Ideas for a no carb snack to ease sugar cravings

[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!

[C~Q]

I've still got the diet jelly in the cupboard, I keep forgetting about it! Don't you think in this day and age they could come up with half hour setting jelly???

[Neenee Jellybeanie]

The problem with replacing sugar with artificial sweeteners is that you'll never get over the cravings; artificial sweeteners cause the same chemical activity in the brain as actual sugar, plus there are all the health risks associated with artificial sweeteners. Sorry to be such a downer lol.

[Inanna]

I know that's true for some - but I really don't get that desire... It's not the same at least I don't need the carbs iykwim??? When I have a big carb or sugar fix - I crave more and more... Wit the artificial sweetners I don't get that. But maybe I am unusual???

[C~Q]

This is a quote from an article in Aus Womens Health

Food Standards Australia New Zealand established the amount of sugar substitutes you can have over a lifetime without any appreciable health risk. "To reach the Accetable Daily Intake for aspartame someone weighing 70KG would need to consume 2.8g a day - equal to about 20 cans of diet soft drink or more than 100 standard 1g packets of sweetner"

But it also says a 2004 study in the International Journal of Obesity that when we offer our bodies sweet diet drinks without the KJ's, they crave real sugar even more.

So I suppose that although artificial sweetners have a real place in todays overweight, diabetic society we should always eat things in "moderation".