For some people, sweetness is like a drug. Without a piece of chocolate, they can become nervous, irritable, and even angry. But only from excessive consumption the figure suffers sweetly. That's why you have to look for an alternative replacement.
Fruit instead of chocolate
At the first stage, you can try to deceive the body and replace the usual goodies with fruits. Of course, apples are unlikely to be able to fully replace sweets, but here are more exotic fruits: bananas, pineapples, grapes, papaya, kiwi - they may well dull the cravings for sweets. You can use these products either individually or as part of a salad. Ingredients for a fruit snack should be selected based on personal preferences. It must be said that fruit, according to experts, is an optimal substitute for sweets, if we consider it from the point of view of proper nutrition.
Honey, dried fruits, and nuts are good alternatives
If you read the recommendations for diets, then in most of them it is advised to replace sugar with honey. Of course, there are not so few calories in honey, but it is still healthier than refined sugar. But various sweet types of sweets, ice cream and gingerbread should be replaced with dried fruits. You can eat some nuts, they satisfy hunger well and reduce cravings for sweets. True, when eating dried fruits, it is equally important to know when to stop, since they are very high in calories. 100 grams of dried fruits contains about 300 kcal, so their excessive consumption can affect the figure. It is recommended to eat no more than 2-3 berries at a time.
Dates, dried bananas and figs are considered the most popular dried fruits as a substitute for sweets. Their taste is most similar to forbidden candy. In addition, dried fruits contain fructose, which satisfies sugar cravings, is quickly absorbed by the body and causes a feeling of fullness. By the way, you can make tasty and healthy sweets from dried fruits. To do this, you will need dried apricots, prunes, dates, raisins, only 100 grams each, 2 tablespoons of honey. Dried fruits are ground either in a meat grinder or in a blender. Then honey is added to the mass, everything is thoroughly mixed, when the consistency becomes homogeneous, you need to moisten your hands in cool water and roll small balls from the mixture. Now you need to put the resulting "sweets" on a plate and put them in the refrigerator for 30 minutes so that they freeze. You can eat one such ball a day, this will satisfy the need for sweets and will not harm the figure.
Such a useful carob
For those people who love chocolates and suffer very much without their taste, during a diet, it is recommended to improve the above recipe and, in addition to all the ingredients, add kerob, a sweet-tasting carob powder, to it. They are often substituted for cocoa and coffee in recipes. The advantage of keroba is that due to its own sweetness, it makes it possible to add less granulated sugar when cooking, and, accordingly, the calorie content of food becomes lower.
In general, those who decide to actively follow the figure and give up sweets should pay attention to the carob. True, it is very problematic to buy it in a regular grocery store, so it is better to immediately go to a retail outlet that specializes in various baking products or order a product online.
