Ideas for a no carb snack to ease sugar cravings

[AnyDream]

I totally don't believe in a low/no carb diet. The first thing to go will be your brain function because the brain relies on glucose in the blood for its food. Sorry.

I think the BEST thing you can do to reduce carb cravings between meals is to eat really good quality very low GI carbs, combined with a lot of veggie bulk, at every meal - physiologically the low GI effect hangs over to the following meal so you eat less and feel more sated. Do this at every meal and you'll be eating less (and not feeling like you're going without) before you know it.

If yoghurts ok, try a low fat custard with some fruit for bulk.

[Lisa]

What fruits can you have?
I am doing Cohens which is low carb and I can have oranges, apples, paw paw, mango, apricots, kiwi fruit, peaches, lemon and a few more that I can't think of right now.
I was thinking that you could make yogurt with paw paw or mango (I buy mexican mangos from wollies as they're the only ones in season and I'm not allowed canned or frozen fruit) as an after dinner thing. It is so yummo. I use sprite zero to sweeten the fruit a little more too.

[Mumma2three]

Grated apple sauteed in coconut oil is what my kenisiologist recommended. That is for an anti candida diet that has NO sugar whatsover. Has to be green apples, they are allowed!

[C~Q]

I totally don't believe in a low/no carb diet. The first thing to go will be your brain function because the brain relies on glucose in the blood for its food. Sorry.

Don't apologise I totally agree. I said i'm NOT on a no or low carb diet! I'm getting enough carbs for the amount of exercise I do, the portions and the amount have been worked out specificly for me. The only time i'm not allowed to have carbs is for a snack in the evening.

I can eat any fruit I want except after dinner.

[AnyDream]

CQ, that comment was just as much for the other posters in the thread, you mentioned at the beginning no carbs at dinner so I assumed you're still having them throughout the day.

Have you found any of the suggestions helpful? Anyone tried sugar-free or low-carb chocolate? any good?

[C~Q]

Bugger, just typed a big message and lost it! Ok, short version of what I was going to post...

Marydean, sorry my previous post came off as rather rude and i'm sorry I didn't mean it to. I am allowed carbs for dinner, just none after dinner

Did all my measurements today and I need to lose about 5% body fat so my pt said only protein shake with water for me for an after dinner snack

Spoke to a dietician briefly and she said that if something is low sugar they've probably added a lot of fat and if something is low fat they've prob added a lot of suger

[BekZ]

Nuts (small amount), protein drink.

[Inanna]

I actually think we eat waaaaay too many carbs. I find on low carbs I function a whole lot better. During the sugar withdrawl of approx 3-4 days I suffer terribly. But after then I am on fire!
I use the jelly - it's a good sweet treat.

[smiles4u]

When trying to lose weight I was recommended Aeroplane diet jelly as much as I wanted & a scoop of Peter's sugar-free icecream ... or I'd have no more than 5 sugar-free lollies (there is a range of these lollies at BigW, usually cheaper than the supermarket & sometimes BigW have them special)

... I tried the Chromium tablets for sometime (even took the max amount) & they didn't work for me

[Inanna]

Smiles - yes I use the diet jelly - it really hits the spot when I want something sweet. Suga - prunes are healthy but not suitable on low carb - so I need to wait to hit my goal before I indulge!