Sugar Ban download Alkaline Booster 7: 24 Hour Sugar Ban

Oh this is probably the best thing you can do for yourself on a regular basis. Sugar is THE worst thing we can put into our body legally.

Sugar to the acids in your body is like petrol to a fire. And all sugar is sugar – whether it’s glucose, fructose, maltrose, dextrose – from fruit, honey or cakes.

We should all try to minimise the sugar we consume generally, but starting with a 24-hour ‘ban’ will not only give your body a break – but it will also give you a great insight into where you are at with the sugar in your life. You will know the nature of the beast!

Be aware though, this isn’t easy. Sugar is a drug. When you stop consuming sugars, the microforms in your body will demand more, you will get cravings. You have to ignore them. Again, this is not easy. But when you get these sugar cravings give your body something different. Give it healthy, cleansing water, greens, salads, almonds, vegetables. Teach your body to switch back to healthy fats for energy, consume omega oils from flax, hemp or oily fish.

So here are my top 5 tips:

  1. Drink something instead! It really works! Have a glass of lukewarm water, and perhaps squeeze a bit of lemon in for variety.
  2. Try a chromium supplement – this is a great solution, but a temporary one! Chromium is a mineral that helps the body maintain normal blood sugar levels – so you don’t experience the big peaks and troughs and the cravings that go with it.
  3. Eat some raw carrots and other slightly sweeter vegetables. This will definitely help as it gives your body more physical fuel from the sugar in the vegetable, but also the fibre in the veg helps to balance out blood sugar peaks.
  4. Eat more fibre! High fibre snacks are excellent at regulating blood sugar levels
  5. Finally, take it one meal at a time – start with breakfast and eliminate sugar from there. This could be tricky if you are used to breakfast choices such as toast with jam, fruit juice, sugary cereals, tea or coffee with sugar etc. But if you can nail this meal then you will be 9/10 of the way there because starting the day with a big sugar hit sends you on a spiral that is really difficult to control. If you can get breakfast sorted then all of the other meals will be really easy to de-sugar from then onwards!