Sometimes you can hear opinions that addiction to sweets in people can be caused by depression, lack of vivid and pleasant sensations, love and even sex.
A person's well-being is highly dependent on the level of carbohydrates in the body, in particular, sugar. For example, people whose bodies metabolize sugars too quickly are often aggressive, their moods are highly variable, and their reactions are inadequate. The more a person consumes simple sugars in the form of baked goods, sweets and chocolate, the more unstable his psychological state becomes.
The connection between sex, love and chocolate
In the modern world, however, it can be difficult to avoid a sweet tooth, when supermarket shelves are full of all sorts of goodies in brightly colored packages, and employees bring cakes and chocolates to work on their birthday. In addition, many people, more often women, use sweets as a means of compensating for everyday stress. Also, those who feel a lack of mutual understanding, care and love in their lives are often drawn to sweets. It is interesting that such phrases as "Honeymoon", "Sweet you are mine", "Sweet kiss" are associated with feelings and sweet at the same time.
For those with a sweet tooth, a feeling of dissatisfaction, both in food and in personal life, is characteristic, which often comes from childhood, due to a lack of love received from parents. It is difficult for them to build a long-term relationship, because they are either constantly looking for a new, more suitable partner, or they show their loved one too much attention, which he cannot withstand, feeling that he cannot fill this emptiness inside the other.
There are people who try to compensate with sweet not only the lack of love and hugs, but also sex. The fact is that both stimulate the production of so-called pleasure hormones in the body - serotonin, dopamine, endorphins, which are usually released during caresses and orgasm. People who have low levels of these hormones in their bodies most of the time, due to depression, stress or a lack of positive events, may become addicted to this temporary euphoria that the chocolate gives. They even begin to carry chocolate or candy with them in their bag.
However, an addiction to simple carbohydrates, to which refined sugar belongs, gives only a short-term burst of energy and a rise in mood, after which a decline in well-being begins.
What can replace sweets
Nutritionists advise replacing foods containing refined sugar with more natural and healthy ones - bananas, dates, other fruits, cereals. These products contain complex carbohydrates, which are digested for a long time and give a boost of vigor for a long time, as well as contribute to the production of dopamine and serotonin - here you need to look at the properties of each fruit or cereal separately.
It was found that those with a sweet tooth have an imbalance in the body. They, as a rule, lack magnesium, calcium, chromium. Therefore, it is necessary to make up for their deficiency through special vitamin and mineral complexes and supplements, as well as go in for sports.
The exclusion of refined foods from the diet after a while allows you to make your psycho-emotional state more stable and positive.
