Food Cravings: Putting On The Brakes
By: Emma Classen
Nothing sabotages a diet quite like food
cravings. The best laid diet plans, even those producing steady weight loss and using the best diet pills, are often
abandoned when the unavoidable urge for a certain food or certain type
of food takes over.
Current research suggests that giving in to food cravings,
especially carbohydrate cravings, may involve more than a simple lack of
willpower, and is one of the more common diet problems. Carbohydrate cravings are rooted in the neurochemical
signaling of the brain, making carbohydrate cravings a very physical
problem, with a very physical solution.
Serotonin is a brain neurotransmitter that regulates
mood, appetite, and sleep. Low levels of serotonin are associated with
depression, eating disorders including appetite control issues, and most recently, carbohydrate binging.
The class of antidepressants known as serotonin reuptake inhibitors
(SRIs), including Prozac, Paxil, Luvox, and Effexor, raise brain
serotonin levels by preventing the reuptake of serotonin. The use of
SRIs in the treatment of depression in bulimia (an eating disorder
involving binging on massive amounts of food in a short period of time,
followed by some method of purging), uncovered that bulimic patients not
only reported relief of depression, but a reduction in their
binging/purging. Similar studies revealed that carbohydrate binges are
often an attempt at self-medication for low serotonin levels.
So, what can you do to raise serotonin levels and
eliminate carbohydrate cravings from ruining your weight loss attempts? You
could try prescription antidepressants; however, most of these cause a
number of negative side effects, the most common being sexual
dysfunction. A safe and effective alternative is the herbal supplement,
Lift.
Although researchers are not entirely sure how Lift affects
brain chemistry, there is no doubt that it is a safe and effective
alternative to prescription antidepressants (for more information
regarding the antidepressant and weight loss benefits of Lift, Click Here.
Once you have your food cravings under
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