Whether you’re trying to lose weight, avoid heartburn, or simply eat healthfully, you needn’t give up sweets. Just watch what and how much you eat.
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But when you’re trying to lose weight and maintain a healthy lifestyle, watching your dessert and sweet intake can be one of the biggest obstacles to your success. Eating low-sugar or low-fat desserts may not satisfy your fierce sweet tooth, and the result can be some very strong cravings for sugar and fattening desserts.
The craving for sugar is one of the hardest to beat. Here are some healthy ways to indulge your sugar cravings, without blowing your diet.
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1. Chocolate Dipped Fruit
Instead of gobbling down an entire chocolate bar when you get a sugar cravings, try some chocolate covered fruit. Fruit dipped in real melted chocolate can give you a taste of something sweet, along with vitamins and dietary fiber to help regulate blood sugar levels. For a lower calorie option, try dipping bananas, melon or apples into low calorie chocolate syrup. For an even more decadent treat, try dipping a marshmallow.
2. Yogurt
There’s more than one way to transform ordinary plain or flavored yogurt into a tasty sweet. Add honey or a splash of orange juice concentrate to plain yogurt to spice it up. Layer flavored yogurt, crunchy granola and berries in a glass for a healthy parfait. Blend yogurt and fruit together for a high protein, nutritious smoothie.
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3. Baked Apples
Baked apples make a delicious dessert. Core your apples, then stuff them with raisins, cinnamon and nutmeg. Bake whole, cored apples at 350 degrees F for 15 minutes.
Satisfying Your Sweet Tooth…On A Diet was originally published on blackdoctor.org
