut bacteria that regulate your immune system, turn food into nutrients and produce important chemicals that we can't get without them.

Fiber is hard to digest. It takes more work to break it down to access the nutrients. In the long run, this improves your digestive health.

Junk food is easily digestible and leaves you craving more in a short space of time.

If you have only recently started eating more healthy foods, green leafy vegetables like bok choy can be harder to digest than it should be because your digestive system is used to breaking down easily-digested nutrients.

This can lead to numerous digestive issues like bloating, diarrhea, gas, constipation and cramps.

Don't change your diet too dramatically in a short space of time. Give your body time to adapt. Eat smaller portions of fibrous food, at first, so that your digestive system has time to rediscover how to break it down.

Implementing dietary changes incrementally can negate the risk of digestive issues that big changes can cause.

Small changes are good for you.

4. Bok choy is not good before or after exercise

Fiber and other food that is hard to digest causes blood to pool in your digestive system. This isn't a bad thing - this is a vital part of your digestive process. 

The problem is the fact that your body will have less blood (with nutrients like energy and oxygen) for movement when it focuses on digestion. This is why we feel lethargic after a large meal.

Less blood flow will decrease the amount of exercise that you can do if you eat bok choy before exercise. Decreased blood flow will also reduce the amount of recovery that you get from exercise if you eat it afterwards for the same reason.

If you eat right before or after exercise, focus on food with less fiber and more carbohydrates, fats and proteins. Choose foods like peanut butter and bread, pasta, eggs, chocolate milk, yogurt and fruit (like grapes and bananas). Here are great workout snacks for people on keto.

Eat smart.

5. Bok choy may present a contamination and disease risk

Fresh plant produce like bok choy is one of the leading mediums for the spread of food-borne diseases.

One of the disadvantages of healthy food is the fact that bacteria and other pathogens tend to love them just as much as our bodies do.

Healthy food tends to spoil easily. This is not only an inconvenience, but a health risk to you and those around you.

Avoid bok choy that looks a little off at the store. Throw it out when it starts to spoil and wash it before you cook with it. This will help to reduce the risk of contamination.

There is also a risk of toxic ingestion of the pesticides and fertilizers used to grow bok choy. This is another important reason to wash all of your fresh produce.

Eat clean.

Bok choy will remain one of the best healthy foods to eat. The disadvantages show that you can't eat it exclusively, or in too high quantities, because you need to get all of the nutrients that your body needs through a variety of different foods.

Include it as part of a balanced, healthy diet and you are all set to go. Stay Strong!

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Artificial sweeteners lead to weight gain

Artificial sweeteners are worse than you think.

Artificial sweeteners might seem like a great way to enjoy the foods that you like without the added calories of sugar, but they do more harm than good.

How artificial sweeteners can lead to weight gain

1. Sweeteners cause you to eat more sugar throughout the day
2. They train your palate to crave sweeter foods
3. Artificial sweeteners decrease the desirability of healthy foods that aren't as sweet
4. Sweeteners teach us to eat for the sake of sweetness instead of the need for nutrients
5. Studies show that they can be more addictive than cocaine
6. Diet sodas increase the risk of diseases like metabolic syndrome, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, obesity, abnormal cholesterol, unbalanced triglycerides, heart disease, stroke, insulin resistance and diabetes

Sugar-free sweeteners may lead to weight gain. Here's how:

1. Artificial sweeteners cause you to eat more sugar

We tend to reward our positive behaviors with negative ones. You think that since you've chosen a sugar-free option, it is okay to eat something with sugar in it later on. People who use artificial sweeteners are still more likely to follow a diet that is high in sugar, compared to those who don't use artificial sweeteners at all. "I haven't had anything with sugar all day, so this cake shouldn't be that bad for me."

A study cited by Harvard Medical School (linked above) showed that people who drank diet sodas were two times more likely to be overweight than those who didn't.

2. Sweeteners train your palate to crave sweeter foods than usual

Everything comes at a cost. Artificial sweeteners are no different. When you satisfy your cravings for something sweet during a meal with a sweetener, you aren't addressing the problem. You're masking it.

You increase your tolerance to sweetness when you use an artificial sweetener. You use a sweetener instead of losing your interest in foods with sugar - which would happen naturally when you avoid sugar. You could retrain your brain to associate non-sweet foods with actual food instead.

This, in turn, will decrease your desire for foods that aren't as sweet as those have artificial sweeteners. Fruits taste less sweet on their own and non-sweet foods like vegetables become less desirable to palates that grow accustomed to tasting sweetness at every meal.

Sweetness is dangerously addictive.

3. Artificial sweeteners reduce our association with caloric intake

The overuse of sweeteners can cause you to crave something sweet - even when your body doesn't need any more calories. You end up eating more food to satisfy your taste buds than you what would to satisfy hunger. 

This leads to a cycle of eating for enjoyment over eating to nourish your body. People who don't use artificial sweeteners at all are more likely to eat solely out of hunger and lose interest in the idea of food when they don't have a need for more calories.

4. Artificial sweeteners are highly addictive

This study found that artificial sweeteners can be more addictive than cocaine. Rodents were given cocaine to make them addicted to the substance. They were then given the choice between an artificial sweetener and cocaine. Most of them chose to satisfy their craving for sweetness via the artificial sweetener instead of cocaine.

Sweeteners can be more addictive than cocaine.

5. Diet Sodas are linked to a greater risk for metabolic syndrome and diabetes

Artificial sweeteners may cause the very diseases that they were meant to prevent. This study found that daily diet soda consumption increased the risk of metabolic syndrome (increased blood pressure, high blood sugar, excess body fat, abnormal cholesterol, unbalanced triglyceride levels, increased heart disease and stroke risk) and Type 2 Diabetes (severe insulin resistance).

Artificial sweeteners may do more harm than we realize.

Is sugar better than artificial sweeteners?

Does this mean that we should ditch artificial sweeteners and go back to sugar? Absolutely not! The solution lies in addressing the cause. This is how you can learn to enjoy eating foods that are good for you instead of the foods that are high in sugars or sweeteners.

How to decrease your taste for sugar and artificial sweeteners

Sugar and sweeteners desensitize your taste for sweetness. In the long-run, you will require more sweetness to get the same amount of satisfaction in a meal. The opposite is also true. You can teach your taste buds to become more sensitive to sweetness so that you enjoy the natural flavors of food. With the right diet you will learn to enjoy the foods that nourish you and improve your overall health.

1. Train your palate to enjoy foods that aren't so sweet

The first step to decreasing your taste for sweetness is to realize that you have grown accustomed to foods that are too sweet. The next step is to start eating foods without sugar and sweeteners. At first, they will taste bland. Your taste buds regenerate completely every 10 days to 2 weeks. If you can stick it out for this amount of time, foods will start tasting sweeter on their own.

Drink your coffee or tea without sugar or sweeteners. It will taste bland for the first few days, but you will learn to enjoy the taste of these beverages without the need for sugar. You will soon associate these drinks with the natural taste - instead their sweetened versions.

2. Learn to enjoy foods without added sugar and sweeteners

Sweet is not the only pleasurable taste. Sour, salty and bitter can also be enjoyable. Try out a variety of different foods (without added sugar or sweeteners) and you will be pleasantly surprised that you can enjoy foods without the need for sweetness.

Non-sweet foods that you might enjoy:

1. Greek yogurt
2. Pineapples and other whole fruits (natural sugar is not as harmful as added sugar)
3. Pickled foods (which can be good for your gut bacteria)
4. Proteins
5. Unsweetened, herbal teas
6. Sushi
7. Vegetables

3. Cut out foods that have hidden added sugar

Sugar is addictive. The more sugar you consume, the harder it will be to cut it out of your life. A great way to reduce your sugar intake (and therefore reduce its addictive effects on your body) is to avoid the foods that have too much added sugar.

When you eat fewer foods that have added sugar, your body will learn to operate without the need for sugar and sweetness. The best way to do this is to cut out as many processed foods as possible because most processed foods contain sugar.

Replace salad dressings with lemon juice or vinegar. Buy raw vegetables instead of warming them up from a can. Avoid baked goods and pastries as much as possible. Choose real meat instead of processed meat.

4. Recognize what your cravings are telling you

Your desire for something sweet could indicate a sharp drop in your blood sugar levels. If this is the case, you might want to try intermittent fasting to reduce your drops in blood sugar.

Sugar cravings may also indicate low energy. In this case, try adding exercise to your daily routine so that your body learns to make more energy on its own.

5. Find another kind of enjoyable activity

Many people struggle to let go of unhealthy foods because they feel that food is the only thing that they can enjoy. Boredom is a big cause of unhealthy eating. Find other activities that you can enjoy instead. This may include starting a hobby like reading a book or dancing. 

Doing other activities that you enjoy will help you to find pleasure in things that don't involve food. These activities will distract you from your desire for sweetness and may even add to your life in other ways. Your hobby might turn into another form of income, help you to shed some extra pounds or benefit the community around you.

End the endless craving for sweetness.

Conclusion

Artificial sweeteners will not help you to stay healthy because they don't address the cause. Train your taste buds to appreciate the natural flavors of healthy food and try to determine whether your cravings for sweet things are the symptoms of something else like depression, stress or a lack of energy. Stay Strong!

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