Salad Recipes for Fighting Sugar Cravings
Do you need ideas and recipes for tasty salads that can also help suppress a sweet tooth? We have you covered! The salad recipes below call for foods like salmon, romaine lettuce, tomatoes, broccoli, eggs, and onions which are known to boast craving-fighting nutrients. Bon appetit!
However, before you let loose the foodie in you and dive into the salad recipes in this section, it might be a good idea to peruse the section Diet Tips for Fighting Sugar Cravings and the section Foods That Help Curb Sugar Cravings which provide more general information about how your diet is linked to cravings for sweets.
Tomato, Cucumber and Red Onion Salad
Tomatoes contain chromium and serotonin, both of which can help control sweet cravings. Vinegar, which is used to add pungency to this salad, has been found to lower the Glycemic Index rating of foods. This helps keep the blood sugar levels on an even keel, which in turn helps stave off cravings.
See the RecipeSalmon Salad
Salmon salad makes an excellent sugar craving fighting meal. Salmon works its anti-craving magic in two ways First, it appears to make the body more sensitive to the hormone leptin. Leptin has been shown to promote development of gray matter in the part of the brain that regulates food cravings and can consequently result in fewer sugar cravings. Second, salmon is a rich source of glutamine, an amino acid that provides energy to the brain and helps build and maintain muscle mass. It may also help reduce cravings for sugar and carbohydrates. This is likely to be a result of glutamine's stabilizing effect on blood sugar levels when the levels are low, glutamine suppresses insulin to prevent further decline of the sugar levels. Glutamine also stimulates the release of glycogen to help increase the blood sugar to normal levels. See the Recipe
Arugula, Avocado and Tomato Salad
According to traditional Chinese medicine sugar cravings are a symptom of imbalance which can be corrected by eating bitter foods such as arugula. Also tomatoes may help fight sugar cravings as they are packed with serotonin. Serotonin is a chemical that can cause us crave sugar. What's more, this salad calls for a vinegar-based dressing, which is known to help keep the blood sugar levels on an even keel, which in turn helps stave off cravings. See the Recipe
Broccoli Salad with Apples and Cranberries
This low glycemic, high-fiber salad uses ingredients that are cram-full of anti-craving nutrients such as tryptophan, vitamin B6, and chromium. See the Recipe
Romaine and Smoked Salmon Salad
Eating more romaine lettuce, for example in the form of this delectable salad, may help control sugar cravings. Romaine lettuce is rich in chromium, a mineral that plays an important role in stabilizing blood sugar levels. Sometimes sugar cravings are simply be a result of chromium deficiency. Also salmon, the other key ingredient in this salad, is a great food to add to your diet if you are often battling with sugar cravings. Salmon makes the body more sensitive to the hormone leptin, which can result in fewer cravings, and provides a rich source of glutamine, an amino acid that has been shown to help reduce cravings for sugar and carbohydrates. See the Recipe
Beet and Carrot Salad with Ginger
High in sugar and low in calories, beets can satisfy your sweet tooth without compromising your weight loss efforts. Also carrots have an appealing sweet taste but are extremely low in calories. See the RecipeShrimp and Eggs on Romaine Lettuce
The eggs and shrimp in this salad pack a protein punch, which helps control food cravings and prevent overeating by making you feel full for longer. Also the romaine lettuce and tomatoes featured in this salad help control sugar cravings as they are one of the best dietary sources of chromium, a mineral that plays an important role in stabilizing blood sugar level. In some cases, sugar cravings are simply a result of chromium deficiency. See the RecipeFor more recipes that can help control cravings for sweets and sugary foods, visit the main recipe directory of HealWithFood.org's Guide to Controlling Sugar Cravings.
