The main cause for excess weight is sugar, or fats, or carbohydrates. Do you agree? Unfortunately, we are sometimes not even aware of how much sugar we have consumed during the day! The most common side-effects of consuming a lot of sugar: fatigue, excessive weight, disorientation, mood swings, insomnia.
Sugar-sweetened beverages like sodas, sports drinks, and energy drinks are the biggest sources of added sugar in an average American diet. They account for more than a third of the added sugar that we consume as a nation.
Other important sources are cookies, pastries, cakes, and similar treats; the fruit drinks, ice cream, candies, frozen yogurt, and some similar, and ready-to-eat cereals. Also, you should know that some experts say that the long-term intake of sugar increases the risk of serious illness, like diabetes, cardiovascular disease, as well as of breast cancer. When we are consuming sugar, the body uses it as an energy source.
I would like to know: can you quit sugar? We were told that we have to lower sugar consumption, but it is very hard to do. This is due to the fact that when our taste buds detect sugar like fructose, glucose, sucrose, maltose, etc. on our tongue, the so-called sweet signal is being processed by our brain’s reward system — the same reward system that is activated by love, alcohol, and drugs.
Sugar is one of the several foods that activate the brain’s reward system, and it’s one of the reasons we get hooked and that’s why it so hard for us to give up. But, you should not be worried, because in the following article we’re going to show you a 3-Day sugar detox plan that is going to help you ditch the sugar! This diet plan is so simple – you simply have to follow these simple instructions.
Here’s what you should do:
First Day
- Breakfast: a cup of oatmeal with seeds, berries or almonds or scrambled eggs (3 eggs)
- Snack: one cup of walnuts
- Lunch: boiled chicken breast and a serving of almonds, pumpkin seeds or lightly cooked beans
- Dinner: mushrooms and baked fish or mushrooms with salmon and broccoli
Second Day
- Breakfast: a cup of oatmeal with seeds, berries or almonds or scrambled eggs (3 eggs)
- Snack: one cup of hazelnut
- Lunch: eat zucchini with pepper sauce and lemon
- Dinner: cooked vegetables, beans or baked cod and toast
Third Day
- Breakfast: a cup of oatmeal with seeds, berries or almonds or scrambled eggs (3 eggs)
- Snack: a cup of hazelnut
- Lunch: eat roasted chicken breast with lemon dressing or oven-baked chicken with black olives, onions, and thyme.
- Dinner: consume soup with onions or pasta with basil, tomato sauce and mushrooms (you can also add meat)
- Drinks: you have to drink water, tea, or one cup of coffee per day (without any sugar).