Is Healthy Weight Impossible? Take This Quiz To See If Youre Addicted To Sugar
Research has shown that foods containing high amounts of simple carbohydrates, like sugar and white flour, affect the chemical balance in your brain. These foods increase the level of serotonin, a neurotransmitter that makes you feel calmer, more confident, and more relaxed.
When the sugar level in your blood goes down again, as it does shortly after a high-sugar snack, your serotonin levels also goes down. This will cause you to feel nervous, irritable and stressed, so you reach for another snack. This up and down rollercoaster in moods can lead to sugar addiction, without you even being aware of it.
Its impossible to maintain a healthy weight loss diet if this cycle has actually become a full-blown sugar addiction. To see if youre addicted to sugar, take the following quiz:
– How often do you eat high-sugar foods, noodles, bread or pasta? Is it every day, or even many times a day? Could you imagine a day without these foods?
– What are your comfort foods? When you feel down or depressed what kind of foods appeal to you? Does stress or depression lead...