3 Ways for Health Conscious Women to Lose Weight and Satisfy Cravings for Chocolate, Sugar, Chips & Cookies 

It's not as hard as you might think to give up sugar, chocolate, cookies, chips, and other addictive foods that add extra weight, and take away from your GLOWing energy   Here are three easy and delicious solutions to satisfy your cravings & assist you with weight loss.


Left: Mint Coconut Chocolate Chip GLOWnola Parfait with Cashew Creme
  

Satisfy your cravings & GLOW!

(1) Enjoy Nutrient Dense Versions of Your Favourite Treats    When you replace empty calorie (aka no vitamins or minerals) ingredients commonly found in foods we crave such as white flour, white/brown sugar, white salt with nutrient dense (aka highly concentrated in minerals and vitamins) alternatives such as sprouted almond flour, maple syrup and sea salt - it becomes easier to be in-tune with the authentic needs of your body and maintain a healthy weight without dieting.

Click here to read more why it is easier to let go of calorie counting when you enjoy more nutrient dense whole foods. 

(2) Replace Sugar with Delicious Lower Glycemic Sweeteners   Often times, cravings arise as a result of an uncontrollable physical response due to a crash in blood sugar levels. Maintaining a slow and steady release of blood sugar is a critical function that your body will maintain at any cost (including gorging on sugary treats) because your brain needs a steady level of glucose to function. Click here to read more about the sugar cravings energy crash cycle that may be preventing you from losing weight.   When you enjoy sweeteners lower on the glycemic scale such as green stevia - an all natural zero calorie sweetener, yacon syrup and coconut sugar, your body will be better able to maintain energy, stay satiated for longer periods of time. It then becomes easier to maintain a healthy weight without wasting time calorie counting.   

(3) Enjoy Healthy Fats    Most treats like muffins, cookies, chocolates and chips all contain adulterated fats such as canola oil, hydrogenated fats, saturated fats from conventionally raised animals from sources such as milk and eggs.   Because these fats are unnatural, your body cannot use them as building blocks, instead they are stored as fat and become free radicals (aka toxins). When you have a high level of free radical in your body either from rancid fats, preservatives or even white sugar, flour and salt - your body will retain extra fat. Why? Fat is protective and is your body will store extra fat around your organs to prevent damage from free radical toxins.  

So not only do unhealthy fats found in processed foods, baked goods (even ones marketed as 'healthy') are easily stored as extra weight they also cause your body to retain extra weight on top of the calories they provide.   Natural organic healthy fats like flax and hemp seeds and coconut oil - are designed by nature - so your body to use them as building blocks to form cell membranes, hormones, brain cells and more - so less fat is stored as fat. And you have the nutritional building blocks your body needs for a healthy brain, skin and more. Healthy fats also slow the release of sugars into your blood so you can be satiated with less food and have more energy.  

Click here to read more how healthy fats help you to be more in-tune with the authentic needs of your body and enjoy life.

My GLOW Collection of organic, gluten, dairy and sugar free snacks are takes into account all three of solutions to assist you with weight loss without dieting or compromising taste.   Follow links below to discover what foods can satisfy your cravings for...   chips
cookies
chocolate
& more  
Psst...I have a new product - the GLOW Spot raw chocolate that is currently not yet on my website. It is made with the highest quality raw chocolate, low-glycemic sweeteners to curb chocolate cravings deliciously and is available in the following flavours: hazelnut cinnamon, orange, mint and cayenne cinnamon.

You are Invited to a GLOW Collection Open House  
To help you stay on-track, with your New Years resolutions I am offering 10% off orders for those who attend my upcoming open house for a FREE sampling of the GLOW Collection on Saturday January 14th. Please note that open house is by appointment only. Spaces are filling up fast, please email me at julie@loveoffood.ca to reserve your spot. Click here for more information.


For those who would like emotional support and more information on how to manage sugar cravings, I recommend Sweeetness for Life support group, hosted by my ND, Dr.Alexina Mehta. Group starts Monday January 16th. For more information contact Dr. Mehta at dralexinamehta@gmail.com. 

Bon Appétit,

Julie is on a  journey to discover how to apply the 5 Secrets for Convenient, Quick,Easy, Delicious and Affordable
of Everyday Healthy and Get the GLOW!