sweets

[threeplusfire]

I don't know why, but in the past several months I crave sweets all the time. Candy, chocolate, frosting, cupcakes, pie, anything. I've always really liked my sweets but I've never experienced such a strong, insatiable desire for them. I try hard to moderate my consumption of sugar in all its delicious forms. I send away most of the stuff I bake! I try not to buy a lot of candy. But all I can think about lately is cupcakes and candy bars. It is getting kind of ridiculous. I find myself even avoiding reasons to leave the house to try to avert temptation. But damn, I want a candy bar.

Comments

[miep.livejournal.com]

HAve you been living in my head? I could have written this.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

We are apparently living in the same sugar twilight zone.

[tinywarrior.livejournal.com]

I'm there too! I wonder if there's some sort of seasonal sugar connection.

[splix.livejournal.com]

Maybe the increasing daylight is making demands on your metabolism that translates into sugar cravings?

That cake is looking pretty good....

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Perhaps so, though I am probably not outdoors enough to appreciate it. I should go swimming.

[melyndabelinda.livejournal.com]

I was speaking with a Nutritionist about 6 months ago and I mentioned that I had quit smoking in the last year and she said there are new studies that have found a correlation between quitting smoking and an increased craving for sweet things. She asked me if I was craving sweets more than usual and it was like a lightbulb went on in my brain.

I'm not going to blame all of my weight gain on quitting smoking but I definitely think my newly evolved sweet tooth has something to do with it.

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Interesting. It has been a couple years now but looking back I can definitely see my consumption of sweets went up after I quit smoking.

[xiuzan.livejournal.com]

How are your neck & mid-back?

You may want to do some research on this, but my chiropractor gave me a Neuro-Anatomy chart that shows the areas that nerves supply, the vertebrae associated, and the common symptoms caused by stress in those areas.

There are two vertebrae that have "Crave sweets" as a symptom and I immediately thought of this post:

Cervical 5 - Vocal cords, pharynx, pancreas (Crave sweets, fatigue, memory loss, emotional instability, headache, sore throat, hoarseness)

Thoracic 6 - Pancreas, stomach, peritoneum, liver (Crave sweets, ulcer, hyper or hypoacidity, pancreatitis)

Not sure how theoretical that is or if there's any proof, but it might be worth looking into, if you have pain in either of those areas.