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Why I always only crave sweets during fasts?

I am in my 90h out of 120h, everything is good except I always crave sweets(chocolate, pastry with chocolate, mostly everything with chocolate in it, but other sweets as well) in my fasts. I overcome it but it makes me mad. It is not hard when I socialize and stuff, but when I am alone, it crosses my mind. Never craved other unhealthy stuff, like fast food, chips, soda tho, so what is up with sweets?

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Your body may be craving the “quick energy” that it’s accustomed to.

Also, seems like I read somewhere that it could actually be a result of a nutritional deficiency like low sodium. Next time you crave sweet, take in some salt and see if that works.

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The best thing I ever did for myself was get therapy, deal with trauma and get that process of self love going. I can relate to this experience, when I was uncomfortable then I would crave sweets, I’ve used it to solve emotional problems for almost 30 years. My last vice is that il smoke marijuana, I do want to stop eventually, but the only reason I mention it is because even when I’m on mars, sugar does not wield control over me anymore. I came up with an analogy that helped me, in the sense that i kept getting told “manage your triggers” that is your focus, but id never heard that i could just take out the firing pin with some long term hard work. I wish you all the best!!

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