Your Cravings Killer Doesn’t Work? Do This! by Joan Kent, PhD
Liquid B complex is the only Nutrition Magic I know. It can crush a sugar craving within a few minutes. But every so often, people tell me they tried it, and it didn’t work. Why is that?
Careful questioning has uncovered a few mistakes that prevent B complex from working effectively. Avoid these if you can.
- Not Using Liquid B Complex
The liquid formulation seems to speed up the B vitamin effect, so we feel it within a few minutes. Tablets take longer. They may work for daily supplementation, but a “craving emergency” calls for liquid B.
If you already take a daily B complex tablet, you can safely add more liquid B on a day that you get a craving. On the other hand, if you’ve already taken liquid B to stop a craving before taking your usual dose of B complex, there’s no need to take more that day.
A one-day “overload” of B vitamins won’t be harmful, but try to avoid it on a regular basis. (If you have questions about this – or about whether you should take B complex at all – check with your doctor.)
- Taking B12 Instead of B Complex
For reasons I’ve never understood, people misinterpret “B complex” as “B12.”
Whatever the reason, B12 is only part of the complex – and not even the most important B vitamin for trampling cravings. Yet this mistake happens so often, I clarify immediately whenever I recommend B complex to a client.
So again, use LIQUID B COMPLEX. Not tablets, not B12, not any other individual B vitamin.
- Not Eating Enough Protein
This mistake is usually made by folks who haven’t worked with me as clients. My clients know I stress the importance of protein.
Protein is a key element in the craving-killing plan. B vitamins work as catalysts to help form specific brain chemicals. When they’re at optimal levels, those chemicals can end cravings (AND prevent them). The brain chemicals are made from amino acids – which 7th grade biology taught as “the building blocks of protein.”
We can’t make the necessary brain chemicals without protein.
Protein foods include fish, chicken, turkey, shrimp, crab, lobster, eggs, and more. For vegans, a scoop of protein powder – vegetable, brown rice, or hemp protein – will work.
Don’t use nuts! They’re healthful fats, NOT protein. Don’t use quinoa or beans&rice. They’re healthful starches, not protein.
- Junking Out on Sugar First
If you’ve eaten half a bag of cookies, don’t expect B vitamins to stop you from eating the other half. The neurochemical changes that the cookies will have set in motion are powerful – even more powerful for some people than for others.
For reasons beyond the scope of this article, those brain changes will probably make you want the rest of the cookies.
Suffice it to say there’s simply no way a teaspoon of liquid B complex can override the strong effects of sugar you may have just eaten. The most helpful procedure is to use B vitamins to stop your craving, so you don’t eat cookies in the first place.
If you find it too easy to reach for cookies because you’re home and they’re conveniently located in your kitchen cabinet, why not do yourself a huge favor? Don’t keep cookies in your kitchen. Throw away the ones you have. Don’t buy more.
It Works If You Work It
Liquid B complex is still the only nutrition magic I know. It’s effective and quick. But it’s not a stand-alone miracle. It’s best used as part of a sincere attempt to reduce dietary sugar.
B vitamins are a short-term solution for stopping sugar cravings. Getting rid of cravings permanently requires changes in diet: more protein and vegetables, less sugar, and so on.
Changing your diet can virtually eliminate cravings. Think of the freedom that would mean for you.
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Brought to you by Dr. Joan Kent, best-selling author of Stronger Than Sugar.
